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Mortimer’s Patch was a popular police series following detective Doug Mortimer (Terence Cooper), a city cop returning to his rural roots. In the first episode, scripted by Keith Aberdein (The Governor), a girl (Greer Robson) goes missing in sand dunes near the shack of an eccentric recluse. Fear and suspicion mounts, and Mortimer brings in help from the city: prejudiced detective Chris Knight (Ken Blackburn). Don Selwyn plays Sergeant Bob Storey. In this background piece, Mortimer's Patch producer Tom Finlayson writes about the show's birth, death and double resurrection.
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A mock-up of The Auckland Star created for TV’s Mortimer’s Patch.
Goodbye Pork Pie actor Claire Oberman in a guest role on the second episode of Mortimer's Patch, 'A Handful of Gravel'. The script for this episode was written by Maurice Gee.
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Actor Claire Oberman and Sean Duffy in episode two of Mortimer's Patch, 'A Handful of Gravel'. The commune set was built in Long Bay, north of Auckland.
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Practical jokes on the set of Mortimer’s Patch: actor Sean Duffy is left at the wrong end of a camera crane with his book, after the crew break for lunch.
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Terence Cooper takes time to catch-up on a book by Edward Everett Tanner (aka Patrick Dennis), inbetween shots on the set of TV series Mortimer’s Patch.
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A behind the scenes shot from TV series Mortimer’s Patch, taken on location in Helensville. From left to right: First assistant director Richard Barker, actor Terence Cooper (as Sergeant Doug Mortimer), and actor Don Selwyn (Sergeant Bob Storey).
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Bruce Allpress as Sparky, on TV series Mortimer’s Patch.
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A mock-up of Cobham’s local newspaper created for TV series Mortimer’s Patch.
A shot from an episode of Mortimer's Patch. Detective Sergeant Doug Mortimer (Terence Cooper) and primary school teacher Jenny Coombes (Shirley Duke).
Supplied by Michael O'Connor
