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Author:agent David William Boutland

Issue Details: First known date: 1971... 1971 Blood

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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'MICHAEL WALKER 20-ish. Major part. Student of art. Strongly attached to the past - to the old house where the family lived when his mother died - two old people and two children. He can't stomach the reality of life. Ever-present in the family's hamburger shop and the belching maleness of his old man - a phobia which grows to killing point.
'BEVERLEY WALKER 22-23. Major part. Michael's sister. She is protective towards him partially taking the place of the dead mother. Not a pretty girl, she will probably end up an old maid, having sympathy, able to be deeply hurt, loyal to her family against outsiders.
'BILL WALKER 45-ish. The father. Must be burly, excessively male, offensively coarse and over-friendly rather than ill-tempered. Dies at first commercial.
'ALICE THOMSON 40-ish. Helps in the hamburger shop. Fond of Bill Walker as much as she can be fond of anyone. Mostly concerned for herself. Amoral, thoughtless, deceptive, sharp-tongued. Certain that she and her type keep the world going round.
'JOE SAUNDERS 40-ish. Alice Thomson is his de-facto. A criminal mind, low intelligence. Likes to play the part of a cheeky, likeable crim, but in fact is a brutal unimaginative 40-year 'old [sic] boy whose taste for the bash, booze and birds has never changed.
'FREDDY HALL Mid-20's. Able to drive. A tough cheeky little character with plenty of guts and a broad streak of humour.
[Regular characters omitted]
'POLICE DOCTOR One scene with dialogue. A firm confident manner.
'CONSTABLE Extra.
'JOHN JENKINS 20-ish. Able to drive. Freddy Hall's mate probably because Hall feels sorry for him. Overweight, cowardly. Dobs everybody in every time he's threatened. Should have been born a girl not a boy.
'MOTOR CYCLE PATROL MAN Fast motor-bike chase.
'MEAT DELIVERY MAN Burly like Bill Walker. Carries meat into butcher's shop.
'TAXI DRIVER Little, dark, puzzled foreigner. Drives.
'TEENAGE BOY AND TEENAGE GIRL Extras. To be served in the shop.
'OLD MAN One scene only. Extras. Enters shop.
'2 DEMOLITION WORKERS Able to swing sledge hammers.
'VARIOUS EXTRAS Onlookers at scene of arrest.'

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This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.

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Note: Neither the script nor the usual alternate sources list a director for this episode.

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Publisher: Crawford Productions ; Seven Network

Melbourne, Victoria,: Crawford Productions ; Seven Network , 1971 .

Extent: 50 min. 35 secs (according to the script)p.

Series: form y Homicide Sonia Borg , Vince Moran , Phil Freedman , Luis Bayonas , Everett de Roche , Peter A. Kinloch , Ted Roberts , Roger Simpson , Charles E. Stamp , Margaret Kelly , Colin Eggleston , James Wulf Simmonds , Keith Hetherington , Michael Harvey , Cliff Green , Patrick Edgeworth , James East , John Drew , John Dingwall , Alan Cram , Ian Cameron , John Bragg , David William Boutland , Jock Blair , Don Battye , Fred Parsons , David Minter , Monte Miller , Ron McLean , George Mallaby , Ian Jones , Maurice Hurst , Barry Hill , Max Sims , Keith Thompson , David Stevens , Amanda Spry , Peter Schreck , Martin Robbins , Della Foss Pascoe , Bruce Wishart , Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1964-1975 Z1813076 1964 series - publisher film/TV crime detective Abstract
Running for twelve years and a total of 510 episodes, Homicide was a seminal Australian police-procedural program, set in the homicide squad of the Victoria Police. According to Don Storey in his Classic Australian Television, it represented a turning point for Australian television, prompting the development of local productions over the purchase of relatively inexpensive American dramas. Indeed, Storey quotes Hector Crawford as saying that his production company intended three outcomes from Homicide: demonstrating that it was possible to make a high-quality local drama series, counteracting criticism of local performers, and showing that Australian audiences would watch Australian-made dramas.
As Moran notes in his Guide to Australian TV Series, the program adopted a narrative structure focusing on crime, detection, and capture, rather than on character studies of the lead detectives. The early episodes were produced by a small crew (Storey notes that the crew was frequently limited to four people: cameraman, grip, director, and assistant director), requiring some degree of ingenuity to achieve a polished result (including, in some cases, the actors performing their own stunts). However, the program received extensive support from the Victoria Police (who recognised, in its positive portrayal of police officers, a valuable public-relations exercise) and, as its popularity grew, from the public.
The program's cast changed extensively over its twelve years on the air, though it remained focused on a small group of male detectives, with the inclusion of irregular characters such as Policewoman Helen Hopgood (played by Derani Scarr), written on an as-required basis to reflect the involvement of women in the police force. In Moran's words, 'The other star of Homicide was the location film work. These ordinary, everyday familiar urban locations were what gave the series a gritty realism and familiarised audiences with the shock of recognition at seeing themselves and their milieus on air'.
Number in series: 315

1971 .

Script cover page (Crawford Collection at the AFI Research Collection)

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Extent: 72p.
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The script is labelled 'Episode NS' on the cover page. '315' has been added in blue ink. A notation in the top right-hand corner of the cover page indicates that this copy of the script was designated for the actress who played Beverley Walker [Carole Yelland].

With the exception of the notations on the cover page, there are no signs of annotations on this copy of the script.

The AFI Research Collection lists this script as episode 303, but it is catalogued as episode 315.

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Local Id: SC HOM : 315

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