Ray Chamula Ray Chamula i(A151476 works by)
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2 form y separately published work icon Just for Kicks Ray Chamula , 1974 (Manuscript version)x402337 Z1920082 1974 single work film/TV crime

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

'JAN KENNEDY: 21. Young, intelligent, attractive, tidy. Gray's girlfriend.

'EDDIE KENNEDY: 17. Her brother. Rough mannerisms, but not necessarily speech. Cannot be talked to. Carries on with a lot of pretence and bravado, but basically insecure and a follower.

'ADAMS: 18. Eddie's mate. Different from Eddie in only two respects. He is a little quicker in thinking and better at changing face.

'MRS. BADGER: 59. Gossipy type. Likes to prattle away.

'MR. STAVROS: 40. A Greek store proprietor. Straight character. (No parody please).

'MRS. ADAMS: 38. Adam's [sic] mother. Her husband left her years ago. She is worn out. Pitiable.

'ATTENDANT: 35. Snooker parlour attendant. Shifty. Doesn't like to be mixed up in anything, although he likes to up with everything.

'BYSTANDER: 30. A big burly fellow. Prevents Eddie's escape from the scene of an accident.

'MR. McDONALD: 40. Driver of car involved in slight accident. Vocal type.

'BARMAN: Two scenes.

'MAN: One scene. No dialogue.

'FOUR SNOOKER PARLOUR EXTRAS: Night Two - Extras - 2// Day Three - Extras - 2.

'ON COMING CAR DRIVER:

'THREE ROAD ACCIDENT EXTRAS'.

2 form y separately published work icon The Senator's Wife Ray Chamula , 1973 (Manuscript version)x402336 Z1920072 1973 single work film/TV crime

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

'LUCILLE LESTER. 55-60. Well spoken, articulate, intelligent. Despite a record of hallucinating, she can be calm and lucid. Withstands a lot of pressure before going to pieces.

'ROGER WILLIS. 25-30. Average speech. Big, fit man. Police are hard pressed to overpower him. He is handsome and dresses well.

'LINDSAY BARKER. 35-40. Rough speech. Hardened crim. Know what he's at. Must drive.

'TERRI REYNOLDS. 25. Doctor's secretary/mistress. Intelligent, seemingly pleasant, well spoken, attractive. Must drive.

'JAMES SLATER. 55. Well spoken. Company director with friends in the right places. Conservative.

'DOCTOR EDWARDS. 50. Psychiatrist. Well spoken, stylish, relaxed, detached.

'NODDY BAINES. Professional go-between.

'PRESTON. Uniformed police constable.

'WOMAN. 30. Housewife type. Rough speech.'

1 2 form y separately published work icon 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 , ( dir. Gary Conway et. al. )agent Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1969 Z1814717 1969 series - publisher film/TV detective crime

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.

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