Bluey is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network in 1976.
The series was a police drama from Crawford Productions, but was different from their previous series—Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police—in that it focused on a single detective rather than an ensemble, and that the characters were not stock standard archetypes usually seen in police dramas. Stand-up comedian Lucky Grills was cast as the titular Det. Sgt. "Bluey" Hills who, in contrast to the relatively straight detectives seen in Crawford's previous shows, was obese, drank heavily (even on duty), smoked heavily, visited local prostitutes, and would often enact physical violence on criminals.
It premiered on Wednesday 21 July 1976 on ATN-7 in Sydney, as a 90-minute pilot episode, with the first 60-minute episode premiering on the following day, Thursday 22 July 1976. Bluey was later an essential Thursday viewing.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Lucky Grills as Det. Sgt. ‘Bluey’ Hills
- Gerda Nicolson as Sgt. Monica Rourke
- John Diedrich as Det. Gary Dawson
- Ken Goodlet as Assistant Commissioner
- Terry Gill as Det. Sgt. Reg Truscott
- Victoria Quilter as Jo Goldman
- Mercia Deane-Johns as Debbie Morley (6 eps)
- Fred Parslow as Superintendent
Regular / guests[]
- Anthony Hawkins as David Andrews (1 ep)
- Belinda Giblin as Sergeant Tracey Alexander (1 ep)
- Billie Hammerberg as Stella Hedley / Alice Collins / Mrs Gruman (3 eps)
- Briony Behets as Kate Wallace (1 ep)
- Caroline Gillmer as Tracy Carter (1 ep)
- Don Barker as Det. Sgt. Harry White
- Elspeth Ballantyne as Rhoda Lewis (1 ep)
- Frank Gallacher as Jules (1 ep)
- Garry Meadows as Ted Powees (1 ep)
- Gary Waddell as Terry Baxter / Davidson (2 eps)
- Gerard Maguire as Larry Davis (1 ep)
- John Bluthal as Newsman (1 ep)
- John Clayton as Bert Thompson (1 ep)
- John Hargreaves as Eric Yates (1 ep)
- John Orcsik as Dino Rossi
- Jonathan Hardy (1 ep)
- Judith McGrath as Mrs Thompson (1 ep)
- Judy McBurney as Janey / Sandra Gibson (3 eps)
- Julieanne Newbould as Sue Golding (1 ep)
- Leila Hayes as Georgie (2 eps)
- Lesley Baker as Leslie Stewart (1 ep)
- Liddy Clark as Esele Fulcher (1 ep)
- Lynette Curran as Jenny (1 ep)
- Maria Mercedes as Teresa (1 ep)
- Maurie Fields as Brougham
- Michael Beecher
- Michael Long
- Penny Ramsey as Belinda Dempsey (1 ep)
- Patsy King as Tina Golding (1 ep)
- Reg Evans as Wally 'Birds' Avery (1 ep)
- Reg Gorman as Nipper Read (1 ep)
- Rowena Wallace as Jean Anderson (1 ep)
- Serge Lazareff as Joey Raven / Janos
- Sheila Florance as Mrs O'Brien (1 ep)
- Sigrid Thornton as Helen Laughton (1 ep)
- Tony Bonner as James Conder (1 ep)
- Tracy Mann as Marcia Franks (1 ep)
- Vic Gordon as Jake Hobbs / Kenneth Granger (2 eps)
- Vivean Gray as Mrs Jenkins (1 ep)