NaN/100 votes#1 - The Soldiers
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/11/1969
Yarra Central police battle a crime wave of thuggery, hold-ups and the theft of $20,000 worth of goods by a mystery gang. Investigations reveal the culprits as 'The Soldiers', a re-united former teenage gang whose members have just finished serving jail terms. Sen. Det. Banner's pregnant wife, Joy, dies during premature child-birth brought on after being terrorised by a member of the gang.
Director: Ted Gregory, Ian Jones
Writer: Ian Jones, Phil Freedman
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#2 - Once A Cop
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/1969
Yarra Central police are confronted with a series of reports about a bad detective. Their investigations lead to an impostor, a former policeman, who is blackmailing a solid citizen caught in the office secretary trap, belting people around with unrestrained sadism, and leading two romantic lives.
Director: N/A
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#3 - The Big Spender
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/25/1969
19-year-old Kay Dixon is attracted by the glamorous life of big-spending racketeer Max Foley, who tries to set up a floating cabaret. Kay finds herself in the ugly world of prostitution, exploitation and violence with no apparent way out. Police investigate Foley when a criminal associate of his is bashed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Night Out
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/1969
Three salesmen from a country town decide on a night out after attending a Melbourne convention. For two of the three, the night turns into a disaster when they become involved with a truck driver who is the apparent victim of a robbery and two girls who 'roll' unsuspecting males.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#5 - The Sunday Mother
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/8/1969
A little Italian girl is missing. While investigating her disappearance, Yarra Central police discover a kidnapping, a burglary, an alcoholic mother, and an attempted suicide.
Director: N/A
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#6 - Not Valentine's Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/1969
A city night club serves as a front for vice and crime. As Yarra Central police investigate a number of seemingly unrelated matters, they uncover alarming facts about one of the district's most respected citizens.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - It's A Great Day!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/22/1969
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with rather more enthusiasm than caution, the O'Connell family decides to start its own crime wave in the district, resulting in a sequence of events which causes a lot of hard work for the Yarra Central police.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#8 - The Swinger
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/1969
Pop singer John Noble, whose popularity has slumped, is too proud to take ordinary work. When he starts chasing easy money to maintain his lifestyle he becomes involved with drugs and the police of Yarra Central.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#9 - The Puritan
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/1969
A deserted wife, Irene Kemp, successfully raises her daughter Thea by running a sly grog house, but when she becomes involved in robbery and blackmail the whole structure of her life is threatened.
Director: N/A
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#10 - Big Brother
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/1969
An expert safe cracker comes out of prison to find his younger brother eager to follow in his footsteps. These two, plus a shifty billiards-room proprietor with a fondness for stolen property pose problems for Sen. Det. Banner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Angry Man
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/1969
A con-man is troubling the police of Yarra Central, but when the search for him begins, Sen. Det. Banner cannot foresee the serious consequences for an old man and his daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Information For An Offence
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/27/1969
Det. Sgt. Vicker's son Jamie becomes caught in the activities of some demonstrators who attack a policeman. Jamie is innocent of complicity, but he is unwilling to inform about the offenders to his father. Jamie finds himself in a difficult position - between Vickers and his son lie the years that separate the generations and brought new attitudes and values. A group of car thieves operating in the area complicates matters for the police, in particular for Det. Peters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#13 - A Mug's Game
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/3/1969
A little girl fails to arrive at school one morning, a factory worker lies about his reasons for being late for work, and the Yarra Central police probe a case which may end in murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#14 - The Legend
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 6/10/1969
A down-and-out ex-test cricketer, whose days of glory are long gone, is given an opportunity to make a comeback. Police are concerned when his son is connected to a pornography racket.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Not At Home
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/17/1969
An Hungarian architect finds himself working as a quarry labourer after settling in Australia. An argument with his foreman sparks off a crisis in his life and a major emergency for the police of Yarra Central.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#16 - The Takings
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/24/1969
A neglected child is taken from a woman involved with payroll bandits. Their attempt to steal a firm's payroll uncovers a secret held by an employee of the company.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - The Protest
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/1/1969
Yarra Central police are faced with unexpected obstacles when they investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident.
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#18 - A Stitch In Time
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 7/8/1969
A merchant seaman jumps ship and becomes the only witness to a 'smash-and-grab' raid. Because of personal problems he refuses to identify the criminals, who then carry out other violent crimes.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Edwards
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#19 - Janie and Janie
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/15/1969
Investigating an apparently routine case of child neglect, WPC Margaret Stewart stumbles into the nightmare world of schizophrenic Janie Mitchell. Every ounce of Margaret's training, human understanding and bravery is called upon in her desperate struggle to save the life of a baby that Janie has abducted.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - The Threat
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/22/1969
A released prisoner with a violent criminal record has two scores to settle, one with his unfaithful wife and the other with Sen. Det. Banner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Takeover
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 7/29/1969
An interstate gang launches a campaign of terror in an attempt to takeover local crime. Kenny Kent, a professional burglar, stands up to them alone, and in so doing he unwittingly gives the police their chance to smash the gang.
Director: John Edwards
Writer: N/A
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#22 - The Girlfriend
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/5/1969
When detectives first come across the mysterious Faith Cameron, they suspect she is a call girl, then it seems she could be passing dud cheques. But what is she really up to? Police then link Faith to a jewel thief who switched a paste reproduction for an expensive ring before crashing his getaway car.
Director: John Edwards
Writer: N/A
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#23 - First Offender
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/12/1969
The death of a call girl helps Yarra Central police in the investigation of a robbery apparently committed by the trusted employee of a finance company.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#24 - We'll Get Him One Day
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/19/1969
Lesley Fisher is a hardened criminal who specialises in planning robberies, and has returned to Melbourne from Adelaide with a respectable front. With his two accomplices he plans a robbery being careful not to be involved in its execution. He escapes capture by informing on his two henchmen, and detectives fail to find any hard evidence against the shrewd gang leader.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#25 - By The Book
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 8/26/1969
Nature had not dealt kindly with Little Willie. In his stunted body, half the size of normal men, is packed all the emotions of others about him. The strange affection that grows between Willie and a woman criminal leads him to the half-world of robbery, violence and eventually death.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Division 4 Season 1
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A police drama based on the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:Nine Network
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Soldiers" is the best rated episode of "Division 4" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Ted Gregory, Ian Jones and written by Ian Jones, Phil Freedman, it aired on 3/11/1969. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Once A Cop".