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Homicide

Season 1 1964

  • 1964-10-20T09:30:00Z on Seven Network
  • 1h
  • 9h (9 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Drama, Crime, Action, Adventure
Homicide was Australia's first major drama series, and the most influential by any measure. Based around murder cases investigated by the Homicide squad at Melbourne's Russell Street police headquarters, Homicide single-handedly established a viable TV drama industry in Australia. Over 11 years and 510 episodes, Homicide acheived massive ratings (peaking at an incredible 54 at one point), made household names of its stars, spawned two sister series- Division 4 and Matlock Police- on rival networks, and still outlived them both! In the twenty-two years since it was last broadcast (in afternoon re-runs), the series has become renowned for its frequent car chases, slightly shonky 1970's fashions, and occasionally stilted dialogue. Some of Australia's best-known actors, writers, and directors got their start on Homicide, and without it- and the successors it generated- Australian drama would be very, very different.

9 episodes

Series Premiere

1964-10-20T09:30:00Z

1x01 The Stunt

Series Premiere

1x01 The Stunt

  • 1964-10-20T09:30:00Z1h

A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicise a charity. When the students' leader is shot dead by a bank guard, Homicide detectives have to establish whether the guard was acting within his duty or recklessly; a complication is that jealousy in the group caused the student to be 'set up' for the shooting.

1964-10-27T09:30:00Z

1x02 A Handful Of Money

1x02 A Handful Of Money

  • 1964-10-27T09:30:00Z1h

An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, and confesses, but Det. Sgt. Bronson's doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, and bring he and Insp. Connolly into conflict.

1964-11-03T09:30:00Z

1x03 The Rosary

1x03 The Rosary

  • 1964-11-03T09:30:00Z1h

For three days, a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges provides a perfect honeymoon hideaway. But then the young bride is brutally slain, and Homicide detectives find themselves investigating bigamy as well as murder.

1964-11-10T09:30:00Z

1x04 The Knot

1x04 The Knot

  • 1964-11-10T09:30:00Z1h

An unidentified young woman is murdered in a park, the second such occurrence, and Homicide detectives have to race against time to prevent a third killing.

1x05 The Man In The Suede Jacket

  • 1964-11-17T09:30:00Z1h

Nancy Tate is kidnapped by two men and taken to a lonely spot and murdered. A search begins for a mysterious witness wearing a cap and a suede jacket.

1964-11-24T09:30:00Z

1x06 Aunt Sally

1x06 Aunt Sally

  • 1964-11-24T09:30:00Z1h

A clerk is shot when two masked men hold up a factory and steal a $10,000 payroll. Homicide detectives have no real leads, and must rely on information from an informer, Sgt. Bronson's 'Aunt Sally'.

1964-12-01T09:30:00Z

1x07 The Scent Of Death

1x07 The Scent Of Death

  • 1964-12-01T09:30:00Z1h

A body is discovered in a railway box-car at the Jolimont railway yards, from where a young boy has also gone missing. Police dogs are called in to track down the killer, a young man who has killed his father with an iron bar during an argument, and fled with the only witness - the missing boy.

1964-12-08T09:30:00Z

1x08 The Missing Letter

1x08 The Missing Letter

  • 1964-12-08T09:30:00Z1h

Edward Heywood is reported missing, and three weeks later his body is recovered from the Yarra River. Two anonymous letters - death threats - provide the Homicide detectives with an important clue. The man's wife, Katarina, had many lovers, and when she reports her sister-in-law Norma has suicided, one of her lovers, Rogowski, makes a false confession.

Season Finale

1964-12-15T09:30:00Z

1x09 The Silent Witness

Season Finale

1x09 The Silent Witness

  • 1964-12-15T09:30:00Z1h

When an attractive young girl is murdered, it doesn't take long for the Homicide detectives to identify her killer; but they have a tense time gathering sufficient evidence to bring him to trial, aware that before they can complete their case he may well kill again.

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