BlackJack (film series)

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BlackJack
Genre Police drama
Created by Gary McCaffrie
Shaun Micallef
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Composer David Hirschfelder
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producersNick Murray
Sue Masters
CinematographyHenry Pierce
Martin McGrath
Running time90 minutes
Production companyJigsaw Entertainment
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release16 March 2003 (2003-03-16) 
2 December 2007 (2007-12-02)

BlackJack is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama.

Contents

After testifying against his former colleagues in a corruption trial Sydney detective Jack Kempson (Friels) is reassigned to a unit charged with entering the details of old cases into a police database. He unofficially begins to investigate unsolved crimes dating back many years. [1]

Episodes

Pilot

First trilogy

Second trilogy

Cast

Main

BlackJack: Murder Archive (2003)

BlackJack: Sweet Science (2004)

BlackJack: In the Money (2005)

BlackJack: Ace Point Game (2005)

BlackJack: Dead Memory (2006)

BlackJack: At The Gates (2006)

BlackJack: Ghosts (2007)

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References

  1. "Blackjack". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. "Australian Television: Blackjack - Murder Archive".
  3. "Blackjack - Sweet Science". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. "Australian Television: Blackjack - in the Money".
  5. "Australian Television: Blackjack - Ace Point Game".
  6. "Australian Television: Blackjack - Dead Memory".
  7. "Australian Television: Blackjack - at the Gates".
  8. "Australian Television: Blackjack - Ghosts".