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form y No Prize for Second single work film/TV crime

Author:agent Douglas Tainsh

Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 No Prize for Second

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

'TRACEY MILLS 40. A tough, but very intelligent ex-massage parlour lady who has battled her way up to where she owns her own salon. In all, a very sympathetic character.
'CNCR. BRADEN SMITH: 50. A very prominent and influential councillor of Yarra Central. Under the guise of a man bent on reform he is, in fact, the owner of several brothels and parlours.
'SIMON SMITH: 22. His arrogant, very scruffy son.
'SYDNEY MARTIN: 55. A very devious man, associated with Cncr. Smith. A practising solicitor, who is very unpopular with the Police of Yarra Central because of the many clashes he has had with them in the past.
'ANGEL WOOD: 25. A pretty masseuse employed by Tracey. (A nice kid)
'FREDDIE JACKSON: 35. Tracey's boy-friend and protector. Simple, a man who relies on force as a solution to everything. His weakness shows when he betrays her in favour of the big strength.
'MICK CONNORS: 30. A heavy employed by Smith. Also a council workman.
'"FRIENDLY" FLYNN: 30. A heavy employed by Smith. He is a foreman on the Council work staff.
'DUNCAN GREEN: A mechanic, a friend of Banners. [sic]
'SIR LESLEY: 50. Never referred to by full name.
'MONICA BROOME: 16. Schoolgirl, daughter of Traceys. [sic] Innocent, very likeable.
'PHOTOGRAPHER: A "smart" news photographer.
'CUSTOMER: A frightened little New Australian who frequents Tracey's Massage Parlour.'

Notes

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

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Extent: 62p.
(Manuscript) assertion

Note/s:

The script is labelled 'Episode 03444' on the cover page. There is no indication on the cover page of to whom this copy of the script was designated.

There are no signs of annotation on this copy of the script, but a number of scenes are marked with the sequence of brackets in the margin that, in Crawfords scripts, usually indicates tentative material.

The Crawford Collection holds two copies of this script, one in this file and one filed separately.

The file contains ancillary material, access to which is restricted, including:
1. Casting call sheets
2. Shooting schedules

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Held at: AFI Research Collection

Local Id: SC DIV : 276

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

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Publisher: Crawford Productions ; Nine Network

Melbourne, Victoria,: Crawford Productions ; Nine Network , 1975 .

Extent: 51 min. 32 secs (according to the script)p.

Series: form y Division 4 Howard Griffiths , Charles E. Stamp , Douglas Tainsh , Luis Bayonas , Everett de Roche , Gwenda Marsh , Ted Roberts , Roger Simpson , Sonia Borg , Colin Eggleston , Michael Harvey , Phil Freedman , John Dingwall , Jonathan Dawson , Ray Chamula , David William Boutland , Tom Mclennan , Ian Jones , Keith Hetherington , Tom Hegarty , David Stevens , Terry Stapleton , Mark Randall , John Orcsik , Don Battye , Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1969 Z1814717 1969 series - publisher film/TV detective crime Abstract
Division 4, which Don Storey notes in Classic Australian Television was 'the only drama series on Australian television to rival the popularity of Homicide', was created as a vehicle for Gerard Kennedy, who had risen to popularity playing the complicated enemy agent Kragg in spy-show Hunter, after Tony Ward's departure left Hunter's future in doubt.
According to Moran, in his Guide to Australian Television Series:
The series differed from Homicide in being more oriented to the situation and milieu of a suburban police station staffed by a mixture of plainclothes detectives and uniformed policemen. This kind of situation allowed Division 4 to concentrate on a range of crimes, from major ones such as murder to minor ones such as larceny.
Though set in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central, 'Sets were constructed that were replicas of the actual St Kilda police station charge counter and CIB room, with an attention to detail that extended to having the same picture hanging on the wall', according to Storey.
Division 4 ended in 1976. Storey adds:
Division 4's axing was a dark day for Australian television, as within months the other two Crawford cop shows on rival networks, Matlock Police and Homicide, were also axed. It was widely believed, and still is, that the cancellation of the three programs was an attempt by the three commercial networks--acting in collusion--to wipe out Crawford Productions, and consequently cripple the local production industry.
Number in series: 276

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