New Zealand's Home-grown cop show is set in the kind of town we all know - green Hills, dirt roads, stock trucks, a few shops and a pub. Follows the activities of the local policeman, Detective. Sergeant. Doug Mortimer.

1.1

Mortimer's Patch - Day of JudgementDay of Judgement (Tuesday 19/8/1980)

When a small girl goes missing near the shack of an eccentric recluse in the wild sand dunes around Cobham, fear and suspicion mount. Mortimer calls on the city for assistance.

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Bullen - Derek Hardwick
Det Inspect Chris Knight - Ken Blackburn

Writer - Keith Aberdein
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Chris Bailey

Television New Zealand

1.2 (26/8/80)

Safe Tricks

After a safe-blower shatters the peace of Cobham it seems young Constable Dave Gilchrist there's some real police work at last. All the clues point to one man ... but Mortimer isn't so sure

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Ernie Wheeler - Roger Page
Elaine Wheeler - Irene Boorman
Sam Frence - Graeme Anderson
Pjil Crabbe - Laurie Dee
Sandra Crabbe - Diana Rowan
Sparkey - Bruce Allpress

Writer - Maurice Gee
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Keith Hunter

Television New Zealand

1.3 (2/9/80)

A Handful of Gravel

A prominent local woman is seriously injured in what appears to be a straightforward road accident. But as her condition worsens, Mortimer learns that her car was sabotaged, and commune leader Kevin Cartwright is suspected of seeking revenge on her husband, Councillor Dick Benson

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Dick Benson - William Johnson
Jenny Coombes Shirley Duke
Jean Benson - Margaret Murray
Kevin Cartwright - John Bach
Karen - Clair Oberman

Writer - Maurice Gee
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Mike Smith

Television New Zealand

1.4 (9/ 9/80)

The Pleasure Ground

Tempers Flare when protesters try and stop the aerial spraying of 245-T on a beautiful native reserve. Mortimer finds the spray helicopter has been interfered with.

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Jenny Coombes Shirley Duke
Mr Truscott - Alan Carlisle
Mrs Truscott - Dorethy McKegg
Stark- Martyn Sanderson
Mike Trigg - Phillip Holder
Mechanic - Fred James
Sparkey - Bruce Allpress
Peter Marsh - Derek Ward
Fiona Beavan - Mary Spenser

Writer - Maurice Gee
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Keith Hunter

Television New Zealand

1.5 (16/ 9/80)

The Joker

A practical joker is a work in Cobham and Constable Dave Gilchrist develops a hunch that there's more to it than mere pranks

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Armitage - Jeremy Stephens
Stan Oldfield - Peter Nichol
Boomer Phillips - Hemi Rapata
Frank - Graham Fenton
David Stamford - Marc Keesing
Farmer - Norm Keesing
Jan - Adrienne Barfoote
Williams - Don Kessell
George Bowman - Francis Halpin
Chemist- Corny Cornwaite
Barber - Bernard Moody
Arthur - Tony Hazeldine
Margery - Nagaire Stewart
Dairy Owner - Brian Flegg

Writer - John Banas
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Mike Smith

Television New Zealand

1.6 (23/ 9/80)

Strictly for the Birds

There's one kind of case every cop dreads - when it turns out a friend is involved in the crime. For Sgt Bob Storey, there's no ducking the dilemma. A story set in the tidal estuaries and mangrove swamps of North Auckland.

Det Sgt Doug Mortimer - Terrance Cooper
Sgt Bob Storey - Don Selwyn
Constable Dave Gilchrist - Sean Duffy
Joan Pender - Glynis McNicoll
Ron Bailey - Roy Billing
Freedie Edwards - Waric Slyfield
Mrs Gibbs - Gay Dean

Writer - Maurice Gee
Producer - Tom Finlayson
Director - Mike Smith

Television New Zealand

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