Matlock Police(1971)
Drama
First Air Date: 1971-02-25
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 229
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 41E01
Twenty Six Hours
Air Date: 1971-02-25
Matlock's town matriarch, Grace Falconer, is brutally attacked and robbed. Suspects include a group of hippies who be...
E02
The Big Gun
Air Date: 1971-03-04
Local tough guy Brownie Merkle becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man and the disappearance of another when...
E03
Goodbye Tuesday
Air Date: 1971-03-11
The search for a trio of prison escapees, Carol Price, Judy Bennett and Bob Pollard, endangers many lives when search...
E04
End Of The Season
Air Date: 1971-03-18
No episode overview available.
E05
Something After Death
Air Date: 1971-03-25
No episode overview available.
E06
One Good Turn
Air Date: 1971-04-01
No episode overview available.
E07
A Bit Of Freedom
Air Date: 1971-04-08
No episode overview available.
E08
Cast A Black Shadow
Air Date: 1971-04-15
No episode overview available.
E09
Cradle Song
Air Date: 1971-04-22
No episode overview available.
E10
Rhythm And Blues
Air Date: 1971-04-29
No episode overview available.
E11
Pressure Point
Air Date: 1971-05-06
No episode overview available.
E12
The Outsiders
Air Date: 1971-05-13
No episode overview available.
E13
The Word Is Progress
Air Date: 1971-05-20
No episode overview available.
E14
The Crunch
Air Date: 1971-05-25
No episode overview available.
E15
Tightrope
Air Date: 1971-06-03
No episode overview available.
E16
Heroes Day
Air Date: 1971-06-10
No episode overview available.
E17
The Hunting Ground
Air Date: 1971-06-17
No episode overview available.
E18
A Second Opinion
Air Date: 1971-06-24
No episode overview available.
E19
Hideaway
Air Date: 1971-07-01
No episode overview available.
E20
The Price of Anger
Air Date: 1971-07-08
No episode overview available.
E21
The Gypsies
Air Date: 1971-07-15
No episode overview available.
E22
Cross Purposes
Air Date: 1971-07-22
No episode overview available.
E23
Early One Morning
Air Date: 1971-07-29
No episode overview available.
E24
Olsen's Ghost
Air Date: 1971-08-05
No episode overview available.
E25
Escape To Nowhere
Air Date: 1971-08-12
No episode overview available.
E26
A Case of Neglect
Air Date: 1971-08-19
No episode overview available.
E27
Millbank Nugget
Air Date: 1971-08-26
No episode overview available.
E28
The Loner
Air Date: 1971-09-02
A mysterious hermit, has lived in a shack outside Matlock for seven months. Suddenly, his past and present catch up w...
E29
The Milk And Honey Man
Air Date: 1971-09-02
No episode overview available.
E30
No Way Out
Air Date: 1971-09-16
A motel robbery and the death of a young police constable in a car accident lead to the revelation of several Matlock...
E31
Still Life
Air Date: 1971-09-23
Matlock police investigate a complaint of carnal knowledge involving an itinerant artist and a young girl, but the ac...
E32
Smoke Screen
Air Date: 1971-09-30
The Matlock saw-millers are a tough breed, but the builders of a new dam claim to be even tougher, A series of ugly i...
E33
The Champ
Air Date: 1971-10-07
A broken down ex-heavyweight boxer, Dan Regan, is in Matlock on a sinister assignment. Unforseen events cause Regan's...
E34
Jimmy Woodser
Air Date: 1971-10-14
An important businessman, Eric Schneider, wants to set up a deal with a Matlock company. However, when he is arrested...
E35
Compassionate Leave
Air Date: 1971-10-21
When Johnny Marcelli returns from the Vietnam war on compassionate leave, he is told that his father has committed su...
E36
The End of the Road
Air Date: 1971-10-28
The investigation of a series of wool thefts in the Matlock District uncover the problems of one of the suspects, and...
E37
A Piece of Cake
Air Date: 1971-11-04
Ron Grey, an ex-Spitfire pilot embarks on a dubious mission as a courier to gain some quick money, because he only ha...
E38
The Foreigners
Air Date: 1971-11-11
A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an atte...
E39
Give A Man A Gun
Air Date: 1971-11-11
No episode overview available.
E40
Any More at Home Like You
Air Date: 1971-11-25
When salesman Frank Ross finds himself in serious financial difficulties, he takes an illegal way out and starts an u...
E41
The Break
Air Date: 1971-12-02
No episode overview available.
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