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2015 Australian television miniseries
Catching Milat
is a two-part Australian television
miniseries
that screened on the
Seven Network
, in collaboration with
Screen Australia
on 17 and 24 May 2015.
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It is based on the 1998 book
Sins of the Brother
by
Mark Whittaker
and Les Kennedy and is loosely based upon the true story of how
New South Wales Police
and detectives under "Task Force Air" tracked down and caught serial killer
Ivan Milat
, who was responsible for the infamous
backpacker murders
.
Critical response
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Clive Small, a former
assistant police commissioner
, retired
detective
and now author, served as the investigation team head of "Task Force Air". He has criticised the program as a marginally fictionalised account, especially for overstating the role of Detective Paul Gordon.
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Main cast
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Production
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The series was produced by Shine Productions (as
Shine Australia
, a division of
Shine Group
), for Network Seven and directed by Peter Andrikidis and produced by Kerrie Mainwaring and Rory Callaghan in the pine forests of south-western Australia.
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It was written by Dalton Dartmouth.
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Reception
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The first episode aired on 17 May 2015 at 8:50 on the
Seven Network
.
No.
|
Air date
|
Viewers
(millions)
|
Nightly
rank
|
Consolidated Viewers
(millions)
|
Adjusted
rank
|
Ref
|
1
|
Sunday, 17 May 2015
|
1,387
|
#2
|
1,626
|
#1
|
[1]
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|
2
|
Sunday, 24 May 2015
|
1,459
|
#1
|
1,686
|
#1
|
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Home Media
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Catching Milat was Released on DVD and Blu-ray on 25 May 2015 with no bonus content, but the two part series episodes on the DVD run longer than the original aired episodes.
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Title
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Format
|
Ep #
|
Discs
|
Region 4/B (Australia)
|
Special Features
|
Distributors
|
Catching Milat (Complete Series)
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DVD/Blu-Ray
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2
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2
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25 May 2015
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None
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Beyond Home Entertainment
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External links
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