Every season of Matlock Police ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Matlock Police!

Matlock's town matriarch, Grace Falconer, is brutally attacked and robbed. Suspects include a group of hippies who become involved in town affairs when a local girl's horse is shot, two yobbos on a hunting trip who are found trespassing, and a handyman recently sacked by Mrs. Falconer - who refuses to account for his movements on the night in question.

Twenty Six Hours

Local tough guy Brownie Merkle becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man and the disappearance of another when he suddenly begins paying his debts, and Det. Sgt. Maddern finds his attention diverted from his marital problems.

The Big Gun

The search for a trio of prison escapees, Carol Price, Judy Bennett and Bob Pollard, endangers many lives when searchers and escapees alike are caught in a bushfire.

Goodbye Tuesday

End Of The Season

Something After Death

One Good Turn

A Bit Of Freedom

Cast A Black Shadow

Cradle Song

Rhythm And Blues

Pressure Point

The Outsiders

The Word Is Progress

The Crunch

Tightrope

Heroes Day

The Hunting Ground

A Second Opinion

Hideaway

The Price of Anger

The Gypsies

Cross Purposes

Early One Morning

Olsen's Ghost

Escape To Nowhere

A Case of Neglect

Millbank Nugget

A mysterious hermit, has lived in a shack outside Matlock for seven months. Suddenly, his past and present catch up with him, when he is terrorised by three local youths. When one is accidentally blinded, Chip Richardson burns down Herman's shack and later blames him for the accident. Herman takes off in panic and the police mount an intensive search for him.

The Loner

The Milk And Honey Man

A motel robbery and the death of a young police constable in a car accident lead to the revelation of several Matlock townspeople's personal conflicts.

No Way Out

Matlock police investigate a complaint of carnal knowledge involving an itinerant artist and a young girl, but the accused has his own way of extricating himself from the situation.

Still Life

The Matlock saw-millers are a tough breed, but the builders of a new dam claim to be even tougher, A series of ugly incidents lead the two groups towards a violent showdown.

Smoke Screen

A broken down ex-heavyweight boxer, Dan Regan, is in Matlock on a sinister assignment. Unforseen events cause Regan's past, present and future to meet head-on in the biggest battle of his career.

The Champ

An important businessman, Eric Schneider, wants to set up a deal with a Matlock company. However, when he is arrested for assaulting a young girl, public feelings rise up against Det. Curtis who may have made a serious mistake. Schneider, with his lawyer Harrison, puts his money and his pressure in the right places to beat the charge.

Jimmy Woodser

When Johnny Marcelli returns from the Vietnam war on compassionate leave, he is told that his father has committed suicide. He refuses to believe it and sets out to solve the mystery.

Compassionate Leave

The investigation of a series of wool thefts in the Matlock District uncover the problems of one of the suspects, and provide some surprises for the police - especially Cont. Hogan.

The End of the Road

Ron Grey, an ex-Spitfire pilot embarks on a dubious mission as a courier to gain some quick money, because he only has a few years of active life lift - he is a chronic diabetic who keeps coma and semi-blindness at bay with insulin shots. While flying a light aircraft with his girlfriend Betty Holmes, the plane strikes trouble and they have to crash land in the Candowie Rangers. When the plane is found by a police search party, they discover that Gray and Holmes both fled into the bush.

A Piece of Cake

A feud among some Albanian immigrants in Matlock starts to get out of hand, and police are soon investigating an attempted murder.

The Foreigners

Give A Man A Gun

When salesman Frank Ross finds himself in serious financial difficulties, he takes an illegal way out and starts an unexpected chain of events that bring surprise to the Matlock police.

Any More at Home Like You

The Break

Lee Gibson is convinced that bad luck follows him about and that he can never win - but this time he is determined to do or die when he carries out an armed robbery.

Natural Loser

When a callous farmer, Geoff Mitchell, who thinks more of his shotgun than he does of his wife, chases a trespasser off his property, it sets off a chain of events that culminate in a fatal shooting.

Bury Them Together

A rich stranger, Ben Peterson, arouses the curiosity of the Matlock police, which turns to hatred when he is suspected of a violent sex crime. The battered, molested body of teenager Doreen Henderson is found in the bush and police discover that Peterson was the last person to see her alive.

A Perfect Gentleman

Two Matlock boys return home from spending time in Pentridge to recover the hidden proceeds of their crime. They are also seeking vengeance on Salvation Army Major McKenzie, but find they have too much conflicting information when they realise they have been double-crossed.

One Dark Soul

A lonely young boy joins a dangerous criminal on a crime spree that climaxes into a violent death.

Titch

In the middle of the camping season, Matlock police run up against an irate father and an officious American Army officer - and some surprising result.

Brother & Sister

An accident involving the use of explosive fuel brings Matlock police to the local camping ground. During their investigations a young girl is found murdered, causing tragedy and complications for the detectives.

It Could Have Been Anyone

A routine investigation turns into a death puzzle for the Matlock police when their enquiries take them among the truck drivers that operated along the Central Highway.

Uphill All the Way

An attractive young girl goes missing from Matlock, a series of bashings follow, then another girl goes missing. Matlock police try to fit the pieces together in what turns out to be a fatal game of cat and mouse.

Cat And Mouse

The Breadwinner

A Double Life

Hogan's Week

The Wheeler Dealer

What The Eye Doesn't See

Cheeky Charlie

One Of Those Days

The Cow Hand

Quicksilver Quick

A Weekend's Entertainment

I'd Rather Be Shot In The Back

Confessional

A family's objection's to a teenage couples relationship erupts into violence.

Dying Is Easy

Violent Thursday

Woman Wanted

Butcher Green's past catches up with him in Matlock when two old mates pressure him to share a lottery prize, which they feel they have a right to. Constable. Gary Hogan is accused of accepting bribes in connection with driver license tests.

Butcher's Picnic

Hurry Home

Will-O-The Wisp

Blow-Ups Happen

If Maria Dies, The World Stops

Don't Get Involved

Cook's Endeavour

Black Samaritan

Guide Dog

Ancient History

Back To The Fold

Fear of the supernatural is exploited when Mrs. Czoska goes to live with her son and daughter-in-law. The situation is made worse by the mutual hatred between the two woman.

Ghosts

Black Man With A Bag

Deception

Chain Reaction

The Meek Shall Inherit

The Rising Cost Of Giving

Leave 'Em For Dead

Home Away From Home

A Little Celebration

Wrath

The Death Maker

Terror On The Loose

Cup Fever

Big C Blues

The Recurrence Of Brandy MacBain

The Holiday

Collision Course

A Home, A Wife, A Family

Hero

Robbery

Farmer Ted wood is driven to take desperate action when he finds everything he loves in jeopardy and the Matlock Police apparently unable to help. Det. Curtis is promoted to Sargent and transferred to Melbourne.

Dingo Hunter

Bedlam

Poor Jacko

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.

The Best Seasons of Matlock Police

The Best Seasons of Matlock Police

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6