

Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.
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E1 · Acts of Betrayal
Jane Halifax, forensic psychiatrist, facing a gruelling cross-examination at a murder trial, is contacted by ex-boyfriend, Owen Tozer, ( Andrew McFarlane ), also a psychiatrist. He has been having an …
E2 · Words Without Music
While assessing a convicted murderer for the Parole Board, Jane is asked to provide Grief Counseling at an exclusive boys' school where a teacher has suddenly died. When a pupil she is counseling is m…
E3 · The Feeding
Rogue cop, Jonah Cole, ( Steve Bisley ), from Sydney comes to town on the hunt for the 'Make-up Killer'. This is a high profile case where the police are under pressure from politicans and the media t…
E4 · My Lovely Girl
Jane finds her misquoted criticism of a colleague's release of a mental patient, who murders again, leads to a patient of her own, Peter Donaldson, ( Ben Mendelsohn ), facing the pressure of exposure …
E5 · Hardcorps
Two cops, one young and idealistic, the other tough and cynical, are party to the shooting of a criminal. Called to assist the police in their internal investigations, Jane Halifax discovers all is no…
E6 · Lies of the Mind
Jane is called on to assess wealthy socialite, Sharon Sinclair, charged with the murder of her father, Sir Edward and her step-mother. Sharon is suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder, but Jane …
When a series of rapes take place, the M.O. matches exactly that of recently released William Reedman ( Steve Jacobs ). Trouble is, his alibi is Jane Halifax!
The return of Jonah Cole (Steve Bisley) adds some light relief into Jane's life, but his increasingly erratic behaviour begins to worry her. Jane finds herself caught up in Jonah's relentless hunt for…
Jane becomes the target of an obsessive admirer. At first she dismisses it as trivial, but when his declarations of love turn to threats, she realises that he is deadly serious. Jane's mother is serio…
Jane has, for once, put work behind her and is living on a house boat where she has just finished writing a book. Visited by an old friend, Abe Levin, he asks her to assess Matthew Viney, an ex-patien…
Jane is preparing to be bridesmaid at her friend's Greek wedding and together with having a worrying throat problem, she is working on a case where three women have been strangled. Psychic, Eric Washb…
Told in retrospect, Jane is receiving councilling from her analyst after having killed someone. It is Christmas, Jane is alone, feeling vunerable, stressed, suffering from panic attacks, drinking a li…
Jane has a new boyfriend whose passion is glider flying - something Jane is rather nervous about. However, she is called away to work on the case of a serial killer who murders women having affairs. T…
While visiting her mother, Angela ( Robyn Nevin ) Jane helps out at the local hospital after a fatal bus crash. The following day, the driver responsible for three deaths is murdered and Jane finds he…
A gritty prison setting sees Jane working with an ex-boyfriend to try and uncover a murderer amongst a group of psychopaths - all convicted of murder. Jane begins to realise that there is an alterior …
Ex-cop, Laurie Downes has displayed erratic behaviour and has taken the law into his own hands. Having assessed him as safe to be released on bail, Jane discovers that his actions have a specific purp…
Jane rushes back from New Zealand where she has been lecturing, for the funeral of her best friend, Dr. Lisa Hardman. Staying to help Lisa's husband with the children and to wind up Lisa's psychiatric…
When gossip colominist for A-list magazine, Simon Laser, walks into a police station claiming that his murdered lover, prominent judge, Harvey Masters, died in his arms, he is treated with suspicion f…
Jane has been asked to assess a stalker and when she assures the judge that he is safe to be released, the husband of his victim is not pleased. When his wife is murdered and it is clear that the stal…
On the tenth anniversary of her father's death, Jane is approached by an old friend of her father. She asks Jane to assess a thirteen year old girl accused of murdering an eight year old.
While Jane works on a fairly mundane case for the parole board; that of a girl accused of malicious damage to a neighbour's car; she begins an affair with a married police officer, Det. Brett Murray. …