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Shark in the Park | |
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Genre | Police procedural |
Created by | Graeme Tetley[1] |
Written by | Duncan Holland Charlie Strachan Simon Morris Donna Malane Liddy Holloway Fran Walsh |
Directed by | Peter Barrett Lex Van Os Steve La Hood Yvonne Mackay Keith Hunter Dan McKirdy |
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Composer | Peter Blake |
Country of origin | New Zealand |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 38 (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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Executive producer | Dave Gibson (series 2–3) |
Producer | Ruth Franks |
Cinematography | Wayne Vinten |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Television One |
Release | 5 April 1989 18 December 1991 | –
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Shark in the Park is a New Zealand police procedural. It revolved around the professional and private lives of a group of officers at a Wellington police station under the command of Inspector Brian "Sharky" Finn. The title came from the informal code term used by officers to indicate that the Inspector was about and they should "look busy".
The series ran for three series from 1989–92, totalling 38 episodes. Many of the cast had regular roles in the series and several became well known throughout New Zealand as a result of the series. The show also featured actors in guest roles, among them Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Temuera Morrison, and Karl Urban.
The series was produced by the Gibson Group and broadcast by Television One – it has since been repeated on TVNZ 6. Writers for the show included Fran Walsh, later to become well known through her association with Peter Jackson and her work on films such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy.