Matlock Police Episode One (Pt 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Matlock Police is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the 10 Network) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen.
The series was the 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival Homicide (shown by the 7 Network) and Division 4 (on the 9 Network). Matlock Police was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (a real Matlock does exist in Victoria, but it is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These program's introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divided road, thought to be of Bairnsdale in 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 ‘Bangerang’), the town founder (George Matlock), a gold rush, a bushranger (‘Holy’ Joe Cooper - so called both for his theft of a shipment of holey dollars and because he was a preacher) and a town patriarchy (the Falconers). About the only landmark the Matlock district lacked for dramatic purposes was a beach.
The first episode was broadcast in Melbourne on 22 February 1971. Initially filmed in black and white, the series switched to colour in episode 162, "Loggerheads". Matlock Police was cancelled in 1975 after 229 episodes had been produced (while the final episode is numbered 228, an earlier episode had an A suffix, making a total of 229).
(Source Wikipedia 2022)
Loved watching Matlock police, introduction always gave me a warm feeling growing up in 70’s
Thank you so much for uploading this gem . I had just arrived in Australia as a 6 year old and and can remember sitting down after dinner to watch this . I have never forgotten the music at the start . I can't wait to watch more of these awesome Australian classics of my youth .
All Crawfords Productions could be remade today no worries because the Scripts were so well written. No Crawfords no Aussie TV. Thanks Roy.
Before my parents decided to migrate to Australia, I used to watch Skippy... When we arrived in Australia I would watch Matlock Police, Division 4 and Homicide.... Then Paul Cronin went on to also star in Solo One, which I also used to watch.
It is great to watch these old shows once again. Thank you for the upload.
Don't think I have ever seen this in colour. When it was on TV, our set at the time was black and white. Ms Falconer is Sheila Lawrence (May Swasey in Mad Max, Lizzie Birdsworth in Prisoner), the first biker close-up is Ken Shorter, from the movie Stone, which has half the cast of Mad Max in it. Ms Falconer's Humber, I'm fairly certain is driving on Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill, near Station St. Paul Cronin (Gary Meadows) is riding a BSA Gold Star. I bet he was happy to trade the kick-start for the Honda CB750 in later episodes. He had his own spin-off show: Solo One.
THANKS , AWESOME INFO
where did you get a gold star from...you dont know bikes....its a kawasaki w2ss...i had one.....plus...i worked at pratts bikes in lizzy street in 1971...and sat on pauls bmw when it came in with an elecrical fault
Sheila Florence
You're probably thinking of the Honda Gold wing and his name was Gary Hogan, Gary Meadows hosted ' The price is right' in the 70s.
You’re not looking it it in colour now. It’s been (very badly) colourised.
This is so great, it's hard to know if it's Bargearse or not.
The Pissweak kids as the bikie gang.
That 1970s green screen!
Sgt Kennedy reminds me of a subdued Australian version of Sgt Blaketon in "Heartbeat". I remember seeing Michael Pate's son in an Australian movie made many years ago in rural Victoria, forget the name. Those are "Claytons" bikies, just blow ins from Melbourne. Love that Humber Super Snipe, keep it polished Miss Falconer! Homicide, Division-4 and Matlock Police, all compulsory viewing in our house when I was a boy, when the show finished it was off to bed! Thanks Roy the memories...
That music takes me straight back to my childhood! Thanks for uploading! Anymore episodes?
Thank you for this l grew up on this thanks again😊
Thanks for tge upload... really takes me back to better days
Hi, could you please add the rest of this episode? I love how you have added the colour.Well done😁
All of the Matlock series are available to buy from Crawfords DVD. As are a great many other Aussie classics.
Until you see the prices on some series
Love the colourisation. So many of the Matlocks Homicides and Div 4's are in black and white. I would love to actually see what full color actually looked like.
The young boy who took the chips looks plastic in the close up 😂
Thats Ken Shoter in the beginning 4 years before riding again in Stone
OMGawd .. Honda 4 & Holden Monaro
Not perfect..however it's a great start and gives an idea of what the early episodes may have looked like in Colour....Try doing the 'Robbery' episode or 'Violent Thursday'...
Birdsworth!
think I preferred her once she found the grog
Still remember pretending I rode a Honda 750 on my dragstar.😅
I don’t know why they don’t upload these online
Crawford Productions sells the DVDs and while people are still buying those, full episodes will never appear here, same with Homicide, Division 4, Solo One etc.
Lizzie Birdsworth. LOL
Best left in black & white it looks too cartoonish looks like a playstation simulation the credits opening sequence in the Holden Belmont's
Can.t you play the whole show
How the hell did you turn this into colour?
Odd that she paid him in pounds when this was in decimal currency times
True but real people like her can't escape the past - and - 1 pound 15 shillings equals the converted amount of 350 ($3-50) as the laborer stated. (Ooops, showing my age, there!).
Surprised they used words like bitch & bloody on TV in 1971.
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Terrible colourisation!