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Orange Roughies

  • 2006 – 2008
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 2 seasons

The show centres around four main characters who are members of an elite New Zealand taskforce based in Auckland NZ, intended to be a combination of police and customs officers. Despite being an elite force, they are, as their commander Ron Maddock reminds them, under-funded, under-resourced and under the hammer. Because of this, the Roughies (as they are called) have to make sure that they perform exceptionally well to avoid being canned, as they are, after all, an experiment. Their members are: Detective Sergeant Danny Wilder, Senior Customs Officer Jane Durant, Detective Constable Zach Wiki and Noel Bullerton.

Latest: Season 2 · 2007

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  1. E1. Season 2, Episode 1

    Dec 7, 2007 · 60m

    Problems between Jane and Danny erupt when Danny’s old girlfriend — and one-time colleague — turns up on the run from police corruption in Melbourne. Jane’s attempts to help Chloe escape a known hitman backfire badly — and Jane finds herself in the line of fire.

  2. E2. Season 2, Episode 2

    Dec 7, 2007 · 60m

    In a move that will put him offside with the New Zealand Police, Danny breaks ranks with the Roughies to seek vengeance for Jane. The search takes Danny deep into the Melbourne underworld where he not only finds the hitman, but uncovers the truth about Chloe's involvement with the Melbourne drug squad.

  3. E3. Season 2, Episode 3

    Dec 14, 2007 · 60m

    Police politics force Danny to give up on P labs in favour of shellfish smuggling up the coast. With Zack increasingly preoccupied with his domestic life, Danny’s unchecked thirst for revenge is in danger of putting the lives of his friends at risk.

  4. E4. Season 2, Episode 4

    Dec 21, 2007 · 60m

    Danny suspects sabotage in a sleepy fishing village, and believes locals are at the bottom of the coastal poaching ring. But the tide turns when an attempt is made on the life of one of the locals — and of the Roughies themselves.

  5. E5. Season 2, Episode 5

    Dec 28, 2007 · 60m

    Chloe's god-son is at the centre of a drug investigation, his safety entrusted to her by the boy's auntie, but his unwillingness to trust the police leads to a fatal outcome. Zack and Donna begin their first round of IVF.©

  6. E6. Season 2, Episode 6

    Jan 4, 2008 · 60m

    Chloe seeks revenge on Leo Sullivan and his family for the amphetamine-fuelled destruction that they have brought into her life. And while Maddock is demoted for some mishandled dentistry, Chloe finds that she and Jackie Sullivan have more in common than horse play.

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