A Country Practice
Season 1
198150 episodes
Episode 1
In General Practice (1)
Nov 18, 1981
Mystery surrounds an obviously wealthy, pregnant woman who arrives at the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital in the last stages of labour.
Episode 2
In General Practice (2)
Nov 19, 1981
Dr Simon Bowen refuses to prescribe the contraceptive pill to a fifteen year old girl without her father's permission. The girl is torn between her father and her insistent boyfriend.
Episode 3
Town Tragedy (1)
Nov 25, 1981
A very serious accident upsets the townsfolk leaving questions unanswered, and Dr. Elliott battles for the survival of one of the injured.
Episode 4
Town Tragedy (2)
Nov 26, 1981
Questions arise about the tragic incident and Dr. Elliott and nurse Shirley Dean work to protect Andy MacKay from the small town gossip.
Episode 5
The Itinerants (1)
Dec 2, 1981
Doctor Elliott fights to save the life of a sick child, against opposition from the childs frightened mother.
Episode 6
The Itinerants (2)
Dec 3, 1981
Brendan battles with a stubborn angry patient, and Molly goes to the Sales yard to buy a dog, and ends up with something completely different.
Episode 7
They Shoot Cows? (1)
Dec 9, 1981
Brendan battles with a stubborn angry patient, and Molly goes to the Sales yard to buy a dog, and ends up with something completely different.
Episode 8
They Shoot Cows? (2)
Dec 10, 1981
There's a fire in the Wandin Valley Community Hospital, and Brendan Jones finds out who caused it. Simon Bowen has to make a decision about the right and wrong of shortening a life.
Episode 9
Coming Home (1)
Dec 16, 1981
Dr. Elliott gets up to mischief with an old boy of the Valley and gives Sgt. Gilroy a few headaches. Dr. Bowen finds a companion although not quite what he was looking for.
Episode 10
Coming Home (2)
Dec 17, 1981
Matron Kertesz takes over as District Nurse and has to care for a young man recently crippled and struggles between her profession and her emotions.
Episode 11
Secrets (1)
Dec 23, 1981
Shirley Dean is involved in an accident and makes police work very difficult for Sgt. Gilroy. Nurse Brendan Jones saves the life of a young asthmatic.
Episode 12
Secrets (2)
Dec 24, 1981
Dr Bowen fights to make the town's stubborn bus driver see how he can endanger the lives of passengers with his illness.
Episode 13
Alternatives (1)
Dec 30, 1981
Molly's glamorous model friend comes to stay, driving Brendan crazy and causing Vicki Dean some jealous moments.
Episode 14
Alternatives (2)
Dec 31, 1981
Dr. Elliot faces a threat of his past being revealed when he takes the side of alternative medicine for a dying child.
Episode 15
Golden Fleece (1)
Jan 5, 1982
Episode 16
Golden Fleece (2)
Jan 6, 1982
Episode 17
Teamwork (1)
Jan 12, 1982
Episode 18
Teamwork (2)
Jan 13, 1982
The team at the hospital - with the help of Shirley, Frank, Vicky, and Robert Bowen - work together to treat the passengers of the bus accident. Molly confronts the bank manager about her loan. After burning his hands at the accident scene, Frank moves in with Shirley and Vicky so that Shirley can take care of him. Robert expresses some reserved praise for Simon.
Episode 19
Suffer Children (1)
Jan 19, 1982
Vicky secures a high-profile job treating a Yarraman colt trained by Neil Stephens, but worries that Stephens is excessively pushing his reluctant daughter Robin into constant showjumping training. Meanwhile, Terence becomes concerned about Neil's wife Jill, who requests that Terence sterilize her. Simon suspects that a young girl is being physically abused by her father. Molly decides to go into business breeding turkeys. Marta spends an evening at Terence's vineyard with Alex Popovich. Shirley helps Frank work on his article for the Horticultural Society.
Episode 20
Suffer Children (2)
Jan 20, 1982
After Robin is admitted to hospital as the result of her horse-riding accident, Simon searches for the truth about the previous injuries - which were treated by Terence - that become apparent on her X-rays. Molly decides to start business as a yabbi farmer. Marta's friendship with Alex continues to deepen, with Alex gifting her with a wood-carving of The General. Shirley's attempts to get Frank to move back into his own house with a farewell dinner backfire.
Episode 21
Mates (1)
Jan 26, 1982
Episode 22
Mates (2)
Jan 27, 1982
Episode 23
Agrophobic Sons & Other Lovers (1)
Feb 2, 1982
Terence comes to the aid of a woman suffering from agoraphobia. Molly assists at the veterinary practice when Vicky falls ill, while Simon uses this as an opportunity to get closer to her. A three-year-old child is treated by the team after falling off a moving plough. Shirley continues to replace her craving for cigarettes with food. Marta learns that the Hospital Workers' Union has advised workers to strike for a pay rise, leaving only the medical staff to run the hospital.
Episode 24
Agrophobic Sons & Other Lovers (2)
Feb 3, 1982
Shirley, Molly, and Vicky assist at the hospital during the strike. Simon performs his first operation in the valley on Kathy Pieri. However, what is at first thought to be an appendicitis turns out to be something quite different. Terence worries that problems at home may be the cause of Brett Morgan's anxiety and inability to study or sleep. Vicky becomes upset when Terence refers to his wife in Sydney.
Episode 25
I Know Where She's Gone (1)
Feb 9, 1982
Episode 26
I Know Where She's Gone (2)
Feb 10, 1982
Episode 27
No Apparent Reason (1)
Aug 10, 1982
Episode 28
No Apparent Reason (2)
Aug 11, 1982
Episode 29
The Second Deadly Sin (1)
Sep 7, 1982
Episode 30
The Second Deadly Sin (2)
Sep 8, 1982
Episode 31
The Seeds of Discontent (1)
Sep 14, 1982
Episode 32
The Seeds of Discontent (2)
Sep 15, 1982
Episode 33
Sign of Affection (1)
Sep 21, 1982
Episode 34
Sign of Affection (2)
Sep 22, 1982
Episode 35
Field of Thunder (1)
Sep 28, 1982
Episode 36
Field of Thunder (2)
Sep 29, 1982
Episode 37
The Push (1)
Oct 5, 1982
Episode 38
The Push (2)
Oct 6, 1982
Episode 39
Acts of Kindness (1)
Oct 12, 1982
Episode 40
Acts of Kindness (2)
Oct 13, 1982
Episode 41
A Human Reaction (1)
Oct 19, 1982
Episode 42
A Human Reaction (2)
Oct 20, 1982
Episode 43
Show Down (1)
Oct 26, 1982
Episode 44
Show Down (2)
Oct 27, 1982
Episode 45
Pie in the Sky (1)
Nov 2, 1982
Episode 46
Pie in the Sky (2)
Nov 3, 1982
Episode 47
Stirring the Possum (1)
Nov 9, 1982
Episode 48
Stirring the Possum (2)
Nov 10, 1982
Episode 49
Cup Fever (1)
Nov 16, 1982
Episode 50
Cup Fever (2)
Nov 17, 1982