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Jocko

Television, 1981 - 1983 (Action, Drama Series)

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Series Synopsis

Introduced by a pilot, High Country, Jocko was an early 80s attempt by TVNZ to make an action drama. Jocko (Bruce Allpress) is a traditional central character — a maverick musterer and rural jack-of-all-trades in the tradition of the American cowboy and the Australian swagman; but the setting is a contemporary one: in the South Island high country where old and new methods of farming are coming into conflict. Two series were made, written by Julian Dickon (Pukemanu), and co-starring Desmond Kelly as Jocko’s off-sider and travelling companion, China.