Series

Matlock Police

1971 · 6 seasons · 229 episodes · Ended · 10

Drama

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Twenty Six Hours1971-02-2560m

    Matlock's town matriarch, Grace Falconer, is brutally attacked and robbed. Suspects include a group of hippies who become involved in town affairs when a local girl's horse is shot, two yobbos on a hunting trip who are found trespassing, and a handyman recently sacked by Mrs. Falconer - who refuses to account for his movements on the night in question.

  • S01E02The Big Gun1971-03-0460m

    Local tough guy Brownie Merkle becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man and the disappearance of another when he suddenly begins paying his debts, and Det. Sgt. Maddern finds his attention diverted from his marital problems.

  • S01E03Goodbye Tuesday1971-03-1160m

    The search for a trio of prison escapees, Carol Price, Judy Bennett and Bob Pollard, endangers many lives when searchers and escapees alike are caught in a bushfire.

  • S01E04End Of The Season1971-03-1860m
  • S01E05Something After Death1971-03-2560m
  • S01E06One Good Turn1971-04-0160m
  • S01E07A Bit Of Freedom1971-04-0860m
  • S01E08Cast A Black Shadow1971-04-1560m
  • S01E09Cradle Song1971-04-2260m
  • S01E10Rhythm And Blues1971-04-2960m
  • S01E11Pressure Point1971-05-0660m
  • S01E12The Outsiders1971-05-1360m
  • S01E13The Word Is Progress1971-05-2060m
  • S01E14The Crunch1971-05-2560m
  • S01E15Tightrope1971-06-0360m
  • S01E16Heroes Day1971-06-1060m
  • S01E17The Hunting Ground1971-06-1760m
  • S01E18A Second Opinion1971-06-2460m
  • S01E19Hideaway1971-07-0160m
  • S01E20The Price of Anger1971-07-0860m
  • S01E21The Gypsies1971-07-1560m
  • S01E22Cross Purposes1971-07-2260m
  • S01E23Early One Morning1971-07-2960m
  • S01E24Olsen's Ghost1971-08-0560m
  • S01E25Escape To Nowhere1971-08-1260m
  • S01E26A Case of Neglect1971-08-1960m
  • S01E27Millbank Nugget1971-08-2660m
  • S01E28The Loner1971-09-0260m

    A mysterious hermit, has lived in a shack outside Matlock for seven months. Suddenly, his past and present catch up with him, when he is terrorised by three local youths. When one is accidentally blinded, Chip Richardson burns down Herman's shack and later blames him for the accident. Herman takes off in panic and the police mount an intensive search for him.

  • S01E29The Milk And Honey Man1971-09-0260m
  • S01E30No Way Out1971-09-1660m

    A motel robbery and the death of a young police constable in a car accident lead to the revelation of several Matlock townspeople's personal conflicts.

  • S01E31Still Life1971-09-2360m

    Matlock police investigate a complaint of carnal knowledge involving an itinerant artist and a young girl, but the accused has his own way of extricating himself from the situation.

  • S01E32Smoke Screen1971-09-3060m

    The Matlock saw-millers are a tough breed, but the builders of a new dam claim to be even tougher, A series of ugly incidents lead the two groups towards a violent showdown.

  • S01E33The Champ1971-10-0760m

    A broken down ex-heavyweight boxer, Dan Regan, is in Matlock on a sinister assignment. Unforseen events cause Regan's past, present and future to meet head-on in the biggest battle of his career.

  • S01E34Jimmy Woodser1971-10-1460m

    An important businessman, Eric Schneider, wants to set up a deal with a Matlock company. However, when he is arrested for assaulting a young girl, public feelings rise up against Det. Curtis who may have made a serious mistake. Schneider, with his lawyer Harrison, puts his money and his pressure in the right places to beat the charge.

  • S01E35Compassionate Leave1971-10-2160m

    When Johnny Marcelli returns from the Vietnam war on compassionate leave, he is told that his father has committed suicide. He refuses to believe it and sets out to solve the mystery.

  • S01E36The End of the Road1971-10-2860m

    The investigation of a series of wool thefts in the Matlock District uncover the problems of one of the suspects, and provide some surprises for the police - especially Cont. Hogan.

  • S01E37A Piece of Cake1971-11-0460m

    Ron Grey, an ex-Spitfire pilot embarks on a dubious mission as a courier to gain some quick money, because he only has a few years of active life lift - he is a chronic diabetic who keeps coma and semi-blindness at bay with insulin shots. While flying a light aircraft with his girlfriend Betty Holmes, the plane strikes trouble and they have to crash land in the Candowie Rangers. When the plane is found by a police search party, they discover that Gray and Holmes both fled into the bush.

  • S01E38The Foreigners1971-11-1160m

    A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.

  • S01E39Give A Man A Gun1971-11-1160m
  • S01E40Any More at Home Like You1971-11-2560m

    When salesman Frank Ross finds himself in serious financial difficulties, he takes an illegal way out and starts an unexpected chain of events that bring surprise to the Matlock police.

  • S01E41The Break1971-12-0260m

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