Hunter (1967 TV series)

Hunter
Genre	Adventure (genre)
Created by	Ian Jones Terry Stapleton
Starring	Tony Ward Gerard Kennedy Nigel Lovell Fernande Glyn Ronald Morse Anne Morgan
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	65
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Crawford Productions
Release
Original network	Nine Network
Original release	Tuesday 4 July 1967 – 1969

Hunter was an Australian espionage adventure television series screened by the Nine Network from Tuesday 4 July 1967 to 1969. The series was created by Ian Jones and produced by Crawford Productions.

The title character, John Hunter, was an agent working for SCU3, a sub-division of the ASIO-like COSMIC (Commonwealth Office of Scientific & Military Intelligence Co-ordination). While it is mentioned in episodes that "Hunter" is a status level for agents (similar to the "Double-O" status of James Bond), with the title character being "Hunter 5"; he gives "Hunter" as his surname both in current scenes and flash-back sequences. He was played by Tony Ward. However he was quickly overshadowed by the show's main antagonist, Kragg, an agent employed by the Australian operation of the CUCW (Council for the Unification of the Communist World). Played by Gerard Kennedy, Kragg quickly became the show's breakout character, with Kennedy winning a TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent for his portrayal of the character.

SCU3 was the Melbourne-based arm of COSMIC, headed by Charles Blake (Nigel Lovell). Blake's secretary was Eve Halliday (played by Fernande Glyn), who also acted as a field agent. Halliday was replaced for the second season by the recurring character of Julie Coleman (played by Anne Morgan), with real-life police detective Gordon Timmins appearing as agent Doug Marshall (Timmins played a character of the same name in Homicide, on which he also acted as police advisor, although the two roles were not the same character).

The CUCW was overseen by Mr. Smith (Ronald Morse), with overseas superiors appearing from time to time.

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