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Matlock Police (1971)
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.
Matlock Police: Season 1 - 41 Episode s
1x1 - Twenty Six Hours
February 25, 1971
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.
1x2 - The Big Gun
March 4, 1971
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.
1x3 - Goodbye Tuesday
March 11, 1971
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.
1x4 - End Of The Season
March 18, 1971
1x5 - Something After Death
March 25, 1971
1x6 - One Good Turn
April 1, 1971
1x7 - A Bit Of Freedom
April 8, 1971
1x8 - Cast A Black Shadow
April 15, 1971
1x9 - Cradle Song
April 22, 1971
1x10 - Rhythm And Blues
April 29, 1971
1x11 - Pressure Point
May 6, 1971
1x12 - The Outsiders
May 13, 1971
1x13 - The Word Is Progress
May 20, 1971
1x14 - The Crunch
May 25, 1971
1x15 - Tightrope
June 3, 1971
1x16 - Heroes Day
June 10, 1971
1x17 - The Hunting Ground
June 17, 1971
1x18 - A Second Opinion
June 24, 1971
1x19 - Hideaway
July 1, 1971
1x20 - The Price of Anger
July 8, 1971
1x21 - The Gypsies
July 15, 1971
1x22 - Cross Purposes
July 22, 1971
1x23 - Early One Morning
July 29, 1971
1x24 - Olsen's Ghost
August 5, 1971
1x25 - Escape To Nowhere
August 12, 1971
1x26 - A Case of Neglect
August 19, 1971
1x27 - Millbank Nugget
August 26, 1971
1x28 - The Loner
September 2, 1971
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.
1x29 - The Milk And Honey Man
September 2, 1971
1x30 - No Way Out
September 16, 1971
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.
1x31 - Still Life
September 23, 1971
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.
1x32 - Smoke Screen
September 30, 1971
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.
1x33 - The Champ
October 7, 1971
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.
1x34 - Jimmy Woodser
October 14, 1971
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.
1x35 - Compassionate Leave
October 21, 1971
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.
1x36 - The End of the Road
October 28, 1971
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.
1x37 - A Piece of Cake
November 4, 1971
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.
1x38 - The Foreigners
November 11, 1971
A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.
1x39 - Give A Man A Gun
November 11, 1971
1x40 - Any More at Home Like You
November 25, 1971
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.
1x41 - The Break
December 2, 1971