A series of telemovies and television dramas, centred on the character of Jack Irish (created by Peter Temple).
'Life is hard enough for Jack - his beloved football club has moved interstate, the odds of his latest plunge at the track seem too long and he's still cooking for one. So a phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop (Simon Russell) doesn't ring any bells. But then Danny turns up dead and Jack must take a walk back into a dark and dangerous past.'
Source: http://blogs.abc.net.au/ and David Knox, 'All-Star Cast Joins Jack Irish Telemovies', 21 October 2011 (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/). (Sighted 06/01/2012)
Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment ABC Television , 2012Jack helps an old family friend whose son has gone missing. As Jack begins to dig, he discovers the missing man has something to hide, and his friends are people with deadly secrets.
Source: David Knox, 'All-Star Cast Joins Jack Irish Telemovies'. 21 October 2011 (http://www.tvtonight.com.au/). (Sighted 06/01/2012)
Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment ABC Television , 2012'Jack Irish is a part-time lawyer, mug punter and finder of people who'd rather remain lost. When a high profile Judge, Justice Loder commissions him to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, dodgy drug dealers, blackmailers, and unhinged killers. Anyone who touches the red book turns up dead. Jack should follow his instinct and back away — if only the judge wasn't family. Instead he finds himself chasing the red book in a dangerous race to a remote coastal property with an ominous name: Dead Point.' (Source:
http://www.australiantelevision.net/jack-irish/dead-point.html)
Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2013