BlackJack (film series)

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BlackJack
Genre	Police drama
Created by	Gary McCaffrie; Shaun Micallef
Written by	Gary McCaffrie; Shaun Micallef; Kristen Dunphy; Katherine Thompson; Tim Pye;
Directed by	Peter Andrikidis; Ian Watson; Kate Woods;
Starring	Colin Friels; Marta Dusseldorp; David Field; Doris Younane; Gigi Edgley;
Composer	David Hirschfelder
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producers	Nick Murray; Sue Masters
Cinematography	Henry Pierce; Martin McGrath
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Jigsaw Entertainment
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	16 March 2003 –; 2 December 2007

BlackJack is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama.

After testifying against his former colleagues in a corruption trial Sydney detective Jack Kempson (Colin Friels) is reassigned to a unit charged with entering the details of old cases into a police database. He unofficially begins to investigate unsolved crimes dating back many years.^[1]

Episodes

Pilot

BlackJack: Murder Archive (2003)

First trilogy

BlackJack: Sweet Science (2004) — Jack discovers that the sons (Alex O'Loughlin and Anthony Hayes) of a criminal gunned down during a football game in 1992 are now following in their dead father's footsteps.^[2]
BlackJack: In The Money (2005)
BlackJack: Ace Point Game (2005)

Second trilogy

BlackJack: Dead Memory (2006)
BlackJack: At The Gates (2006)
BlackJack: Ghosts (2007)

Main cast

Colin Friels – Jack Kempson
Kate Beahan – Julie Egan
David Field – Inspector Terry Kavanagh
Marta Dusseldorp – Sam Lawson
Gigi Edgley – Liz Kempson
Doris Younane – Christine Vallas
Sophie Lee – Denise Kennedy
Todd Lasance – Stephen Hulce

References

^ "Blackjack". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ "Blackjack - Sweet Science". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

External links

BlackJack (TV Movie 2003), the first instalment, on IMDb
Courtis, Brian (11 September 2005). "Grumpy Old Man". The Age. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
Courtis, Brian (12 September 2005). "Jumping Jack's Dash". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

[1] "Blackjack". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

[2] "Blackjack - Sweet Science". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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