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Orange Roughies

Creators: Scott McJorrow, Rod Johns
Producer: Chris Hampson
Executive Producers: Greg McGee, Chris Bailey
Writers: Greg McGee, Scott McJorrow, Kirsten Warner, Rod Johns
Directors: Chris Bailey, John Laing

Aired: 2006-2007

Orange Roughies is a drama series based on a covert Police and Customs inter-agency task force working at the new policing coal-face of the 21st century — border security. Though the Roughies are an elite unit, they're also, as Ron Maddock, their brusque Commander reminds them, under-funded, under-resourced and under the hammer because, after all, this is New Zealand.