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| John Clabburn | .... | first assistant director: second unit / second assistant director (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Alison Meir | .... | second assistant director / third assistant director (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Matt Enfield | .... | first assistant director: second unit / first assistant director (39 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Jo Pearce | .... | third assistant director (26 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Russell Whiteoak | .... | first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (22 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Brent Crockett | .... | second unit director (22 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Brendan Lavelle | .... | second unit director / assistant director: second unit (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Rodney Bolton | .... | second unit director (11 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Paul Healey | .... | first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (9 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Charles Rotherham | .... | first assistant director / first assistant director: second unit (7 episodes, 1997) |
| Simone Barker | .... | third assistant director / additional third assistant director (5 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Jeffrey Malouf | .... | first assistant director / second unit director (2 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Joshua Watkins | .... | third assistant director (2 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sophy Robertson | .... | second assistant director: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Karl Steinberg | .... | second unit director (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Stuart Wood | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 1998) |
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| Larry Sandy | .... | construction manager / carpenter / ... (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Rohan Dawson | .... | set finisher (49 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Michael Brennan | .... | carpenter (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Jennifer Des Champs | .... | art department manager (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Murray Simmance | .... | carpenter (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Alice Lodge | .... | assistant props buyer (30 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Soren Pederson | .... | assistant props buyer / assistant props (30 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Andrew Playford | .... | stand-by props / stand-by props: second unit (30 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Joshua Black | .... | set finisher (29 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Mark Panucci | .... | carpenter (29 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Mario Mazzullo | .... | stagehand (28 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Ian Chater | .... | stagehand / stand-by carpenter (25 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Liz Somerville | .... | assistant props buyer (25 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Jan Edwards | .... | art department coordinator (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Jamie Howe | .... | assistant props buyer (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Richard Crowe | .... | stand-by carpenter / stagehand / ... (23 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| John Kapolitsas | .... | unit assistant / stagehand (22 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Jon Stiles | .... | carpenter (22 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Kerry Turnbull | .... | design attachment (22 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Marcus Erasmus | .... | stand-by props (20 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Rodney Brunsdon | .... | props buyer / dresser (20 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Karyn-Lee 'Lilly' Miyoshi | .... | dresser / props buyer (20 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Victoria Strelein | .... | set finisher (16 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Michael Carroll | .... | carpenter / construction foreman (16 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Beth Pickworth | .... | graphic designer / assistant graphic designer (12 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Kathy Pope | .... | graphic designer (11 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| John Carroll | .... | buyer / dresser / ... (10 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Mark Sullivan | .... | carpenter (10 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Clare Shervington | .... | production coordinator (9 episodes, 1997) |
| Jennifer Carseldine | .... | dresser / props buyer (9 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Thomas Tatko | .... | graphic designer (9 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sam Rickard | .... | buyer / dresser (8 episodes, 1997) |
| Alky Avramides | .... | dresser / props buyer (7 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Tony Piliotis | .... | set painter (6 episodes, 1997) |
| Jo-Ann Beikoff | .... | property buyer / set dresser (5 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Bill Howe | .... | construction coordinator / construction manager (4 episodes, 1997) |
| Sean Scroggie | .... | stagehand / stand-by carpenter (4 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Richie Dehne | .... | dresser / props buyer (4 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Veronica Strelein | .... | scenic artist / set finisher (4 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Tony Williams | .... | draughtsman (3 episodes, 1997) |
| Peter Fitzgerald | .... | stand-by props (3 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Arabelle Lockhart | .... | dresser / props buyer (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| David Brown | .... | scenic artist (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Peter Desmond | .... | art department assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Brian Edmonds | .... | assistant art director (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Ken Pollard | .... | carpenter (2 episodes, 1998) |
