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    Drama TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    Special Squad

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    1 9 8 4 – 1 9 8 5 (Australia)
    43 x 60 minute episodes

    This Crawford cop show screened on Australia’s Channel Ten and featured the cases of the Special Squad – a crack team of coppers with specialist skills, involved in the fight against major crime.

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    The boss of the squad was the no-nonsense and phlegmatic Detective Inspector Don Anderson (Alan Cassell).

    His team comprised promising young blonde heartthrob Detective Sergeant Joel Davis (John Diedrich) and Senior Sergeant Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), a moustachioed streetwise gorilla.

    Billed as Melbourne’s answer to The Professionals – unsurprisingly as it was produced by Raymond Menmuir who had also produced the British series – the series was fast, slick, well-photographed, and big on gadgets – but low on personality.

    DI Don Anderson
    Alan Cassell
    DS Joel Davis
    John Diedrich
    Senior Sergeant Greg Smith

    Anthony Hawkins

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