Episode 1
Dead Offerings
1h
Tessa and Steve investigate when a young blind man is found dead in a swimming pool.
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Murder Call
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An unconventional team of homicide detectives face various cases, as led by Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Hayden is an often light-hearted 'man's man' who is moving up the career hierarchy, while Vance is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen 'Tootsie' Soames.
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Synopsis
An unconventional team of homicide detectives face various cases, as led by Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Hayden is an often light-hearted 'man's man' who is moving up the career hierarchy, while Vance is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen 'Tootsie' Soames.
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Episode 2
Evil Chances
1h
A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.
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Tongue Tied
1h
A mutilited body is found near a church, with identical markings to the victims of a serial killer 15 years ago- Thorne's first case. Experiencing a sense of deja-vu, Thorne heads the investigation. Has the killer returned, or is this a copycat crime?
Episode credits
Written by Peter Gawler
Episode 4
Dying Day
1h
Steve and Tessa investigate when a young woman is found hanging from a tree limb in a popular city park, and Tootsie's preliminary findings indicate it was not suicide.
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Death in the Family
1h
A vagrant is found dead at an inner city underpass surrounded by the corpses of poisoned sparrows. When Tootsie diagnoses death by strychnine, Tessa, Steve and Thorne fear that someone is out there trying to purge the streets of the homeless. But the investigation takes a twist after Fisk finds $10,000 hidden in the vagrant's mattress.
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Death Down Market
1h
When a woman is found murdered in a neighbourhood that is terrorised by a local gang, Steve and Tessa are called in to investigate.
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A Blow to the Heart
1h
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
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Bad Business
1h
Tessa and Steve investigate what appears to be a routine case, but soon uncover a dangerous web of blackmail and righteous fanaticism.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bojana Novaković
Episode 9
Hide and Seek
1h
Following the suspicious death of an elderly worker, Tessa and Steve must race against time to avert another tragedy growing from the ruins of the first.
Where to watch Murder CallEpisode 10
Booming Business
1h
Tessa and Steve uncover a web of intrigue surrounding businessman Brian Hart's horrific death when he is killed as he commutes to work by train when a letter bomb concealed in a card explodes. Tessa and Steve are confronted by a bewildering array of suspects and motives to finally apprehend the person they believe to be the killer, only to realise at the last moment that they only have it half right.
Episode credits
Written by Peter Gawler
Episode 11
Cut and Dried
1h
Tessa and Steve investigate a murder where nothing is as it seems.
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A Stab in the Dark
1h
When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.
Episode credits
Directed by Julian McSwiney, Geoffrey CawthornWritten by Kel Richards, Peter Mackervey, David Phillips, Jennifer Rowe
Episode 13
Grave Matters
1h
As a crypt is opened for an interment, the funeral goers are shocked to discover the sarcophagus already occupied by the corpse of a young woman holding a rare orchid in her hand.
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Paid in Full
1h
A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.
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Last Act
1h
A busker suffers from hallucinations while performing mime outside a train station. When he collapses and dies, Tootsie's autopsy points to poisoning.
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Scent of Evil
1h
A woman is ripped to shreds by savage dogs on the grounds of an empty house. Steve and Tessa must determine whether her death was an accident, or if the dogs were trained to kill by someone with a grudge and a vicious streak.
Where to watch Murder CallEpisode 17
Still Life
1h
At the opening night of his exhibition, artist Vincent Osborne's head is discovered inside his own death mask.
Episode credits
Directed by Karl SteinbergWritten by Karen Petersen, David PhillipsGuest stars Rose Byrne
Episode 18
Absent Friends
1h
While attending a school reunion, Tessa is called to a homicide on the school grounds. The victim is one of her friends — stabbed in a reenactment of a Muckup Day prank, leaving Tessa as either a suspect, or another possible victim.
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House of Spirits
1h
Tessa and Steve investigate when a psychic conducting a séance in a storm-swept house is shot dead by the ghost of the man he was trying to contact.
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Done to Death
1hfinale
The cleaner at an up-market beauty parlour makes a gruesome find — the proprietor strung up in a tanning booth and roasted like a pig-on-a-spit. Tessa and Steve's investigation uncovers a wealth of secrets and resentments harboured from birth.
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Cast
Peter MochrieDS Steve Hayden
Lucy BellDS Tessa Vance
Gary DayDI Malcolm Thorne
Jennifer KentPC Dee Suzeraine
Geoff MorrellDSS Lance Fisk
Glenda LinscottDr. Imogene 'Tootsie' Soamses
Rose ByrneAnn Burbrook
Credits
- Created by
- Hal McElroy, Jennifer Rowe
- Written by
- Peter Gawler, Denise Morgan, Rick Maier, David Phillips, Daniel Krige, Ted Roberts, Shelley Birse, Kristen Dunphy, Andrew Kelly, Chris Hawkshaw, Cathy Strickland, Peter Mackervey, Christine McCourt, Sally Webb, Catherine Stryckland, David Phillips, Jennifer Rowe, Karen Petersen, Kel Richards
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 56
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Nine NetworkAustralia
Southern StarAustralia
Themes
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