Cop Shop | |
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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 | 7 |
No. of episodes | 582 (1 missing) |
Production | |
Running time | approximately 55 minutes |
Production company | Crawford Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Seven Network |
Release | 28 November 1977 – 23 July 1984 |
Cop Shop is a long-running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for seven seasons between 28 November 1977 and 23 July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes.
The show revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plainclothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station. It also took a significant interest in the private lives of the characters. [1]
While many Crawford 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 a run of six years, the show completed taping its last episode on 22 December 1983 and the final episodes were screened in the first half of 1984. [2]
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]
During its long run, many of Australia's new and established actors appeared in the show.
The series has been released exclusive to DVD in 22 Volumes
Title | Format | Episodes | Original Melbourne airdates | Discs | Region 4 (Australia) | Special Features | Distributors |
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Cop Shop (Volume 1) | DVD | Episodes 1–26 | 28/11/1977 – 30/03/1978 | 7 | 28 April 2017 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 2) | DVD | Episodes 27–52 | 03/04/1978 – 03/07/1978 | 7 | 1 August 2017 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 3) | DVD | Episodes 53–78 | 06/07/1978 – 02/10/1978 | 7 | 27 November 2017 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 4) | DVD | Episodes 79–104 | 05/10/1978 – 22/01/1979 | 7 | 29 January 2018 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 5) | DVD | Episodes 105–130 | 29/01/1979 – 07/05/1979 | 7 | 13 April 2018 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 6) | DVD | Episodes 131–156 | 10/05/1979 – 06/08/1979 | 7 | 16 July 2018 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 7) | DVD | Episodes 157–182 | 09/08/1979 – 12/11/1979 | 7 | 28 September 2018 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 8) | DVD | Episodes 183–208 | 15/11/1979 – 24/03/1980 | 7 | 14 December 2018 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 9) | DVD | Episodes 209–234 | 27/03/1980 – 23/06/1980 | 7 | 15 February 2019 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 10) | DVD | Episodes 235–260 | 26/06/1980 – 25/09/1980 | 7 | 15 April 2019 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 11) | DVD | Episodes 261–286 | 29/09/1980 – 05/02/1981 | 7 | 28 June 2019 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 12) | DVD | Episodes 287–312 | 09/02/1981 – 07/05/1981 | 7 | 4 October 2019 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop (Volume 13) | DVD | Episodes 313–338 | 7 | 25 February 2021 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 14) | DVD | Episodes 339–364 | 7 | 23 June 2021 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 15) | DVD | Episodes 365–390 | 7 | 2 November 2021 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 16) | DVD | Episodes 391–416 | 7 | 9 December 2021 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 17) | DVD | Episodes 417–442 | 7 | 3 February 2022 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 18) | DVD | Episodes 443–470 | 7 | 1 March 2022 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 19) | DVD | Episodes 471–498 | 7 | 6 April 2022 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 20) | DVD | Episodes 499–526 | 7 | 3 May 2022 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 21) | DVD | Episodes 527–529, 531–554 | 7 | 18 August 2022 | None | Crawford Productions | |
Cop Shop (Volume 22) | DVD | Episodes 555–582 | 7 | 25 October 2022 | None | Crawford Productions |
Cop Shop was originally screened in a twice weekly format on Monday and Thursdays at 20.30 in Sydney and Melbourne. At various stages of the series each city was either a week ahead or behind the other or at the same stage. Later the series changed nights in Sydney to Wednesdays and Thursdays and then Thursdays and Fridays. It was eventually screened as a two hour weekly block in both cities on Mondays in Melbourne and Thursdays (later Saturdays) in Sydney. The final 36 episodes screened in a late night 23.30 slot in Sydney on weeknights from Monday 26 November 1984.
Cop Shop aired briefly during 1989 on the UK-based, pan-European satellite TV channel, Lifestyle. It aired during the afternoon along with another Crawfords Production, Skyways .
Season | Year | Episodes | Original Melbourne airdates | Original Sydney airdates |
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1 | 1977 | Episodes 1–10 | 28/11/1977 – 29/12/1977 | 28/11/1977 – 29/12/1977 |
1978 | Episodes 11–100 (Sydney 11–95) | 02/01/1978 – 18/12/1978 | 02/01/1978 – 28/12/1978 (episode 95) / 22/01/1979 (episode 100) | |
2 | 1979 | Episodes 101–189 (Sydney 96–189) | 01/01/1979 – 10/12/1979 | 04/01/1979 (episode 96) / 25/01/1979 (episode 101) – 17/12/1979 |
3 | 1980 | Episodes 190–279 | 21/01/1980 – 08/12/1980 | 28/01/1980 – 11/12/1980 |
4 | 1981 | Episodes 280–365 | 05/01/1981 – 12/11/1981 | 08/01/1981 – 12/11/1981 |
5 | 1982 | Episodes 366–451 (Sydney 366–448) | 25/01/1982 – 18/11/1982 | 04/02/1982 – 11/11/1982 (episode 448) / 27/01/1983 (episode 451) |
6 | 1983 | Episodes 452–532 (Sydney 449–538) | 27/01/1983 – 14/11/1983 | 20/01/1983 (episode 449) 27/01/1983 (episode 452) – 10/12/1983 (episode 532) 31/12/1983 (episode 538) |
7 | 1984 | Episodes 533–582 (Sydney 539–570) | 16/01/1984 – 23/07/1984 | 17/12/1983 (episode 533) 07/01/1984 (episode 539) – 28/12/1984 (episode 570) |
1985 | Episodes 571–582 (Sydney only) | Completed in July 1984 | 01/01/1985 – 16/01/1985 |
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