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{{Short description|Television series}}
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'''''Crime Investigation Australia''''' is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on Foxtel's [[Crime & Investigation Network (Australia)|Crime & Investigation Network]] in August 2005.<ref>Foxtel details programs for Summer and beyond [http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=26188 knowfirst.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721220046/http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=26188 |date=21 July 2011 }} Retrieved 26 September 2009.</ref> The series was also rebroadcast on the [[Nine Network]], and made its debut there on 14 August 2007.<ref>Media Releases [http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/cia-crime-investigation-australia-030807.html eBroadcast.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827225720/http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/cia-crime-investigation-australia-030807.html |date=27 August 2009 }} Retrieved 26 September 2009.</ref> The host of the series is [[Steve Liebmann]].
'''''Crime Investigation Australia''''' is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on pay TV Foxtel's [[Crime & Investigation Network (Australia)|Crime & Investigation Network]] in August 2005.<ref>Foxtel details programs for Summer and beyond [http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=26188 knowfirst.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721220046/http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=26188 |date=21 July 2011 }} Retrieved 26 September 2009.</ref> The series was also rebroadcast on the free to air [[Nine Network]], and made its debut there on 14 August 2007.<ref>Media Releases [http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/cia-crime-investigation-australia-030807.html eBroadcast.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827225720/http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/cia-crime-investigation-australia-030807.html |date=27 August 2009 }} Retrieved 26 September 2009.</ref> The original host of the series was [[Steve Liebmann]] and is currently on Channel 7 with host Matt Doran.


==Production==
==Production==
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===Series 3===
===Series 3===
# The Girls Who Knew Too Much ([[Juanita Nielsen]] and [[Sallie-Anne Huckstepp]])
# The Girls Who Knew Too Much ([[Juanita Nielsen]] and [[Sallie-Anne Huckstepp]])
# Bloodsport – The Bondi Gay Murders
# Bloodsport – [[Gay Gang Murders|The Bondi Gay Murders]]
# A Killer Amongst Us – [[Janelle Patton|The Norfolk Island Murder]]
# A Killer Amongst Us – [[Janelle Patton|The Norfolk Island Murder]]
# Night of Terror: [[Bega schoolgirl murders|The Bega Schoolgirls]]
# Night of Terror: [[Bega schoolgirl murders|The Bega Schoolgirls]]
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===Series 4===
===Series 4===
# Cangai siege
# [[1993 Cangai siege|Cangai siege]]
# Kerry Whelan - wife for ransom
# [[Bruce Burrell|Kerry Whelan]] – Wife for ransom
# [[Murders of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce|Body in the suitcase]] – Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce
# Body in the suitcase
# Catching A Killer - The Claremont Murders.
# Almost a perfect murder - Bill & Pamela Weightman
# Almost a perfect murder – Bill & Pamela Weightman
# Murder & Mayham - George Brown and Fine Cotton
# Murder & Mayhem – George Brown and Fine Cotton
# On Borrowed Time - The Michael McGurk Assassination
# On Borrowed Time – The [[Murder of Michael McGurk|Michael McGurk]] Assassination
# Hero To Hitman – [[Lindsey Robert Rose|Lindsey Rose]]


