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The Flying Doctors

  • TV series
  • 1986
  • 9 seasons
  • 221 episodes

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Overview

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.

Roughly 184h 10m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 221 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 50 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Maurie Fields

    Maurie FieldsVic Buckley
    217 episodes

  • Lenore Smith

    Lenore SmithKate Standish
    197 episodes

  • Robert Grubb

    Robert GrubbDr. Geoff Standish
    195 episodes

  • Val Jellay

    Val JellayNancy Buckley
    191 episodes

  • Liz Burch

    Liz Burch(archive footage)
    147 episodes

  • Rebecca Gibney

    Rebecca Gibney(archive footage)
    119 episodes

  • George Kapiniaris

    George KapiniarisD.J.
    112 episodes

  • Terry Gill

    Terry GillSgt. Carruthers
    105 episodes

  • Beverley DunnClaire Bryant
    84 episodes

  • Andrew McFarlane

    Andrew McFarlane(archive footage)
    81 episodes

  • Peter O'Brien

    Peter O'BrienSam Patterson
    77 episodes

  • Christopher Stollery

    Christopher StolleryJohnno Johnson
    75 episodes

  • Brett Climo

    Brett ClimoDr. David Ratcliffe
    73 episodes

  • Vikki Blanche(archive footage)
    58 episodes

  • Nikki Coghill

    Nikki CoghillSr. Jackie Crane
    56 episodes

  • David Reyne

    David ReyneRuss Evans
    56 episodes

  • Pat Evison

    Pat EvisonViolet Carnegie
    55 episodes

  • Bruce Barry

    Bruce BarryGeorge Baxter
    54 episodes

Network
Nine Network

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