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TV series

The Flying Doctors

1986 · 9 seasons · 221 episodes

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Synopsis

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.

About 184h 10m to watch every episode. An estimate: 221 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 50 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Maurie Fields
    Vic Buckley
    217 episodes

  • Lenore Smith
    Kate Wellings
    197 episodes

  • Robert Grubb
    Dr. Geoff Standish
    195 episodes

  • Val Jellay
    Nancy Buckley
    191 episodes

  • Liz Burch
    Dr. Chris Randall
    147 episodes

  • Rebecca Gibney
    (archive footage)
    119 episodes

  • George Kapiniaris
    (archive footage)
    112 episodes

  • Terry Gill
    Sgt. Carruthers
    105 episodes

  • Beverley Dunn
    Claire Bryant
    84 episodes

  • Andrew McFarlane
    Dr. Tom Callaghan
    81 episodes

  • Peter O'Brien
    Sam Patterson
    77 episodes

  • Christopher Stollery
    Johnno Johnson
    75 episodes

  • Brett Climo
    (archive footage)
    73 episodes

  • Vikki Blanche
    Prue Browning
    58 episodes

  • Nikki Coghill
    Sandra Wetherby
    56 episodes

  • David Reyne
    Russ Evans
    56 episodes

  • Pat Evison
    Violet Carnegie
    55 episodes

  • Bruce Barry
    George Baxter
    54 episodes

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