Murder Call

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Murder Call
Main cast
Created by	Hal McElroy Jennifer Rowe
Starring	Lucy Bell Peter Mochrie Geoff Morrell Glenda Linscott Jennifer Kent Gary Day
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	56
Production
Executive producer	Kris Noble
Producer	Peter Askew
Production location	Sydney
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Production company	Southern Star Entertainment
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	11 August 1997 (1997-08-11) – 9 October 2000 (2000-10-09)

Murder Call is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000.^[1] The idea to the series was born from books of the Tessa Vance series by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked. Both books were integrated as episodes in the TV series.

Synopsis[]

Murder Call deals with the cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, and . Backing them up are Inspector Malcolm Thorne, Dr. Imogen Soames, Dr. Lance Fisk and Constable Dee Suzeraine.

Production[]

Murder Call was filmed in Sydney and unlike a lot of shows based in Sydney, often shot the less spectacular side of the city. The exterior of the Homicide station was filmed at Ashington House (formerly AFT House/Delfin House), on O'Connell Street in Sydney.

The cast[]

• Lucy Bell as Detective
• Peter Mochrie as Detective
• Glenda Linscott as Dr. Imogen "Tootsie" Soames
• Geoff Morrell as Sergeant Lance Fisk
• Jennifer Kent as Constable Dee Suzeraine
• Gary Day as Detective Inspector Malcolm Thorne

Notable guest stars[]

Season One[]

• Jeremy Callaghan – Ezra Simms
• Kieran Darcy-Smith – Filix Kiver
• Judith Wright – Laurie Baker
• Naomi Wallace – Janette
• Jessica Napier – Brodie Cochrane
• Melissa George – Petra Salinis
• Paula Forrest – Susan Frickberge
• David Franklin – Jonah Balzan

Season Two[]

• Dee Smart – Malena Soeteman
• Norman Kaye – Vic Popov
• Anne Tenney – Nerida Hertzberg
• Elizabeth Alexander – Hilary Windsor
• Essie Davis – Judy St. John
• Barry Otto – Otis Farrow
• Christine Stephen-Daly – Sonia Black
• Kate Fischer – Gabby Minogue
• Jason Clarke – Zac Hartman^[2]

Season Three[]

• Rose Byrne – Sarah Watson
• Matt Doran – Joel
• – Dr. Edgar Travers
• Zoe Carides – Dr. Constance Young
• Michala Banas – Kylie McDonald
• Nicholas Bishop – Marshall Bowdon
• Kimberley Joseph – Andrea Thatcher
• Bridie Carter – Jessica Millay
• Ling-Hsueh Tang – Emma Trimble

Episodes[]

Murder Call ran for three seasons and produced 56 episodes. For more information see List of Murder Call episodes.

Home media[]

It was announced by Via Vision Entertainment in March 2019 that they would be releasing the complete collection of Murder Call on DVD.

Season 01 & 02 are streaming on Amazon prime in the UK.

References[]

External links[]

• Australian Television's Murder Call section
• A Murder Call review
• Murder Call at IMDb
• Murder Call – "Black Friday" at Australian Screen Online
• Murder Call - the National Film and Sound Archive