''Solo One'' is an Australian
television series made by
Crawford Productions for the
Seven Network and screened in 1976. There were 13 half-hour episodes.
Synopsis
The series was a spin-off from Crawford's other police show ''
Matlock Police'' and featured
Paul Cronin reprising his role as Sen. Const. Gary Hogan, but tailored for a younger audience.
It was set in the real country town of
Emerald
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in the
Dandenong Ranges
The Dandenong Ranges (commonly just The Dandenongs) are a set of low mountain ranges, rising to 633 metres at Mount Dandenong, approximately east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ranges consist mostly of rolling hills, steeply weathere ...
east of
Melbourne and used the town's actual police station.
In the series Hogan sorts out problems for the locals. His
call sign is Solo One, hence the series title.
DVD releases
The complete 13 episodes of this series are available on DVD and were released on 12 September 2017.
References
External links
''Solo One''at ''Classic Australian Television''
''Solo One''at ''Crawford Productions''
''Solo One''at the
National Film and Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...
1970s Australian drama television series
1970s Australian crime television series
Seven Network original programming
Television shows set in Victoria (Australia)
1976 Australian television series debuts
1976 Australian television series endings
Television series by Crawford Productions
Australian television spin-offs
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