Division 4
 1
9 6 9 - 1 9 7 5 (Australia)
300 x 60 minute episodes
Another Australian cop drama from Crawford Productions. This
series was set in a suburban police station staffed by a mixture
of uniformed and plain clothes police.
The production was similar to Homicide with a mixture of
filmed location footage and videotaped indoor footage.
Division 4 was much honoured in its lifetime and won
many awards - of particular note are those won by Gerard Kennedy
as best actor. Kennedy had joined Division 4 at the
beginning and the series represents his best work in Australian
film and television.
The other regular characters at Yarra Central made an equally
strong impression.
Before appearing in Division 4 Chuck Faulkner had been
the first newsreader at TCN9 (in 1956), and singer Ted Hamilton
also changed persona, turning in good performances as Constable
Kevin Dwyer.
The show was also responsible for introducing Andrew McFarlane.
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