

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.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Twenty Six Hours
25-02-197160mMatlock'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...
- Ep 2
2.The Big Gun
04-03-197160mLocal 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 fin...
- Ep 3
3.Goodbye Tuesday
11-03-197160mThe 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.
- Ep 4
4.End Of The Season
18-03-197160m - Ep 5
5.Something After Death
25-03-197160m - Ep 6
6.One Good Turn
01-04-197160m - Ep 7
7.A Bit Of Freedom
08-04-197160m - Ep 8
8.Cast A Black Shadow
15-04-197160m - Ep 9
9.Cradle Song
22-04-197160m - Ep 10
10.Rhythm And Blues
29-04-197160m - Ep 11
11.Pressure Point
06-05-197160m - Ep 12
12.The Outsiders
13-05-197160m - Ep 13
13.The Word Is Progress
20-05-197160m - Ep 14
14.The Crunch
25-05-197160m - Ep 15
15.Tightrope
03-06-197160m - Ep 16
16.Heroes Day
10-06-197160m - Ep 17
17.The Hunting Ground
17-06-197160m - Ep 18
18.A Second Opinion
24-06-197160m - Ep 19
19.Hideaway
01-07-197160m - Ep 20
20.The Price of Anger
08-07-197160m - Ep 21
21.The Gypsies
15-07-197160m - Ep 22
22.Cross Purposes
22-07-197160m - Ep 23
23.Early One Morning
29-07-197160m - Ep 24
24.Olsen's Ghost
05-08-197160m - Ep 25
25.Escape To Nowhere
12-08-197160m - Ep 26
26.A Case of Neglect
19-08-197160m - Ep 27
27.Millbank Nugget
26-08-197160m - Ep 28
28.The Loner
02-09-197160mA 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...
- Ep 29
29.The Milk And Honey Man
02-09-197160m - Ep 30
30.No Way Out
16-09-197160mA 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.
- Ep 31
31.Still Life
23-09-197160mMatlock 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...
- Ep 32
32.Smoke Screen
30-09-197160mThe 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.
- Ep 33
33.The Champ
07-10-197160mA 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...
- Ep 34
34.Jimmy Woodser
14-10-197160mAn 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 D...
- Ep 35
35.Compassionate Leave
21-10-197160mWhen 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 myste...
- Ep 36
36.The End of the Road
28-10-197160mThe 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...
- Ep 37
37.A Piece of Cake
04-11-197160mRon 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 wh...
- Ep 38
38.The Foreigners
11-11-197160mA feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.
- Ep 39
39.Give A Man A Gun
11-11-197160m - Ep 40
40.Any More at Home Like You
25-11-197160mWhen 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 po...
- Ep 41
41.The Break
02-12-197160m
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