Crownies Season 1

Seeing as nobody has uploaded a torrent compiling the COMPLETE first season of Crownies, I thought I would take it upon myself to do so...

Synopsis:

Crownies is an Australian television dramedy series that first screened on ABC1 in 2011. The series revolves around a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors or 'Crownies' who are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia, working for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution. The series is filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, and according to many areas of the city mentioned in the show (e.g. Annandale), the story is set in Sydney. Many scenes were filmed in Parramatta for financial reasons.

The first series ran for 22 weeks, with a one hour instalment every Thursday night. It is written by Greg Haddrick, Jane Allen, Kylie Needham, Tamara Asmar, Blake Ayshford, Chris Hawkshaw, Justine Gillmer, Pete McTighe, Stuart Page & Sam Miekle. It is directed by Tony Tilse, Chris Noonan, Cherie Nowlan, Grant Brown, Lynn Hegarty, Garth Maxwell and Jet Wilkinson.


Cast

Todd Lasance as Ben McMahon: A generally lazy lawyer who often gets others to do his work. His father is a high profile lawyer and his grandfather was a policeman. After his grandfather was beaten and left for dead, he was not able to rightly identify the suspect. He attended the University of Sydney.

Hamish Michael as Richard Stirling: A genuinely nice guy whose witnesses often fail to show up in court, much to the annoyance of the judge. After finally getting the person who was renting his house to move out, the ceiling collapsed and he was compelled to move in with Tatum and her boyfriend Conrad. To keep Conrad from being jealous, Tatum insisted the Richard pretend to be gay. He originally came from New Zealand, and according to the testamurs on his wall, he graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand with a Bachelor of Science before coming to Australia and completing a graduate-level Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

Ella Scott Lynch as Erin O'Shaughnessy: A young lawyer whose problems with alcohol often find her in trouble - usually with men. While drunk, she slept with a reporter who stole a confidential brief from the office of the DPP, while on another occasion she slept with Ben McMahon. Always regrets the consequences, but appears to do nothing to change her behaviour. She had a crush on Rhys, kissed him once, but when she realises that his wife is pregnant, refuses to go any further. She attended the University of Sydney.

Andrea Demetriades as Lina Badir: A non-practicing Muslim, she is a dedicated lawyer who is in an ongoing (but secret) relationship with policeman Andy Campbell. She attended the University of Sydney.

Indiana Evans as Tatum Novak: Her father was a notorious gangster - although will not hear a bad word said against him. She is often more pre-occupied with planning her wedding than in the law. She attended the University of Sydney.

Jeanette Cronin as Tracey Samuels: The office manager. She loves her pet finch (named Atticus after the main character in To Kill A Mockingbird). She is a practicing Catholic. At times she comes across as hard and uncaring. As mentioned in the last episode by Tony, she has a law degree from the University of Sydney but chooses not to practice law.

Marta Dusseldorp as Janet King: A senior crown prosecutor. Although not stated, she appears to be the NSW Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions. She is in an ongoing lesbian relationship and is expecting twins. The pregnancy has put strain on her relationship, however both parties are looking forward to the birth. She is a Rhodes Scholar and attended the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney.

Lewis Fitz-Gerald as David Sinclair SC: The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and Head of the DPP. He is often caught between the need for justice, the public appearance of justice, and the politics of justice. He attended the University of Wollongong and the University of Sydney.

Jerome Ehlers as Rhys Kowalski: An outside lawyer brought into the DPP to try certain cases. His pregnant wife is also a lawyer, but they are having marriage problems and seeing a counsellor.

Chantelle Jamieson as Julie Rousseau: A Judge's Associate who sometimes dates Ben.

Peter Kowitz as Tony Gillies: A hard bitten, even embittered, senior lawyer who still gets drunk on the anniversary of the date he lost a particularly brutal case. He is a realist, and seeks to give the young, idealist lawyers an understanding not so much of what is "right", but what is "best" in the circumstances. He attended the University of Sydney.

Christopher Morris as Andy Campbell: A police detective and Lina's secret boyfriend. He often gets fed up with lawyers who botch the cases that the police have worked hard to bring them.

Daniel Lissing as Conrad De Groot: Tatum's fiance. He was very suspicious of Richard until Tatum mentioned that he was gay, although he is heterosexual and infatuated with Tatum. Conrad is now happy for Richard to live in their unit and has, on occasion, sought to find Richard a date.