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The Strange Calls

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  • 2012-2012
  • 1 Season
  • Comedy
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Hot Fuzz meets Haven, Aussie-style: A lighthearted, supernatural cop show set in a Australian seaside community of Coolum. A young constable arrives to take the night shift, answering calls from the residents who apparently have some special problems at night. His girlfriend dumps him; his office is a beat-up trailer; and his side-kick is an elderly gentleman who favors a Dungeons-and-Dragons style board game. "It can get pretty weird around here when the sun goes down."

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Cast & Crew See All

Barry Crocker
Gregor
Toby Truslove
Toby Banks
Patrick Brammall
Sgt Neil Lloyd

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

First Call

29 mins

There's a break-in at Frequent Fryers Chicken Shop. No money has been taken, only chicken. Banks meets Gregor who has his own theory: it was the work of a Chicken Man. A trail of clues lead them to Nick, who has been eating so much fried chicken that he believes he may be transforming into a chicken. Gregor suggests he's seen this before. Banks thinks they're crazy and takes Nick to Sergeant Lloyd to be arrested for the break-in. While Banks is distracted, Nick mysteriously escapes from his handcuffs, and the only thing left is the feather of a chicken.

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Awards

  • 2013 - AACTA Award - Best Performance in a Television Comedy - nominated

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