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.

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

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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
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