Cop Shop
| Cop Shop | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Terry Stapleton |
| Starring | Peter Adams Terry Norris Paula Duncan Lynda Stoner John Orcsik Gil Tucker George Mallaby Rowena Wallace Joanna Lockwood |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 582 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 0:55 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | November 1977 – July 1984 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
- Cop Shop is also an informal term for a police station
Cop Shop was a long running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for eight seasons between November 1977 and July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes.
The show
The show revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plain-clothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station. It also took a significant interest in the private lives of the characters.[1]
While many Crawfords Productions police dramas combined videotaped interiors with location footage shot on 16mm film, Cop Shop was shot entirely on video, including external scenes.[2]
Two one-hour episodes were broadcast each week and featured a specific police investigation and a guest cast whose stories formed a self-contained narrative block. Alongside this the ongoing narratives of the regular characters continued in longer, more open-ended soap opera-style story threads. This same soap opera-drama series hybrid format was also used in the series Skyways, A Country Practice and Carson's Law.
After an eight-year run, the show completed filming its last episode on 22 December 1983 and the final episodes were screened in the first half of 1984.[2]
Awards
Cop Shop won many awards including Logie Awards for most popular series and most popular actors, with Peter Adams and Paula Duncan winning multiple times. The show also won a number of other industry awards.[2]
Cast
During its long run, many of Australia's new and established actors appeared in the show.
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- Peter Adams as Det Jeffrey "JJ" Johnson
- Tony Bonner as Det Snr Const Don McKenna
- Liz Burch as Liz Cameron
- Terence Donovan as Det Sgt Vic Cameron
- Paula Duncan as Det Const Danni Francis
- Nicholas Eadie as Const Sam Phillips
- Alan Fletcher as Const Frank Rossi
- Billie Hammerberg as Insp Joyce Stratton
- Alwyn Kurts as Sgt Reg Wallis
- John Lee as Insp Ian Timms
- Joanna Lockwood as Valerie Johnson
- John McTernan as Sgt Tom Shannon
- George Mallaby as Det Snr Sgt Glen Taylor
- Terry Norris as Sgt Eric O'Reilly
- John Orcsik as Det Mike Georgiou
- Louise Philip as Claire O'Reilly
- Gregory Ross as Const Tony Benjamin
- Bill Stalker as Det Sgt Peter Fanelli. Stalker had previously appeared as Fanelli in the Crawford series Skyways.
- Lynda Stoner as Const Amanda King
- Olga Tamara as Det Const Julie Mitchell
- Gil Tucker as Const Roy Baker
- Rowena Wallace as Pamela Taylor
- John Walton as Terry Linford Jones
- Patrick Ward as Const Peter Fleming
Producers and directors
- Hector Crawford - Executive Producer
- Ian Crawford - Executive Producer
- Ian Crawford - Producer
- Terry Stapleton - Producer
- Marie Trevor - Producer
- Philip East - Director
- Charles "Bud" Tingwell - Director
References
- ↑ "Cop Shop", Australian Television Information Archive. 15 July 1999. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cop Shop", Australian Screen. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
External links
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- 1977 Australian television series debuts
- 1984 Australian television series endings
- 1970s Australian television series
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