''Crash Investigation Unit'' is an Australian
factual television
Factual television is a genre of non-fiction television programming that documents actual events and people. These types of programs are also described as observational documentary, fly on the wall, docudrama, and reality television. The genre ...
series on the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia ...
hosted by
Damian Walshe-Howling
Damian Walshe-Howling (born 22 January 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama, '' Underbelly'', for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest A ...
. The series premiered on 27 August 2008.
About The Show
The series follows the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit in
Sydney to uncover the causes behind a car crash. The program is similar to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
's ''
SCU: Serious Crash Unit'', which has previously aired on Seven to strong ratings.
"The Tribal Mind"
''Sun-Herald'', retrieved 28 April 2008
On 22 September 2008, Channel Seven confirmed it had commissioned a second series of Crash Investigation Unit.
Episodes
Season 1 (2008)
Season 2 (2010–11)
References
External links
Channel Seven official siteGreenstone Pictures
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TVNZKangoo - animators of CIU's vehicle collisions
Australian factual television series
Seven Network original programming
2008 Australian television series debuts
Documentary television series about policing
Television series by Greenstone TV