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    Drama TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    Long Arm, The

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    Part cop show, part soap opera, this series from Network Ten (Australia) – filmed and broadcast in black & white – was more a precursor to Cop Shop than a descendant of Homicide.

    Set in an obscure department of the Victoria Police in Melbourne, the series starred Robert Bruning as Inspector Dallas Buchanan and Sandy Harbutt as Detective Constable Kim Riverton.

    Sergeant Ted Driscoll, a regular support role played by Ken Goodlet, represented the uniform branch.

    Inspector Mike Hammond (Tony Ward) was Buchanan’s counterpart in the New South Wales police and appeared whenever the action moved to Sydney.

    Barbara Mason (pictured at left) appeared regularly as wealthy socialite Veleen Towns, with Lyndal Moor as her 18-year-old daughter, Trish. Veleen’s policeman husband, murdered five years ago, had been a colleague of Buchanan’s.

    Guests included Gary Day, Bill Hunter, Noeline Brown, Ron Shand, Jeff Kevin, Ruth Cracknell, Gus Mercurio, Maurie Fields, Brian Wenzel, Gordon McDougall, Michael Pate and Serge Lazareff.

    The series received a degree of criticism because of the violence shown – a point of much discussion given the 7.30 pm broadcast timeslot.

    Insp. Dallas Buchanan
    Robert Bruning
    Det. Const. Kim Riverton
    Sandy Harbutt
    Veleen Towns
    Barbara Mason
    Trish Towns
    Lyndall Moor
    Sgt. Ted Driscoll
    Ken Goodlet
    Insp. Mike Hammond
    Tony Ward

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