Matlock Police - Season 1 Episode 8 : Cast A Black Shadow
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.
First Air Date : Feb 25, 1971
Last Air Date : Apr 15, 1976
Runtime : 60 min.
Genre : Drama
Stars : Paul Cronin, Vic Gordon
Quality : 
- Eps. 1 : Twenty Six Hours1971-02-25
- Eps. 2 : The Big Gun1971-03-04
- Eps. 3 : Goodbye Tuesday1971-03-11
- Eps. 4 : End Of The Season1971-03-18
- Eps. 5 : Something After Death1971-03-25
- Eps. 6 : One Good Turn1971-04-01
- Eps. 7 : A Bit Of Freedom1971-04-08
- Eps. 8 : Cast A Black Shadow1971-04-15
- Eps. 9 : Cradle Song1971-04-22
- Eps. 10 : Rhythm And Blues1971-04-29
- Eps. 11 : Pressure Point1971-05-06
- Eps. 12 : The Outsiders1971-05-13
- Eps. 13 : The Word Is Progress1971-05-20
- Eps. 14 : The Crunch1971-05-25
- Eps. 15 : Tightrope1971-06-03
- Eps. 16 : Heroes Day1971-06-10
- Eps. 17 : The Hunting Ground1971-06-17
- Eps. 18 : A Second Opinion1971-06-24
- Eps. 19 : Hideaway1971-07-01
- Eps. 20 : The Price of Anger1971-07-08
- Eps. 21 : The Gypsies1971-07-15
- Eps. 22 : Cross Purposes1971-07-22
- Eps. 23 : Early One Morning1971-07-29
- Eps. 24 : Olsen's Ghost1971-08-05
- Eps. 25 : Escape To Nowhere1971-08-12
- Eps. 26 : A Case of Neglect1971-08-19
- Eps. 27 : Millbank Nugget1971-08-26
- Eps. 28 : The Loner1971-09-02
- Eps. 29 : The Milk And Honey Man1971-09-02
- Eps. 30 : No Way Out1971-09-16
- Eps. 31 : Still Life1971-09-23
- Eps. 32 : Smoke Screen1971-09-30
- Eps. 33 : The Champ1971-10-07
- Eps. 34 : Jimmy Woodser1971-10-14
- Eps. 35 : Compassionate Leave1971-10-21
- Eps. 36 : The End of the Road1971-10-28
- Eps. 37 : A Piece of Cake1971-11-04
- Eps. 38 : The Foreigners1971-11-11
- Eps. 39 : Give A Man A Gun1971-11-11
- Eps. 40 : Any More at Home Like You1971-11-25
- Eps. 41 : The Break1971-12-02
