Funky Squad
Funky Squad was a short-lived 1995 Australian comedy television series which satirised 1970s-era U.S. police television dramas, such as The Mod Squad. Only seven half-hour episodes were produced, which were broadcast on the ABC. Real television commercials from the 1970s were shown during the program's "commercial breaks".
| Funky Squad | |
|---|---|
| Genre | police comedy |
| Written by | Santo Cilauro Tom Gleisner Jane Kennedy |
| Directed by | Santo Cilauro Tom Gleisner Jane Kennedy |
| Starring | Tim Ferguson Jane Kennedy Santo Cilauro Tom Gleisner |
| Composer | Craig Harnath |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Melbourne |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Production company | Working Dog Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC TV |
| Release | 24 April – 5 June 1995 |
The show featured four "funky" undercover detectives: undetectable as police, given their "hipness". The conclusion of each episode was deliberately designed to be incredibly predictable: usually the perpetrator of the crime under investigation could be identified within the first few minutes of the episode.
Before the television series, Funky Squad originally aired as a series of episodes on radio station Triple M. Rob Sitch, who played Grant, was replaced by Tim Ferguson when the series went to television.