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

'WENDY SHERLOCK (16) Wendy is a "little raver" ... very attractive, very sweet, unusually intelligent. Her parents suspect she's a raving psychopath, and have kept her caged in the garage for over a year. They are proven to be correct.
'MR. SHERLOCK: (Late 30's) Wendy's father. He's lived with a terrible secret for over ten years, and the stress shows in his appearance and his manner. A man on the verge of nervous collapse. Is an unsuccessful artist - tends to be a little trendy - but is not arty.
'MRS SHERLOCK: Wendy's mother. Like Mr. Sherlock, she's at her wit's end. Believes that her daughter is a genetic monster. Intelligent - good educational background
'POLICEWOMAN: Jane Bell. Established character. In this story, she's caught between her intuitions as a woman and the cool logic required of a good policewoman.
'TONY LATIMER: (18) Skin-head (or rough). Victim of a macabre slashing.
'WALLY: (18) Skin-head (or rough). Tony's mate.
'DOCTOR: One scene only, but fairly heavy dialogue.
'MATRON: In charge of the girls at the Social Welfare Department.
'RITA: (16) An attractive girl at Social Welfare.
'NEIGHBOUR LADY: Lives next door to Sherlocks. Little dialogue. Comic role.
'GIRL: One scene only. No dialogue.'

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.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

1974 .

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

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Extent: 57p.
(Manuscript) assertion

Note/s:

The script is labelled 'Episode 03457' on the cover page. There is no indication of to whom this copy of the script was designated.

There are no annotations on this copy of the script.

The Crawford Collection contains two copies of this script, both identical and filed separately.

The file includes ancillary material related to the production of this episode (access to some of which is restricted), including:
1. Cast list
2. Casting call sheets
3. Shooting schedules

Holdings

Held at: AFI Research Collection

Local Id: SC DIV : 286

Note:
AFI Research Collection record

Director: John Barningham ; Michael Lake

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work

Publisher: Crawford Productions ; Nine Network

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

Extent: 50 min. 19 secs (according to the script)p.

Note/s:

According to Storey, Barningham was credited as director and Lake as assistant director.

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: 286