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Phoenix

A hard-edged, gritty police drama set in the tense and claustrophobic world of a Major Crime task force which brings together a crew of idiosyncratic, competitive characters over a knife-edged, maximum stress year-long investigation. PHOENIX is no traditional crime story. Its characters are not clean, superhero cops, just real police officers whose attitudes can be shocking and whose humour is grim and black. The first series recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on the real-life Russell Street Bombing of the mid-80s. The series was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, and is still widely considered as one of the country's greatest series.

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Cast & Crew See All

Simon Westaway
Peter Faithful
Peter Cummins
Supt. Wallace
Sean Scully
Ian Cochrane

Season 2 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Victims Forever

The resources of the Major Crime Squad are taken off an investigation into guns runners and focussed on the investigation of a series of aggravated burglaries. The latest home invasion has targeted the home of elderly couple Betty and James Arthur. Sergeant Peter Faithful heads up the investigation but finds himself fighting the squad's new boss, Senior Sergent Adrian Moon, to the point where he goes over Moon's head to Superintendant Wallace, with no success, to question Moon's ability to manage the unit. Unbeknownst to Peter, Moon has been working on instructions from higher up and is simply "doing the job he was told to do" in bringing the MCS into line.

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Awards

  • 1992 - AFI Award - Best Episode in a Television Drama, Series or Serial - winner
  • 1993 - AFI Award - Best Episode in a TV Drama Series - winner
  • 1993 - Logie - Most Outstanding Series - winner
  • 1993 - APRA Music Award - Best TV Theme - winner

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