TV series or program
Cody
is a series of six Australian
telemovies
starring
Gary Sweet
that 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".
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Plot
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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."
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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.
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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
).
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In the third episode,
Cody: Bad Love
(1994), the squad's investigation of art thefts leads to a gallery run by an attractive French artist, Claudia (
Rebecca Rigg
).
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[9]
The fourth episode,
Cody: The Burnout
(1995), includes Stella (
Alexandra Fowler
).
In the fifth episode,
Cody: The 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
).
Cast
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Episodes
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Season One
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Season Two
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Home media
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It was announced by Via Vision Entertainment in March 2019 that they would be releasing the
Cody
telemovies on DVD in two collections.
DVD name
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Format
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Ep #
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Discs/Tapes
|
Region 4 (Australia)
|
Special Features
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Distributors
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Cody Collection One
|
DVD
|
3
|
3
|
3 April 2019
|
None
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Via Vision Entertainment &
Madman Entertainment
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Cody Collection Two
|
DVD
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3
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3
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5 June 2019
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None
|
Via Vision Entertainment &
Madman Entertainment
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Awards and nominations
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Gary Sweet was nominated for a Silver Logie as Most Popular Actor for the episode,
Cody: The Burnout
.
See also
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References
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