Duggan (TV series)

Duggan was a TVNZ police drama from 1997, featuring New Zealand actor John Bach as Detective Inspector John Duggan and Fiona Mogridge as Ruth Duggan. Unlike other New Zealand police drama series, Duggan was initially intended to be produced as a series of one-off programmes, akin to British crime series of the time such as Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders. Two stories were filmed in this way, one each in 1997 and 1998, before the decision was made to produce a series of 11 episodes in 1999. All episodes except for the first two were one hour in length; the first two were two hours long.[1]

Duggan
GenreDrama
Directed by
Starring
  • John Bach
  • Toby Leach
  • Michele Amas
  • Fiona Mogridge
  • Scott Macky
ComposerGareth Farr
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11 (list of episodes)
Production
Production companyGibson Group
Release
Original networkTelevision One
Original release20 July (1999-07-20) –
28 September 1999 (1999-09-28)

Premise

Duggan follows the investigations of John Duggan, an initially retired Police Detective Inspector who becomes involved in various murder investigations near his home in the Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. As such, the show mainly takes place in the Sounds, Picton and Wellington.

Having retired from his job after the death of his wife, he is initially reluctant to resume his police work. However he is convinced back in the first telefeature, Death in Paradise. Through the show he works to uncover complex murder plots against the backdrop of small-town New Zealand in the late 1990s.

Ironically, production of the series was briefly delayed by a major real-life crime, the 1998 New Years Day murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

List of episodes

Introductory episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Death in Paradise"Yvonne MackayKen Duncum and Donna Malane13 October 1997 (1997-10-13)
22"Sins of the Fathers"Yvonne MackayKen Duncum and Donna Malane7 September 1998 (1998-09-07)

Season 1 (1999)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
31"Workshop for Murder"TBAJudy Callingham20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)
42"A Shadow of Doubt: Part 1"TBADonna Malane27 July 1999 (1999-07-27)
53"A Shadow of Doubt: Part 2"TBADonna Malane3 August 1999 (1999-08-03)
64"Time and Tide"TBALinda Burgess10 August 1999 (1999-08-10)
75"Going Overboard"TBAPaul Yates17 August 1999 (1999-08-17)
86"Murder at Te Papa"TBADonna Malane24 August 1999 (1999-08-24)
97"Sneakers"TBAKen Duncum31 August 1999 (1999-08-31)
108"Dog's Breakfast"TBAWilliam Brandt7 September 1999 (1999-09-07)
119"Moving House"TBADamien Wilkins14 September 1999 (1999-09-14)
1210"Last Resort"TBAKen Duncum21 September 1999 (1999-09-21)
1311"Food to Die For"TBAJudy Callingham28 September 1999 (1999-09-28)

References
  1. Davies, R., "The birth of a Kiwi detective," nzonscreen.com 2 June 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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