The seventh season of the australian policedrama blue heelers premiered on the seven network on 9 february 2000 and aired on wednesday nights at 8. Lisa mccune reveals she never wanted her blue heelers. Coming from a long family history in the police service, maggie turned up. She joined the heelers in 1995 and stayed until 1997 when she died in hospital during the opening episode of season 4 it was revealed in the next episode that she died from encephalitis. A young, determined constable named maggie doyle had. After producing more than 500 episodes over seasons, blue heelers was axed by channel seven in 2006, with the final episode. Television ac this category is for questions and answers related to blue heelers, as asked by users of. Watch all 42 blue heelers episodes from season 4,view pictures, get episode information and more.
Wayne is a young member of the mount thomas team and is about maggies age. At the height of blue heelers popularity, the role of police officer maggie doyle had lisa mccune labelled as australias sweetheart. Played straight most of the time, unless some element threatens to split the team apart. Maggies being shot and left for dead during episode 255, one more day, was. She was an ambulance officer in mount thomas and lived with maggie. Lisa mccune reveals she never wanted her blue heelers character. Thomas when an outbreak of an animal disease begins to kill humans. When a middleaged couple disappear from their farm, the blue heelers are shocked when they find out what actually happened. The risks of being a heeler chapter 1, a blue heelers. Gina belfanti was a fictional character in the longrunning australian police drama blue heelers. Her legion of fans are among the most dedicated in the land, and all were shattered by her departed from australias best drama, blue heelers. Bush fires are ringing the township of mt thomas and maggie and wayne are out evacuating farm houses in the path of the inferno, but this routine job suddenly turns dangerous when they are confronted by a masked man brandishing a shotgun. Blue heelers is one of the most popular australian dramas ever made. Adam falls for maggie but as rumours about a budding relationship begin to circulate around the station, maggie makes it clear there will never be anything between them.
In episode 40 of season 7 out of the shadows it is revealed that maggies killer is her brother mick. Blue heelers interesting facts page 3 television ac. Where morality reigns and goodness triumphs over evil most of the time. Pj was first on the scene, but maggie died in his arms. The actress says shell never forget her last day on the set.
Former blue heelers star lisa mccune opens up about the role that catapulted her to fame. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. The last episode, aired on 4 june 2006, was the 510th episode, one day more. Australians were in tears when lisa mccunes character maggie doyle was fatally shot in dramatic scenes of blue heelers in 2000. Please note that in the event that these tales do not sync with the episodes, characters or cases involved in blue heelers, it is because i am not a writer from the show and that i am quite lazy about details. Everyone loved the cop from mount thomas, including her.
Page 3 this category is for questions and answers related to blue heelers, as asked by users of. After maggies mother died, wayne and her lost touch and drifted apart until maggie was posted in mount thomas to discover wayne had actually been married to roz patterson and that he had been posted to mount thomas and was staying in the. Blue heelers in early episodes, as well as episode titles throughout the series. The thirteen season, 510 episode strong show is currently on its twelth volume of the dvd release all seasons except the last had more than 40 episodes, and the dvd releases arent based on their broadcast seasons. Wayne george patterson was a fictional character on the longrunning australian police drama blue heelers, played by actor grant bowler. The second season of blue heelers continues to focus on the daily lives of victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of mount thomas. Blue heelers is an australian police drama which is produced by southern star for the seven network. The episodes that followed, the who killed maggie doyle.
Lampshaded by actor ditch davey, while hosting a real life police show he described the police chasing a suspect as nipping at his heels, like a couple of blue heelers. In the third season of blue heelers, we keep on following the police officers in mount thomas. Maggies life is turned upside down when her brother robbie shows up after having. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Margaret ann maggie doyle is a fictional character portrayed by lisa mccune in the longrunning australian police show blue heelers.
