Phoenix - Series One

Phoenix is the hard-edged and gritty drama that forever changed the face of the Australian detective genre. With progressive filming techniques such as the use of hand-held camera, coupled with extensive background research into the subject, it was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of crime investigation.

The world of a major crime task force can be a complex, tense and claustrophobic one. When responsibility for a bombing on the Victorian police headquarters is attributed to an urban terrotrist threat this elite team is charged with solving the crime, struggling to find a solution before the time runs out.