Homicide Episode Rating Graph
Oct 1964 - Jun 1976

Oct 1964 - Jun 1976
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S3 Ep6
8.0
8th Mar 1966
Truck driver Roy Smith reports his wife has been murdered. He claims he spent the night at the country town of Seymour, however police discover that he is having an affair and that he also stole a car in Seymour.

S1 Ep7
8.0
1st Dec 1964
A body is discovered in a railway box-car at the Jolimont railway yards, from where a young boy has also gone missing. Police dogs are called in to track down the killer, a young man who has killed his father with an iron bar during an argument, and fled with the only witness - the missing boy.

S1 Ep4
7.5
10th Nov 1964
An unidentified young woman is murdered in a park, the second such occurrence, and Homicide detectives have to race against time to prevent a third killing.
S12 Ep4
7.0
25th Feb 1975
Is Patrick O'Brien as respectable as he seems or are the threats to his life coming from someone who knows better?
S12 Ep2
7.0
11th Feb 1975
An innocent birdwatcher leads the Homicide squad into the discovery of an illegal gaming house.
S11 Ep18
7.0
28th May 1974
While investigating the murder of a petty criminal, the Homicide Squad faces opposition from his young son, who blatantly accuses his mother of the crime.
S11 Ep17
7.0
21st May 1974
A drunken assault and the disappearance of two young girls leads to tragedy.
S11 Ep15
7.0
7th May 1974
Homicide detectives find there is more than meets the eye when three youths rape a young girl who claims one of them tried to kill her. Investigations get complex when one of the youths is missing, and police suspect his father killed him.
S11 Ep14
7.0
30th Apr 1974
A former jazz trumpeter, now a derelict, overhears a plot to blow up a boat and its owner.
S11 Ep13
7.0
23rd Apr 1974
Angel Brewer, believed to be a simple country girl who moved to the city to be a model, is found dead in the bay. The case involves an investigation into prostitution, and shatters a father's illusions about his daughter.
S11 Ep12
7.0
16th Apr 1974
The investigation of a seaman's death provides Senior Detective Redford with a novel experience.
S11 Ep11
7.0
9th Apr 1974
A killer avoids arrest by terrorising people with evidence against him.
S11 Ep10
7.0
2nd Apr 1974
Some nasty remarks about Australian Rules football lead to what police believe is a nasty but simple bashing.
S11 Ep9
7.0
19th Mar 1974
A strip club murder involving several eminent businessmen spells trouble for private investigator Michael Ryan.
S11 Ep8
7.0
12th Mar 1974
Homicide detectives are baffled by the discovery of two bodies in the snow at the Mount Buller ski resort.
S11 Ep7
7.0
5th Mar 1974
A sudden spate of vicious attacks on lone women has the Homicide squad working round the clock.
S11 Ep5
7.0
19th Feb 1974
The dramatic death of an American business tycoon takes the Homicide squad to a luxurious penthouse suite and presents a problem for Sen. Det. Phil Redford.
S11 Ep3
7.0
5th Feb 1974
Homicide detectives come up against some startling attitudes when a homosexual is bashed and killed. The victim's lover becomes a suspect when they find incriminating letters written to the dead man.
S11 Ep2
7.0
29th Jan 1974
Detectives investigate the murder of a roustabout at a once prosperous travelling carnival.
S11 Ep1
7.0
22nd Jan 1974
Homicide detectives have to cope with a group of unruly girls at a mission following an apparently unmotivated bashing.
S10 Ep4
7.0
27th Feb 1973
Misfortune strikes the Carter family, and neurotic mother Valerie Carter is suspected of having beaten her daughter Jeanie to death because of a nightmare in witch she sees spiders crawling all over the girl.
S10 Ep3
7.0
20th Feb 1973
A bookmaker returning home from the trots is shot dead. First indications are that the murder motive was robbery.
S8 Ep6
7.0
23rd Feb 1971
When factory hand Denny Mullins, formerly a union representative, is murdered at work shortly after clocking on, detectives learn from fellow workers that the man who replaced him as union delegate had a reason for wanting him out of the way. Complicating matters is Denny's brother Ray, who has a dubious interest in Denny's wife Jude.

