Recruits (TV series)

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Recruits
GenreFactual
Narrated by Rodger Corser and Andrew Günsberg
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes25
Production
Production locationSydney
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network Network Ten
One HD
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release4 May 2009 (2009-05-04) 
21 October 2010 (2010-10-21)

Recruits is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 May 2009. A second season began on 29 July 2010.

Contents

Overview

Recruits follows the day-to-day life of a group of police recruits on their way to becoming police officers in the New South Wales Police Force. It follows two groups of Policing recruits and Probationary Constables from the New South Wales Police College at Goulburn, showing how they use their training and skills as probationary constables in the state. [1]

DVD releases

As of April 2015 series 1 and 2 DVD have been discontinued, series 1 can be found on DVD sites like eBay. But series 2 is rare to get on DVD now.

SeasonDate Released# Of Episodes# Of DiscsSpecial Features
Season 14 November 2009 [2] 132None
Season 210 January 2011 [3] 122None

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References

  1. "Watch full episodes of TV shows for free on 10 play".
  2. "Recruits - Season 1 (2 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". www.ezydvd.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Recruits: Season 2 | DVD, DVD Genres, Drama/Romance : JB HI-FI". www.jbhifionline.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.