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- Really, celebrity chef Ramsay McGordon should've seen it coming. Judging a cooking program where the contestants are all convicted felons does not spell job of a lifetime. Rather, in Ramsay's case, it spells death. He keels over after tasting the final dish in the final of his popular cooking show. With such a crooked cast of cooks, detective Peter Rowsthorn has a tough one to crack. Examining the crime scene turns up a vial of poison worn by the victim, a syringe, a USB key and two peas. And interrogations of the show's producer Stacy, convicted pickpocket Fingers, convicted hitman Harry and convicted poisoner Enid also yield no discernible results. So Detective Rowsthorn may have to resort to guesswork. What is it, 25% chance? That's enough, as Detective Rowsthorn picks Stacy as the killer, trying to stop McGordon reporting their affair to the media. Detectives: 4, Sleuth 101: 1. Starring Peter Rowsthorn as the detective, Nicola Parry as Stacy, Denise Scott as Enid, Tony Rickards as Fingers, Mark Mitchell as Ramsay and Steve Bastoni as Harry. (en)
- Dan Kinsman. The Sleuth 101 equivalent of Ben Cousins. Reformed bad boy, been off the drugs for a while now. He's got a new team, the Western Dragons, and a new lease on life. Or so he did, until a tricked-up treadmill shocked him - literally. To solve this one, Detective Colin Lane will need to be paying attention. And at first, he does - he finds a journalist's business card, an envelope of photos, a bottle of Vitamin B pills and a piece of red wire. And when he interrogates Dan's coach Mick, his teammate Cary, his manager Robby and Cary's girl, Rebecca, he claims to have it all sorted out. Apparently, Cary killed him because Dan was in the way of Cary making it big in the footy world, and because he was having an affair with Rebecca. Ding! Correct. Starring Colin Lane as the detective, Francis Greenslade as Mick, Nick Russell as Cary, Emily Taheny as Rebecca, Blair McDonough as Dan and Alan Brough as Robby. (en)
- Imagine this. A simple life-drawing class turns into a murder scene. The beautiful nude model turns out to be a wanted criminal, but by the time the cops get to the scene, she's already dead. Stabbed in the neck. Hamish Blake steps up to solve the crime, but spends a little too much time staring at the deceased's naked body. When he finally gets down to it, he finds two palette knives, a red spill, and a bank statement belonging to Nikki Gleason, the victim, and interrogates nun-turned-art-teacher Bea, married couple Ern and Jean, and art enthusiast/"sicko" Duncan. Detective Blake then discovers that Gleason was partly responsible for the murder and theft of Ern and Jean's son, and pins the murder on them. However, the old "switcheroo" trips him up: apparently, Bea O'Malley, the nun-turned-artist, is currently lying in the morgue, and Nikki Gleason, posed as an art student, stabbed O'Malley and took her identity before the cops arrived, after Bea's call to the cops, claiming that Nikki was on the premises. So, in the end: Sleuth 101: 3, detectives: 5. Starring: Hamish Blake as the detective, Heidi Arena as Nikki, posing as Bea, Tracy Harvey as Jean, Nick Farnell as Duncan, Nicholas Bell as Ern, Luke Ryan as the policeman and Annalise Braakensiek as Bea. (en)
- Not many people die in a beauty salon. Even fewer die in a beauty salon on the eve of the happiest day of their lives. But unfortunately, Bridget Wilmott is one of them. She was crushed to death in the solarium she was using to make herself picture-perfect for her special day. But unfortunately for guest detective Adam Richard, there is no shortage of people who wanted to see Bridget dead - but which was it? The mother-in-law-to-be Pat, the maid of honour Jacqui, the hairdresser Annie or the salon owner Louise? When Detective Richard discovers a disposable camera, some screws, hydraulic fluid and some hair follicles, it seems like the case may be wrapped up pretty quickly - wrong. When it comes time to bring the murderer to justice, Detective Richard glosses over Annie's past relationship with Bridget's fiancee, giving her the motive, and takes her photographic alibi to heart, giving her the opportunity. Detective Richard highlights Louise as the killer, but he's wrong. Starring: Adam Richard as the detective, Leah Vandenberg as Annie, Caroline Craig as Bridget, Kate Atkinson as Jacqui, Anne Phelan as Pat and Jacqueline Brennan as Louise. (en)
