Special Squad (Australian TV series)

Special Squad
Genre	Crime drama
Starring	Alan Cassell; Anthony Hawkins; John Diedrich
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	43
Production
Executive producers	Hector Crawford, C.B.E.; Ian Crawford; Terry Stapleton
Producers	Raymond Menmuir; Ross Jennings
Production company	Crawford Productions
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	1984

Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984.

Overview

The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis (John Diedrich).

Special Squad was seen by many as an Australian answer to the British series The Professionals both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both series were produced by Raymond Menmuir. However, in reality the characters and plotlines were less developed than the British series.

The series lasted for 43 episodes in total.

Cast

Alan Cassell as Det. Insp. Don Anderson
Anthony Hawkins as Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith
John Diedrich as Det. Sgt. Joel Davis

Guest Stars

Notable guest actors on the show included: Gerard Kennedy, Frankie J. Holden, Tom Oliver, Louise Siversen, Trevor Kent, Vincent Ball, Briony Behets, Grigor Taylor, Bruno Lawrence, Elizabeth Alexander, Gerard Maguire, Monica Maughan, Bartholomew John, Robert Grubb, Bryan Marshall, Billie Hammerberg, Terry Gill, Jackie Woodburne, Judith McGrath, Nick Tate, Leslie Dayman, Maggie Millar, Jane Clifton, Betty Bobbitt, Ilona Rodgers, Anne Phelan, Christine Amor, Michael Long, Tommy Dysart, and Ben Mendelsohn.

Episode List

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	TBA	TBA	TBA	()
2	2	"The Expert"	TBA	TBA	()
3	3	"Code of Silence"	TBA	TBA	1984 (1984)
4	4	"Easy Street"	TBA	TBA	()
5	5	"Counterfeit Lady"	TBA	TBA	()
6	6	"The Long Secret"	TBA	Shane Brennan	22 July 1984 (1984-07-22)
7	7	"The Second Mr Swift"	TBA	TBA	()
8	8	"The Wurzburg Link"	TBA	TBA	()
9	9	"Same Time Friday"	TBA	TBA	()
10	10	"Duel"	TBA	TBA	()
11	11	"The Set Up"	TBA	TBA	()
12	12	"The Golden Run"	TBA	TBA	()
13	13	"Jacko"	TBA	TBA	()
14	14	"Slow Attack"	Paul Maloney	Philip Dalkin	()
15	15	"Country Girl"	TBA	TBA	()
16	16	"War"	TBA	TBA	()
17	17	"Wild Man"	TBA	TBA	()
18	18	"The Chen Legacy"	TBA	Shane Brennan	()
19	19	"Child Of Fortune"	TBA	TBA	()
20	20	"Business As Usual"	TBA	Shane Brennan	()
21	21	"A Wild Oat"	TBA	TBA	()
22	22	"Mates"	TBA	TBA	()
23	23	"Big Bad World"	TBA	TBA	()
24	24	"Early Birds"	TBA	TBA	()
25	25	"The Bribe"	TBA	TBA	()
26	26	"Farewell to a Comrade"	TBA	Shane Brennan	()
27	27	"In The Cause Of Justice"	TBA	TBA	()
28	28	TBA	TBA	TBA	()
29	29	"Killer"	TBA	TBA	()
30	30	"The Patchwork"	TBA	TBA	()
31	31	"Brothers"	TBA	TBA	()
32	32	"Until Death"	TBA	TBA	()
33	33	"Ghosts"	TBA	TBA	()
34	34	"The Haley Inheritance"	TBA	TBA	()
35	35	"Suzie's War"	TBA	TBA	()
36	36	"Return Of The Cat"	TBA	TBA	()
37	37	"Pigs"	TBA	Shane Brennan	()
38	38	TBA	TBA	TBA	()
39	39	TBA	TBA	TBA	()
40	40	"Rotten Apple"	TBA	TBA	()
41	41	"Mad Mountain Mumma"	TBA	TBA	()
42	42	TBA	TBA	TBA	()
43	43	TBA	TBA	TBA	()

Home Media

As of September 2020 Crawfords DVD hasn't Released Special Squad on DVD.

Title	Format	Ep #	Discs/Tapes	Region 4 (Australia)	Special Features	Distributors
Special Squad (Complete Collection)	DVD	43		N/A	N/A

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