Episode guide
A Country Practice: Season 1
50 episodes · first aired Nov 18, 1981
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 13 Alternatives (1) Dec 30, 1981 Molly's glamorous model friend comes to stay, driving Brendan crazy and causing Vicki Dean some jealous moments.
- 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.
- 15 Golden Fleece (1) Jan 5, 1982
- 16 Golden Fleece (2) Jan 6, 1982
- 17 Teamwork (1) Jan 12, 1982
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 21 Mates (1) Jan 26, 1982
- 22 Mates (2) Jan 27, 1982
- 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…
- 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…
- 25 I Know Where She's Gone (1) Feb 9, 1982
- 26 I Know Where She's Gone (2) Feb 10, 1982
- 27 No Apparent Reason (1) Aug 10, 1982
- 28 No Apparent Reason (2) Aug 11, 1982
- 29 The Second Deadly Sin (1) Sep 7, 1982
- 30 The Second Deadly Sin (2) Sep 8, 1982
- 31 The Seeds of Discontent (1) Sep 14, 1982
- 32 The Seeds of Discontent (2) Sep 15, 1982
- 33 Sign of Affection (1) Sep 21, 1982
- 34 Sign of Affection (2) Sep 22, 1982
- 35 Field of Thunder (1) Sep 28, 1982
- 36 Field of Thunder (2) Sep 29, 1982
- 37 The Push (1) Oct 5, 1982
- 38 The Push (2) Oct 6, 1982
- 39 Acts of Kindness (1) Oct 12, 1982
- 40 Acts of Kindness (2) Oct 13, 1982
- 41 A Human Reaction (1) Oct 19, 1982
- 42 A Human Reaction (2) Oct 20, 1982
- 43 Show Down (1) Oct 26, 1982
- 44 Show Down (2) Oct 27, 1982
- 45 Pie in the Sky (1) Nov 2, 1982
- 46 Pie in the Sky (2) Nov 3, 1982
- 47 Stirring the Possum (1) Nov 9, 1982
- 48 Stirring the Possum (2) Nov 10, 1982
- 49 Cup Fever (1) Nov 16, 1982
- 50 Cup Fever (2) Nov 17, 1982