John Wood spent 12 years playing Sergeant Tom Croydon on Blue Heelers. To celebrate the release of his autobiography “How I Clawed My Way to the Middle”
Category: Interviews
Kris Wyld: Wildside
Kris Wyld was the Wildside script producer and managed the writing process across all 60 episodes.
David James Elliott: JAG
JAG was a smash hit in Australia and the Seven Network were disappointed when NBC cancelled the series after the first season, but CBS picked it up and ran with it for another 9 seasons. It has led to the creation of one the most successful shows in CBS history, NCIS. David James Elliott starred in the series for the entire 10 series run.
Hal McElroy: Water Rats
Hal McElroy developed Water Rats with John Hugginson and Tony Morphett. The show ran for 6 years on the Nine Network and was very successful overseas. Hal was executive producer for the first 66 episodes.
Peter Mochrie: The Restless Years
Peter Mochrie starred in popular soap The Restless Years as swimmer Rick Moran.
Ken James: Skippy
Skippy is an Australian icon and the TV series was a worldwide hit that has millions of fans. Ken James spent 3 years as Mark Hammond on the Australian series.
Hal McElroy: Blue Heelers
Hal McElroy (co-creator and executive producer of Blue Heelers) has produced many successful shows in his long career. Including: Return to Eden, Blue Heelers, Water Rats and Murder Call. He most recently created and produced five series of Sea Patrol with his wife Di McElroy.
Steve Bisley: Police Rescue & Water Rats
TV Flashback recently spoke to Steve Bisley about his time on both Police Rescue and Water Rats. From 1993 to 1995 he played Senior Sergeant Kevin ‘Nipper’ Harris in Police Rescue and after a guest starring role in Water Rats, his character Detective Sergeant Jack Christey took over from popular character Detective Senior Constable Frank Holloway – after Colin Friels’ departure from the show.
Marcia Gardner: Sea Patrol
In 2009 Sea Patrol script producer Marcia Gardner was interviewed for fan site sea-patrol.com. The interview focused on the scripting process for the naval action series. The interview is being exclusively republished here as it contains a great insight into the challenges of writing for television.
Bill Young: Water Rats
Veteran actor Bill Young (Hacksaw Ridge, Chopper, The Matrix) appeared in the first 19 episodes of Water Rats as Chief Inspector Clarke Webb.
Matthew Holmes: Blue Heelers
Matt Holmes joined Blue Heelers as Constable Matt Graham for the last 21 episodes of the series. Because the show was axed, his character was never fully explored.
James Sherry: A*mazing
James Sherry hosted Children’s game show A*mazing from 1994 to 1998. If you grew up in the 90’s, chances are you watched it.