Thursday 25 February 1971 — VICTORIA

The first episode of the Crawfords police drama Matlock Police, based around a fictional town in country Victoria (see Listener In-TV article below).

The series starred Paul Cronin, Vic Gordon, Grigor Taylor and Michael Pate. Episode One, titled 26 Hours, featured a guest appearance by Sheila Florance.

Matlock Police continued production through to 1975.

Matlock Police: TV’s country cops [2021]

Source: Listener In-TV, 20 February 1971 (Regionals: TV Times, 24 February 1971)

MELBOURNE
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6AM
7AM 7am The Super Flying Fun Show 7am Fredd Bear’s Breakfast A-Go-Go
8AM 8am Sesame Street
8.55 Close
8.30 Here’s Humphrey
9AM 9.10 For Schools: Junior Secondary Science, National Maths Project 9am Romper Room. Miss Colleen 9.30 Playroom 9am The Marvellous Munchkin Show
9.30 Owly’s School
10AM 10.10 Play School
10.35 Close
10.50 For Schools: Form 3 Science, Workshop Of Ideas, Form 2 Maths, Macbeth In Camera
10am Woman’s World. Vi Greenhalf, Jon Sidney, Binny Lum 10am The Unloved
10.30 Divorce Court
10am Kindy
10.30 The Magic Circle Club
10.55 News Headlines
11AM 11am Movies: Flesh And Blood. 1951 [IMDB]; Sudan. 1945 [IMDB] 11am Where There Heart Is
11.25 Relaxing With Roma
11.30 Peyton Place
11am Cooking With Julie
11.30 Roundabout. Roy Hampson, Katrina Pye
12PM 12pm Days Of Our Lives
12.25 Home Edition News
12.30 Movie: Death In Small Doses. 1957 [IMDB]
12.15pm Fruit Market Report. Pat Lamanna
12.30 Movie: The Third Voice. 1960 [IMDB]
1PM 1pm ABC News
1.05 Close
1.15 For Schools: Notre Ville, Physical Science, Workshop Of Ideas, Notre Ville
2PM 2pm Temptation. Tony Barber
2.30 Beauty And The Beast. Rex Mossop
2pm Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
2.30 General Hospital
2pm Movie: Thunder In The East. 1953 [IMDB]
3PM 3.20 Andy Pandy
3.35 Play School
3.30 Dark Shadows 3pm Ben Casey 3.27 News Headlines
3.30 The Game Game
4PM 4pm Adventure Island. Sue Donovan
4.30 Sesame Street
4pm The Herculoids
4.30 Abbott And Costello Cartoon
4pm Skeeter’s Cartoon Corner
4.55 Uncle Norman And Joffa Boy
4pm Here Comes The Grump
4.30 Happening Thursday. Ross D Wyllie
5PM 5.25 Cartoons
5.40 The Cisco Kid
5pm Flipper
5.30 The Flying Nun
5pm The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis
5.30 McHale’s Navy
5pm Tarzan
6PM 6.05 My Favourite Martian
6.30 GTK
6.40 Bellbird
6.55 To Market To Market
6pm I Dream Of Jeannie
6.30 Seven National News. Brian Naylor, David Johnston
6pm The Bugs Bunny Show
6.30 National Nine News. Eric Pearce, John Bailey
6pm 0 Melbourne News. Geoff Raymond
6.30 Gilligan’s Island
7PM  7pm ABC News
7.30 This Day Tonight. Bill Peach
7pm It’s Academic Challenge. Danny Webb
7.30 On The Buses
7pm Family Affair
7.30 Mod Squad
7pm Room 222
7.30 The Invaders
8PM  8pm Hark At Barker
8.25 News In Brief
8.30 Dead Men Running
8pm Father Dear Father
8.30 Me Mammy
8.30 Bracken’s World 8.30 Matlock Police PREMIERE Michael Pate, Paul Cronin, Vic Gordon, Grigor Taylor
9PM  9pm Softly Softly Task Force
9.50 ABC News, Weather
9pm Curry And Chips
9.30 Special: Getting It Together
9.30 TV Fight Of The Week. From South Sydney Leagues Club 9.30 Name Of The Game
10PM  10pm Soccer: Match Of The Day 10.30 Late News. Graham Purches
10.35 Movie: A Woman’s Face. 1941 [IMDB]
10.45 National Nine News. Peter Smith
10.55 Judd For The Defence
11PM  11pm Close 11.55 Epilogue 11pm Movie: Dangerous Afternoon [IMDB]
12AM  12.35am Close 12am Close 12.10am Close
1AM 
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3AM 
4AM 
5AM 