==Reception==
==Reception==
The show was generally well received. Michelle Nagy in her Editorial Review of the program writes:<blockquote>”Crime Investigation Australia presents an impressive package, using re-enactments, montages of real evidence, locations, maps, photos and real footage – not to mention leading Australian anchor Steve Liebmann, who lends weight and integrity to the series."<ref>Editorial Review [http://sydney.citysearch.com.au/tv/1137612917392/Crime+Investigation+Australia:+The+Predator citysearch.com.au] Retrieved 25 September 2009. {{Dead link|date=January 2018}}</ref> </blockquote>Similarly: <blockquote>“...McNeice's films skilfully dramatise the stories behind these cases, though in disturbing the past he sometimes creates a sense of dismay... McNeice, with his just-the-facts method, unashamedly gives us criminality, violence, gritty realism, horror and psychopathology. There is no apology and no shame here, which is what makes it such riveting TV."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/cold-blood-runs-hot/news-story/e1991e89a7870bb2626e079cc74c5f13|title=Cold blood runs hot|date=2008-03-21|access-date=2009-09-26}}</ref></blockquote>A recent review by David Knox explains that:<blockquote>"...it shies away from emotive, sometimes even racist, sensationalism of other players. CIA has also triggered viewers to come forth with new information – surely a measure of success for any in this genre."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2009/03/crime-investigation-australia-2.html|title=Crime Investigation Australia|date=2009-03-24|work=TV Tonight|access-date=2009-09-25|language=en-AU}}</ref> </blockquote>Another review states:<blockquote>"Crime Investigation Australia has all the hallmarks of a pay-TV documentary – lots of stock footage, dodgy re-enactments, eerie music and talking heads – but nevertheless tells an engaging tale."<ref>Editorial Review [http://sydney.citysearch.com.au/tv/1137694591813/Crime%2BInvestigation%2BAustralia citysearch.com.au]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 25 September 2009.</ref></blockquote>The re-enactments featured on the show are often explicit, as for example the Anita Cobby episode in which the moment of the murder is replayed over and over again. There are also inaccuracies and anachronisms, for example in the Beaumont Children Mystery episode where the hairstyles and hair lengths of the child actresses playing Jane and Arnna Beaumont do not match photographs of the real children and Jane is wearing a 2006-era pink "Speedo" female child's swimsuit instead of a period-accurate little girl's swimsuit.
The show was generally well received. Michelle Nagy in her Editorial Review of the program writes:<blockquote>”Crime Investigation Australia presents an impressive package, using re-enactments, montages of real evidence, locations, maps, photos and real footage – not to mention leading Australian anchor Steve Liebmann, who lends weight and integrity to the series."<ref>Editorial Review [http://sydney.citysearch.com.au/tv/1137612917392/Crime+Investigation+Australia:+The+Predator citysearch.com.au] Retrieved 25 September 2009. {{Dead link|date=January 2018}}</ref> </blockquote>Similarly: <blockquote>“...McNeice's films skilfully dramatise the stories behind these cases, though in disturbing the past he sometimes creates a sense of dismay... McNeice, with his just-the-facts method, unashamedly gives us criminality, violence, gritty realism, horror and psychopathology. There is no apology and no shame here, which is what makes it such riveting TV."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/cold-blood-runs-hot/news-story/e1991e89a7870bb2626e079cc74c5f13|title=Cold blood runs hot|date=2008-03-21|access-date=2009-09-26}}</ref></blockquote>A recent review by David Knox explains that:<blockquote>"...it shies away from emotive, sometimes even racist, [[sensationalism]] of other players. CIA has also triggered viewers to come forth with new information – surely a measure of success for any in this genre."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2009/03/crime-investigation-australia-2.html|title=Crime Investigation Australia|date=2009-03-24|work=TV Tonight|access-date=2009-09-25|language=en-AU}}</ref> </blockquote>Another review states:<blockquote>"Crime Investigation Australia has all the hallmarks of a pay-TV documentary – lots of stock footage, dodgy re-enactments, eerie music and talking heads – but nevertheless tells an engaging tale."<ref>Editorial Review [http://sydney.citysearch.com.au/tv/1137694591813/Crime%2BInvestigation%2BAustralia citysearch.com.au]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 25 September 2009.</ref></blockquote>The re-enactments featured on the show are often explicit, as for example the Anita Cobby episode in which the moment of the murder is replayed over and over again. There are also inaccuracies and anachronisms, for example in the Beaumont Children Mystery episode where the hairstyles and hair lengths of the child actresses playing Jane and Arnna Beaumont do not match photographs of the real children and Jane is wearing a 2006-era pink "Speedo" female child's swimsuit instead of a period-accurate little girl's swimsuit.


==Revival==
==Revival==
In 2018, [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] began re-broadcasting old episodes as ''Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Returning: Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/08/returning-crime-investigation-australia-most-infamous.html |access-date=29 December 2020 |publisher=TV Tonight |date=26 August 2020}}</ref> The new series is hosted by [[Matt Doran (journalist)|Matt Doran]]. Doran revised the original series with new information and updates. In 2022 new Series 4 season is released.
In 2018, [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] began re-broadcasting some but not all of the original episodes originally hosted by Steve Liebmann on Foxtel and Channel 9. It was re branded ''Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Returning: Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/08/returning-crime-investigation-australia-most-infamous.html |access-date=29 December 2020 |publisher=TV Tonight |date=26 August 2020}}</ref> This new series is hosted by [[Matt Doran (journalist)|Matt Doran]]. Doran revised the original series with new information and updates on particular cases and new episode voice narration for each episode to replace Steve Liebmann's voice used in the previous episodes during their Foxtel and Channel 9 airing. It is listed as a separate series from Crime Investigation Australia and is still available on 7 Plus In Australia.


