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Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Halifax f.p.
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'Jane Halifax is a forensic psychiatrist whose speciality is the criminal mind.'

Source: Screen Australia

Includes

1.1
form y separately published work icon Acts of Betrayal Roger Simpson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1994 Z1916414 1994 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, tries to help a fellow psychiatrist prove his innocence when he is suspected of murdering one of his patients with whom he had been having an affair.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1994
1.2
form y separately published work icon Words Without Music Peter A. Kinloch , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916420 1995 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, aids in the grief counselling of pupils at Blenheim House, a prestigious boys' school, after the death of a teacher. When a pupil is murdered, Jane suspects that the deaths are related.'

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995
1.3
form y separately published work icon The Feeding Mac Gudgeon , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916427 1995 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, is teamed up with an out of town detective, Jonah Cole, to solve a progression of serial rapes and murders.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995
1.4
form y separately published work icon My Lovely Girl David William Boutland , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916432 1995 single work film/TV crime

'When Robert Bartlett, a colleague of forensic psychiatrist, Jane Halifax, heads an assessment panel which releases a convicted murderer who murders within 24 hours of his release, the entire psychiatric assessment panel system comes under scrutiny.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995
1.5
form y separately published work icon Hard Corps Roger Simpson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916436 1995 single work film/TV crime

'Forensic psychiatrist, Jane Halifax, counsels a police officer who has shot a felon in the line of duty. The pressure increases when the officer's family begins to receive threats regarding evidence he is to give in court.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995
1.6
form y separately published work icon Lies of the Mind Jan Sardi , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995 Z1916447 1995 single work film/TV crime

'When Sharon Sinclair brutally murders her parents her psychiatrist informs the police he has been treating Sharon for multiple personality disorder. Forensic psychiatrist, Jane Halifax, is called in by the court to give a psychiatric assessment of Sharon.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1995
2.1
form y separately published work icon Without Consent David William Boutland , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996 Z1916457 1996 single work film/TV crime

'When a series of rapes occur all fingers point to one of Jane Halifax's patients. This can't be as Jane is his alibi. But why are the rapes exact reenactments of this patient's past attacks?'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996
2.2
form y separately published work icon Cradle and All Katherine Thomson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996 Z1916473 1996 single work film/TV crime

'After the death of her child, a mother is arrested for the murder. Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, suspects post-natal depression. But as the mother's story unravels Jane doubts that she is guilty. But who is the mother protecting, her child or her lover?'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996
2.3
form y separately published work icon Sweet Dreams Mac Gudgeon , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996 Z1916499 1996 single work film/TV crime

'Jonah Cole, a Sydney detective, is suspected of being crooked and seeks out his friend, Jane Halifax, for support. She becomes enmeshed in a tale of bribery, corruption and deception. How can Jane prove that the man she loves is innocent?'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1996
3.1
form y separately published work icon Déjà Vu Sue Hore , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1997 Z1916510 1997 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is called out of semi-retirement to advise in the murder trial of a former patient who is accused of burning his parents to death. Realising the accused may not be guilty, Jane begins to suspect his brother, who seems to be living a bizarre double life.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1997
3.2
form y separately published work icon Isn't It Romantic Katherine Thomson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1998 Z1916524 1998 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax clashes with a fiery homicide detective while profiling a series of bizarre killings. Convinced that Jane is wrong, the detective abuses his authority by framing his suspect, which leads to tragic circumstances.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1998
3.3
form y separately published work icon Afraid of the Dark Profile of a Serial Killer Roger Simpson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1998 Z1916534 1998 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax must face the demons of her past when she is asked to join the investigation of a shocking mass killing. Her helplessness - she can help neither the survivors, nor the police in tracking down the killer - begins to extract a heavy toll on Jane's psyche.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1998
4.1
form y separately published work icon Someone You Know David William Boutland , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999 Z1916542 1999 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is called in to help track down a serial killer. The killer has left a plea for her help, and Jane is confronted by her worst nightmare - that this killer might be one of her own patients.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999
4.2
form y separately published work icon Swimming with Sharks Keith Thompson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999 Z1916551 1999 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is summoned to investigate a murder in a high security prison. Five suspects and an impenetrable wall of silence. When the director of the Unit disappears, Jane's task is to work out what is holding them together and break the code of silence before it's too late.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999
4.3
form y separately published work icon A Murder of Crows Peter Gawler , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999 Z1916557 1999 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax provides trauma counselling after a bus accident in a small Christian community. Barbiturates found in one of the driver's blood provides a focus for the town's anger, but Jane puts herself in the firing line by suggesting there are much darker forces at play.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 1999
5.1
form y separately published work icon A Person of Interest Anne Brooksbank , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000 Z1916577 2000 single work film/TV crime

'When Jane Halifax is asked to provide a psychiatric assessment of laconic ex-cop Laurie Downes for a bail hearing in connection with a manslaughter change against him, Jane finds her professionalism tested to the utmost with the lives of the innocent people depending on her judgement and skills. As Jane becomes more involved with Laurie, he eventually reveals to her the secret obsession that has been behind his vigilante behaviour.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 8/2/2013)

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000
5.2
form y separately published work icon The Spider and the Fly Peter Gawler , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000 Z1916593 2000 single work film/TV crime

'When Jane Halifax's best friend dies mysteriously, Jane must unmask the murderer before she too becomes a victim.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000
5.3
form y separately published work icon A Hate Worse Than Death Roger Simpson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000 Z1916601 2000 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is called in to analyse death threats made against Simon Laser, a well known gossip columnist for a weekly magazine after his gay lover is found murdered.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2000
6.1
form y separately published work icon The Scorpion's Kiss Peter Gawler , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2001 Z1916607 2001 single work film/TV crime

'Could it be that Jane Halifax has finally got it wrong? It would seem so when she is asked to deliver a pre-sentencing report on a stalker who has been harassing a woman in her early 30s.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2001
6.2
form y separately published work icon Playing God Mac Gudgeon , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2001 Z1916614 2001 single work film/TV crime

'When a young girl of 13 commits a brutal and seemingly unprovoked murder, it traumatises the school and stuns the wider community.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2001
6.3
form y separately published work icon Takes Two Katherine Thomson , Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2002 Z1916641 2002 single work film/TV crime

'Jane Halifax is asked by the court to evaluate the state of mind of a woman in her early 30s, who has been charged with throwing acid on an expensive car. Apparently the woman had no association to the owner of the car and her motive remains a mystery.'

Source: Screen Australia

Australia : Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier , 2002

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1994-2002
Last amended 22 Feb 2013 11:54:27
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