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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Air Date: 1996-04-20
Tom, the swimmer who never loses, has to come to terms with the fact that over-confidence lost him the race. He learn...
Air Date: 1996-04-20
Tom challenges new boy Noodle to a race. He wins and his confidence and honour is restored. What Tom doesn't realise ...
Air Date: 1996-04-27
Monique's temporary coach allows her to believe that he is in love with her and her diving improves radically. When s...
Air Date: 1996-04-27
The kids are holding a secret party to celebrate Stewie's birthday. Noodle covers up for everyone when their curfew-b...
Air Date: 1996-05-04
Sandy's old school friend, Robyn, now a major soap star, turns up at the Academy to film an episode. Sandy is forced ...
Air Date: 1996-05-04
Stewie's dad Ted, an ex-professional footballer, is enlisted to help persuade him to specialise. But Ted has his own ...
Air Date: 1996-05-11
Danny is forced to confront the fact that he and his parents have neglected his younger brother Raph when Raph starts...
Air Date: 1996-05-11
Tom and Jenny are teamed up for the Academy's orienteering exercise. Disaster strikes when the two compete rather tha...
Air Date: 1996-05-18
Snowy goes on a disastrous date with Sandy. Not only has he jeopardised his friendship with her, but when Danny finds...
Air Date: 1996-05-19
When Danny tells the other kids Snowy's gay, Snowy thinks his life at the Academy is over. It's a painful experience,...
Air Date: 1996-05-25
When 10-year-old Leila is tricked into revealing Tats' most intimate secrets on television she comes to the painful r...
Air Date: 1996-05-25
When Sandy's father is arrested for defrauding a children's charity Sandy feels that, somehow, she's to blame. In lea...
Air Date: 1996-06-01
After receiving a suspension for cheating on an exam, Evie's future at the academy is in doubt when she contemplates ...
Air Date: 1996-06-08
Tom performs brilliantly when he stands in for an injured member of the elite Aussie swim team. The Academy kids are ...
Air Date: 1996-06-15
Sandy makes a stand against sexploitation on the track by refusing to wear the sexy new running gear the Academy spon...
Air Date: 1996-06-22
It's coming up to a crucial meet and Snowy is behaving totally out of character. Neither Chris, his coach, nor Danny ...
Air Date: 1996-06-29
Don is very smug about his latest coup. He's managed to secure the services of a former Russian Olympic track and fie...
Air Date: 1996-07-06
Danny and Snowy are competing in a prestigious amateur bike race. Riding in a tightly-packed bunch, Danny pulls ahead...
Air Date: 1996-07-13
Tom has hit a plateau — the dreaded 'wall'. His times are constant but they're not improving. Tom lets off steam to h...
Air Date: 1996-07-20
Tats and Tom are having problems again. Tom is acting weird and incredibly nervy and Tat can't understand it. Danny a...
Air Date: 1996-07-27
Evie's unable to hide the fact that she's been fired from the Advocate. But her failure as a journalist is more than ...
Air Date: 1996-11-12
Tats is devastated when Leila beats her in the state open-age competition — an event Tats has dominated for years. Ta...
Air Date: 1996-11-13
Danny is over the moon when his hero, Australian two-time Tour de France stage winner Mark Novac, arrives to coach th...
Air Date: 1996-11-14
Noodle meets a beautiful art student and decides art school has a lot more to recommend it than a sporting career — u...
Air Date: 1996-11-18
Sandy is sure she's pregnant and has to decide whether she wants to have the baby and give up her career or have an a...
Air Date: 1996-11-19
Tom takes the gold and Noodle the silver in the Nationals. Everyone's thrilled until Tom produces a positive drug tes...