Murder Call
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Murder Call | |
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Created by | |
Starring | |
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 9 October 2000 | –
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.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Network | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
1 | 16 | 11 August 1997 | 23 November 1997 | Nine Network | |
2 | 20 | 7 July 1998 | 24 November 1998 | ||
3 | 20 | 21 April 1999 | 9 October 2000 |
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.
Title | Format | Episodes | Discs | Region 4 (Australia) | Special Features | Distributors |
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Murder Call Season 01 | DVD | 16 | 3 | 3 April 2019 | None | Via Vision Entertainment |
Murder Call Season 02 | DVD | 20 | 5 | 5 June 2019 | Murder Call: Deadline | Via Vision Entertainment |
Murder Call Season 03 | DVD | 21 | 5 | 4 September 2019 | None | Via Vision Entertainment |
Murder Call Complete Collection | DVD | 57 | 13 | 7 October 2020 | None | Via Vision Entertainment |
References[]
- ^ "Murder Call". TV Guide.
- ^ ""Murder Call: A View to a Kill"". IMDb. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
External links[]
- 1997 Australian television series debuts
- 2000 Australian television series endings
- 1990s Australian drama television series
- 1990s Australian crime television series
- Nine Network original programming
- Television shows set in Sydney
- Television shows based on Australian novels
- Television series by Endemol Australia
- 2000s Australian drama television series
- 2000s Australian crime television series