Australian TV series or program
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.
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
- BlackJack: Murder Archive (2003) – Jack turns whistle blower, resulting in the department demoting him to data entry duties, using a crime tracking system. This gives Jack the opportunity to work at solving old crimes. He is motivated by the case of a boy kidnapped and never found 30 years ago, as well as the memory of the loss of his wife.[2]
First trilogy
- BlackJack: Sweet Science (2004) — Jack discovers that the sons (Alex O'Loughlin and Anthony Hayes) of a criminal gunned down during a football game in 1992 are now following in their dead father's footsteps.[3]
- BlackJack: In The Money (2005) – A man whose wife was brutally murdered years earlier, survives what appears to be an attempt on his life. Jack investigates whether the two events are connected and if the wrong person was convicted of the initial crime.[4]
- BlackJack: Ace Point Game (2005) – Two sisters kidnap the man they believe sexually assaulted them years earlier, with hopes of exacting revenge. As police pursue them, Jack re-examines the old evidence to determine if the man they're holding captive is indeed the perpetrator.[5]
Second trilogy
- BlackJack: Dead Memory (2006) – After her car breaks down, a missing woman's body is found in a national park. Mysteriously, the crime mirrors that of the disappearance of another girl, who was known to Jack's offsider Sam.[6]
- BlackJack: At the Gates (2006) – After their baby was tragically killed during a home invasion, a couple are motivated to build a community church. With the crime still unsolved ten years later, Jack investigates and discovers not all is what it seems.[7]
- BlackJack: Ghosts (2007) - A young mother was shot and killed during an apparent kidnapping, and twenty years on, the perpetrator is about to be paroled. Jack investigates whether justice was truly served.[8]
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)
References
- ^ "Blackjack". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/1_murder_archive.html
- ^ "Blackjack - Sweet Science". Australian Television Information Archive. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/3_in_the_money.html
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/4_ace_point_game.html
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/5_dead_memory.html
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/6_at_the_gates.html
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/blackjack/7_ghosts.html
External links
- BlackJack (TV Movie 2003), the first instalment, on IMDb
- Courtis, Brian (11 September 2005). "Grumpy Old Man". The Age. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- Courtis, Brian (12 September 2005). "Jumping Jack's Dash". The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
