About this season
Hunter was an Australian espionage adventure television series screened by the Nine Network from 5 July 1967 to 1969. The series was created by Ian Jones and produced by Crawford Productions. The title character, a dashing spy, was played by Tony Ward. However he was quickly overshadowed by the show's main antagonist, Kragg, played by Gerard Kennedy, the show's breakout character. Kennedy won a TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent for his portrayal of the character. Scripts were written by Ian Jones and Terry Stapleton. The series became extremely popular rating in the top-ten most popular programs in Australia for 1967, and had a run of 65 one hour episodes; it also achieved a limited number of international sales. It was shot in black and white, with interior scenes shot on videotape in the GTV-9 Richmond studio and outdoor scenes shot on location on 16 mm film. Compared to Australian drama series of the day, the series featured an above-average quota of location-shot action footage. It featured a sophisticated jazz score by Frank Smith. The Melbourne-based show filmed some episodes in Sydney and in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in South Australia, and in Singapore.
Episodes (22)
1. The Tolhurst File - section one
Aired 5 July 1967 • 60 min
2. The Tolhurst File - section two
Aired 12 July 1967 • 60 min
3. The Tolhurst File - section three
Aired 19 July 1967 • 60 min
4. The Tolhurst File - section four
Aired 26 July 1967 • 60 min
5. The Prometheus File - section one
Aired 2 August 1967 • 60 min
6. The Prometheus File - section two
Aired 9 August 1967 • 60 min
7. The Prometheus File - section three
Aired 16 August 1967 • 60 min
8. The Benedict File - section one
Aired 23 August 1967 • 60 min
9. The Benedict File - section two
Aired 30 August 1967 • 60 min
10. The Benedict File - section three
Aired 6 September 1967 • 60 min
11. The Benedict File - section four
Aired 13 September 1967 • 60 min
12. The Singapore File - section one
Aired 20 September 1967 • 60 min
13. The Singapore File - section two
Aired 27 September 1967 • 60 min
14. The Singapore File - section three
Aired 4 October 1967 • 60 min
15. The Vaughan Jackson File
Aired 11 October 1967 • 60 min
16. The Cornucopia File
Aired 18 October 1967 • 60 min
17. The Martin Brenzer File
Aired 25 October 1967 • 60 min
18. The Bob Kitchen File
Aired 1 November 1967 • 60 min
19. The Vargon File
Aired 8 November 1967 • 60 min
20. The Snowy Mountains File - section one
Aired 15 November 1967 • 60 min
21. The Snowy Mountains File - section two
Aired 22 November 1967 • 60 min
22. The Kauffman File
Aired 29 November 1967 • 60 min