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| Peter Cunningham | .... | art department electrician (unknown episodes) |
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| Phil Keros | .... | sound recordist (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Sue Kerr | .... | boom operator / sound recordist (51 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Mark Bergin | .... | boom operator / sound engineer: second unit / ... (35 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Richard Brobyn | .... | foley recordist (30 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Helen Brown | .... | foley artist (30 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Gerry Duffy | .... | sound post-production (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Steve Witherow | .... | sound post-production (21 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| John Cowper Patterson | .... | sound effects editor (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Bob Williams | .... | boom operator / sound engineer: second unit / ... (20 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Dino Giacomin | .... | sound supervisor (19 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Michael Baber | .... | online sound editor (17 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Todd Shattock | .... | sound post-production (17 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Megan Shaw | .... | dialogue editor (17 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Tony Vaccher | .... | sound mixer (16 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Rory Martin | .... | sound post-production (13 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Roland Morris | .... | sound mixer (13 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Ross Brewer | .... | dialogue editor (13 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Peter Purcell | .... | sound mixer (10 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Robert Sullivan | .... | sound mixer (10 episodes, 1997) |
| Fabian Sanjurjo | .... | sound post-production (7 episodes, 1997) |
| John Dennison | .... | adr recordist (7 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Mark Franken | .... | sound supervisor / sound post-production (6 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Catherine Gross | .... | boom operator / sound engineer: second unit (5 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Ian Rumbell | .... | additional boom operator (5 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Mark Van Kool | .... | boom operator / boom operator: second unit (4 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Martin Oswin | .... | sound mixer (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Peter Gawler | .... | sound editor (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Anna Jakovich | .... | boom operator (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Glenn Nielson | .... | carpenter (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Mark Sullivan | .... | carpenter (2 episodes, 1998) |
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| Philip Le Masurier | .... | still photographer (54 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Dan Maxwell | .... | assistant camera (45 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Greg Gilbert | .... | camera operator (44 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Bronwyn Allomes | .... | camera operator (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Adam Hunter | .... | best boy / gaffer: second unit / ... (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Michael Landers | .... | grip (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Travis McGee | .... | electrician (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Peter Ryan | .... | gaffer (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Michael Pickells | .... | assistant camera: second unit / assistant camera (29 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Michael McGill | .... | first electrician / additional electrician / ... (28 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Andrew Oliver | .... | camera operator (27 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Brett Tracey | .... | additional clapper loader / clapper loader (24 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Mitchell Papi | .... | assistant camera (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Nino Tamburri | .... | clapper loader (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Mick O'Brien | .... | gaffer / best boy (23 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Allan Willis | .... | best boy electric / first assistant electrician / ... (21 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Anthea Boyle | .... | assistant camera (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Glen Jenkins | .... | additional electrician (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Jonas Juhanson | .... | key grip (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Brendan Lavelle | .... | director of photography: second unit (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Jules Wurm | .... | assistant camera: second unit / assistant camera (21 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Marcus Watson | .... | electrician / generator operator / ... (20 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Brent Crockett | .... | director of photography: second unit (19 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Tim Duggan | .... | assistant grip (18 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Scott Brokate | .... | grip (16 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| James Gormon Todd | .... | focus puller (16 episodes, 1997) |
| Jonathan Beament | .... | clapper loader (16 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Daniel Pront | .... | clapper loader / clapper loader: second unit (14 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Matt Slattery | .... | gaffer / lighting director (13 episodes, 1997) |
