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Film Details - Gannon Jenkins Television ; ABC Television , 1997-1999

Producers:

Steve Knapman (Producer)
Ben Gannon (Executive Producer)
Michael Jenkins (Executive Producer)
Andy Lloyd James (Executive Producer, ABC)

Production Companies:

Gannon Jenkins Television Pty Ltd

Finance Organisations:

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Director of Photography:

Joseph Pickering (unknown episodes)

Editors:

Nicole LaMacchia (28 episodes)

Production Designers:

Steven Jones-Evans (unknown episdodes)

Composer:

Peter Best

Cast:

Incl. Tony Martin (Det. Bill McCoy), Rachael Blake (Dr Maxine Summers), Aaron Pedersen (Vince Cellini), and Jessica Napier (Gerry Davis).
With Victoria Longley (Inspector Virginia King), John Howard (Det. Frank Reilly), Tammy MacIntosh (Det. Kim Devlin), Alex Dimitriades (Det. Charlie Coustos), Richard Carter (Det. Brian Deakin), Abbie Cornish (Simone Summers), John O'Hare (Rob Summers), Mary Coustas (Louise Arden), Abi Tucker (Det. Kate Holbeck).

Release Dates:

First aired on ABV Television on 23 November 1997 (mini-series).
Series 1 premiered on 4 February 1998.
Series 2 premiered on 26 February 1999.

Location:

  • Filmed largely on location in Sydney.

Awards:

  • APRA Music Award (Australasian Performing Rights Association), Best TV Theme (won), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama (won) (for Rachael Blake in episode 20), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama (nominated) (for Tony Martin), 1998.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Sound in a TV Drama Series (won) (for episode 59), 1998.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Sound in a TV Drama Series (won) (for episodes 35 and 36), 1998.
  • Silver Logie (Logie Awards), Most Outstanding Actor (won) (for Tony Martin), 1998.
  • Silver Logie (Logie Awards), Most Outstanding Actor (won) (for Tony Martin), 1999.
  • Silver Logie (Logie Awards), Most Outstanding Actress (won) (for Rachael Blake), 1999.

Notes:

Script editor: Michael Miller.

List of episodes:

Mini-series:
1.01
(Peter Schreck)
1.02 (Peter Schreck)
1.03 (Shelley Birse)
1.04 (Kris Wyld, Michael Miller, and Jason Camenzuli)

Series one:
1.05
(David Phillips)
1.06 (Kristen Dunphy)
1.07 (Tim Pye)
1.08 (Anne Brooksbank)
1.09 (Michael Miller)
1.10 (David Phillips)
1.11 (Peter Kinloch, Michael Miller, and Jason Camenzuli)
1.12 (Peter Kinloch and Jason Camenzuli)
1.13 (Kris Wyld and Michael Miller)
1.14 (Shelley Birse)
1.15 (Deborah Masters and Jason Camenzuli)
1.16 (Chris Hawkshaw)
1.17 (Tim Pye)
1.18 (Katherine Thomson)
1.19 (Kristen Dunphy)
1.20 (Kristen Dunphy)
1.21 (Keith Thompson)
1.22 (Keith Thompson)
1.23 (Anne Brooksbank)
1.24 (Bob Ellis)
1.25 (Matt Ford)
1.26 (Peter Schreck)
1.27 (David Phillips)
1.28 (Jason Camenzuli and Ellie Beaumont)
1.29 (Justin Monjo)
1.30 (Author unknown)
1.31 (Terry Larsen)
1.32 (Katherine Thomson)
1.33 (Sally Webb)
1.34 (Chris Hawkshaw)
1.35 (Michael Miller)
1.36 (Shelley Birse)
1.37 (David Phillips)
1.38 (Rick Held)
1.39 (Kris Wyld)
1.40 (Kristen Dunphy)

Series two:
2.01
(Kristen Dunphy)
2.02 (Matt Ford)
2.03 (Tim Pye)
2.04 (Tim Pye)
2.05 (Andrew Prowse)
2.06 (Terry Larsen)
2.07 (Debra Oswald)
2.08 (Justin Monjo)
2.09 (Ken Cameron)
2.10 (Peter Schreck: based on a story by Peter Schreck and Aaron Pederson)
2.11 (David Phillips)
2.12 (Michael Miller)
2.13 (Shelley Birse)
2.14 (Tim Pye)
2.15 (Matt Ford)
2.16 (Matt Ford)
2.17 (Chris Hawkshaw)
2.18 (Ellie Beaumont)
2.19 (Kris Wyld)
2.20 (David Phillips)

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