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Janet King (2014)

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Genre
drama television series, LGBT-related television series
Country
Australia
Length
3 seasons, 24 episodes
Rated
M
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A senior crown prosecutor handles high-stakes legal cases across different government commissions. The show follows her work on gun crime and other serious offenses as she navigates the criminal justice system.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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