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Matlock Police

Matlock Police

1971 - 1976

Twenty Six Hours

25th February 1971
Episode 1
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.

The Big Gun

4th March 1971
Episode 2
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.

Goodbye Tuesday

11th March 1971
Episode 3
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.

End Of The Season

18th March 1971
Episode 4
No overview available.

Something After Death

25th March 1971
Episode 5
No overview available.

One Good Turn

1st April 1971
Episode 6
No overview available.

A Bit Of Freedom

8th April 1971
Episode 7
No overview available.

Cast A Black Shadow

15th April 1971
Episode 8
No overview available.

Cradle Song

22nd April 1971
Episode 9
No overview available.

Rhythm And Blues

29th April 1971
Episode 10
No overview available.

Pressure Point

6th May 1971
Episode 11
No overview available.

The Outsiders

13th May 1971
Episode 12
No overview available.

The Word Is Progress

20th May 1971
Episode 13
No overview available.

The Crunch

25th May 1971
Episode 14
No overview available.

Tightrope

3rd June 1971
Episode 15
No overview available.

Heroes Day

10th June 1971
Episode 16
No overview available.

The Hunting Ground

17th June 1971
Episode 17
No overview available.

A Second Opinion

24th June 1971
Episode 18
No overview available.

Hideaway

1st July 1971
Episode 19
No overview available.

The Price of Anger

8th July 1971
Episode 20
No overview available.

The Gypsies

15th July 1971
Episode 21
No overview available.

Cross Purposes

22nd July 1971
Episode 22
No overview available.

Early One Morning

29th July 1971
Episode 23
No overview available.

Olsen's Ghost

5th August 1971
Episode 24
No overview available.

Escape To Nowhere

12th August 1971
Episode 25
No overview available.

A Case of Neglect

19th August 1971
Episode 26
No overview available.

Millbank Nugget

26th August 1971
Episode 27
No overview available.

The Loner

2nd September 1971
Episode 28
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.

The Milk And Honey Man

2nd September 1971
Episode 29
No overview available.

No Way Out

16th September 1971
Episode 30
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.

Still Life

23rd September 1971
Episode 31
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.

Smoke Screen

30th September 1971
Episode 32
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.

The Champ

7th October 1971
Episode 33
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.

Jimmy Woodser

14th October 1971
Episode 34
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.

Compassionate Leave

21st October 1971
Episode 35
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.

The End of the Road

28th October 1971
Episode 36
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.

A Piece of Cake

4th November 1971
Episode 37
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.

The Foreigners

11th November 1971
Episode 38
A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.

Give A Man A Gun

11th November 1971
Episode 39
No overview available.

Any More at Home Like You

25th November 1971
Episode 40
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.

The Break

2nd December 1971
Episode 41
No overview available.
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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.

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