1997
TV-MA
50m

Summary Centers on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney. View more details

1997
TV-MA
50m

Murder Call

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lucy Bell Geoff Morrell Peter Mochrie Glenda Linscott

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7.1

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Genres : Thriller Crime Drama

Release date : Aug 10, 1997

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production companies : Nine Network Australia Southern Star Entertainment

Details

Genres : Thriller Crime Drama

Release date : Aug 10, 1997

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production companies : Nine Network Australia Southern Star Entertainment

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Glenda Linscott and Geoff Morrell in Murder Call (1997)

Lucy Bell and Peter Mochrie in Murder Call (1997)

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Episode 1 • Aug 10, 1997

Ashes to Ashes

Tessa's ex-boyfriend tells her about a conspiracy after a body explodes from the sea.

Episode 2 • Aug 17, 1997

The Burial

A party game goes awry when a man is found dead buried up to his neck in the sand.

Episode 3 • Aug 24, 1997

Cat & Mouse

Wheelchair bound Spinner congratulates himself on finishing some artwork by logging on to his favourite internet games forum. His pleasure is short lived, however, as a shadow falls across him and a lead pipe takes him out of the game.

Episode 4 • Aug 31, 1997

Dead Clean

A woman is found lovingly washed clean in a trash bag and then another is found. Did the policeman who found her kill her too or is he just unfit for the job?

Episode 5 • Sep 07, 1997

Who Killed Cock Robin?

A faded football star is found dead in his bed - was it his aggrieved wife? His disappearing mistress? His bitter children? Or his shady manservant? Steve and Tessa discover they all have their secrets.

Episode 6 • Sep 13, 1997

Hot Shot

When Maddie Herman, a paparazzi photographer who made her living out of the gossip and innuendo of the lives of others is found murdered, Steve and Tessa have no shortage of suspects.

Episode 7 • Sep 21, 1997

Black Friday

A man is found dead in the bushes of a Sydney zoo, wearing a gorilla suit. Tessa and Steve find themselves in the midst of a family drama with deadly stakes.

Episode 8 • Sep 28, 1997

Last Stop

Tessa is suspicious about the supposed suicide of a model train collector whose death exposes the secrets those around him were trying to keep from the victim.

Episode 9 • Oct 05, 1997

Something Wicked

Three sisters have been cleaning the body of a dead rock star for days. Where is their mother?

Episode 10 • Oct 12, 1997

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Former football star Wayne Pascall is found dead in the lift of a publicity company owned by Anita Black. Anita is successful, attractive and now missing.

Episode 11 • Oct 19, 1997

Dead and Gone

Fisk has a personal connection to the apparent murder attempt on a husband and wife. But Tessa and Steve must discover whether it was a murder-suicide, a double murder attempt - or something else.

Episode 12 • Oct 26, 1997

Wages of Sin

When a nun ends up dead in a brothel the team must find answers to who the killer is, and why the nun was there in the first place.

Episode 13 • Nov 02, 1997

An Eye for an Eye

When a mummified body is found in an empty house, it is identified as that of Karen Diskin, the daughter of police inspector Snowy Muldoon, who went missing two years earlier.

Episode 14 • Nov 09, 1997

Blood Heat

The brutal murder of a video store owner initially appears to be linked to a protest demonstration until other suspects emerge.

Episode 15 • Nov 16, 1997

Fall from Grace

Tessa suspects an apparent suicide is really an elaborate scam designed to cover a woman's disappearance.

Episode 16 • Nov 23, 1997

Heartstopper

When the general manager of a department store is found dead during the store's opening, the owner and employees become the main suspects in the investigation. Steve is haunted by a face from his past, and Tessa pursues the case alone.

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