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Genre | Legal drama Political thriller |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Production location | Australia |
Editors | Antonio Mestres (4 episodes); Nicole LaMacchia (2 episodes) |
Running time | 57 minutes[1] |
Production company | Screentime |
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Network | ABC1 |
Release | 27 February 2014 13 July 2017 | –
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Crownies | |
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Janet King is an Australian television drama program which began airing on ABC1 from 27 February 2014. It was created as a spin-off from the 2011 legal drama Crownies. It follows the story of Senior Crown Prosecutor Janet King (Marta Dusseldorp), tracking her journey in Series 1 in the Department of Public Prosecutions to a Royal Commission into Serious Firearm Crime in Series 2 to the National Crime Commission in Series 3.
Various cast members who appeared alongside Dusseldorp in Crownies also appeared in Janet King. A number of new characters were also created. The show was commissioned for an eight part series and filming began in 2013. A second series aired from March 2016, and a third began in May 2017.