Cody (TV series)

Cody
Genre Drama
Written by Garry Disher, Christopher Lee
Directed by Andrew Prowse
Starring Gary Sweet, Heather Mitchell, Robert Mammone
Theme music composer Martin Armiger
No. of episodes

Six:

  • Cody: A Family Affair
  • Cody: Bad Love
  • Cody: The Tip Off
  • Cody: The Burnout
  • Cody: Wrong Stuff
  • Cody: Fall from Grace
Production
Producer(s) John Edwards, Sandra Levy
Location(s) Sydney
Running time 6×90 minutes
Production company(s) Southern Star Xanadu
Release
Original network Seven Network
First shown in 1994–1995

Cody was a series of six Australian telemovies starring Gary Sweet, which were made for the Seven Network in 1994 and 1995.[1] Sweet played the title character Cody, an unconventional police detective,[2] described by Screen Australia as a "larrikin cop, on the trail of crimes".[3]

Plot

Cody (Gary Sweet) is a Sydney-based police detective with Fiorelli (Robert Mammone) as his partner and Inspector Genevieve Simmonds (Heather Mitchell) as their superior.[4] In September 1994 Sweet described the title character to Nicole Leedham of The Canberra Times as "kind of risky and dangerous and pretty ruthless ... [he] ain't that much fun, I mean he's fun to play but he's not that much fun as a guy. He's not your barrel of laughs".[4]

In the first episode, Cody: A Family Affair (1994), the detective investigates a diamond-smuggling gang and poses as a dealer. He also searches for a missing teenager.[4][5] In the second episode, Cody: The Tipoff (1994), Cody's childhood friend Mack (Gary Waddell) provides a tip about a burglary in progress. Mack later turns up dead and Cody investigates another friend Jimmy Catter (Frankie J. Holden).[6][7] In the third episode, Cody: Bad Love (1994), they investigate stolen art work leading to a gallery run by an attractive French artist, Claudia (Rebecca Rigg).[8][9]

In the fourth episode, Cody: The Burnout (1995), includes Stella (Alexandra Fowler). In the fifth episode, Cody: Wrong Stuff (1995), the squad hunts a drug dealer (Mark Owen-Taylor). In the sixth episode, Cody: Fall from Grace (1995), an apparent suicide leads to Sam Wolfe (Bill Hunter).

Movie Titles

Cast

Awards and nominations

Gary Sweet was nominated for a Silver Logie as Most Popular Actor for the episode, Cody: The Burnout.

References

  1. ↑ "Telemovies and Miniseries". Australian Television Information Archive (Tony Zuk). Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p28
  3. ↑ "Cody". Aust Lit. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Leedham, Nicole (26 September 1994). "The Guide: An Unconventional Cop". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (National Library of Australia). p. 29. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  5. ↑ McManus, Max (26 September 1994). "TV Movies: Cody: A Family Affair (1990): 8:30pm (Prime)". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (National Library of Australia). p. 30. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Leedham, Nicole (27 February 1995). "Not Always a Fair Cop". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 32.
  7. ↑ "Cody III: The Tipoff". The Spellbinder Castle. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Sibley, David (5 June 1995). "TV Movies: Cody: Bad Love (1994) 8:30pm (Prime)". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) (National Library of Australia). p. 2 Section: The Guide. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Cody II: Bad Love". The Spellbinder Castle. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

See also

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