About this season
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.
Episodes (40)
1. Squeeze, Don't Pull
Aired 16 January 1975 • 60 min
2. A Quiet Little Place
Aired 23 January 1975 • 60 min
3. Like Fred
Aired 30 January 1975 • 60 min
4. A Patch Of Dirt
Aired 6 February 1975 • 60 min
5. The Hill
Aired 13 February 1975 • 60 min
6. The Overlanders
Aired 20 February 1975 • 60 min
7. What's Best For The Kids
Aired 27 February 1975 • 60 min
8. Walk Like A Man
Aired 6 March 1975 • 60 min
9. The Burribri Bunyip
Aired 13 March 1975 • 60 min
10. Baby Doll
Aired 20 March 1975 • 60 min
11. Billy Truckie
Aired 27 March 1975 • 60 min
12. Where The Trees Walk Down The Hill
Aired 3 April 1975 • 60 min
13. First Day Out
Aired 10 April 1975 • 60 min
14. Gary
Aired 17 April 1975 • 60 min
15. Forget Me Not
Aired 24 April 1975 • 60 min
16. Galloping Prad Smith
Aired 8 May 1975 • 60 min
17. United We Stand
Aired 15 May 1975 • 60 min
18. The Dirty Old Man
Aired 22 May 1975 • 60 min
19. Billy Muggins
Aired 29 May 1975 • 60 min
20. Have A Good Weekend
Aired 5 June 1975 • 60 min
21. Moment Of Truth
Aired 12 June 1975 • 60 min
22. A Dangerous Sort Of Man
Aired 19 June 1975 • 60 min
23. The Last And Final Straw
Aired 26 June 1975 • 60 min
24. Welcome To Matlock
Aired 10 July 1975 • 60 min
25. The Great Equaliser
Aired 17 July 1975 • 60 min
26. Just A Friendly Blue
Aired 25 July 1975 • 60 min
27. The Son
Aired 1 August 1975 • 60 min
28. It's A Lot Easier To Be Good In The Country
Aired 8 August 1975 • 60 min
29. Run, Rabbit, Run
Aired 15 August 1975 • 60 min
30. Cuckoo And Peaches
Aired 22 August 1975 • 60 min
31. Kicking On
Aired 28 August 1975 • 60 min
32. The Witch
Aired 5 September 1975 • 60 min
Police become involved in the welfare of a young crippled girl whose mother's attentions are driving her to the brink of insanity.
33. The Grass Is Greener
Aired 12 September 1975 • 60 min
34. King Hit
Aired 6 November 1975 • 60 min
35. Hard Times
Aired 13 November 1975 • 60 min
36. The Contessa
Aired 20 November 1975 • 60 min
37. Miracle At Waterloo Downs
Aired 27 November 1975 • 60 min
38. Eight Mile Al
Aired 4 December 1975 • 60 min
39. The Least We Can Do
Aired 11 December 1975 • 60 min
40. Are You Father Christmas?
Aired 18 December 1975 • 60 min