Phoenix. Eps. 23-24

Australia, 1991

TV show
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Episode number 12 of Series “Phoenix”.
Shuffling Deck’: Now that the case has intensified from aggravated burglary to drug importation, the Federal Police are brought in and want to take over the investigation. There is no way the Majors will allow this to happen, so they decide to work together as a joint task force to try and catch the crooks. Ian and the forensics team has a breakthrough in the identity of Betty’s rapist with the discovery of very high lead levels in his blood.Under Siege’: Victor Flannagan is seen at a market talking to another character whom the Majors follow. He turns out to be Gary McKinnon and the Majors think he may be one of the burglars. They keep a trace on Gary’s flat and end up with enough evidence for a raid. It eventuates that Gary’s flat is rented out under the same name of the stolen Medicare card that was used to sell James Arthur’s Rolex to the pawn shop. The raid does not go well; firstly, they have trouble breaking the door down, then they lose Gary who escapes out a window, his terrified girlfriend also jumps out of a window and may never walk again. All the squad members are interviewed over the ensuing investigation into whether someone pushed her, which brings bad light on the Major crime Squad, again. Peter tracks Gary down to his ex-girlfriends house where he is taken hostage in a very violent situation.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-director

Julian McSwiney

Kate Woods

producer

Bill Hughes

production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

01:41:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1991

Appears in

Phoenix

Group of items

Phoenix

Explore

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/91591--phoenix-eps-23-24/ |title=Phoenix. Eps. 23-24 |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=4 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}