S1 Ep1
5.2
20th Oct 1964
A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicise a charity. When the students' leader is shot dead by a bank guard, Homicide detectives have to establish whether the guard was acting within his duty or recklessly; a complication is that jealousy in the group caused the student to be 'set up' for the shooting.

S1 Ep2
6.0
27th Oct 1964
An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, and confesses, but Det. Sgt. Bronson's doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, and bring he and Insp. Connolly into conflict.

S1 Ep3
6.0
3rd Nov 1964
For three days, a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges provides a perfect honeymoon hideaway. But then the young bride is brutally slain, and Homicide detectives find themselves investigating bigamy as well as murder.
S2 Ep1
6.0
26th Jan 1965
A man dies a violent death aboard a boat at dawn. Although there is an eye-witness, he claims he was too far away to identify the killer, and the Homicide detectives have some fast thinking to do as they pursue their suspects around the confusing world of the waterfront.
S2 Ep3
6.0
9th Feb 1965
A convict who has broken out of jail is murdered at the rendezvous with an accomplice, and Det. Sgt. Bronson suspects that there is a connection between his death and an unsolved robbery committed five years earlier.
S2 Ep4
6.0
16th Feb 1965
Retired Inspector Bob Fenton, former chief of the Homicide squad, is fatally stabbed and his body left in the driveway of the home of Insp. Connolly. Fenton appears to have been the victim of revenge, and Connolly realises that he could be the next target.
S2 Ep6
6.0
2nd Mar 1965
A body found floating in Port Phillip Bay is identified as that of gambler George Duff. He has been shot. Homicide detectives are surprised when their investigations reveal that Duff was married to the headmistress of a leading girl's school.
S2 Ep7
6.0
27th Apr 1965
A water skier is murdered when she takes a tumble and the speed boat bears down on her. Police soon find a connection between a baby sitting agency, a group of juvenile delinquent motor cyclists and a series of burglaries.
S2 Ep8
6.0
11th May 1965
Catherine Leonardson has a wealthy husband who has taken second place to the other men in her life. Tension in their home turns to murder, and detectives find evidence making two men look equally guilty.
S2 Ep9
6.0
18th May 1965
An ingenious plot to steal a consignment of diamonds leads to murder, and detectives are baffled as to who the culprits are - until they turn their attention to a number of large crates recently delivered to a factory.
S2 Ep10
6.0
25th May 1965
Two criminals kidnap a doctor in order to treat a wounded man who was injured during a gunfight in which another man was killed.
S2 Ep11
6.0
4th Jun 1965
The Homicide squad has help from the Forensic division when investigating the death of a woman who had apparently ceased to exist a year before being killed.
S2 Ep13
6.0
18th Jun 1965
A man found dead in a burnt out car at the foot of a cliff is presumed to be the owner, James Bannister. But further evidence points to Bannister still being alive, and detectives gradually unravel an insurance fraud which ends in another murder.
S2 Ep14
6.0
25th Jun 1965
When Homicide detectives probe the underworld to investigate the murder of a prostitute, they find the dead girl's friends and accomplices all fear for their own lives. Their investigations are complicated by an obvious crank with a passion for reforming people.
S2 Ep15
6.0
13th Jul 1965
When con-man Hal Dunstan gets over-confident, a chance encounter with a prowler in a graveyard triggers more than he can cope with.
S2 Ep16
6.0
20th Jul 1965
A series of apparently unrelated crimes appear to be the work of a careless amateur, until a discovery by an old tramp and a fatal bashing set detectives on a new line of inquiry.
S2 Ep17
6.0
27th Jul 1965
When prominent Melbourne solicitor Gerard Marquard is killed, detectives connect his death to the disappearance of a forged document. They concentrate on two suspects: one a well-known confidence trickster, the other a young German migrant.
S2 Ep21
6.0
24th Aug 1965
A girl en route to her city office finds a dead man lying on a rooftop. During the subsequent investigation, Homicide detectives uncover some shady dealings with her father's business.
S2 Ep22
6.0
31st Aug 1965
A bookmaker is brutally robbed and murdered, and Homicide detectives suspect a group of punters led by smooth talking Johnny Parke. Their search brings them to further violence when tension flares up between the suspects.
S2 Ep23
6.0
7th Sep 1965
A relationship develops between two migrants who have a love of music. She has an incurable illness and is going to die. Both decide to commit suicide. He kills her but he doesn't have the courage to kill himself.
S2 Ep25
6.0
21st Sep 1965
The prompt rescue by Sen. Det. Mackay of a man who is nearly killed by a train leads to an unexpected clue and a tragic reason behind the death of a woman.
S2 Ep27
6.0
5th Oct 1965
Three young women die, and investigations lead the Homicide detectives into the field of psychiatry, and to a mentally deranged man who has become a criminal through misfortune, and whom they fear will kill again.
S2 Ep28
6.0
12th Oct 1965
A woman dies a violent death, and some stolen diamonds are missing. A link between the two crimes provides Homicide detectives with several leads. The chase is on when the prime suspect flees from both his own accomplices and police.

