Law of the Land (TV series)

Law of the Land is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network from 1993–1999. The series was set in the fictional country town of Merringanee and centered on the unique way that locals dealt with and enforced the law.^[1][2] Storylines in Law of the Land were serialized, with one larger plot covering the season.^[3]

Law of the Land
Created by	Ro Hume Sue Masters
Starring	Lisa Hensley David Roberts Wyn Roberts Richard Moir Tamblyn Lord
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Roadshow, Coote & Carroll
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) – 22 January 1999 (1999-01-22)

The series was created by Ro Hume and Sue Masters and produced by Bruce Best, Matt Carroll, Richard Clendinnen and Terrie Vincent.

Cast

Main / regular

• Lisa Hensley as Kate Chalmers^[4]
• David Roberts as Peter Lawrence
• Wyn Roberts as Hamilton Chalmers
• Richard Moir as Sergeant Clive O'Connor
• David Walters as Sean O'Connor
• Angelo D'Angelo as Sergeant Marc Rosetti
• Debbie Byrne as Jean Jardine
• Tamblyn Lord as David Jardine
• Lindy Wallis as Trish Miles
• Shane Connor as Harry Miles
• Radha Mitchell as Alicia Miles
• Abbie Holmes as Audrey O'Connor
• Peter O'Brien as Andy Cochrane
• Frances O'Connor as Marissa Green
• Alexandra Fowler as Jacqui Rushcutter
• Fiona Spence as Magistrate Maggie Mulcahy
• Rebecca Frith as Alex Lentini
• Tessa Humphries as Hannah Scott
• Mike Bishop as Ray Richmond
• Michael O'Neill as Michael Delaney
• Sapidah Kian as Shirin Rasidi
• Bruce Hughes as Nick Rogers
• Karmen Raspovic as Heather Coleman

Guests

• Alan Hopgood as Reg Bates (1 episode)
• Andrew Blackman as James Forster (3 episodes)
• Angela Punch McGregor as Angela Goodman (1 episode)
• Beth Buchanan as Danni Cairns (1 episode)
• Cameron Nugent as Todd Rankin (1 episode)
• Diane Craig (2 episodes)
• Gemma Bishop as Gabby Richmond (1 episode)
• Jack Finsterer as Bobby Webster (1 episode)
• Louise Siversen as Lynne Raynor (1 episode)
• Marnie Reece-Wilmore as Serena Goodman (1 episode)
• Mike Bishop as Ray Richmond (1 episode)
• Nick Carrafa as Neil (1 episode)
• Norman Kaye as Charlie Carmody (1 episode)
• Olivia Hamnett as Blanche Avery (1 episode)
• Petra Yared as Caroline Rodwell (1 episode)
• Reg Gorman as Gary Jarvis (1 episode)
• Sarah Chadwick as Loretta (1 episode)

Episodes

Season One

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	TBA	Julian Pringle	Unknown	20 April 1993 (1993-04-20)
2	2	TBA	Julian Pringle	Unknown	27 April 1993 (1993-04-27)
3	3	TBA	Richard Sarell	Unknown	4 May 1993 (1993-05-04)
4	4	TBA	Richard Sarell	Unknown	11 May 1993 (1993-05-11)
5	5	TBA	Michael Offer	Unknown	18 May 1993 (1993-05-18)
6	6	TBA	Michael Offer	Unknown	25 May 1993 (1993-05-25)
7	7	TBA	Michael Offer	Unknown	1 June 1993 (1993-06-01)
8	8	TBA	Julian Pringle	Unknown	8 June 1993 (1993-06-08)
9	9	TBA	Julian Pringle	Unknown	15 June 1993 (1993-06-15)
10	10	TBA	Richard Sarell	Unknown	22 June 1993 (1993-06-22)
11	11	TBA	Richard Sarell	Unknown	29 June 1993 (1993-06-29)
12	12	TBA	Ian Watson	Unknown	6 July 1993 (1993-07-06)
13	13	TBA	Ian Watson	Unknown	13 July 1993 (1993-07-13)

Season Two

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
14	1	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
15	2	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
16	3	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
17	4	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
18	5	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
19	6	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
20	7	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
21	8	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
22	9	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
23	10	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
24	11	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
25	12	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)
26	13	TBA	TBD	TBD	1994 (1994)

Season Three

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
27	1	"Nothings Forever"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
28	2	"Cast The Run"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
29	3	"Mixed Messages"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
30	4	"Whispers"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
31	5	"And Baby Makes Two"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
32	6	"Autumn Harvest"	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
33	7	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
34	8	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
35	9	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
36	10	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
37	11	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
38	12	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)
39	13	TBA	TBD	TBD	1995 (1995)

Season Four

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
40	1	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
41	2	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
42	3	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
43	4	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
44	5	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
45	6	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
46	7	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
47	8	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
48	9	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
49	10	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
50	11	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
51	12	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)
52	13	TBA	TBD	TBD	1996 (1996)

See also

• Lex loci – the Legal Latin phrase for conflicts of law
• List of Australian television series