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Janet King is an Australian television drama series which first aired on ABC1 in 2014. It was created as a spin-off from the 2011 legal drama Crownies.


Series 1:

'An 8-hour legal/political thriller that is a spin-off of Crownies featuring Marta Dusseldorp reprising her role of Crown Prosecutor Janet King. The series will look at the dilemmas of a contemporary woman who returns to work after a year's maternity leave and is flung into a shocking prosecution that involves layers of intrigue played out at the highest levels of power. Janet King's case leads her through some astounding twists and revelations that impact on her life on every level.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 7/4/2014)


Series 2:

With gun crime in the suburbs causing great concern, the state government establishes a Royal Commission to look into the problem following the death of Todd Wilson and appoints Janet King to head it. Give the power to become investigators, King and her team are allowed to raid premises, interrogate persons of interest and have police seconded to them. King believes that solving Wilson's murder might uncover what's fuelling the violence.

Series 3:

Janet confronts a hornet’s nest of illegal gambling, organised crime and money laundering while tracking the tragic death of a young sports star. What begins as a spot betting investigation soon unmasks elite professional sportsmen and women and their connection to the shadowy underbelly of performance enhancing drugs, match fixing, kickbacks and, ultimately, murder.

Source: ABCTV (http://about.abc.net.au/abc-in-2017/drama-lovers/). (Sighted: 04/11/2016)

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form y separately published work icon Playing Advantage Greg Haddrick , Australia : Screentime ABC Television , 2017 11395951 2017 single work film/TV Australia : Screentime ABC Television , 2017

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Works about this Work

Plenty of Thrills Left as King Pressure Heats up Graeme Blundell , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 May 2016; (p. 19)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Janet King i "bent in the best way", Susan Hawthorne , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Wonder Book of Poetry , April 2016;
Guilty of Loving New Law Role Andrew Fenton , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 3 April 2016; (p. 4)
Law of Averages Keeps Legal Drama Flat Ben Pobjie , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24 March 2016; (p. 37) The Age , 24 March 2016; (p. 36)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV

'Janet King (ABC1, 8.30pm) is back! That's ... good? I guess so, if you're a diehard Janet King fan, but I'm not sure if there are any of those. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure there are no diehard Janet King haters either, so you may call that a win for the show, which is a shiny, good-looking, well-cast legal drama entering its second season that still seems oddly short of compelling reasons to watch it...' (Ben Pobjie).

Gun for Hire Holly Byrnes , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 March 2016; (p. 3)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Return of the King Nathanael Cooper , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 February 2014; (p. 23)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
'Crownies may be dead but long live Janet King - As Marta Dusseldorp's lawyer returns in a new political crime drama, writes Nathanael Cooper.'
Holding Court Graeme Blundell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 February 2014; (p. 23)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Older and Wiser Crownies Tackle a New Set of Adult Dilemmas Giles Hardie , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 February 2014; (p. 4)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Ella Steps Back in Time Nathanael Cooper , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 March 2014; (p. 23)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Legal Drama Morphs into Cracking Thriller Graeme Blundell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 March 2014; (p. 15)

— Review of Janet King Greg Haddrick , Jane Allen , Kris Mrksa , Shaun Grant , 2014 series - publisher film/TV
Guilty of Loving New Law Role Andrew Fenton , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 3 April 2016; (p. 4)
Janet King i "bent in the best way", Susan Hawthorne , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Wonder Book of Poetry , April 2016;
Marta Dusseldorp : Upholding The Law In Janet King: Series 2 Cara Nash , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 21 May 2016;
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