Sweat is an Australian drama television series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 for one season of 26 episodes and centred on students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. In early 1997, Ten announced that they had no plans for a second season.
Scenes were shot in and around Perth including locations such as HBF Stadium, Arena Joondalup, the Town of Cambridge, the now defunct Perry Lakes Stadium and the Perth SpeedDome.
Cast
Main cast
Martin Henderson as Tom Nash
Inge Hornstra as Tatyana "Tats" Alecsandri
Melissa Thomas as Sandy Fricker
Tai Nguyen as Nhon "Noodle" Huong Tran
Tahnie Merrey as Evie Hogan
Heath Bergersen as Stewie Perkins
Heath Ledger as Snowy Bowles
Matt Castelli as Danny Rodriguez
Paul Tassone as Don Majors
Additional cast
Peter Hardy as Sid O'Reilly
Frederique Fouche as Jenny Forrest
Claire Sprunt as Leila Rasheed
Louise Miller as Sophie Mills
Quintin George as Greg Rosso
James Sollis as Chris Wheeler
Recurring cast
Gillian Berry as Norma O'Malley (15 episodes) Natalie Saleeba as Monique Bellanger (4 episodes) Jason Colby as Alex (4 episodes)
Guest cast
Zach Justin as Athlete #2 (1 episode) / Matt (2 episodes) Simon Baker-Denny as Paul Steadman (1 episode) Mouche Phillips as Robyn Barry (1 episode) Vivienne Garrett as Mary Rodriguez (1 episode) Rod Nunez as Rollo (2 episodes) Toby Schmitz as Cameron (2 episodes) Michael Loney as Frank Frisker (1 episode) Sonia Vinci as Reporter (1 episode) Keagan Kang as Richard (1 episode) Michael Paget as Scott Davis (2 episodes) Mark McAullay as ASDA official (2 episodes) Igor Sas as Kev Lindwell (1 episode) Marta Kaczmarek as Marta (1 episode) Robyn Cruze as Shelley (2 episodes) Zoe Ventoura as a dancer (1 episode)
Episodes
International broadcasts
Ireland – RTÉ Two (1996–1997) England – CITV (1997, 2001)