Episode guide
A Country Practice: Season 7
88 episodes · premiered Jan 5, 1987
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- Episode 1: Rocking the Boat (Part 1) Jan 5, 1987 · 46m 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.
- Episode 2: Rocking the Boat (Part 2) Jan 6, 1987
- Episode 3: Bitter Sweet (Part 1) 47m Frank and Shirley travel to the United States to see Vicky, Simon and the twins. Ben is victimised by irate farmers when he announces that the whole milk supply of the Valley will have to…
- Episode 4: Bitter Sweet (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 5: One With the Lot (Part 1) 47m The wife of a roadhouse owner has a late pregnancy with a fifty-fifty chance that the child will be malformed. Kenny Mitchell is employed at the roadhouse behind the counter, with his…
- Episode 6: One With the Lot (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 7: Caught in the Act (Part 1) 45m There's a burglar on the loose in Wandin Valley. Esme is among the victims, and Sally is finding it a difficult case to solve. Laura breaks down and tells her mother why she is so upset…
- Episode 8: Caught in the Act (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 9: No Place for a Lady (Part 1) 46m Wandin Valley battens down the hatches and prepares for Big Jules's annual visit. Sally, sick of being treated as a secretary instead of a policewoman, files an official complaint against…
- Episode 10: No Place for a Lady (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 11: Tall in the Saddle (Part 1) 46m Shirley convinces Jo to audition for a television commercial. Jo prepares to make her television debut while Frank acts the nervous "stage mother".
- Episode 12: Tall in the Saddle (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 13: Times are a Changing (Part 1) 47m When the school principal decides to bring some "good old-fashioned discipline" back to Burrigan High, the students rebel and Jo organises a protest. Jo is elected president of the new…
- Episode 14: Times are a Changing (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 15: Foul Play (Part 1) 46m Jo is booked to do a TV commercial for fresh chickens but her excitement turns to horror when she sees the conditions at the farm. There is an outbreak of Asian flu in the Valley and it…
- Episode 16: Foul Play (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 17: Hit and Run (Part 1) 46m Peter takes pity on a teenage runaway and lets him stay at Camelot, much to Ben and Donna's dismay. Peter is devastated when he realises that Stewart was just stringing him along.
- Episode 18: Hit and Run (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 19: Odds On (Part 1) 46m Esme is bitten by the gambling bug when Cookie installs a new poker machine in the club. Peter's life hangs in the balance when he suffers a severe allergic reaction.
- Episode 20: Odds On (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 21: Lost for Words (Part 1) 46m Peter and Alex organise a romantic weekend away in Sydney but it does not go according to plan. Donna is shattered when she learns that Matt has bone cancer.
- Episode 22: Lost for Words (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 23: Creative Play (Part 1) 47m Donna finds her nursing skills challenged and ends up resigning after a battle with a middle-age valium addict. When Peter catches Penny and George in Alex's house, they decide to get back…
- Episode 24: Creative Play (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 25: Outsiders (Part 1) 46m Jo and Ben visit a rundown farm and suspect something is amiss. Hilda Arrowsmith arrives at Wandin Valley Hospital – she's the new acting matron!
- Episode 26: Outsiders (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 27: A Nice Girl Like You (Part 1) 47m Adam Campbell takes a fancy to Jo and invites her to a party at his house. After they get into an accident, leaving Jo in a coma with possible brain damage, Frank is determined to find out…
- Episode 28: A Nice Girl Like You (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 29: Home and Away (Part 1) 46m Alex suspects a case of child abuse. Esme is jealous when Cookie shows interest in the matron. Jo checks out of hospital after her recovery and helps reunite a family.
- Episode 30: Home and Away (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 31: Love Story (Part 1) 46m Peter tries to find the right moment to pop the question to Alex, but she's too busy battling a case of hay fever. Terence blows his stack when a patient's life is threatened due to Matron…
- Episode 32: Love Story (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 33: Best Laid Plans (Part 1) 46m The Wandin Valley residents band together to prevent the closure of the hospital. Matron Sloan arrives back in Wandin Valley with the hope of saving the hospital.
- Episode 34: Best Laid Plans (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 35: My Brother's Keeper (Part 1) 47m Jo's school friend Fiona is fed up of having to look after her little brother Jimmy. Fiona runs to Jo and the Gilroys for comfort when her mother turns on her and blames her for Jimmy's…
- Episode 36: My Brother's Keeper (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 37: Book By It's Cover (Part 1) 47m When Peter allows his students to choose a book for their open book review, their choice causes him nothing but trouble. A diabetic boy bluffs his way into hospital to escape his…
- Episode 38: Book By It's Cover (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 39: The Lie of the Land (Part 1) 47m The new ranger, Cathy Hayden, has trouble coping with the attitudes of the locals and her willful grandfather. Peter goes to work on the Hayden farm and Alex begins to worry about the man…
- Episode 40: The Lie of the Land (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 41: Ghost of a Chance (Part 1) 47m Alex picks up a young hitch-hiker and blames herself when the girl dies after being in a road accident. Alex gets too involved in the case of a newborn baby who is going through heroin…
- Episode 42: Ghost of a Chance (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 43: The Right Mix (Part 1) 47m A hard-headed journalist comes to the Valley to interview Cathy for a story on a "day in the life of a ranger". Alex and Peter's relationship is in trouble and the arrival of Peter's old…
- Episode 44: The Right Mix (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 45: Keep on Truckin' (Part 1) 46m Alex waits for Peter to make up his mind about Walter Hopwood's job offer. Peter tells Alex of his decision, and now it's time for Alex to do some thinking.
