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.

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 five finale - "Rotten Apple (Part 2)".

Paul Bishop began his playing his part of Ben Stewart before he actually became a permanent cast member in the episode "Nine Lives". William McInnes left the series because of lack of his storyline in the show and moving on to further projects.

Recurring

 * Peta Doodson as Inspector Monica Draper
 * Beth Buchanan as Susan Croydon
 * Michael Isaacs as Clancy Freeman
 * Suzi Dougherty as Dr. Mel Carter
 * Axl Taylor as Len the barman
 * Dennis Miller as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle
 * Stuart Baker as "Richo"
 * Reg Evans as Keith Purvis
 * Terry Gill as Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson
 * Karen Davitt as Dr. Zoe Hamilton
 * 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
 * Jeremy Kewley as Tony Timms
 * Kevin Harrington as Charlie McKinley
 * Catherine Wilkin as Sally Downie
 * Grant Piro as Tim Ryan

Guests

 * Shane Connor
 * James Condon
 * John Clayton
 * Maggie Dence
 * Peter O'Brien
 * Shaun Micallef
 * Ross Williams
 * Grant Piro
 * Val Lehman
 * Monica Maughan
 * Anne Phelan
 * Dennis Coard
 * Carol Burns
 * Sean Scully