Blue Heelers (season 5)
The fifth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 24 February 1998 and aired on Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 41-episode season concluded 25 November 1998. The 41-episode fifth season saw the show move to Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM, making way for All Saints on Tuesdays at 8.30 PM. Ratings dipped, but finished still finished the number 2 show for the year with 2,240,000 in the five cities. Casting Main John Wood as Sergeant → Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon [full season] Julie Nihill as Christine 'Chris' Riley [full season] Martin Sacks as Senior Detective → Acting Sergeant (self demoted) Patrick Joseph 'P.J.' Hasham [full season] Lisa McCune as Constable → Senior Constable → Acting Sergeant Margaret 'Maggie' Doyle [full season] William McInnes as Senior Constable → Acting Sergeant → Sergeant Nicholas 'Nick' Schultz [until episode 207] Damian Walshe-Howling as Constable Adam Cooper [full season] Tasma Walton as Constable Deirdre 'Dash' McKinley [full season] Paul Bishop as Detective Acting Sergeant (demoted) → Senior Constable Benjamin 'Ben' Stewart [from episode 198] Damian Walshe-Howling appeared in the full season as Adam Cooper but finished his almost five-year career on the show with the show's season