Richard Roxburgh in Rake.
Rake Season 4 will hit Australian screens on May 19 with guest appearances from Miriam Margolyes, John Waters, Rhys Muldoon and Rachel Blake.
Co-creator and producer Richard Roxburgh is back as Cleaver Greene, last seen dangling from a balloon drifting across the Sydney skyline.
This time, Cleaver crashes into the world of a one-time mentor and now powerful criminal on the run, Edgar Thompson (Waters).
Against the backdrop of a city that’s taken a turn to the dystopian, Cleaver frantically tries to stay alive – from seeking refuge in a country town congregation, to representing the very man who’s trying to have him killed.
Season 4 of Rake continues to cast Cleaver’s wit on politics, the legal system, and our wider fears and obsessions.
His long-suffering friends, relatives, and pugnacious foes also return in the form of Matt Day, Danielle Cormack, Russell Dykstra, Caroline Brazier, Adrienne Pickering, Keegan Joyce, Kate Box, and Damien Garvey.
As well as Margoyles, Muldoon and Blake, there are cameos from Justine Clarke, Tasma Walton, Simon Burke, Louise Siversen and Sonia Todd.
Heading up the creative team is producer, creator and writer Peter Duncan, who will again direct alongside Peter Salmon and Rowan Woods.
Duncan’s co-writer Andrew Knight is also back on board.
Ian Collie of Essential Media is producing his fourth series of Rake, along with Duncan and Roxburgh.