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Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984.

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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
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Original release	1984 (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

Actor

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

Ben Roberts

Betty Bobbitt

Ilona Rodgers

Anne Phelan

Christine Amor

Michael Long

Tommy Dysart

Ben Mendelsohn

Abigail

Deborra-Lee Furness

Dennis Grosvenor

Vincent Gil

John Orcsik

Alfred Bell[disambiguation needed]

Suzy Gashler

Terence Donovan

Tottie Goldsmith

Carmen Duncan

Episode list

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Trojan Horses"	TBD	TBD	()
2	2	"The Expert"	Arch Nicholson	John Upton	()
3	3	"Code of Silence"	TBD	Vince Moran	1984 (1984)
4	4	"Easy Street"	TBD	TBD	()
5	5	"Counterfeit Lady"	Patrick Edgeworth	Arch Nicholson	()
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"	Chris Langman	David Wilks and Gerry O'Hara	()
10	10	"Duel"	Arch Nicholson	Luis Bayonas	()
11	11	"The Set Up"	Paul Moloney	John Upton	()
12	12	"The Golden Run"	Ranald Graham	Catherine Millar	()
13	13	"Jacko"	Arch Nicholson	Luis Bayonas	()
14	14	"Slow Attack"	Paul Maloney	Philip Dalkin	()
15	15	"Country Girl"	Arch Nicholson	Cliff Green	()
16	16	"War"	Catherine Millar	Everett De Roche and Vince Moran	()
17	17	"Wild Man"	Paul Moloney	Ranald Graham	()
18	18	"The Chen Legacy"	Chris Langman	Shane Brennan	()
19	19	"Child Of Fortune"	Tim Burstall	Ranald Graham	()
20	20	"Business As Usual"	Mark Joffe	Shane Brennan and Kris Steele	()
21	21	"A Wild Oat"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Leon Saunders	()
22	22	"Mates"	Rob Stewart	Luis Bayonas	()
23	23	"Big Bad World"	Howard Rubie	Cliff Green	()
24	24	"Early Birds"	Rob Stewart	Michael Harvey	()
25	25	"The Bribe"	TBD	TBD	()
26	26	"Farewell to a Comrade"	Michael Caulfield	Shane Brennan	()
27	27	"In The Cause Of Justice"	TBD	TBD	()
28	28	"Hot Streets"	TBD	Michael Aitkens	()
29	29	"Killer"	TBD	TBD	()
30	30	"The Patchwork"	TBD	David Phillips	()
31	31	"Brothers"	TBD	TBD	()
32	32	"Until Death"	Rod Hardy	Vince Moran	()
33	33	"Ghosts"	TBD	Vince Gil	()
34	34	"The Haley Inheritance"	Colin Budds	Shane Brennan	()
35	35	"Suzie's War"	Dan Burstall	Luis Bayonas	()
36	36	"Return Of The Cat"	John Power	John Upton	()
37	37	"Pigs"	Ken Cameron	Shane Brennan	()
38	38	"Mombasa"	TBD	TBD	()
39	39	"The Haunting"	Tim Burstall	Luis Bayonas	()
40	40	"Rotten Apple"	TBD	TBD	()
41	41	"Mad Mountain Mumma"	TBD	TBD	()
42	42	"Life After Teddy"	Collin Budds	Shane Brennan	()
43	43	"Gone For The Doctor"	TBD	TBD	()

Home media

As of November 2022, Crawfords DVD plans to release Special Squad on DVD in the near future.

External links

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

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