- Episode 46: Keep on Truckin' (Part 2) 48m
- Episode 47: Nobody's Perfect (Part 1) Jun 29, 1987 · 46m Donna's Aunt Sally comes to visit and Donna and Cathy see a chance to do a little matchmaking. Jack and Sally find they've got a lot in common and Jo becomes the star of a Japanese shampoo…
- Episode 48: Nobody's Perfect (Part 2) Jun 30, 1987 · 47m
- Episode 49: Things of Value (Part 1) 46m Frank has a special present in mind for his and Shirley's fifth wedding anniversary. Jo tries to do something special for the Gilroys and ends up getting lectured instead.
- Episode 50: Things of Value (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 51: Walking on Air (Part 1) 47m Kenny Mitchell starts work at the hospital and befriends a young girl with a crippling disease. Bob and Cookie advertise for a housemate and are delighted with the response.
- Episode 52: Walking on Air (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 53: Walking on Air (Part 3) 47m Terence goes on a health kick, but Alex is concerned that he's overdoing it. Kenny starts making plans for his future with Samantha.
- Episode 54: Walking on Air (Part 4) 46m
- Episode 55: Carnival is Over (Part 1) 46m Cookie meets up with a couple of old circus performers and their sick lion. Two circus clowns decide to do one last show for the children of Wandin Valley Hospital.
- Episode 56: Carnival is Over (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 57: Birds of Prey (Part 1) 47m The local farmers are up in arms over plans to release a wedgetail eagle in the national park. It's Donna to the rescue when a farmer threatens the life of an innocent animal.
- Episode 58: Birds of Prey (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 59: Intensive Care (Part 1) 47m Terence transfers a brain dead girl to Wandin Valley Hospital in the hope that her father will agree to turn off the life support system. A father is unable to come to terms with the fact…
- Episode 60: Intensive Care (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 61: Mozart Rules (Part 1) Aug 17, 1987 · 47m Donna organizes a surprise party for Ben to celebrate Mozart's birthday. A serious car accident has tragic consequences for the folk of Wandin Valley.
- Episode 62: Mozart Rules (Part 2) Aug 18, 1987 · 47m
- Episode 63: Picking Up the Pieces (Part 1) 46m Frank Gilroy senses that there was more to the accident than meets the eye. Penny refuses to accept that her father is dead and the town pulls together for a fund raising dance-a-thon.
- Episode 64: Picking Up the Pieces (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 65: Down to Earth (Part 1) 46m Terence puts his vineyard up for sale and ends up regretting his actions. Jo and Frank are at loggerheads because the seargent is refusing to let Jo anywhere near her new car.
- Episode 66: Down to Earth (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 67: Not Enough Cooks (Part 1) 46m A selfish, ageing model checks into the hospital and learns a few lessons about life from Jo. Councillor Muldoon causes even more problems for the hospital when he tries his hand at…
- Episode 68: Not Enough Cooks (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 69: Someone to Listen (Part 1) 46m A mother suspects that the problems she's having with her teenage son could be caused by more than just a generation gap. Terence tries to help a mentally ill boy but his efforts are in…
- Episode 70: Someone to Listen (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 71: A Different Breed (Part 1) 47m The local farmers are angry about the abundance of wild pigs in the national park and they blame Cathy for the damage to their crops. Jack Hayden takes a turn for the worse in hospital and…
- Episode 72: A Different Breed (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 73: Going for Broke (Part 1) 46m A new nurse has an unusual introduction to Wandin Valley. Jack, realising he has little time left, decides to take care of some unfinished business.
- Episode 74: Going for Broke (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 75: What's Love Got To Do With It (Part 1) 47m A couple of thieves cause trouble for Frank. Cathy arranges a reunion between Jack and his long lost son. Penny is having trouble coping with her new life and Alex is having problems of…
- Episode 76: What's Love Got To Do With It (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 77: Labour of Love (Part 1) 47m A hot shot city trained nursing sister arrives in Wandin Valley. Esme is admitted to hospital and is convinced that she is going to die.
- Episode 78: Labour of Love (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 79: Playing Possum (Part 1) 47m Cathy can't believe her luck when she hires a new farmhand, but she is in for a few surprises. Danno, Cathy's new farmhand, goes missing, and Shirley's mysterious caller pays a visit.
- Episode 80: Playing Possum (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 81: The Last Straw (Part 1) 47m A farmer and his wife struggle to come to terms with losing their farm. A man desperate to save his farm resorts to using a shotgun. Bob and Cookie fix Jo up with a "hot" date.
- Episode 82: The Last Straw (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 83: All in the Game (Part 1) 47m Football fever grips Wandin Valley when the "Wombats" take on Widjeera. Michael tries out for the team, much to Matron Sloan's disgust. Shirley feels the burden of being a policeman's wife…
- Episode 84: All in the game (Part 2) 47m
- Episode 85: Licensed to Kill (Part 1) 46m Terence is named as Wandin Valley's Citizen of the Year. Michael's offer to help Jo study for her driving test has unexpected consequences. Tempers flare over Cathy Hayden's decision to…
- Episode 86: Licensed to Kill (Part 2) 46m
- Episode 87: Licensed to Kill (Part 3) 47m Wandin Valley is invaded by gun-toting hunters as the annual duck season gets underway. A shooting accident tears a family apart. Penny tries a little matchmaking between her two favourite…
- Episode 88: Licensed to Kill (Part 4) 46m