The fourth season of blue heelers carries on focusing on the police officers of mt. List of recurring blue heelers characters wikipedia. Blue heelers was first aired on 10 september 1993, with the episode a womans place. Fans around the country mourned when maggie doyle died in a dramatic episode of blue heelers earlier this year. Lisa mccune didnt want maggie doyle to be killed off blue heelers. Lisa mccune on maggies haunting death on blue heelers tv week. During its season run it won a total of 32 awards and was nominated for a further 50. Lisas final episode, in which her character is shot and killed, remains one of the mostwatched moments on australian tv. Classic television mysteries named as revenge reveals who. The fourth season of the australian policedrama blue heelers premiered on the seven network on 10 february 1997 and aired on tuesday nights at 8.
As maggie and pj are investigating what caused five teenagers to collapse at a local nightclub, adam and dash are consoling a farmers son whose goat has died under suspicious circumstances. It was created by hal mcelroy and tony morphett and originally aired in australia from 1994 2006. Maggie arrived in mount thomas in the debut episode a womans place. This was the usual pattern following dashs arrival in season 3, up until the station bombing in season 11. This is for entertainment purposes only i do not own blue heelers and do not make any profit from this video this video is so sad. Adam is upset after he and nick discover the body of a teenager who has died from alcohol abuse, while chris summary dismissal of her. Under the watchful eye of tom croydon john woods, the men and women of mount thomas police station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. What the writers hoped to do by bringing in the likes of gary sweet and vince colossimo. The cops are always active in sorting out the towns many problems, ranging from trivial complaints such as land and fencing disputes to more serious offenses, such as homicides and assaults. Speaking of maggies death, it was perhaps the saddest few weeks blue heelers fans.
It made the fans cry buckets, and, next to maggie doyles death, it was probably the saddest. Blue heelers became a staple drama of australian television, so when the show killed off favourite character, maggi, it. He starred in the show from its beginning until he was hit by a car and killed in episode 96 in 1996. These episodes focus of the death of maggie doyle played by lisa mccune. When a car crash victim turns out to be a battered wife, the blue heelers discover how difficult domestic cases can be when the woman refuses to press charges. The tenth season of the australian policedrama blue heelers premiered on the seven network on 12 february 2003 and aired on wednesday nights at 8. When maggie suddenly collapses, pj is desperate not to let the disease, which has already claimed two lives, take his beloved maggie. Thomas police station are caught in the act of living and working in a closeknit rural community during tough times and are always ready to deal with many of the towns issues including escaped criminals, police shootings, kidnappings and the acts of deluded criminals. Blue heelers quizzes there are 80 questions on this topic. This included 25 logie awards, five of which were the gold logie, the most. Maggie was there from the start, episode one a womans place. Blue heelersymmv all the tropes wiki fandom powered.
And it finishes off with a death thats supposed to be heroic, or poignant. This is a list of all recurringsemiregular cast members over the australian television programme blue heelers season run between 19942006. Most of australia has been watching blue heelers since its humble beginning 12 years ago, weather regularly or on and off. List of recurring blue heelers characters infogalactic. Blue heelers fanfiction archive with over 302 stories. Lisa mccune didnt want maggie doyle to be killed off blue heelers the death of beloved character maggie doyle is one of the most iconic moments in aussie tv history, but lisa mccune wasnt a fan when she was first told about it. The blue heelers are worried that tom may be transferred back to melbourne. The most shocking tv character deaths were not over.
Blue heelers was one of australias longest running weekly television drama series. But what startles me when i sit down for the first time in weeks to catch up with the folks in mt thomas is new faces constantly appearing and disappearing. Blue heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of mount thomas. One of the most popular australian dramas ever made, blue heelers follows the lives of the police officers stationed in fictional small country town.
Maggie and wayne attended the police academy together and dated for a while. Thomas and their lives, relationships and criminal cases they have to deal with. Lisa mccunes role as maggie doyle in blue heelers ended with a gunshot. Jane allsop has a special following, not to mention a huge one. The heelers are shocked to learn that maggie has called off her engagement to pj and is leaving mt. An average sized country town, with an above average crime rate.