- Gamers go nuts! Deletion strikes gaming company system administrator Cache, or Darren Gablonsky, collapses dead after drinking his regular black coffee. But which of his nerdy colleagues slipped away from Halo online for enough time to poison Cache? Luckily, detective Claire Hooper is on hand to solve the crime. The crime scene presents a small stick-it note, a half-eaten doughnut, a coffee mug and a biro pen, which should be enough to guide Detective Hooper, right? Wrong. Interrogations with the game lab's CEO Torben, designer Hermione, technical director Nazeem and accountant Gill may give Claire some hints, and it's time to show them. Maybe a possible online affair? Maybe a virus in a famous computer game? Or maybe a firing gone too far? Claire pinpoints Cache's girlfriend Hermione as the killer, with her motive being Cache cheating on her - sleeping with another game character. And Detective Hooper is correct - will the Sleuth 101 team ever get one up on these detectives? Starring: Claire Hooper as the detective, Samuel Johnson as Cache, Tommy Dassalo as Torben, Katrina Milosevic as Gill, Emily Taheny as Hermione and Nazeem Hussain as Nazeem. (en)
- Kyle Bowman is a rock god. He's got all the mannerisms of your typical rockstar: arrogance, an affair, and an ARIA stabbed through his body in his recording studio. Time for Frank Woodley to step in and solve the murder. With a scrap of paper, a mobile phone and an oversized earring presenting themselves at the crime scene, Frank steps into the interrogation room to meet Kyle's third wife Abby, record sales rep Jessica, personal bodyguard Ian and his bandmate Barry. With this, the earring turns out to belong to Abby, an affair with Lily Allen comes to light and plane tickets to Samoa are found. Not a whole lot to go by, but Frank has to pinpoint the killer, using crazy logic . Detective Woodley picks out bodyguard Ian as the killer, because he is the least likely, therefore the most likely. And just like Detective O'Neil, the logic prevails. Time for a scorecheck - crazy logic: 2, common sense: zero. Starring: Frank Woodley as the detective, Celia Pacquola as Abby, Leah Vandenberg as Jessica, Frankie J Holden as Kyle, Kevin Harrington as Barry and Nicholas Bell as Ian. (en)
- Breaking news! The news reporter for radio station Noyz FM, Rachel Timms, has been murdered! A promising career for Timms was cut brutally short by a microphone cable, just before she was due to read the midnight Noyz Newz. It's the biggest story of the year...too bad she won't be reporting it. Guest detective Julia Morris has been thrown into the graveyard shift for this one...will the late hour faze our detective? Searching Timms' radio booth finds a speeding infringement notice, a water bottle, a news bulletin, some lozenge wrappers and a piece of "fluff". This leads to interrogations of the radio host, Johnny, the show manager Ann, the tech-head Nigel and the guest comedienne Judy. This means...nothing. Or does it? Maybe it means an accusation of Rachel's stalker, Nigel, from Detective Morris. However, she's wrong, for it was host Johnny Velvet who strangled Timms overe envy for a new TV position. Sleuth 101, 2, guest detectives, 4. Starring Julia Morris as the detective, Toby Truslove as Nigel, Kimberley Davies as Rachel, Paul McCarthy as Johnny, Colette Mann as Ann and Felicity Ward as Judy. (en)
- Bill Quinn didn't get sudoku books, power tools or even socks and jocks this year for Christmas. Instead, he was killed. Suffocated, precisely. With the pillow he was using to make his Santa suit a bit more "tummylicious". Enter, guest detective Dave O'Neil. An examination of the crime scene turns up a wombat farming prospectus, an empty glass of eggnog and a chocolate menu. Not much to go by, so Detective O'Neil decides to interrogate Bill's wife Marjorie, daughter Michelle, son Steve and daughter-in-law Ally. As it turns out, this doesn't help Dave in the slightest when the time comes to pinpoint the murderer - so using some crazy logic , Dave accuses Marjorie as the killer...and, crazy though it sounds, he's right. Starring: Dave O'Neil as the detective, John Wood as Bill, Nicola Parry as Ally, Robyn Butler as Michelle, Dave Lawson as Steve and Denise Drysdale as Marjorie. (en)
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