''The Link Men'' was an
Australian
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television
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series shown in 1970.
Synopsis
The series was the first drama series made in-house by the
Nine Network as part of an attempt to rival the cop shows produced by
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfor ...
such as ''
Homicide'' and ''
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes.
Synopsis
The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success o ...
''. ''The Link Men'' starred Kevin Miles,
Bruce Montague and
Tristan Rogers
Tristan Rogers (born 3 June 1946) is an Australian-American actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' ''The Rescuers Down Under''. He is curren ...
as three detectives working in the city of
Sydney. The series was devised and produced by Glyn Davies who had created ''
The Rat Catchers
''The Rat Catchers'' is a 1960s British television drama series made by Rediffusion and broadcast on ITV. The series was not networked, playing on different days of the week in London from other regions. It is about a top secret British Intel ...
'' for ITV
(Associated-Rediffusion Television).
The director (for the pilot episode and for many of the rest of the series) was Australian film director
Jonathan Dawson.
Production
The show lasted for thirteen episodes. The aforementioned Tristan Rogers would go on to greater fame on the American daytime serial ''
General Hospital'', where he has appeared as
Robert Scorpio off and on since 1980.
External links
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''The Link Men'' episode guideat ''Memorable TV''
at ''Classic Australian Television''
''The Link Men''at the
National Film and Sound Archive
1970s Australian drama television series
Nine Network original programming
1970s Australian crime television series
1970 Australian television series debuts
1970 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
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