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
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	1984 (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	TBD	TBD	()
2	2	"The Expert"	TBD	TBD	()
3	3	"Code Of Silence"	TBD	TBD	1984 (1984)
4	4	"Easy Street"	TBD	TBD	()
5	5	"Counterfeit Lady"	TBD	TBD	()
6	6	"The Long Secret"	Unknown	Shane Brennan	22 July 1984 (1984-07-22)
7	7	"The Second Mr Swift"	TBD	TBD	()
8	8	"The Wurzburg Link"	TBD	TBD	()
9	9	"Same Time Friday"	TBD	TBD	()
10	10	"Duel"	TBD	TBD	()
11	11	"The Set Up"	TBD	TBD	()
12	12	"The Golden Run"	TBD	TBD	()
13	13	"Jacko"	TBD	TBD	()
14	14	"Slow Attack"	TBD	TBD	()
15	15	"Country Girl"	TBD	TBD	()
16	16	"War"	TBD	TBD	()
17	17	"Wild Man"	TBD	TBD	()
18	18	"The Chen Legacy"	TBD	TBD	()
19	19	"Child Of Fortune"	TBD	TBD	()
20	20	"Business As Usual"	TBD	TBD	()
21	21	"A Wild Oat"	TBD	TBD	()
22	22	"Mates"	TBD	TBD	()
23	23	"Big Bad World"	TBD	TBD	()
24	24	"Early Birds"	TBD	TBD	()
25	25	"The Bribe"	TBD	TBD	()
26	26	"Farewell To A Comrade"	TBD	TBD	()
27	27	"In The Cause Of Justice"	TBD	TBD	()
28	28	TBA	TBD	TBD	()
29	29	"Killer"	TBD	TBD	()
30	30	"The Patchwork"	TBD	TBD	()
31	31	"Brothers"	TBD	TBD	()
32	32	"Until Death"	TBD	TBD	()
33	33	"Ghosts"	TBD	TBD	()
34	34	"The Haley Inheritance"	TBD	TBD	()
35	35	"Suzie's War"	TBD	TBD	()
36	36	"Return Of The Cat"	TBD	TBD	()
37	37	"Pigs"	TBD	TBD	()
38	38	TBA	TBD	TBD	()
39	39	TBA	TBD	TBD	()
40	40	"Rotten Apple"	TBD	TBD	()
41	41	"Mad Mountain Mumma"	TBD	TBD	()
42	42	TBA	TBD	TBD	()
43	43	TBA	TBD	TBD	()

Home Media

As of June 2019 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

Available At (National Film and Sound Archives)

Season Title	Episodes	NFSA Content and Notes	Available For Viewing
Special Squad	38/43	Documents 4 x Documents Episodes 1-2,4-5,7,9-19,21-22,24-27,29-37,40-41 (Format: Not Currently Digitalised Yet) Episodes 28,38,39,42,43 (Not Available at all)	Episodes 3,8,20 & 23 (Format: Tape) Episode 6 (Format: Digital)

External links

• Crawford Productions
• Special Squad at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Special Squad at IMDb