

Sweat
Sweat is an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 and centred around students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. Sweat was Heath Ledger's first regular role on a television series; he played Snowy Bowles, a gay cyclist. Scenes shot in & around Perth included at locations such as Challenge Stadium & the now defunct Perry Lakes Stadium, scene of the 1962 Commonwealth Games.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
20-04-199630mTom, the swimmer who never loses, has to come to terms with the fact that over-confidence lost him the race. He learns his lesson, but it damages his relationship with his girlfrie...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
20-04-199630mTom challenges new boy Noodle to a race. He wins and his confidence and honour is restored. What Tom doesn't realise is that Noodle deliberately threw the race, knowing that Tom ne...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
27-04-199630mMonique's temporary coach allows her to believe that he is in love with her and her diving improves radically. When she realises that it was all a ploy she is heartbroken.
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
27-04-199630mThe kids are holding a secret party to celebrate Stewie's birthday. Noodle covers up for everyone when their curfew-breaking party is nearly discovered — and is welcomed as one of...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
04-05-199630mSandy's old school friend, Robyn, now a major soap star, turns up at the Academy to film an episode. Sandy is forced to come to terms with the fact that Robyn cares for no-one but...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
04-05-199630mStewie's dad Ted, an ex-professional footballer, is enlisted to help persuade him to specialise. But Ted has his own agenda and Stewie finds himself having to decide whether he wan...
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
11-05-199630mDanny is forced to confront the fact that he and his parents have neglected his younger brother Raph when Raph starts stealing from the Academy. In the process, he learns that Snow...
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
11-05-199630mTom and Jenny are teamed up for the Academy's orienteering exercise. Disaster strikes when the two compete rather than cooperate and Jenny falls and sprains her ankle.
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
18-05-199630mSnowy goes on a disastrous date with Sandy. Not only has he jeopardised his friendship with her, but when Danny finds out his best friend is gay he is totally unable to accept it.
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
19-05-199630mWhen Danny tells the other kids Snowy's gay, Snowy thinks his life at the Academy is over. It's a painful experience, but he discovers that things are not as black and white as he...
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
25-05-199630mWhen 10-year-old Leila is tricked into revealing Tats' most intimate secrets on television she comes to the painful realisation that a top-class athlete isn't entitled to a childho...
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
25-05-199630mWhen Sandy's father is arrested for defrauding a children's charity Sandy feels that, somehow, she's to blame. In learning to come to terms with her father's guilt, Sandy realises...
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
01-06-199630mAfter receiving a suspension for cheating on an exam, Evie's future at the academy is in doubt when she contemplates leaving school entirely. Without her scholarship, Evie gets a j...
- Ep 14
14.Episode 14
08-06-199630mTom performs brilliantly when he stands in for an injured member of the elite Aussie swim team. The Academy kids are thrilled for him — until Tom starts to believe his own publicit...
- Ep 15
15.Episode 15
15-06-199630mSandy makes a stand against sexploitation on the track by refusing to wear the sexy new running gear the Academy sponsors have supplied.
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
22-06-199630mIt's coming up to a crucial meet and Snowy is behaving totally out of character. Neither Chris, his coach, nor Danny can understand it. Tom anticipates an invitation to join the na...
- Ep 17
17.Episode 17
29-06-199630mDon is very smug about his latest coup. He's managed to secure the services of a former Russian Olympic track and field coach.
- Ep 18
18.Episode 18
06-07-199630mDanny and Snowy are competing in a prestigious amateur bike race. Riding in a tightly-packed bunch, Danny pulls ahead of his main rival, Brett Pier, to the finish line but is unawa...
- Ep 19
19.Episode 19
13-07-199630mTom has hit a plateau — the dreaded 'wall'. His times are constant but they're not improving. Tom lets off steam to his friend Jake who offers Tom a solution to his problems.
- Ep 20
20.Episode 20
20-07-199630mTats and Tom are having problems again. Tom is acting weird and incredibly nervy and Tat can't understand it. Danny and Stewie's new girlfriends don't turn out to be as they hoped.
- Ep 21
21.Episode 21
27-07-199630mEvie's unable to hide the fact that she's been fired from the Advocate. But her failure as a journalist is more than compensated for by a brilliant win at the state swim meet.
- Ep 22
22.Episode 22
12-11-199630mTats is devastated when Leila beats her in the state open-age competition — an event Tats has dominated for years. Tats is forced to face the fact that her career is over.
- Ep 23
23.Episode 23
13-11-199630mDanny is over the moon when his hero, Australian two-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Novac, arrives to coach them — until Danny's beaten in a road race by Snowy and forced to...
- Ep 24
24.Episode 24
14-11-199630mNoodle meets a beautiful art student and decides art school has a lot more to recommend it than a sporting career — until Sid proves to him that he really does want to win after al...
- Ep 25
25.Episode 25
18-11-199630mSandy is sure she's pregnant and has to decide whether she wants to have the baby and give up her career or have an abortion. Tats is offered a job as Jenny's assistant. But does s...
- Ep 26
26.Episode 26
19-11-199630mTom takes the gold and Noodle the silver in the Nationals. Everyone's thrilled until Tom produces a positive drug test result. With her career as a gymnast over, Tats finds a new p...
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