In 2022, Season 4 of Crime Investigation Australia premiered on Channel 7 with new crimes investigated, again with Doran as host.
==DVD releases==

The series is currently available in four sets:
Episode 4 was aired on 19 April 2023, later than all other S04 episodes that aired in 2022. This episode hiatus was to coincide with the premiere Two part drama series shown on Channel 7/7 Plus titled The Claremont Murders in April 2023 which airing on the 10 and 17 April 2023 respectively. This Episode 4 is an additional, updated episode with further case developments than the Claremont episode from Season 2, Episode 7 which was released in 2008, 15 years earlier.
* Series 1–5 DVD Boxed Set became available in late October 2007. Running time is approximately 670 minutes and rated [[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)#Restricted|MA 15+]].
* Series 2–5 DVD Boxed Set. Running time is approximately 250 minutes and rated MA 15+.
* Boxed Set (Series 1 and 2).
* Series 3–4 DVD Boxed Set became available in early October 2011. Running time is approximately 619 minutes and rated MA 15+.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317214326/http://www.citv.com.au/tv-shows/show-details.aspx?show=4}}
* {{official website|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317214326/http://www.citv.com.au/tv-shows/show-details.aspx?show=4}}
*{{IMDb title|1552648|CIA: Crime Investigation Australia}}
*{{IMDb title|1552648|CIA: Crime Investigation Australia}}


Latest revision as of 03:28, 17 June 2024

Crime Investigation Australia
GenreCrime/Factual
Presented bySteve Liebmann
Matt Doran
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes44
Production
Executive producerGraham McNeice
Running time60 minutes; some episodes 90 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkCrime & Investigation Network (Pay TV)
Nine Network (free-to-air)
Release2005 (2005) –
2009 (2009)
Release2018 (2018) –
present

Crime Investigation Australia is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on pay TV Foxtel's Crime & Investigation Network in August 2005.[1] The series was also rebroadcast on the free to air Nine Network, and made its debut there on 14 August 2007.[2] The original host of the series was Steve Liebmann and is currently on Channel 7 with host Matt Doran.

Production

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The series was produced by Graham McNeice who resides in Moore Park, New South Wales and is director of Shadow Productions. In a 2008 interview, McNeice said the impetus for the series was to provide an element of local content to a channel (Foxtel) that is dominated by American and European crime stories.[3] Foxtel announced that the series would be "rested" for 2010, however, it never returned.

The series included interviews from victims, families, investigators, lawyers, and journalists. The crimes were further reviewed using original media and police audio and video footage alongside re-enactments and interviews shot in the same locations where the crimes took place.[4]

Episodes

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Series 1

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  1. No More Grannies – The Granny Killer
  2. Kid for Ransom/Tears for Daniel
  3. Death in a Heartbeat/The Body in the Bag
  4. Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders
  5. Contract to Kill/The Mornington Monster
  6. The Moorhouse Horrors/The Call Girl Killing
  7. The Killer Punch/The Will of Death
  8. The Anita Cobby Murder
  9. Snowtown: Bodies in the Barrels
  10. The Kimberley Killer
  11. The Wanda Beach Murders/The Beaumont Children Mystery
  12. The Greenough Family Massacre
  13. The Disappearance of Donald Mackay
  14. The Body in the Sports Bag
  15. The Assassination of John Newman
  16. The Butchered Boys

Series 2

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  1. The Killing Fields of Truro
  2. No Mercy: The Killing of Virginia Morse
  3. The Night Caller: Eric Edgar Cooke
  4. Headless Body: The Kim Barry Murder
  5. The Gonzales Family Murders
  6. Thrill Kill: The Janine Balding Murder
  7. Hunt for a Killer: The Claremont Murders
  8. The Devil Inside – John Ernest Cribb
  9. The Predator: Leonard John Fraser
  10. Evil Heart: The Murder of Donna Wheeler/The Disappearance of Trudie Adams

