City Homicide
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| City Homicide | |
|---|---|
 Opening title card | |
| Format | Police, drama, crime |
| Created by |
John Hugginson John Banas |
| Starring |
Shane Bourne Nadine Garner Aaron Pedersen Ryan O'Kane Daniel MacPherson Damien Richardson Nadia Townsend John Adam Noni Hazlehurst David Field |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 (including mini-series) |
| No. of episodes | 84 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Holmes |
| Producer(s) | MaryAnne Carroll |
| Running time |
approx 45 minutes (1 hour with ads) |
| Production company(s) | Southern Star Group |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original run | 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
2007 City Homicide cast
City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main characters were six detectives, who solve the murder cases, and their three superior officers.[1]
City Homicide did not return in its regular format in 2011.[2] A six-episode mini-series titled No Greater Honour was shown instead which marked the closing storyline of the series.[3] The mini-series guest starred Claire Van Der Boom, Marcus Graham, John Howard, and Graeme Blundell.[4]
Production
The show's co-writers are John Hugginson who has previously worked on Water Rats, Murder Call and Blue Heelers, and John Banas who has written for All Saints and Stingers in addition to Water Rats and Blue Heelers. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Banas told of how the show had been in planning since "late last millennium".
The bulk of City Homicide is shot at Seven's South Melbourne studios and the show features Melbourne landmarks, such as Flinders Street Station and the city's trams.
The series is distributed overseas by Southern Star Group.[5]
Cast
Main cast
| Actor/actress | Character | Rank | Tenure | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noni Hazlehurst | Bernice Waverley | Commander | 2007–2011 | 001–84 |
| Shane Bourne | Stanley Wolfe | Detective Senior Sergeant | 2007–2011 | 001–84 |
| Nadine Garner | Jennifer Mapplethorpe | Detective Senior Constable | 2007–2011 | 001–84 |
| Aaron Pedersen | Duncan Freeman | Detective Senior Constable | 2007–2011 | 001–84 |
| Damien Richardson | Matt Ryan | Detective Sergeant | 2007–2011 | 001–84 |
| Nadia Townsend | Allie Kingston | Detective Senior Constable | 2009–2011 | 037–84 |
| John Adam | Nick Buchanan | Detective Senior Constable | 2009–2011 | 041–84 |
| Ryan O'Kane | Rhys Levitt | Detective Senior Constable | 2010–2011 | 064–84 |
| Daniel MacPherson | Simon Joyner | Detective Senior Constable | 2007–2011 | 001–56 |
Semi-regular cast
| Actor/actress | Character | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| David Field | Detective Superintendent Terry Jarvis | 2007–2011 |
| Tasma Walton | Detective Senior Sergeant Claudia Leigh | 2009–2011 |
| Louise Crawford | Sergeant Karen Hatzic | 2007–2011 |
| Miles Paras | Senior Constable Phillippa Stern | 2008–2011 |
| Carolyn Bock | Linda Wolfe | 2007–2011 |
| Meredith Penman | Emma Treadgold | 2008–2011 |
| Genevieve Morris | Dr. Rhonda 'Ronnie' Lafferty | 2008–2011 |
| Gil Tucker | Dr. Sam 'Mack The Knife' McIntyre | 2007–2011 |
| Fiona Corke | Judith Welling | 2007–2011 |
| Cameron Nugent | Senior Constable Paul Winston | 2007–2011 |
Senior Constable Todd Crost
Guest Cast
- William Jarratt as Josh Waverly (2007–2009)
- Marshall Napier as Detective Senior Sergeant Wilton Sparkes (2007–2008,2010)
- Mark Hennessy as Senior Sergeant James Cotton (Bernice's PA) (2007)
- John McTernan as Assistant Commissioner (Crime Dept) Bill Mulholland (2007)
- Alyce Platt as Lorraine Sparkes (2007)
- Vince Colosimo as Ernie Calbrese (2007)
- Jasper Bagg as Barry Shadow (2007)
- Kat Stewart as Claire Jackson (2007)
- Alejandro Rubilar as Peter Grout (2007)
Special guest cast
- Blair McDonough as Cameron Gunning (2008)
- Craig McLachlan as Leon Grasby (2008)
- Georgie Parker as Susan Blake (2010)
- Martin Sacks as Daniel Worthington (2010)
Episodes
Main article: List of City Homicide episodes
Ratings
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| 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 |
| 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 |
| 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 |
| 2012
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| Television in Australia |
Series ratings
The following table's ratings and rankings are subject to change as more episodes are broadcast.
| Season | Episodes | Series timeslot |
Series premiere |
Series final |
Peak audience (in millions) |
Average audience (in millions) |
Average nightly rank |
Average weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Monday 8:30 pm | 28 August 2007 | 19 November 2007 | 1.763 | 1.611 | # | # |
| 2 | 22 | Monday/Sunday 8:30 pm | 30 June 2008 | 29 March 2009 | 1.888 | 1.506 | #4 | # |
| 3 | 18 | Monday/Wednesday 8:30 pm | 10 August 2009 | 25 November 2009 | 1.389 | 1.315 | #5 | #16 |
| 4 | 24 | Wednesday 8:30 pm | 14 July 2010 | 16 February 2011 | ||||
| No Greater Honour | 6 | Wednesday 8:30 pm | 23 February 2011[6] | 30 March 2011 |
Weekly ratings
The following table shows the weekly ratings for the series. Season two has been split into two parts as season two aired in two television seasons.
