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Crime Down Under: The Dragon Man

Showcasing the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. In The Dragon Man by Garry Disher, it's hot, it's nearly Christmas, and Hal Challis needs a lead on a serial killer.

By Garry Disher, dramatised by D.J.Britton.

It's hot, it's nearly Christmas, and Hal Challis has a serial killer to catch. On the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, young women are being targeted and murdered and the perpetrator leaves no clues. A series of recorded messages taunting the police, along with a spate of deliberate fire-setting, increase the pressure on the team to make an arrest before the holiday. But they can't find anything to connect the crimes with their only suspect.

Crime Down Under showcases the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. The Dragon Man is the first in Garry Disher's series of novels featuring detective duo Challis & Destry. It won the Deutsche Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Prize) and Disher has also twice won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing.

麻豆社 Cymru Wales production

Richard Dillane's multiple credits include recent appearances in Peaky Blinders, Poldark and Wolf Hall. Penny Downie is a leading actress for the RSC, including paying Gertrude to David Tennant's Hamlet. As a child, she appeared in The Sullivans, which was the last time she worked with fellow-Australian Mark Little. Mark is known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours as well as appearing in Emmerdale and as a presenter for The Big Breakfast.

1 hour, 27 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Jan 2022 14:45

Credits

Role Contributor
DI Hal Challis Richard Dillane
DS Ellen Destry Penny Downie
Van Mark Little
Pam Jordan Whyte
Tessa Mali Harries
Boyd Dan Hunter
Marion Mufrida Hayes
Hartnett Samuel James
Ledwich Phil McKenzie
Clara Fiona Marr
Larrayne Kerry Gooderson
Writer Garry Disher
Director Alison Hindell

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Sep 2017 14:30
  • Sat 15 Jan 2022 14:45

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