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Film Details - Hal McElroy Southern Star ; Nine Network , 1997-2000

Producers:

Hal McElroy (executive producer).
Kris Noble and Errol Sullivan (co-executive producers).
John Banas and Robyn Sinclair (supervising producers).
Peter Askew (producer).

Production Companies:

McElroy Southern Star.

Director of Photography:

Roger Dowling, Mark Wareham, Brent Crockett, and Jeffrey Malouf.

Editors:

Nicholas Holmes, John Leonard, and Benita Carey.

Production Designers:

Owen Williams.

Music:

Song Zu, Les Gock, Mark Rivett, and Ramesh Sathiah.

Cast:

Regular cast members included Lucy Bell (DSC Tessa Vance), Peter Mochrie (DSC Steve Hayden), Geoff Morrell (Senior Sergeant Lance Fisk), Glenda Linscott (Dr Imogen 'Tootsie' Soamses), Jennifer Kent (Constable Dee Suzeraine), and Gary Day (Detective Inspector Malcolm Thorne).

Release Dates:

First aired 11 August 1997.
The final episode aired 9 October 2000.

Location:

  • Filmed and set in Sydney, New South Wales.

Awards:

  • Australian Cinematographers Society, Golden Tripod (Telefeatures, TV Drama & Mini Series) (won), 1998.

Notes:

Story editor: Jo Horsburgh.
Script editors: Lesley Lewis, Louise Crane, and Peter Gawler.

List of episodes:
Telemovie (Andrew Kelly)

Series one:
1.1 Ashes to Ashes (Rick Maier)
1.2 The Burial (David Phillips)
1.3 Cat and Mouse (Cathryn Strickland)
1.4 Dead Clean (Ted Roberts)
1.5 Who Killed Cock Robin (Shelley Birse)
1.6 Hot Shot (Kristen Dunphy)
1.7 Black Friday (David Phillips)
1.8 Last Stop (Denise Morgan)
1.9 Something Wicked (Denise Morgan)
1.10 Drop Dead Gorgeous (Chris Hawkshaw)
1.11 Dead and Gone (Daniel Krige)
1.12 Wages of Sin (Sally Webb)
1.13 An Eye for an Eye (Andrew Kelly)
1.14 Blood Heat (Rick Maier)
1.15 Fall from Grace (Denise Morgan)
1.16 Heartstopper (Cathryn Strickland)
1.17 Dared to Death (Andrew Kelly)
1.18 Many Unhappy Returns (Kristen Dunphy)
1.19 Skin Deep (Chris Hawkshaw)
1.20 Fatal Charm (Chris Hawshaw)
1.21 Short Circuit (David Phillips)
1.22 Cold Comfort (Robyn Sinclair)
1.23 Murder in Reverse (Kristen Dunphy)
1.24 More Than Meets the Eye (Deborah Parsons)

Series two:
2.1 Dead Fall (David Phillips)
2.2 Deadline (Andrew Kelly)
2.3 Deadline: Part Two (Andrew Kelly)
2.4 Something Fishy (Deborah Parsons)
2.5 A Dress to Die For (Peter Gawler)
2.6 Menu for Murder (Sally Webb)
2.7 Cry Wolf (Denise Morgan)
2.8 A View to a Kill (Louise Crane)
2.9 Blowing the Whistle (Denise Morgan)
2.10 Instrument of Death (Margaret Morgan)
2.11 Bone Dead (Peter Gawler)
2.12 Mix 'n' Match (Densie Morgan)
2.13 Dead Offerings (Deborah Parsons)
2.14 Evil Chances (Andrew Kelly)
2.15 Tongue Tied (Peter Gawler)
2.16 Dying Day (Rick Maier)
2.17 Death in the Family (Cathryn Strickland)
2.18 Death Down Market (Denise Morgan)
2.19 A Blow to the Heart (Margaret Wilson)
2.20 Bad Business (Louise Crane)
2.21 Hide and Seek (Chris McCourt)
2.22 Booming Business (Daniel Krige and Louise Crane)
2.23 Cut and Dried (Louise Crane)
2.24 A Stab in the Dark (David Phillips)
2.25 Paid in Full (Chris Hawkshaw)
2.26 Grave Matters (Sally Webb)
2.27 Last Act (Margaret Wilson)
2.28 Scent of Evil (Susan Hore)
2.29 Still Life (David Phillips)
2.30 Absent Friends (Katherine Thomson)
2.31 House of Spirits (Charlie Strachan)
2.32 Done to Death (Deborah Parsons)

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