The data is based on the five Metropolitan markets only.
| # (Series) | # | Episode | AU air date | Timeslot | Viewers (m)[7] | Nightly rank |
Weekly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1[8][9] | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | "In the Hands of Giants (Part 1)" | 28 August 2007 | 8:30 pm Monday |
1.648 | ||
| 2 | 2 | "In the Hands of Giants (Part 2)" | 1.648 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Lie Down with Dogs" | 3 September 2007 | 1.717 | |||
| 4 | 4 | "The Return" | 10 September 2007 | 1.401 | |||
| 5 | 5 | "Ripe Fruits In The Garden" | 17 September 2007 | 1.562 | |||
| 6 | 6 | "Envelope Day" | 24 September 2007 | 1.287 | |||
| 7 | 7 | "Baby Love" | 1 October 2007 | 1.762 | |||
| 8 | 8 | "Victims Of Crime" | 8 October 2007 | 1.635 | |||
| 9 | 9 | "Family Planning" | 15 October 2007 | 1.695 | |||
| 10 | 10 | "The Promised Land" | 22 October 2007 | 1.570 | |||
| 11 | 11 | "Serious Men" | 29 October 2007 | 1.583 | |||
| 12 | 12 | "Cut and Dried" | 5 November 2007 | 1.559 | |||
| 13 | 13 | "Rostered Day Off" | 12 November 2007 | 1.722 | |||
| 14 | 14 | "Raising The Dead" | 19 November 2007 | 1.763 | |||
| Season 2[10][11] | |||||||
| 15 | 1 | "Thicker Than Water" | 30 June 2008 | 8:30 pm Monday |
1.611 | 2 | |
| 16 | 2 | "Somersaulting Dogs" | 7 July 2008 | 1.583 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 3 | "In House" | 14 July 2008 | 1.601 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 4 | "Taniwha" | 21 July 2008 | 1.571 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 5 | "Guilty As Charged" | 28 July 2008 | 1.533 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 6 | "Reward" | 25 August 2008 | 1.888 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 7 | "Golden" | 1 September 2008 | 1.698 | 3 | ||
| 22 | 8 | "Life After Death" | 8 September 2008 | 1.789 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 9 | "Never To Be Released" | 15 September 2008 | 1.854 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 10 | "Examination Day" | 22 September 2008 | 1.506 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 11 | "Oh Lucky Man" | 29 September 2008 | 1.670 | 1 | ||
| 26 | 12 | "Spoils of War" | 6 October 2008 | 1.701 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 13 | "Jury Duty" | 13 October 2008 | 1.429 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 14 | "Jane Doe" | 20 October 2008 | 1.446 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 15 | "Junkie" | 8 February 2009 | 8:30 pm Sunday |
1.361 | 7 | 19 |
| 30 | 16 | "Stolen Sweets" | 15 February 2009 | 1.201 | 8 | 21 | |
| 31 | 17 | "The Forgotten" | 22 February 2009 | 1.086 | 8 | 29 | |
| 32 | 18 | "A Green Light" | 1 March 2009 | 1.253 | 5 | 18 | |
| 33 | 19 | "House of Horrors" | 8 March 2009 | 1.189 | 5 | 21 | |
| 34 | 20 | "The Cutting Edge" | 15 March 2009 | 1.165 | 10 | 26 | |
| 35 | 21 | "Rage" | 22 March 2009 | 1.203 | 9 | 22 | |
| 36 | 22 | "Life and Death" | 29 March 2009 | 1.307 | 6 | 20 | |
| Season 3 | |||||||
| 37 | 1 | "The Money Shot" | 10 August 2009 | 8:30 pm Monday |
1.321 | 5 | 16 |
| 38 | 2 | "Meet and Greet" | 10 August 2009 | 1.142 | 11 | 34 | |
| 39 | 3 | "Chop Shop" | 17 August 2009 | 1.389 | 3 | 10 | |
| 40 | 4 | "The First Stone" | 24 August 2009 | 1.334 | 3 | 9 | |
| 41 | 5 | "Thai Take Away" | 31 August 2009 | 1.389 | 3 | 9 | |
| 42 | 6 | "The Confession" | 7 September 2009 | 1.262 | 6 | 11 | |
| 43 | 7 | "Little Big Man" | 14 September 2009 | 1.189 | 8 | 23 | |
| 44 | 8 | "Time of Your Life" | 16 September 2009 | 8:30 pm Wednesday |
1.175 | 6 | 24 |
| 45 | 9 | "Diggers" | 23 September 2009 | 1.154 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 10 | "Blood Trail" | 30 September 2009 | 0.796 | 14 | ||
| 47 | 11 | "Hot House" | 7 October 2009 | 0.876 | 15 | ||
| 48 | 12 | "Baker's Dozen = 13" | 14 October 2009 | 1.032 | 13 | ||
