A Country Practice

A Country Practice

1981
★★★☆☆ 5.6/10
📺 13 Seasons
🎬 1010 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 48 min/episode
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A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. After its lengthy run on the seven network it was picked up by network ten with a mainly new cast from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes, although the ten series was not as successful as its predecessor . The Channel Seven series was also filmed on location in Pitt Town, while, the Channel Ten series was filmed on location in Emerald, Victoria.

Seasons

Season 1
1981 • 50 Episodes
A pregnant woman from out of town admits herself to Wandin Valley Hospital with signs of foetal distress. Despite his reluctance, Terence is forced to operate when another doctor is unable to reach the town in time. Delivering a baby girl, the hospital staff are surprised by Mrs Myers' disinterest and apathy toward her daughter, whom she says is ""not mine"". Meanwhile, Simon has to refuse local girl Jenny Secombe's request for the birth control pill. At fifteen, Jenny needs parental consent to obtain the pill, but is afraid to ask her father. Shirley finds she is receiving unwanted attention from the recently widowed Frank Gilroy, while Simon continues to pursue Vicky, despite her insistence that they remain friends.
Season 2
1982 • 92 Episodes
Season 3
1983 • 84 Episodes
Season 4
TBA • 90 Episodes
Season 4 of A Country Practice premiered on January 31, 1984.
Season 5
TBA • 84 Episodes
Maggie informs Bob that she will be making alternative living arrangements, which Bob takes as a personal insult. An attractive female doctor arrives at the clinic to help while Terence is away. Shirley is involved in a bad car accident, and Simon decides it's time he and Vicky took a holiday.
Season 6
1986 • 88 Episodes
Kelly and Cookie think up a fund-raising idea for the club and decide on a darts competition. Matron Sloane and Shirley are set to challenge each other at the darts competition.
Season 7
1987 • 88 Episodes
Jo is saddened to learn her mother has moved away and left no forwarding address. Donna and Jo travel to Rottnest Island and see the native Quokka firsthand.
Season 9
TBA • 86 Episodes
A Chilean refugee tries to make a new life for himself in Wandin Valley, but ghosts of his past come back to haunt him.
Season 10
TBA • 90 Episodes
Season 11
1992 • 86 Episodes
Season 12
1993 • 90 Episodes
Season 13
1994 • 30 Episodes

Network

10, Seven Network

Production

JNP Productions

Keywords

medical drama