# Mortimer's Patch

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'''''Mortimer's Patch''''' is a [TVNZ](/source/TVNZ) [police drama](/source/police_drama) from the early 1980s. It depicted [detective](/source/detective) and [police](/source/police) work in the [fictional town of Cobham](/source/Charles_Lyttelton%2C_10th_Viscount_Cobham). It was filmed in and around [Helensville, New Zealand](/source/Helensville%2C_New_Zealand).{{citation needed|date=December 2007}}.The series was New Zealand's first police drama, and it topped the ratings. There was a total of three seasons.

==Cast==

===Main===
* [Terence Cooper](/source/Terence_Cooper) as Det Sgt Doug Mortimer 
* Sean Duffy as Const Dave Gilchrist 
* [Don Selwyn](/source/Don_Selwyn) as Sgt Bob Storey

===Recurring===
* [Bruce Allpress](/source/Bruce_Allpress) as Sparkey
* [Martyn Sanderson](/source/Martyn_Sanderson) as Major Stark

===Guests===
* [Jim Hickey](/source/Jim_Hickey_(broadcaster)) as Mechanic
* [Ken Blackburn](/source/Ken_Blackburn_(actor)) as Detective Inspector Chris Knight
* [Marshall Napier](/source/Marshall_Napier) as Lance Harris
* [Peter Cummins](/source/Peter_Cummins) as Johnny Morgan 
* [Roy Billing](/source/Roy_Billing) as Ron Bailey
* [Temuera Morrison](/source/Temuera_Morrison) as Alamein

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131491/ ''Mortimer's Patch'' at the IMDb database]
*[http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mortimers-patch-day-of-judgement-1980 First episode at NZonscreen.com]

Category:New Zealand drama television series
Category:1980s New Zealand television series
Category:1980 New Zealand television series debuts
Category:1984 New Zealand television series endings
Category:TVNZ original programming
Category:Detective television series

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