| 49 | 13 | "Smokescreen" | 21 October 2009 | 0.989 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 14 | "Mission Statement" | 28 October 2009 | 1.192 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 15 | "Dead Weight" | 4 November 2009 | 1.161 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 16 | "Big Bang Theory" | 11 November 2009 | 1.130 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 17 | "In Wolf's Clothing" | 18 November 2009 | 1.021 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 18 | "Whistleblower" | 25 November 2009 | 1.010 | 10 | ||
| Season 4 | |||||||
| 55 | 1 | Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! | 14 July 2010 | 8:30 pm Wednesday |
0.936 | 12 | 45 |
| 56 | 2 | Good Cop/Bad Cop | 14 July 2010 | 0.936 | 12 | 45 | |
| 57 | 3 | Flight Risk | 21 July 2010 | 0.808 | 16 | 51 | |
| 58 | 4 | Protection | 28 July 2010 | 0.911 | 17 | 49 | |
| 59 | 5 | Ratters | 4 Aug 2010 | 0.923 | 16 | 53 | |
| 60 | 6 | Last Seen | 11 Aug 2010 | 1.007 | 15 | 40 | |
| 61 | 7 | No Smoke | 18 Aug 2010 | 0.948 | 15 | 44 | |
| 62 | 8 | In Harm's way | 25 Aug 2010 | 0.771 | 23 | 77 | |
| 63 | 9 | The Hit | 1 Sep 2010 | 0.903 | 20 | 52 | |
| 64 | 10 | Just Desserts | 8 Sep 2010 | 0.851 | 16 | 51 | |
| 65 | 11 | Pirates | 15 Sep 2010 | 0.824 | 19 | 82 | |
| 66 | 12 | Tomato Can | 22 Sep 2010 | 1.014 | 12 | ||
^ Episode six was broadcast on Monday 24 September in Sydney and Brisbane as per usual but was broadcast in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on Wednesday 26 September due to the broadcast of the 2007 Brownlow Medal count.
DVD releases
Series 1, 2 and 3 of City Homicide are now available on DVD. Season 3 DVD includes the first 8 episodes of Season 4. The Season 4 DVD includes the remainder of season 4 episodes plus the 6 part mini-series No Greater Honour.
| Season | Date released | # of episodes | # of discs | Special features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete 1st Series | 2 September 2009 | 14 | 4 | Slipcase Packaging |
| The Complete 2nd Series | 1 July 2010 | 22 | 6 | Slipcase Packaging |
| The Complete 3rd Series | 18 November 2010[12] | 26 | 6 | Slipcase Packaging |
| The Complete 4th Series & No Greater Honour Mini Series | 21 April 2011 | 22 | 5 | Slipcase Packaging |
Broadcast and distribution
| Country | Network | Airs | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
Seven Network | Wednesdays 9:30 pm | |
 New Zealand |
TV ONE | Mondays 10:55 pm | |
 Canada |
Super Channel | Thursdays 10 p.m. | |
 Denmark |
DR1 | Weeknights | |
 Norway |
TVNorge | ||
 Estonia |
Fox Crime[13] | ||
 France |
France 3 | Fridays 11:25 pm | |
 Ireland |
RTÉ One | Sundays 4:30 am | |
 Netherlands |
Veronica | ||
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Daar Communications | ||
 Iran |
Channel 1 | Sunday 10:15 pm | |
 United States | Hulu Plus | Available for streaming | |
References
- ↑ http://www.australiantelevision.net/city_homicide/
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/why-local-cop-shows-are-losing-the-beat-20101201-18fuu.html
- ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/03/city-homicide-finale.html
- ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/10/axed-city-homicide.html
- ↑ Chai, Paul. Southern Star steals Seven's 'City', Variety, 15 May 2007.
- ↑ http://www.australiantelevision.net/city_homicide/series4.html
- ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings 2009
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/city-homicide/show/74552/episode.html
- ↑ http://www.tv.com/city-homicide/show/74552/episode.html
- ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings for 08
- ↑ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings for 08
- ↑ http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/816128
- ↑ Melbourne´i mõrvarühm
9^ http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=728132&showcomments=true
External links
- Official website
- City Homicide at The TV IV
- City Homicide at the Australian Television Information Archive
- City Homicide at the Internet Movie Database
- City Homicide at TV.com
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