Ryan

Season 1

Drama series about a private detective based in Melbourne. Assisted by Julie King, Ryan's world is often one of violence, conflict and emotion. Whether it's the waterfront, the suburbs or the corporate world, they all have their crime-and they all need Ryan. If anyone can get it done, Ryan can.

Where to Watch Season 1

41 Episodes

Liz
E1
LizLiz Mason believes she has murdered her lover. Ryan is hired - and sacked, but in between, he has followed a mystifying and violent trail that results in an attempt on his life and ends in his discovery of Liz's chilling secret.
This Little Piggy Went to Pieces
E2
This Little Piggy Went to PiecesRyan suspects that one of his best friends, a policeman, has murdered an informer. Ryan's investigations lead him through a macabre maze of sleazy strip joints and drug addicts to the uncovering of a depraved racketeer.
Firing Squad
E3
Firing SquadThe Staphopoulos family, which owns and operates a foundry, is involved in a web of jealousy and hatred.
Nut File
E4
Nut FileWhen an attempt is made on Ryan's life, a woman and her child are accidentally shot down and killed. Ryan feels responsible and sets out on a personal vendetta to track down the killer.
King's Bishop to Queen Three
E5
King's Bishop to Queen ThreeA politician's wife is being blackmailed and an oil millionaire has the negatives of her in compromising situations with a group of bikers. Ryan does a little blackmailing of his own to get them back, but his troubles are only beginning.
Catalyst
E6
CatalystThe kidnapping of their young daughter causes Harry and Jean Thompson to seek help from Ryan, and his investigations disclose a tense emotional situation in which the Thompson's marriage is seen to fall apart under stress.
Death Watch
E7
Death WatchRyan is engaged to protect a wealthy industrialist, Bradley, whose entire existence is dedicated to the acquisition of wealth, and who is living in constant fear of attacks on his life.
Come the Liberation
E8
Come the LiberationMs. Terry Davis, a powerful figure in the American women's liberation movement, visits Australia. She hires Ryan to find her boyfriend's killer and to recover a sum of money she gave him to set up an Australian branch of her organization.
Fibber, The Dancing Galah
E9
Fibber, The Dancing GalahRyan investigates a daredevil hijacking from a semi-trailer, where thieves jump a truck and unload its cargo of cigarettes while the vehicle is on the move.
Tribe
E10
TribeRyan is hired to trace a woman's missing husband, and he finds him at Warialda, an artists' colony, where creative people and reluctant husbands can get away from it all. Ryan questions the husband and discovers that he doesn't wish to be found, and that the colony is occupied by a group of hippies whose main goal in life seems to be to make his life hell. When Ryan triggers off a tragedy, he finds himself questioning his own lifestyle.
The Girl with the Golden Slippers
E11
The Girl with the Golden SlippersRyan is hired, and captivated, by 10-year-old Maria Bitov who is worried because some men have been frightening her father.
A Bag Full of Miracles
E12
A Bag Full of MiraclesA pass over of drugs goes wrong and a migrant couple runs into a hundred thousand dollars worth of trouble, as a team of high-powered international drug smugglers contend with the Italian players, the law and Ryan.
Three Legged Duck
E13
Three Legged Duck
But When She Was Bad
E14
But When She Was BadJohn Mitchell, a cold-blooded ex-Army special operations officer, is hired by Major Wilson to search out and destroy the killer of the Major's young daughter, who died from an overdose of drugs. Mitchell decides instead to take a piece of the drug market himself and proves deadly and efficient at his work. Major Wilson then calls in Ryan to halt the mayhem he has unleashed.
Moon Monkey
E15
Moon MonkeyRyan becomes involved with a ruthless, ambitious politician, his campaign manager, and a Yugoslav migrant and his wife when the politician hires Ryan to help him with an election campaign by exposing a racket to defraud migrants.
Nobody's Perfect
E16
Nobody's PerfectDrinking too much, gambling, faking bribes and thumping policemen won't solve anyone's problems. Or maybe it will, who knows? Ryan seems to know.
Person or Persons Unknown
E17
Person or Persons UnknownThe murder of a young girl involves Ryan and Julie in a bewildering web of sexual intrigue, and Julie's life is threatened.
Fibber the Dancing Galah
E18
Fibber the Dancing Galah
Hamlet's Horse
E19
Hamlet's HorseRyan is puzzled when an evening's quiet drinking is interrupted by Jana, a slightly crazy, beautiful girl who wants to know all about Adam Parker and won't believe that Ryan has never heard of him.
