Airdate: Police Rescue Australia

Police Rescue was once a hit ABC series starring Gary Sweet, but now Police Rescue Australia will follow elite officers in a new factual series on Nine.

For the first time ever, NSW Police allow access to Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Units in Sydney and Blue Mountains, produced by Lune Media.

Australian actor, writer and director, Brendan Cowell (Avatar: Way of the Water, The Twelve, Love My Way), narrates the series.

Nine previously had the drama Rescue: Special Ops.

Meet some of the best trained and hardest working rescuers in the world, and see the high-risk, often traumatic incidents they regularly find themselves in.

These dedicated men and women are bound by their mission of saving the lives of those in danger, and a deep and abiding sense of loyalty – not only to the Police Force but to each other.

From cliff and mountain helicopter rescues to missing person searches in the stunning Blue Mountains, sieges, bomb disposals, and abseiling down the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Police Rescue Australia gives viewers an up-close, emotional and action-packed look as the squad routinely risk their own lives working to save others.

We get to know the character of these officers who are superbly trained in the use of specialist emergency equipment for the most challenging rescue tasks, as they share the humour and camaraderie that unites them in dealing with the daily dramas of rescue work on the frontline – and prove time and again that there’s always a way to save a life.

9pm Monday, May 29 on Nine.