Rafferty's Rules

1987 – 1990
Ended
Drama · Crime · Comedy
~55m / ep
4 seasons
8.0/10

Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.

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Latest: Season 4 · 1990

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E1. Security
Feb 9, 1990 · 46m
Michael sees the law from another perspective after he becomes the key witness in Flicker's prosecution against an arsonist.
E2. That Old Black Magic
Feb 16, 1990 · 45m
Michael begins to wonder if someone is trying to put a spell on him after a number of suspicious run-ins with a member of a religious commune.
E3. The Plague
Feb 23, 1990 · 46m
Lisa confronts the prejudices of society when she defends a man with AIDS who has committed an armed robbery in order to ensure his wife's future following his death.
E4. In For a Penny
Mar 2, 1990 · 45m
Michael is drawn into the world of a struggling young family after he witnesses a woman being hit by a car.
E5. Out of Line
Mar 9, 1990 · 45m
Lisa finds herself at odds with her colleagues when she defends an anti-nuclear activist whose family and the police are determined to have detained for his own safety.
E6. One for Us
Mar 16, 1990 · 45m
Rafferty decides to expose a Chilean military attaché following charges for torturing political dissidents in Chile.