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Special Squad (Australian TV series)

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Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984.

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The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis (John Diedrich).

Special Squad was seen by some as an Australian answer to the British series The Professionals both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both programs were produced by Raymond Menmuir;[1] story consultant Gerry O'Hara also worked on both shows.[2] It was suggested in the press that the show was the most expensive yet made for Australian television; John Diedrich told writer/actor Barry Dickins that the show cost A$5 million.[3] The first series was sold to Paramount Pictures for international distribution.[4]

Special Squad lasted 43 episodes in total. In 2023, Crawfords produced a box set of all episodes on DVD.

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Home media

In January 2023 Crawford Productions announced that the series would be released on DVD in March 2023.

On 31 May 2023 Crawford Productions released the complete series on DVD.

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