Waterloo Station (TV series) - Wikipedia
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| Waterloo Station | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera Drama |
| Created by | Reg Watson |
| Opening theme | Tony Hatch |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Reg Grundy Organisation |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 2 February 1983 – 7 February 1984 |
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 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.
- Ron Graham – Jack Edwards
- Sally Tayler – Sally Edwards
- Pam Western – Liz Edwards
- Danny Roberts – Trevor Brown
- Julianne White – Stacey Daniels
- John Bonney – George Logan
- Jenny Ludlam – Ann Logan
- Bartholomew John – Tony Harris
- Steven Grives – Steve Colby
- Malcolm Cork – David Keller
- Tex Morton – Harry McDowell
- Gerry Sont – Rick Thompson
- Paul Smith – Joey Daniels
- Jennifer West – Rosie Wallace
- Andrew Clarke – Chris Cooper
- Jon Blake – Neil
- Patrick Phillips – criminal
- Ian Gilmour
- Jude Kuring
Season 1 (1983–1984)
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There is yet to be a DVD Release of Waterloo Station.
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.
- ^ Albert Moran and Chris Keating The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television, p. 345, at Google Books
- ^ Peter Robson and Jennifer L Schulz (editors) A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV, p. 11, at Google Books