Waterloo Station (TV series)

Waterloo Station was a short-lived Australian television soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network in 1983.[1]

Waterloo Station
GenreSoap opera
Drama
Created byReg Watson
Opening themeTony Hatch
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40
Production
Production companyReg Grundy Organisation
Original release
NetworkNine Network
Release2 February 1983 (1983-02-02) –
7 February 1984 (1984-02-07)

Synopsis

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Waterloo Station focused on two sisters, both married to policemen, and their adult children starting careers in the police force. The main locations were a police station, a police training academy in Sydney, and a large boarding house that provided accommodation for several characters.

Waterloo Station was an attempt by Grundy's to reproduce for Channel Nine the success of their earlier shows The Restless Years and The Young Doctors which focused on youth situations. Like Crawford Productions' successful police series Cop Shop,[2] Waterloo Station combined police procedural elements with domestic situations involving the police personnel and their families.

The series was recorded at the Eric Porter studios in North Sydney.

Cast

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Episodes

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Season 1 (1983–1984)

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11TBAGreg ShearsReg Watson30 January 1983 (1983-01-30)
A mysterious jig-saw murderer terrorises the families of a detectives involved in the case. A young hitchhiker finds himself in precarious situation.
22TBAAlister SmartBretty Quin & C.McCourt31 January 1983 (1983-01-31)
33TBAPhillip EastDavid Phillips7 February 1983 (1983-02-07)
44TBAPillip EastRick Maier & John Misto & Bretty Quin8 February 1983 (1983-02-08)
55TBAPillip EastBretty Quin & Ian Coughlan14 February 1983 (1983-02-14)
David Keller confronts Rick about his feelings for the police trainee Sally Edwards.
66TBAUnknownUnknown15 February 1983 (1983-02-15)
77TBAUnknownUnknown21 February 1983 (1983-02-21)
A confession of Ann's disturbs George, Sally and Rick are sworn in as police constables.
88TBAUnknownUnknown24 February 1983 (1983-02-24)
99TBAUnknownUnknown28 February 1983 (1983-02-28)
1010TBAUnknownUnknown3 March 1983 (1983-03-03)
1111TBAUnknownUnknown7 March 1983 (1983-03-07)
1212TBAUnknownUnknown10 March 1983 (1983-03-10)
1313TBAUnknownUnknown14 March 1983 (1983-03-14)
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4040TBADavid C. WilsonDavid Phillips7 February 1984 (1984-02-07)

Home Media

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There is yet to be a DVD Release of Waterloo Station.

Screening

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The series was programmed against the popular new series Carson's Law in key markets including Melbourne, and achieved only mediocre ratings. It was cancelled after 40 episodes. Andrew Clarke, Danny Roberts and Sally Tayler all subsequently found greater success as regular cast members of another Grundy produced soap opera, Sons and Daughters.

After Waterloo Station, on 18 April 1983, Grundy launched Starting Out which featured youthful characters attempting to enter the medical profession. This series was similarly short-lived.

During late 1987 while “The Midday Show” was taking a summer Christmas holiday break Nine network Sydney replayed Waterloo Station TV series weekdays at 12pm followed at 1.00pm “Private Benjamin” US comedy TV series. It has never been replayed since on commercial or pay TV here in Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 345, at Google Books
  2. ^ Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz (editors) A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV, p. 11, at Google Books
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