Matlock Police
Matlock Police
1. Twenty Six Hours
2. The Big Gun
3. Goodbye Tuesday
4. End Of The Season
5. Something After Death
6. One Good Turn
7. A Bit Of Freedom
8. Cast A Black Shadow
9. Cradle Song
10. Rhythm And Blues
11. Pressure Point
12. The Outsiders
13. The Word Is Progress
14. The Crunch
15. Tightrope
16. Heroes Day
17. The Hunting Ground
18. A Second Opinion
19. Hideaway
20. The Price of Anger
21. The Gypsies
22. Cross Purposes
23. Early One Morning
24. Olsen's Ghost
25. Escape To Nowhere
26. A Case of Neglect
27. Millbank Nugget
28. The Loner
29. The Milk And Honey Man
30. No Way Out
31. Still Life
32. Smoke Screen
33. The Champ
34. Jimmy Woodser
35. Compassionate Leave
36. The End of the Road
37. A Piece of Cake
38. The Foreigners
39. Give A Man A Gun
40. Any More at Home Like You
41. The Break
Overview
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.
