Division 4 

1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 5 (Australia)
300 x 60 minute episodes

Another Australian cop drama from Crawford Productions. The 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 honored 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.