Blue Heelers season 4

The fourth season of the Australian police-drama Blue Heelers premiered on the Seven Network on 10 February 1997 and aired on Tuesday nights at 8:30 PM. The 42-episode season concluded 25 November 1997.

Casting
Main cast for this season consisted of:
 * John Wood as Sergeant Tom Croydon [full season]
 * Julie Nihill as Christine 'Chris' Riley [full season]
 * Martin Sacks as Senior Detective Patrick Joseph 'P.J.' Hasham [full season]
 * Lisa McCune as Constable Margaret 'Maggie' Doyle [full season]
 * William McInnes as Senior Constable Nicholas 'Nick' Schultz [full season]
 * Damian Walshe-Howling as Constable Adam Cooper [full season]
 * Tasma Walton as Probationary Constable Deirdre 'Dash' McKinley [full season]

Semi-regular cast members for this season included: Notable guest actors this season included Anne Phelan, Stefan Dennis, Vincent Gil, Alan Dale, Peta Brady, Brett Climo, Wendy Strehlow, Fiona Corke and Lesley Baker.
 * Peta Doodson as Senior Sergeant → Inspector Monica Draper
 * Beth Buchanan as Susan Croydon
 * Michael Isaacs as Clancy Freeman
 * Axl Taylor as Len the barman
 * Dennis Miller as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle
 * Jeremy Kewley as Tony Timms
 * Reg Evans as Keith Purvis
 * Terry Gill as Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson
 * Karen Davitt as Doctor Zoe Hamilton
 * Rachel Blakely as Gina Belfanti
 * Don Bridges as Charlie Clarke
 * Marie Trevor as Lelia Clegg
 * Pauline Terry-Bietz as Beth McKinley
 * Neil Pigot as Inspector Russell Falcon-Price
 * Adam May as Ellis Corby
 * Peter Aanensen as Merv Poole
 * Kevin Harrington as Charlie McKinley
 * Kate Atkinson as Stacey Norse
 * Stuart Baker as "Richo"

In the episode, "Fool For Love", Jane Allsop guest starred. She impressed the producers so much that they would later invite her back to the show in a main role as Jo Parrish.

Reception
The 1997 Season was the highest rating for the show; was the number one show on Australian Television for that year: Averaging a mammoth 2,441,000 in the five cities for the year.

Two of the most popular episodes remain the two-parter "Gold" and "Fool's Gold", in which PJ and Maggie are trapped down a mine shaft and release their sexual tension.