Genre: | Police Drama |
Director: | Brendan Maher Richard Sarell (8 episodes) Ian Gilmour |
Starring: | Tracy Mann Antoinette Byron Mary Coustas Karen Davitt Kate Gillick Nicholas Bell Ben Mitchell Sally-Anne Upton Alasdair Saksena Tony Seguin |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 3 |
Num Episodes: | 39 + 1 Feature Film |
Executive Producer: | Roger Simpson |
Producer: | Roger Le Mesurier |
Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Runtime: | 60 minutes |
Company: | Simpson Le Mesurier |
Network: | Seven Network |
Related: | Blue Heelers |
Skirts is an Australian television police drama broadcast on the Seven Network in 1990. Skirts was produced by Roger Le Mesurier and Roger Simpson. It was directed by Brendan Maher, Richard Sarell and Ian Gilmour. 40 episodes were produced over 3 seasons in 1990 and the series screened between April and September 1990. The last episode aired was season 2, episode 12. The final 14 episodes were never aired by the Seven Network.
Actor/actress | Character | Rank | Episodes | |
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Gary Block | Sergeant (Squad Boss) | Pilot, 01–39 | ||
Tracy Mann | Pauline Reardon | Sergeant (Squad Leader) | Pilot, 01–39 | |
Julie Makris | Constable | Pilot, 01–39 | ||
Debbie Priest | Constable | Pilot, 01–39 | ||
Bevan "Beverley" Quin | Constable | Pilot, 01–39 | ||
Tina Van Hervell | Constable | 01–39 | ||
Wanda Nowacek | Constable | Pilot, 01–25 (Episode 31 Guest) | ||
Jenny Kruger | Senior Constable | 26–39 (Episodes Never Aired) |
Actor/actress | Character | Role | Episodes | |
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Francisco Antonio Seguin (credited as Tony Seguin) | Tex | Welfare Worker | Pilot Episode | |
Joan | Senior Sergeant (Squad Boss) | Pilot Episode | ||
Maureen O'Shaughnessy | Constable | Pilot Episode | ||
Gary Sweet | Tom Waters | Pauline Reardon Boyfriend | Pilot Episode & Episodes 1-3 | |
Hanna White | ||||
Greg Stone | Morgan | 1 episode | ||
Simon Palomares | Brad | |||
Tim Sullivan | Detective | |||
Nicola Quilter | ||||
Anne Phelan | Mrs Donovan | |||
Nicki Paull | 1 episode | |||
Peter Hosking | ||||
Drew Tingwell | ||||
Geoffrey Baird |
Production on the pilot episode began in June 1989 in Melbourne, Victoria and it was delivered to the Seven Network by August the same year.
Skirts first aired on Wednesday 18 April 1990 with a pilot feature length episode and the first official episode was broadcast on Sunday 22 April 1990 on Channel 7.
Selected episodes of Skirts were again broadcast in 1993 on the Seven Network in a late night time slot in the hope by producer and creator Roger Simpson that the series might be revived.
Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | |
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1 | 13 | |||
2 | 13 (Episode 13 never aired) | |||
3 | 13 |
Due to low ratings of the previous episodes It is believed that Channel 7 decided not to air any episodes from the 3rd season. However there is nothing to confirm if was or wasn't broadcast.