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 (36)
1. The Friend In Need File
Aired 20 March 1968 • 60 min
2. The Mirage File - section one
Aired 27 March 1968 • 60 min
3. The Mirage File - section two
Aired 3 April 1968 • 60 min
4. The Hans Felburg File
Aired 10 April 1968 • 60 min
5. The Krystina File
Aired 17 April 1968 • 60 min
6. The Jackpot File
Aired 24 April 1968 • 60 min
7. Doves In The East
Aired 1 May 1968 • 60 min
8. The Kragg File
Aired 8 May 1968 • 60 min
9. A Reason For Dying
Aired 15 May 1968 • 60 min
10. A Job For Kragg
Aired 22 May 1968 • 60 min
11. The Comeback
Aired 29 May 1968 • 60 min
12. War Hawks
Aired 5 June 1968 • 60 min
13. The Chameleon
Aired 12 June 1968 • 60 min
14. Breaking Point
Aired 19 June 1968 • 60 min
15. Operation Judas
Aired 26 June 1968 • 60 min
16. Soft Back
Aired 3 July 1968 • 60 min
17. Death Watch
Aired 10 July 1968 • 60 min
18. The Late John Hunter
Aired 17 July 1968 • 60 min
19. Counterfeit
Aired 24 July 1968 • 60 min
20. A Dark Reunion
Aired 31 July 1968 • 60 min
21. The VC Bullet
Aired 7 August 1968 • 60 min
22. The Visitor
Aired 14 August 1968 • 60 min
23. Brain Storm
Aired 21 August 1968 • 60 min
24. The Executioner
Aired 28 August 1968 • 60 min
25. On The Rocks
Aired 4 September 1968 • 60 min
26. The Scar
Aired 11 September 1968 • 60 min
27. The Immovable Object
Aired 18 September 1968 • 60 min
28. The Long Weekend
Aired 25 September 1968 • 60 min
29. Misfit
Aired 2 October 1968 • 60 min
30. Message From Hong Kong
Aired 9 October 1968 • 60 min
31. The Lost One
Aired 16 October 1968 • 60 min
32. Rising Of The Moon
Aired 23 October 1968 • 60 min
33. A Piece Of String
Aired 30 October 1968 • 60 min
34. The Smaller They Are
Aired 6 November 1968 • 60 min
35. Misadventure
Aired 13 November 1968 • 60 min
36. Crusader
Aired 27 November 1968 • 60 min