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Starring Wendy Hughes (Careful He Might Hear You) as top coroner Kate Ferrari, and Bob Baines (Jindabyne) as Deputy Coroner Clive Trimble, this compelling TV drama aired on prime-time TV from 1998 and tells the story of the people who the conduct vital and absorbing work into the circumstances of unexplained death. Delving into the daily lives of a highly trained forensics team employed to unravel the mystery surrounding murder, accidents and strange deaths, State Coroner traces their battles with grieving families, slow or meddling authorities, and organized crime, from the initial inquiry through to the courtroom appearances and the Coroner’s final verdict. With echoes of CSI, this was the first Australian TV series to explore the complex world of forensic pathology and all 14 episodes of the gripping first series comes to DVD for the first time ever.