| Steve Price | .... | best boy / gaffer: second unit (12 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Rodney Bolton | .... | director of photography: second unit (11 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Rebecca Lean | .... | clapper loader / additional clapper loader (10 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Carolyn Constantine | .... | assistant camera: second unit (10 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Mark Goellnicht | .... | camera operator / camera operator: second unit (10 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Paul Anderson | .... | key grip / additional grip / ... (9 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Craig Bryant | .... | best boy (8 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Greg Molineaux | .... | grip / key grip (6 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| James Todd | .... | assistant camera (6 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Brett Campbell | .... | assistant grip (5 episodes, 1997) |
| Alan Willis | .... | assistant first electrician / best boy (5 episodes, 1997) |
| Emily Howard | .... | clapper loader (5 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| John Warneke | .... | video tape supervisor (5 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Mike Kelly | .... | assistant camera / assistant camera: second unit (4 episodes, 1997) |
| Steve Edwards | .... | additional electrician (4 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Clive Rippon | .... | additional electrician (4 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| John Balbi | .... | assistant grip (3 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Graham Young | .... | grip / key grip (3 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Kirk Bromage | .... | additional electrician (3 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Brendan Gribble | .... | clapper loader / additional clapper loader (3 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Ben Jasper | .... | assistant camera (3 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Leroy Page | .... | assistant electrician / additional electrician (3 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Stuart Trevan | .... | additional clapper loader (3 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Ben Steel | .... | electrician (2 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Jeffrey Malouf | .... | director of photography: second unit (2 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Ken Talbot | .... | additional electrician (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Lucinda van de Berkt | .... | additional clapper loader (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Sam Bienstock | .... | gaffer: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Chris Dodd | .... | additional electrician: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| David Dunkley | .... | assistant camera: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Martin Fargher | .... | assistant grip (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Cliff Henry | .... | additional electrician: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Matt Inglis | .... | additional electrician (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Brett Jarman | .... | additional electrician: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Paul Logister | .... | best boy: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Iain Mathieson | .... | additional electrician (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Zac Murphy | .... | additional electrician (2 episodes, 1998) |
| John Tate | .... | additional grip: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Bryn Whitie | .... | assistant camera: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Beau Sevastos | .... | grip (2 episodes, 1999) |
| Kelly Reader | .... | additional clapper loader (2 episodes, 2000) |
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| Ian Barwick | .... | electrician (unknown episodes) |
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| Jeff Dunn | .... | production accountant (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Jo Horsburgh | .... | story editor (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Liliana Munoz | .... | script researcher (55 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Kym Druitt | .... | publicist: Southern Star (54 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Jane Osborne | .... | unit publicist / publicist (54 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Dana Rayson | .... | title designer (54 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Peter Anderson | .... | financial controller (53 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| John Hugginson | .... | network script executive (53 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Heidi Virtue | .... | network publicist (45 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Linda Craige | .... | assistant: Hal McElroy (43 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Robert Simper | .... | safety officer / safety report writer / ... (42 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Helen Robinson | .... | script coordinator (36 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Lesley Lewis | .... | script editor trainee / script editor (35 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Paul Viney | .... | location manager (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Cameron Wintour | .... | studio manager (31 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Tracey Mair | .... | unit publicist (30 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Lou Grant | .... | assistant to producer / continuity / ... (29 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Joshua Watkins | .... | production runner (29 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Mario Mazzullo | .... | unit assistant (28 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sean Scroggie | .... | trade assistant (28 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Reinaldo Puentes-Tucki | .... | trade assistant (26 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Louise Crane | .... | script editor / script supervisor (25 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Jeremy Grogan | .... | production runner (24 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Rebecca McCauley | .... | production secretary (23 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| John Kiriakasis | .... | unit assistant (23 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Howard Parker | .... | production executive (20 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Adam Spencer | .... | location manager / assistant location manager (18 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Clare Shervington | .... | production coordinator (17 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Rachael Sheehan | .... | production secretary / accounting assistant (17 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Julia Gretton-Roberts | .... | production coordinator (16 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sally Mann | .... | continuity (16 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Afra Mullins | .... | production assistant (15 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Cassandra Simpson | .... | production coordinator (15 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Tara Ferrier | .... | continuity (14 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Bevan Childs | .... | location manager (14 episodes, 1997) |