S1 Ep1
5.2
20th Oct 1964
A group of students stage a mock bank hold-up to publicise a charity. When the students' leader is shot dead by a bank guard, Homicide detectives have to establish whether the guard was acting within his duty or recklessly; a complication is that jealousy in the group caused the student to be 'set up' for the shooting.

S1 Ep2
6.0
27th Oct 1964
An old couple who run a milk bar in an inner suburb are found brutally murdered. A young man is charged, and confesses, but Det. Sgt. Bronson's doubts about his guilt still complicate the issue, and bring he and Insp. Connolly into conflict.

S1 Ep3
6.0
3rd Nov 1964
For three days, a cottage in the Dandenong Ranges provides a perfect honeymoon hideaway. But then the young bride is brutally slain, and Homicide detectives find themselves investigating bigamy as well as murder.

S1 Ep4
7.5
10th Nov 1964
An unidentified young woman is murdered in a park, the second such occurrence, and Homicide detectives have to race against time to prevent a third killing.

S1 Ep5
6.5
17th Nov 1964
Nancy Tate is kidnapped by two men, taken to a lonely spot and murdered. A search begins for a mysterious eye-witness wearing a cap and a suede jacket.

S1 Ep6
7.0
24th Nov 1964
A clerk is shot when two masked men hold up a factory and steal a $10,000 payroll. Homicide detectives have no real leads, and must rely on information from an informer, Sgt. Bronson's 'Aunt Sally'.

S1 Ep7
8.0
1st Dec 1964
A body is discovered in a railway box-car at the Jolimont railway yards, from where a young boy has also gone missing. Police dogs are called in to track down the killer, a young man who has killed his father with an iron bar during an argument, and fled with the only witness - the missing boy.

S1 Ep8
7.0
8th Dec 1964
Edward Heywood is reported missing, and three weeks later his body is recovered from the Yarra River. Two anonymous letters - death threats - provide the Homicide detectives with an important clue. The man's wife, Katarina, had many lovers, and when she reports her sister-in-law Norma has suicided, one of her lovers, Rogowski, makes a false confession.

S1 Ep9
7.0
15th Dec 1964
When an attractive young girl is murdered, it doesn't take long for the Homicide detectives to identify her killer; but they have a tense time gathering sufficient evidence to bring him to trial, aware that before they can complete their case he may well kill again.
The first episode of Homicide aired on October 20, 1964.
The last episode of Homicide aired on June 25, 1976.
There are 515 episodes of Homicide.
There are 14 seasons of Homicide.
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Homicide has ended.