Matlock Police
Matlock Police is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network between 1970 and 1975. The series was the 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival Homicide and Division 4. Matlock Police was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria. Series writers had a reference manual giving full details of the town’s geography, amenities, social structure, etc., as well as that of the surrounding area - neighbouring towns included Wilga, Chinaman's Creek, Possum's Creek and Burrabri, and there was an offshoot of the Great Dividing Range called the Candowies. The town's colourful history included the local Aboriginal tribe, the town founder, a gold rush, a bushranger and a town patriarchy. About the only landmark the Matlock district lacked for dramatic purposes was a beach.
Details
- First aired
- 25 Feb 1971
- Seasons
- 6
- Episodes
- 229
- TMDB 8.3
- Last aired
- 15 Apr 1976
- Genres
Drama
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- 10
- Episode runtime
- 1 h
- Countries
AU
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Matlock Police
- Cast
Michael Pateas Det. Snr. Sgt. Vic Maddern Paul Croninas Sen. Const. Gary Hogan Tom Richardsas Sen. Det. Steve York Vic Gordonas Sgt. Bert Kennedy Grigor Tayloras Sen. Det. Alan Curtis John Edwardsas Detective Inspector Shirley Smithas Betty Parker Patrick Wardas Ed King David Atkinsas Tommy Judy Ferrisas Olive Walsh - Writers
Sonia Borg Phil Freedman