Series 3

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  1. The Girls Who Knew Too Much (Juanita Nielsen and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp)
  2. Bloodsport – The Bondi Gay Murders
  3. A Killer Amongst Us – The Norfolk Island Murder
  4. Night of Terror: The Bega Schoolgirls
  5. Murder of Innocence – Sian Kingi
  6. Date with a Serial Killer: Rodney Cameron
  7. Cop Killer – The Winchester Assassination
  8. Michael Kanaan: Shoot to Kill
  9. Buried Alive: Luckman and Reid
  10. Mystery of the Homestead Murders

Series 4

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  1. Cangai siege
  2. Kerry Whelan – Wife for ransom
  3. Body in the suitcase – Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce
  4. Catching A Killer - The Claremont Murders.
  5. Almost a perfect murder – Bill & Pamela Weightman
  6. Murder & Mayhem – George Brown and Fine Cotton
  7. On Borrowed Time – The Michael McGurk Assassination
  8. Hero To Hitman – Lindsey Rose

Reception

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The show was generally well received. Michelle Nagy in her Editorial Review of the program writes:

”Crime Investigation Australia presents an impressive package, using re-enactments, montages of real evidence, locations, maps, photos and real footage – not to mention leading Australian anchor Steve Liebmann, who lends weight and integrity to the series."[5]

Similarly:

“...McNeice's films skilfully dramatise the stories behind these cases, though in disturbing the past he sometimes creates a sense of dismay... McNeice, with his just-the-facts method, unashamedly gives us criminality, violence, gritty realism, horror and psychopathology. There is no apology and no shame here, which is what makes it such riveting TV."[6]

A recent review by David Knox explains that:

"...it shies away from emotive, sometimes even racist, sensationalism of other players. CIA has also triggered viewers to come forth with new information – surely a measure of success for any in this genre."[7]

Another review states:

"Crime Investigation Australia has all the hallmarks of a pay-TV documentary – lots of stock footage, dodgy re-enactments, eerie music and talking heads – but nevertheless tells an engaging tale."[8]

The re-enactments featured on the show are often explicit, as for example the Anita Cobby episode in which the moment of the murder is replayed over and over again. There are also inaccuracies and anachronisms, for example in the Beaumont Children Mystery episode where the hairstyles and hair lengths of the child actresses playing Jane and Arnna Beaumont do not match photographs of the real children and Jane is wearing a 2006-era pink "Speedo" female child's swimsuit instead of a period-accurate little girl's swimsuit.

Revival

[edit]

In 2018, Channel 7 began re-broadcasting some but not all of the original episodes originally hosted by Steve Liebmann on Foxtel and Channel 9. It was re branded Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous.[9] This new series is hosted by Matt Doran. Doran revised the original series with new information and updates on particular cases and new episode voice narration for each episode to replace Steve Liebmann's voice used in the previous episodes during their Foxtel and Channel 9 airing. It is listed as a separate series from Crime Investigation Australia and is still available on 7 Plus In Australia.

In 2022, Season 4 of Crime Investigation Australia premiered on Channel 7 with new crimes investigated, again with Doran as host.

Episode 4 was aired on 19 April 2023, later than all other S04 episodes that aired in 2022. This episode hiatus was to coincide with the premiere Two part drama series shown on Channel 7/7 Plus titled The Claremont Murders in April 2023 which airing on the 10 and 17 April 2023 respectively. This Episode 4 is an additional, updated episode with further case developments than the Claremont episode from Season 2, Episode 7 which was released in 2008, 15 years earlier.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Foxtel details programs for Summer and beyond knowfirst.info Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  2. ^ Media Releases eBroadcast.com.au Archived 27 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  3. ^ QUT interview Archived 2 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  4. ^ "CRIME INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA SERIES 3". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ Editorial Review citysearch.com.au Retrieved 25 September 2009. [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Cold blood runs hot". 21 March 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Crime Investigation Australia". TV Tonight. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  8. ^ Editorial Review citysearch.com.au[permanent dead link‍] Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  9. ^ Knox, David (26 August 2020). "Returning: Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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