Blue Heelers (season 1)
| Blue Heelers (season 1) | |
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Original cast of Blue Heelers
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| Country of origin |
 Australia
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| No. of episodes | 45 |
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| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 10 September 1993 – 22 November 1994 |
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The first season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 September 1993 and aired on Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM. The 45-episode season concluded on 22 November 1994.
The show was a success, and by the end of its 45-episode first season the PJ-Maggie shippers had quickly amassed.
Main cast for this season consisted of:
Ann Burbrook was originally cast as Maggie Doyle and Lisa McCune as Roz Patterson but the two swapped roles to avoid being typecast in the future.
William McInnes was originally cast as PJ Hasham and Martin Sacks as Nick Schultz but the two swapped roles because McInnes "looked more like a Schultz".
Roz was written out of the show before season's end, because the producers thought that they could do more with another police character, rather than a civilian. This allowed for the introduction of Adam Cooper to the group.
Semi-regular cast members for this season include:
Notable guest stars for the season included Radha Mitchell,Gerard Kennedy,Kate Keltie,Anne Phelan,Petra Jared,Charles 'Bud' Tingwell,Lois Collinder,Raelee Hill,Libby Tanner,Lois Ramsay,Ian Smith,David Wenham,Rex Hunt and Janet Andrewartha.
At the start of the season, we meet young city constable, Maggie Doyle, who is arriving at her posting in the small country town of Mount Thomas. At Mount Thomas police station we also meet the officer in charge, Sergeant Tom Croydon, who runs "his" station with an almost grandfatherly watch over his co-workers. We also meet Constable Wayne Patterson, who we find had a short romance with Maggie while they attended the Victoria Police Academy together; much to Maggie's surprise, he is now married to Roz Patterson. We also meet Senior Constable Nick Schultz, a sarcastic and yet good-hearted cop, and Senior Detective Patrick Joseph "P.J." Hasham, a charismatic and somewhat chauvinistic detective who soon found himself very interested in Maggie. At the local pub, The Imperial, we meet Chris Riley, a local woman who knows all the ins-and-outs of Mount Thomas.
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