| Tony Garland | .... | armorer (14 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Andrea Gorrdard | .... | accounting assistant (13 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Annie Parnell | .... | production secretary (12 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Honor Bannister | .... | continuity (11 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sarah Duffy | .... | script coordinator (10 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Peter Williams | .... | unit assistant (10 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Rob Greenough | .... | safety officer (9 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Dar Davies | .... | safety officer / safety report writer / ... (8 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Julia Reynolds | .... | network publicist (8 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Gordon Waddell | .... | safety report writer / safety officer / ... (8 episodes, 1998) |
| Mandy Ling | .... | nurse / unit nurse (7 episodes, 1997-2000) |
| Zac Astill | .... | unit assistant (7 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Rebecca McCauley | .... | production secretary (6 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Belinda Mravicic | .... | production coordinator (6 episodes, 1997) |
| Rob Henley | .... | unit assistant (6 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Judy King | .... | unit nurse / nurse (6 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Kerry Blakeman | .... | safety supervisor / safety officer (5 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Tobina Sharpe | .... | nurse (5 episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Roslyn Baker | .... | script coordinator (5 episodes, 1997) |
| Ian Lind | .... | safety officer (4 episodes, 1997) |
| Felix Reitin | .... | production runner / unit assistant (4 episodes, 1998-2000) |
| Sarah Muir | .... | continuity (4 episodes, 1998) |
| Morris Whitton | .... | trade assistant (4 episodes, 2000) |
| Dino Giacomin | .... | script supervisor (3 episodes, 1997) |
| Wayne Pleace | .... | safety supervisor (3 episodes, 1997) |
| Anthea Saunders | .... | script coordinator (3 episodes, 1997) |
| Kingston Anderson | .... | assistant location manager (3 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Bernard Ledger | .... | knife expert / safety officer (2 episodes, 1997-1998) |
| Brian Ellison | .... | safety officer (2 episodes, 1997) |
| Leon Berg | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Wayne Button | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Jade Clayton | .... | safety report writer / safety supervisor (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Rachel Sheehan | .... | assistant accountant / production secretary (2 episodes, 1998-1999) |
| Liam Branaghan | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Ross Bridekirk | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Andrew Cochrane | .... | trade assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Daniel Leary | .... | trade assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Helen Linthorne | .... | production coordinator: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Nathan Pooley | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Jeremy Robinson | .... | unit assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Sandie Strudwick | .... | nurse (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Elle Tosolini | .... | accounting assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Aaron Trinder | .... | trade assistant (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Justine Vollmer | .... | production assistant: second unit / runner: second unit (2 episodes, 1998) |
| Peter Gawler | .... | script editor (2 episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Mary Ann Orr | .... | nurse (2 episodes, 1999-2000) |
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| Kerry Fetzer | .... | caterer (unknown episodes) |
| Reza Mokhtar | .... | caterer (unknown episodes) |
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I just picked up "Deadline" by Jennifer Rowe at a garage sale and on the cover it proclaimed "Introducing "Murder Call"'s Senior Detective Tessa Vance. I was instantly transported back 10 years. Even when it was first on television the station mucked about with the times - often it was on at 9.30 or later. But I persevered. It was so unlike any police show before or since. It was very "noirish" - the sets were often suffused in amber, the venetians
made the shadows slanted, the rooms were often dark - exactly like a 1940s detective movie. Lucy Bell's beauty was in keeping with the theme - dressed in Armani suits (or was it Gucci??) she had a blonde loveliness that set her apart.
It was advertised "Detective Steve Hayden (Peter Mochrie) solves crime by the book but Detective Tessa Vance (Lucy Bell) uses intuition" and each episode usually ended in a voice over from Tessa putting all the clues together and then calling Steve (usually in the small hours of the morning) with her solutions - which were always right!! The gruff Det. Inspector Malcolm Thorne was played by Gary Day, who cut his teeth on "Homicide" one of Australia's first police drama series. There was also Geoff Morrell as Lance Fisk in forensics, Glenda Linscott as "Tootsie" Soames - she did the autopsies and Jennifer Kent as Dee Suzeraine, the police photographer. They were all great and perfect in their roles. In the tradition of "Midsomer Murders" there was never just one murder - the crazy killer always had several people to dispose of.
I wish I had this series on DVD - I'd even settle for VHS!!!
Highly Recommended.