S01E01 Pilot
Tom, 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 girlfriend Tats.
Sweat
S01E24: Episode 24
Noodle 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 all.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Tom 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 needed to win more...
S01E03 Episode 3
Monique'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.
S01E04 Episode 4
The 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 the gang at last. Monique...
S01E05 Episode 5
Sandy'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...
S01E06 Episode 6
Stewie'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 wants to stay at the Academy...
S01E07 Episode 7
Danny 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 Snowy is, truly, his...
S01E08 Episode 8
Tom 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.
S01E09 Episode 9
Snowy 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.
S01E10 Episode 10
When 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 thought.
S01E11 Episode 11
When 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 childhood.
S01E12 Episode 12
When 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 an inner strength.
S01E13 Episode 13
After 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 job with the local newspaper so...
S01E14 Episode 14
Tom 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 publicity and becomes...
S01E15 Episode 15
Sandy makes a stand against sexploitation on the track by refusing to wear the sexy new running gear the Academy sponsors have supplied.
S01E16 Episode 16
It'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 national swim team. Alex...
S01E17 Episode 17
Don is very smug about his latest coup. He's managed to secure the services of a former Russian Olympic track and field coach.
S01E18 Episode 18
Danny 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 unaware Brett has fallen...
S01E19 Episode 19
Tom 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.
S01E20 Episode 20
Tats 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.
S01E21 Episode 21
Evie'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.
S01E22 Episode 22
Tats 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.
S01E23 Episode 23
Danny 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 accept...
S01E24 Episode 24
Noodle 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...
S01E25 Episode 25
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 abortion. Tats is offered a job as Jenny's assistant. But does...
S01E26 Episode 26
Tom 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 passion.
Cast
Martin Henderson
Tom Nash
Inge Hornstra
Tatyana 'Tats' Alecsandri
Melissa Thomas
Sandy Fricker
Tai Nguyen
Nhon Huong Tran
Tahnie Merrey
Evie Hogan
Heath Bergersen
Stewie Perkins
Heath Ledger
Snowy Bowles
Matt Castelli
Danny Rodriguez
Paul Tassone
Don Majors
