
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993. The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline. The series was notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language. It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases. The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC have released Series 1 and 2 on DVD as a 4 DVD box set.
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Air Date: 1992-02-13
Jock Brennan, Inspector of the Major Crime Squad, is pursuing a vicious armed robber who has stolen police service pi...
Air Date: 1992-02-13
In the chaotic remains after the Police Club bombing, over the grim task of sorting through the pieces, Ian and Jock ...
Air Date: 1992-02-20
Megan, an analyst, is the first woman to join the all male world of the Major Crime Squad. She has a hard time of it...
Air Date: 1992-02-27
Laz is an undercover cop coming in the from the cold. He's a social outcast and a rebel who has been on the streets ...
Air Date: 1992-02-27
In a raid on the stolen car garage, Nick - one of the bombers - is caught in their net. A relentless round of interr...
Air Date: 1992-03-12
The last vestiges of Laz's undercover persona are blown when Jock orders him to start acting like a detective. He ca...
Air Date: 1992-03-19
With the bombing investigation stalled for lack of hard evidence, Jock seeks out an old trusted informant. Tiny, a pr...
Air Date: 1992-03-26
Megan, the analyst, takes off on a tangent of her own. She decides to pursue the bombers by assuming they require la...
Air Date: 1992-04-02
Pursuing another line in the bombing investigation, the team raid known drug dealers with the hope of shaking out muc...
Air Date: 1992-04-09
Knowing that they are facing very heavy villains, Jock allows a member of the crack Special Operations Group to be as...
Air Date: 1992-04-16
With the forensic evidence largely tagged and ready, Carol becomes increasingly cut off from Ian and the lab. Now th...
Air Date: 1992-04-23
For the first time we close in on the bombers and confirm how dangerous and renegade are their personalities. We see...
Air Date: 1992-04-30
The final curtain. The investigation team know they are dealing with mad dogs who are unlikely to come in quietly. T...