Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestThe missing child is found under horrible circumstances. Gayle has found a new friend and confidante in Tracy, their house guest. Johnson is still enjoying his convalescence at Valerie's expense and Danni is faced with a difficult decision.
Cop Shop is a long running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for eight seasons between 1977 and 1984. It comprised 582 one hour episodes.
Acting
Paula Duncan and Rowena Wallace before they became soap royalty.
Production
Crawford Productions' gritty Melbourne authenticity, no Hollywood gloss.
Writing
Case-of-the-week structure that accidentally captured changing Australia.
Creator
Terry Stapleton
Liz Burch
Liz Cameron
Paula Duncan
Danni Francis
John Orcsik
Detective Mike Georgiou
Rowena Wallace
Pamela Taylor
George Mallaby
Detective Snr Sgt Glenn Taylor
Tony Bonner
Detective Snr Con. Don McKenna
Nicholas Eadie
Constable Sam Phillips
Joanna Lockwood
Valerie Johnson
Terry Norris
Sergeant Eric O'Reilly
Alwyn Kurts
Sergeant Reg Wallis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cop Shop helped establish the uniquely Australian police procedural format that Homicide and Division 4 pioneered, influencing decades of local television.
Paula Duncan and John Orcsik met on this show, married in real life, and became Australian television's golden couple for years — the chemistry was never just acting.
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