Matlock Police
8.3TMDB3 votesMatlock Police is an Australian television police drama series produced by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network from 1970 to 1975. The series was the 0-10 Network's effort to create a police show to compete with Homicide and Division 4. Unlike its Melbourne-based predecessors, Matlock Police is set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria. The series writers had a reference manual detailing the town’s geography, amenities, social structure, etc., as well as that of the surrounding area—neighboring towns included Wilga, Chinaman's Creek, Possum's Creek, and Burrabri, and there was an offshoot of the Great Dividing Range known as the Candowies. The town's vibrant history featured the local Aboriginal tribe, the town founder, a gold rush, a bushranger, and a town patriarchy. The only landmark the Matlock district lacked for dramatic purposes was a beach.
