Phoenix (1992)

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Country: Australia
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1992-02-13
Director: N/A
Writers: Tony McDonald , Alison Nisselle
Language: English
Stars: Simon Westaway , Peter Cummins , Sean Scully , Susie Edmonds , Susie Edmonds , David Bradshaw , Paul Sonkkila , Bob Halsall , Bob Halsall , Bob Halsall , Stuart McCreery , Andy Anderson , Andy Anderson , Jennifer Jarman-Walker
Runtime: 50 min
Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations
AKA: Phoenix , Phoenix (Australia)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0103511