The series
Duggan was a TVNZ police drama from 1997, featuring New Zealand actor John Bach as Detective Inspector John Duggan and Fiona Mogridge as Ruth Duggan. Unlike other New Zealand police drama series, Duggan was produced as a series of one-off programmes, akin to British crime series of the time such as Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders. In all, 13 episodes were made between 1997 and 1999.
Episodes
Season 1 · 11 episodes · 1999
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Episode 120 Jul 19991h 0m
Workshop for Murder
When a well-known detective novelist runs a weekend course for wannabe writers at her cliff-top home in the Marlborough Sounds, the 'theory' of murder is on the agenda. But when a real dead body arrives in her cable car, things turn seriou…
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Episode 227 Jul 19991h 0m
A Shadow of a Doubt - Part 1
Life is good for the newly re-married Joanne Taylor. She runs a successful diving business in the Marlborough Sounds with her new husband, Michael, whom she adores, and her business partner Fraser, whom she trusts. But her new found happin…
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Episode 33 Aug 19991h 0m
A Shadow of a Doubt - Part 2
A beachside camping ground attracts a lot of visitors, especially trim and tanned young tourists from Eastern Europe. How convenient then, that the Manager has his workshop located right next to the shower block, to provide the setting for…
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Episode 410 Aug 19991h 0m
Time and Tide
A beachside camping ground attracts a lot of visitors, especially trim and tanned young tourists from Eastern Europe. How convenient then, that the Manager has his workshop located right next to the shower block, to provide the setting for…
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Episode 517 Aug 19991h 0m
Going Overboard
Did he fall or was he pushed? When a popular student doesn't disembark from the Interislander ferry with the rest of his sports team, Duggan enlists Peach's help in going 'back to school' to uncover the reason behind the young man's disapp…
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Episode 624 Aug 19991h 0m
Murder at Te Papa
Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, is about to host an international symposium on spiders. But when one of the Museum's curators is found impaled on stag horns in a storeroom, it's up to Duggan to cut through a web of deceit and identify …
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Episode 731 Aug 19991h 0m
Sneakers
Set in the world of Llama trekking and forestry gangs, DUGGAN shows brawn and brains when dealing with a body found in a burned-out car. With the able help of Constable Peach, and the reconstruction skills of pathologist Jennifer Collins a…
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Episode 87 Sep 19991h 0m
Dog's Breakfast
When a beloved Pitbull terrier suddenly turns on it's owner and savagely attacks her, Duggan is called in to investigate. His suspicions about this 'accident', and his detailed investigation, reveal several people who have reason to be gra…
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Episode 914 Sep 19991h 0m
Moving House
When workmen discover a 'skeleton in the closet' of an old house being moved, Duggan and Constable Peach are called in. Their investigation soon reveals that the dead body is just one of a number of 'family secrets' that need unlocking bef…
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Episode 1021 Sep 19991h 0m
Last Resort
(based on a story by Steven Page) An army survival exercise, on a remote island in the Marlborough Sounds, certainly doesn't live up to its name when a Sergeant is found brutally murdered. In a tense psychological thriller Duggan pits hi…
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Episode 1128 Sep 19991h 0m
Food to Die For
Does finding one of the chefs 'accidentally' locked in the freezer signal that the airline catering business has become totally cut-throat? Or has a love triangle proved a recipe for disaster? It's up to Duggan and Peach to answer these qu…
Cast
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