Homicide was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network between 1964 and 1977. The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victoria police force and episodes revolved around the various cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. The first episode aired at 7:30 p.m Tuesday October 20, 1964. The debut episode was not the first episode filmed; the pilot episode was hastily slotted in prior to the departure of Lex Mitchell from the series three episodes later. 504 episodes aired between then and June 1976. The remaining 6 produced... episodes were aired in December 1976 and January 1977. Repeat screenings of the series continued through the 1970s, and ended in the early 1980s. Since then, only seven episodes have been screened: In 2004 the episodes "Flashpoint" and "Stopover" were screened by Melbourne Cinematheque, finally giving "Stopover" a cinema screening. In August 2010, WIN Television, following on from the completion of weekly repeats of Matlock Police, commenced sequential repeats of Homicide starting with episode 1.
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| On the air: | October 20, 1964-January 1977 |
| Network: | Seven Network |