Bluey (1976 TV series)
Bluey is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network in 1976.
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Jock Blair Ian Jones Vincent Moran James Wulf Simmonds Everett De Roche Gerald Murnane Robert Caswell John Drew Tom Hegarty Gregory Lindsay Scott Gwenda Marsh Colin Eggleston David Stevens |
| Directed by | Graeme Arthur Gary Conway George Miller Kevin James Dobson David Stevens |
| Starring | Lucky Grills Gerda Nicolson John Diedrich Ken Goodlet Terry Gill |
| Theme music composer | Brian Bennett |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Editors | Adrian Carr Philip Reid Ken Sallows |
| Running time | 60 minutes (90-minute pilot) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 2 August 1976 – 25 April 1977 |
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.
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