Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminalsis an Australiandocumentary televisionseries narrated byTara Moss.The series profiles a different Australian criminal in each episode from their childhood through to adulthood. The series features dramatised reconstructions of their most notorious crimes and interviews with persons who knew the criminals including former police officers, convicted criminals and their friends, together with forensic psychologists opinions.[1]
| Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals | |
|---|---|
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| Written by | Peter Hoysted |
| Presented by | Tara Moss |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No.of seasons | 2 |
| No.of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Bryan Cockerill |
| Producer | Peter Hoysted |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | The Full Box |
| Original release | |
| Network | FoxtelCrime + Investigation |
| Release | 24 June 2010– 26 January 2012 |
The series was created and produced by the production company The Full Box and first screened on theCrime and Investigation Networkin June 2010.[2][3]A second season was screened in 2011.[4]The series has been sold internationally.[5]
Tough Nutswas nominated for Most Outstanding Documentary at the 2011 ASTRA awards.[5]
TheNine Networkbought the two seasons and re-branded the series asAustralian Crime Storieswhich was broadcast in 2016 and 2017.[6][5]
TheSeven Networkreleased the original series viavideo on demandon7plusin 2019.[7]
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2010)
edit| # | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Chris Flannery– Rentakill Incorporated "[8] | 24 June 2010 |
| 02 | "Chow Hayes– A Killers's Eyes "[8] | 29 July 2010 |
| 03 | "Alphonse Gangitano– Saturday Night Gangster "[8] | 26 August 2010 |
| 04 | "Dennis Allen– Mr Death Is Dead "[8] | 30 September 2010 |
| 05 | "Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox – The Man No Jail Could Hold"[8] | 28 October 2010 |
| 06 | "Michael Sayers – The Ringer Gets Rung"[8] | 25 November 2010 |
| 07 | "Raymond ‘Ray Chuck’ Bennett – Criminal Mastermind"[8] | 30 December 2010 |
| 08 | "Lenny McPherson– Mr Big "[8] | 27 January 2011 |
Season 2 (2011)
edit| # | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Nikolai Radev- The Invader "[9] | 29 June 2011 |
| 02 | "Stan Smith- The Enforcer "[9] | 28 July 2011 |
| 03 | "Ray Denning - The Runner"[9] | 25 August 2011 |
| 04 | "Tilly Devine- Madam Razor "[9] | 27 September 2011 |
| 05 | "Jockey Smith - Public Enemy Number One"[9] | 27 October 2011 |
| 06 | "Dino Dibra- The Sunshine Boy "[9] | 24 November 2011 |
| 07 | "Stewart John Regan – The Magician"[9] | 29 December 2011 |
| 08 | "George Freeman– The King Of Sydney "[9] | 26 January 2012 |
References
edit- ^"About Tough Nuts".Crime & Investigation Network.Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2013.
- ^"Projects".The Full Box.Archived fromthe originalon 3 February 2011.
- ^"Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals Series 1 2010".Screen Australia.Retrieved18 July2019.
- ^"Tough Nuts: Australia's Hardest Criminals Series 2 2011".Screen Australia.Retrieved18 July2019.
- ^abc"Bryan Cockerill".The Full Box.Retrieved18 July2019.
- ^Manning, James (20 February 2019)."TV crime wave sweeps the nation: Australian Crime Stories returns".Mediaweek.Retrieved17 July2019.
- ^"Tough Nuts".7plus.Retrieved30 July2019.
- ^abcdefgh"Tough Nuts Episode Synopses"(PDF).The Full Box.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 February 2011.
- ^abcdefghFoxtel (June 2011)."The mean streets".Foxtel magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 25 January 2014.