Summaries

Michael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb.

Michael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb. Rafferty is separated from his wife, with whom he had two children (a son and a daughter). Rafferty also has an older daughter, Rebecca Browning, who is in her early twenties - and of whose existence he was unaware until she contacted him after she had grown up (Rebecca's mother is a woman who Michael Rafferty had known before he met his wife, and who he had not seen since his marriage). Rafferty also has a brother, Patrick Rafferty, who is a State Member of Parliament.—Paul Gerard Kennedy

Maverick magistrate Michael Rafferty dispenses his own brand of courtroom justice with his own brand of humour - ironic and black respectively, coloured by a dislike of privilege and a suspicion of the police. This tough series portrays events from Rafferty's life both inside and outside the courtroom.

Details

Keywords
  • apostrophe in title
  • magistrate
  • punctuation in title
  • character name in series title
  • two word series title
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Feb 11, 1987
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations ATN-7 Studios - 61 Mobbs Lane, Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production companies 7 Network Amalgamated Television Services

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Tech specs

Runtime 50m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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