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
GenreDrama
Soap opera
Created byReg Watson
Opening themeTony Hatch
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes40
Production
Production company(s)Reg Grundy Organisation
Release
Original networkNine Network
Original release2 February 1983 –
7 February 1984

Synopsis

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
  • 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
  • Patrick Phillips – criminal

Episodes

Season 1 (1983–1984)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11TBATBATBA30 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.
22TBATBATBA31 January 1983 (1983-01-31)
33TBATBATBA7 February 1983 (1983-02-07)
44TBATBATBA8 February 1983 (1983-02-08)
55TBATBATBA14 February 1983 (1983-02-14)
David Keller confronts Rick about his feelings for the police trainee Sally Edwards.
66TBATBATBA15 February 1983 (1983-02-15)
77TBATBATBA21 February 1983 (1983-02-21)
A confession of Ann's disturbs George, Sally and Rick are sworn in as police constables.
88TBATBATBA24 February 1983 (1983-02-24)
99TBATBATBA28 February 1983 (1983-02-28)
1010TBATBATBA3 March 1983 (1983-03-03)
1111TBATBATBA7 March 1983 (1983-03-07)
1212TBATBATBA10 March 1983 (1983-03-10)
1313TBATBATBA14 March 1983 (1983-03-14)
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1717TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
1818TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
1919TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
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2525TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
2626TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
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2828TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
2929TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
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3232TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
3333TBATBATBA1983 (1983)
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4040TBATBATBA7 February 1983 (1983-02-07)

Home Media

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

Screening

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.

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References
  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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