Where Thunder Sleeps
E20
Where Thunder SleepsAfter Ryan is hospitalized following a car accident, Julie has to handle a case alone and becomes the victim of a terror campaign when weird events plague a remote country homestead.
The Far Away Girl
E21
The Far Away GirlA wistful young girl, Anastasia Jones, kept heavily drugged by villains, almost has her mind destroyed when Ryan probes the events, the drugs and double crosses surrounding the mysterious disappearance of her father, Jacob, three years before.
Hickory Dickory Dock
E22
Hickory Dickory DockBrennan is the president of a large shipping company. He believes that his young wife is unfaithful, that his son despises him, that his fellow directors are plotting against him, and that someone is following him and planning to kill him.
Pipeline
E23
PipelineA man, who left his family for no apparent reason, disappears from a city hospital. Ryan finally tracks him down to the airport, where he has collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack. Or did he?
Three-Legged Duck
E24
Three-Legged DuckDanny Scott, the hot-tempered skipper of a fishing trawler, has disappeared overboard. Has he drowned, or was he murdered as the grieving widow claims? Or is Danny still alive, hiding out until his 'widow' joins him with the insurance money? As Ryan uncovers the truth he becomes part of a deadly tug-of-war between an insurance investigator, Danny's wife and Danny's weird brother.
A Deep, Dark Place
E25
A Deep, Dark PlaceFor Ryan, solving a terrifying puzzle from the past is the only way he is able to protect his client, a rich young heiress, from a girl called Misty.
Giant, Giant Had a Great Fall
E26
Giant, Giant Had a Great FallA top gangster's daughter is kidnapped, apparently by his rival. Ryan races to find her before the situation explodes into a gang war.
Way Back
E27
Way BackMarshall is a man with secrets that he's tried to keep for 13 years. Ryan's efforts to get at the truth are complicated by a nervous doctor, an alcoholic wife, a crooked lawyer, a strange gunman and a sweet 18-year-old girl named Susan Morrison - who is the key to the biggest secret of all.
Negative Proof
E28
Negative ProofRyan's career is almost ruined when a blackmail case takes an unexpected turn.
Man With A Mission
E29
Man With A Mission
Miss Ogilvie Repents
E30
Miss Ogilvie RepentsRyan is hired to find a missing call girl and is plunged into the bewildering, violent and scandalous world of industrial espionage.
A Deep Dark Place
E31
A Deep Dark Place
A Song for Julie
E32
A Song for JulieTouring English pop singer Johnny "Cyclone" Wyatt appears to be drunk on stage and cancels his appearance. Ryan, who is called in to investigate the possibility that Wyatt was drugged, finds that some parties stand to make a considerable gain if Wyatt cancels his entire tour. When a further revelation threatens to shatter Wyatt's life completely, Julie gives him the strength and inspiration to carry on.
Tribe
E33
Tribe
KIng Hit
E34
KIng HitRyan and Julie both assume fake identities in their efforts to uncover the dark implications behind the promotion of a new 'wonder drug'. Tony Angelini's mate Ned Robbins is beaten up by thugs, but is too frightened to give any details.
Goodbye Holly Beckett
E35
Goodbye Holly BeckettHolly Beckett is a gorgeous and endearing call girl. When one of her clients is bashed and robbed, she unwittingly becomes a key figure in the activities of a group of political fanatics - and the prime target for a brutal assassination.
Wild About Harry
E36
Wild About HarryRyan and a former police colleague become the victims of a conspiracy. Their attempts at proving their innocence seem only to make their guilt more apparent.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Alter
E37
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Alter
There's Going To Be A War
E38
There's Going To Be A WarA reformed crim - an old friend of Ryan - is caught breaking into a factory and is shot dead by the security guard. Ryan stubbornly refuses to believe that he was involved in anything illegal, and while investigating the incident becomes involved in violent gang warfare.
A Song For Julie
E41
A Song For Julie
The Man In Room 16
E42
The Man In Room 16David Sherman is critically injured in a racing car smash and doomed to exist as a vegetable in hospital. His wife can't accept this, and hires Ryan to investigate the incident and find out the truth.
Give Them The World
E43
Give Them The WorldA worldly young woman falls for Ryan and doubts her own courage when she discovers his world of violence, corruption and treachery.