 

REGIONALS
ABAV1 Albury
ABRV3 Ballarat
ABEV1 Bendigo
ABLV4 Gippsland
ABMV4 Mildura
ABGV3 Shepparton
ABSV2 Swan Hill
AMV4
Albury
BTV6
Ballarat
GMV6
Shepparton
BCV8
Bendigo
STV8
Mildura
GLV10
Gippsland
8am Sesame Street
8.55 Close
9.10 For Schools: Junior Secondary Science, National Maths Project
10.10 Play School
10.35 Close
10.50 For Schools: Form 3 Science, Workshop Of Ideas, Form 2 Maths, Macbeth In Camera
1pm ABC News
1.05 Close
1.15 For Schools: Notre Ville, Physical Science, Workshop Of Ideas, Notre Ville
3.20 Andy Pandy
3.35 Play School
4pm Adventure Island. Sue Donovan
4.30 Sesame Street
5.25 Cartoons
5.40 The Cisco Kid
6.05 My Favourite Martian
6.30 GTK
6.40 Bellbird
6.55 Regional News
7pm ABC News
7.30 This Day Tonight. Bill Peach
8pm Hark At Barker
8.25 News In Brief
8.30 Dead Men Running
9pm Softly Softly Task Force
9.50 ABC News, Weather
10pm Soccer: Match Of The Day
11pm Close
4pm Huckleberry Hound
4.25 Serial Time
4.50 Cobbers Club And Birthday Time
5.05 Birdman And The Galaxy Trio
5.30 Hennessey
5.55 Broken Arrow
6.20 District News
6.30 Network News
7pm Bewitched
7.30 Adam 12
8pm Bonanza
9pm Coronation Street
9.30 Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)
10.25 District News
10.30 Close
4pm Humphrey Bear
4.30 Junior Quiz
5pm Superman
5.30 Storytime
5.30 The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet
5.55 Gidget
6.20 Regional News
6.30 National News
6.58 Weather
7pm The Bill Cosby Show
7.30 Mission: Impossible
8.30 Homicide
9.25 The Outcasts
10.20 Adam 12
10.45 Late News
11pm Epilogue, Close
12pm Beauty And The Beast
12.55 Regional News
1pm Coronation Street
1.30 Peyton Place
2pm Movie: Human Desire. 1954 [IMDB]
3.30 Here’s Humphrey
4pm Mothers-In-Law
4.30 Abbott And Costello
5pm The Real McCoys
5.30 Something Else
5.55 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo
6.20 Regional News
6.30 National News
7pm To Rome With Love
7.30 That Girl
8pm Homicide
9pm Interns
10pm Tonight With Stuart Wagstaff
11pm Late News
11.25 Epilogue, Close
11.55am News
12pm Autumn Affair
12.15 Dr Kildare
1.05 Coronation Street
1.30 The June Allyson Show
2pm Temptation
2.30 Days Of Our Lives
2.50 General Hospital
3.15 Hunter
4.10 Cartoon Carousel
4.25 Captain Scarlet
4.50 Teleclub
5.05 The Road Runner Show
5.30 Whirlybirds
5.55 I Dream Of Jeannie
6.25 District News
6.30 National News
7pm It’s Academic
7.30 It Takes A Thief
8.30 Me Mammy
9pm Room At The Bottom
9.30 Movie: The Trap [IMDB]
11pm Late News
11.15 Washington Correspondent
11.20 Epilogue, Close
5.15pm The Paddlewheelers
5.50 Ivanhoe
6.15 News
6.35 The Farmer’s Daughter
7pm To Rome With Love
7.30 Homicide
8.25 My Friend Tony
9.20 Bulldog Drummond
10.30 News
10.35 Tomorrow On 8
10.37 Close
4.55pm Prologue
5pm The Bugs Bunny Show
5.25 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo
5.50 The Real McCoys
6.15 Local News
6.30 National News
6.55 Stock Report
7pm The Flying Nun
7.30 Dragnet
8pm Nearest And Dearest
8.30 The Bold Ones
9.25 News
9.30 Movie: Thunder In The Sun. 1959 [IMDB]
11pm Close

 

Listener In-TV, 20 February 1971