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8 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
26 mins
John Wood plays Bill Quinn, a family man who is hated by his family, and with good reason. Bill gets killed on Christmas Day, smothered by the stomach padding of his Santa suit. Guest detective Dave O'Neil is on the scene. The suspects are those near and dear to Bill. Perhaps his loving and supportive wife Marjorie (Denise Drysdale) is guilty? Maybe his introverted daughter Michelle (Robyn Butler), wasn't so introverted after all? Bill's son, Steve (Dave Lawson) always had an eye on the inheritance, did he want to get his hands on it sooner rather than later? Maybe Bill's daughter-in-law Ally (Nicola Parry) was fed-up with his controlling ways and sought to control the situation herself?
Episode 2
26 mins
Frankie J Holden stars as Kyle Bowman, lead singer of the Dead Dogz, who falls victim to his own lifetime achievement award. Guest detective Frank Woodley must unravel the mess of lies, infidelity and Lily Allen. But who from Kyle's posse could possibly be a murderer? Could wife number three, Abby, young, passionate, caring, Kyle's very own muse, have a tendency for murder? Perhaps it was his long time band mate, the Dead Dogz drummer Barry wanting to put an end to the band forever. Maybe it was the headstrong record exec Jessica or his loyal and trustworthy head of security Ian who brutally murdered Kyle.
Episode 3
26 mins
Online computer game tech-head Cache (Samuel Johnson) collapses after drinking his regular black coffee. But which of his nerdy colleagues stopped playing the online role playing game long enough to poison his cup? Claire Hooper is on hand to unravel the mystery. With big plans to do business in Asia, did his boss Torben (Tommy Dassalo) want Cache out of the picture, before taking the business offshore? Or perhaps his girlfriend Hermoine (Emily Taheny) was tired of Cache putting work before pleasure? Maybe the over friendly accountant Gill (Katrina Milosevic) was planning more than just taking care of the books? Or could Cache's colleague and friend Nazeem (Nazeem Hussain), jealous of Cache's success, be capable of murdering him to get ahead?
Episode 4
26 mins
Bridget Wilmott (Caroline Craig) was getting ready for her wedding day. But getting crushed in a sunbed wasn't on her to-do list. Bridget was insensitive, rude and ruthless, and there's no shortage of people who wanted to see her dead. Guest detective Adam Richard has a curly one to solve. With a salon full of suspects, was her future mother-in-law, Pat (Annie Phelan) determined to protect her son at any cost? She made no secret of her dislike for Bridget. Or could one of the salon workers Jacqui (Kate Atkinson) or Annie (Leah Vandenberg) have been so put out by Bridget that they wanted to put her out for good? Or perhaps it was her good friend Louise (Jacqueline Brennan), tired of being tormented by Bridget, she got her revenge by basting the bride?
Episode 5
26 mins
Ramsay McGordon (Mark Mitchell) keels over while tasting the last meal in the final of a new reality show set in a prison. The contestants are all convicted felons, he probably should have seen it coming. Guest Detective Pete Rowsthorn gets the taste for murder when he turns his hand to detective work.
Episode 6
26 mins
Kimberely Davies plays Rachel Timms, an ambitious radio newsreader with a great future ahead of her - that is until someone strangles her with a mic cable just before she reads the midnight news. Guest detective Julia Morris is thrown into the graveyard shift on this one, to pick through the studio full of suspects. When he wasn't behind the mike, was smooth talking DJ Johnny Velvet (Paul McCarthy) plotting a murderous plan? Or perhaps long-serving and loyal radio producer Ann (Collette Mann) was responsible for producing Rachel's last story? Maybe funny gal Judy (Felicity Ward), the station comedian and Rachel's friend, had a dark side that wasn't so funny. Studio tech Nigel (Toby Truslove) had a major crush on Rachel, could her murder simply be a case of unrequited love?
Episode 7
27 mins
Dan Kinsman (Blair McDonough) has been thrown a lifeline by his new footy club. He has been passing all his drug tests and seems to be on a winning path again. But during a training session he gets electrocuted on the treadmill. Is detective Colin Lane fit enough to solve this shocking murder? The club room is crawling with suspects. Was his teammate Cary (Nick Russell) ready to rub Dan out? Maybe it was Cary's impressionable girlfriend Rebecca (Emily Taheny) wanting to teach Dan a lesson. Perhaps his ambitious manager Robbie (Alan Brough) felt his time with Dan was over and that murder was his only way out. Or maybe his caring coach Mick (Francis Greenslade) wasn't so caring after all.
Episode 8
27 mins
A life-drawing class comes to an early end when it's revealed that the life model Courtney Nash (Annalise Brackenseck) is actually a notorious criminal. She is also quite dead, and has been for some time. Can guest detective Hamish Blake draw himself away from the photo of the body long enough to solve the crime? Who knew Courtney aka Nikki Gleason, was a criminal on the run? Even so, what motive for murder could there be? Did husband and wife team Ern (Nicholas Bell) and Jean (Tracey Harvey) sign up for something more sinister than just the art class? Ern does have a temper and is capable of flying off the handle, could he also be capable of murder? Perhaps fellow classmate Duncan (Nick Farnell) with his healthy appetite for the ladies, also have an unhealthy appetite for murder? Or maybe the art teacher Bea (Heidi Arena,) an ex-nun, was harbouring some not so holy intentions.