Rake is an Australian television series, produced by
Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's
ABC1 in 2010 and completed its third series in 2014. A fourth series will air on ABC TV in 2016. It stars
Richard Roxburgh as
rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive
Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The show airs in the United States on
DirecTV's
Audience Network and is available on
Netflix in the UK, Canada, the United States, and Australia.