Blue Heelers Less gunfights, more heart – a police drama with a twist. The Blue Heelers are a bunch of country cops in Australia, and the program is the number one drama series on Aussie TV. The show is really cool. The premise is a departure from the usual hard-edged, city cop show stereotype. What Blue Heelers lacks in gratuitous violence, it makes up for with believable characters, strong story lines, and a funky country soundtrack.
When you’re a country cop, you know everyone in town. Police work is people … and that makes it personal. Just ask Sgt. Tom Croydon, played with warmth (and sometimes fire) by the mercurial John Wood. He’s been on the job for 25 years and is known simply as “Boss” around the station.
Lisa McClune plays Maggie, fresh out of the police academy and as tough as she is pretty. Sometimes, she’s a little too smart for her own good, but that’s a country thing: “She’ll cotton on soon.” What really worries her is that her old flame from the academy also happens to be stationed in town … and he has a new wife (uh oh).
Add a too-cool cowboy detective and a traffic cop who enjoys giving out tickets and you’re looking at Mt. Thomas’ finest. They rescue bulls and shoot mad dogs and love a cold beer at the end of the day. In between, they also manage to apprehend some serious criminals.
Mostly, however, it is the real lives of these country cops, living and working in a close-knit rural community, that makes Blue Heelers such a different kind of police beat. But then, creative programming is the keystone of CEGTV.
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