A Country Practice
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A Country Practice | |
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Release | 18 November 1981 5 November 1994 | –
A Country Practice is an Australian television
The show was produced at the
Many other fictional locations, including Dr. Terence Elliot's (Shane Porteous) medical practice, Frank and Shirley Gilroy's house Brian Wenzel and Lorrae Desmond, the Wandin Valley Church and Burrigan High School where filmed in the Hawkesbury.[1]
Several of the regular cast members became popular celebrities as a result of their roles in the series. It also featured a number of native Australian animals, particularly the iconic 'Fatso the
At the time of its cancellation, A Country Practice was the longest-running Australian TV drama; however, by the late 1990s, that record was surpassed by
Creation
A Country Practice creator and executive producer
Production
Format
Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the show's two 45 minute episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block. The storylines were meant to have a primary appeal to adult and older youthful audiences, and in particular they had greater appeal to children from middle-class backgrounds.[4] As it did not have the open ended narrative of a traditional soap opera, it was technically a "series".[5] Nevertheless, many storylines were developed as sub-plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's narrative block. Overall, the program "so emphasized the ongoing storylines of its major characters as to make the distinction between series and serial more or less meaningless".[5]
Cancellation and continuation
After the end of its run on the Seven Network, it was announced that the serial would be picked up by Network Ten with a mainly new cast and a few key cast members continuing from the Seven series. Unlike the Seven series which was produced in Sydney, the Network Ten series was produced in Melbourne with location shooting in Emerald, Victoria. The new series debuted in April 1994, but was not as successful and was abruptly cancelled in November. The series featured actors including Paul Gleason, Jane Hall, Vince Colosimo, Claudia Black and Laura Armstrong.
Cast
Main cast (Seven Network series) 1981–1993
NOTE: Actors highlighted in blue were original cast members. Note: Actors highlighted in yellow were retained in the series when switching from
Actor | Role | Episodes |
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Shane Porteous | Dr. Terence Elliot | (1981–1996), 986 episodes |
Brian Wenzel | Frank Gilroy | (1981–1993) |
Lorrae Desmond (MBE, AM) (Note:[6] | Nurse: Sister Shirley Dean/Gilroy | (1981–1992) 816 episodes. |
Joyce Jacobs | Esme Watson | (1981–1993), 805 episodes, Seven Network. Semi-regular cast member until episode 99 onwards (debuted in episode 1 as Norma). Retained to Network Ten 1994 series (30 episodes)
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Gordon Piper | Robert 'Bob' Hatfield | (1981–1992), 742 episodes (debuted in episode 3). Returned as guest character during season 12 |
Syd Heylen | Vernon 'Cookie' Locke | (1982–1992), 723 episodes (debuted in episode 14) Returned as guest character during season 12). |
Joan Sydney | Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloane | (1983–1990), 453 episodes, Seven Network. (Retained to Network Ten 1994 series after appearing in the Seven Network series finale (30 episodes)). Guest starred in the last episode of season 13.
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Shane Withington | Nurse Brendan Jones | (1981–1986), 367 episodes (debuted in episode 3) |
John Tarrant | Dr. Matthew 'Matt' Tyler (Vet) | (1988–1992), 349 episodes |
Grant Dodwell | Dr. Simon Bowen | (1981–1986), 332 episodes |
Penny Cook | Dr. Victoria "Vicki" Dean/Bowen (Vet) |
(1981–1985, returned as a guest in 1986, and the 1993 Seven Network series finale), 330 episodes. Guest starred in the last episode of season 13. |
Anne Tenney | Melissa 'Molly' Jones | (1981–1985), 299 episodes (debuted in episode 3) |
Georgie Parker | Nurse Lucy Gardner/Tyler | (1989–1992), 266 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Barbara Gottlieb in 1988) |
Josephine Mitchell | Josephine 'Jo' Loveday/Langley | (1985–1989), 254 episodes |
Diane Smith | Dr. Alex Fraser/Elliot | (1986–1989, returned as a guest in 1993), 246 episodes later guest during 1989 (had previously appeared in a guest role as Sharon Lyons in 1982) |
Maureen Edwards | Matron Rosemary Prior/Elliot | (1991–1993), 243 episodes (had previously appeared in guest roles as Yvonne McLean in 1983, and Katherine D'Angelo in 1990) |
Kate Raison | Cathy Hayden (National Park Ranger) | (1987–1990), 236 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Darlene McCoy in 1987) |
Andrew Blackman | Dr. Harry Morrison | (1991–1993), 236 episodes Network Ten series 1994 – 30 episodes)
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Michelle Pettigrove | Nurse Kate Bryant/Morrison | (1991–1993), 230 episodes Network Ten series 1 episode, 1994) (had previously appeared in a guest role as Mary O'Connor in 1988)
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Matt Day | Julian "Luke" Ross | (1989–1992), 227 episodes. Guest starred in the last episode of season 13. |
Wendy Strehlow | Sister Judy Loveday | (1981–1986), 216 episodes |
Nicholas Bufalo | Dr. Benjamin 'Ben' Green | (1985–1988), 206 episodes |
Kym Wilson | Darcy Hudson | (1991–1993), 183 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Leanne Baxter in 1989) |
Emily Nicol | Chloe Jones | (1983–1986), 174 epiosdes |
Michael Muntz | Dr. Chris Kourous | (1989–1991), 164 episodes |
Gavin Harrison | Hugo Szreclecki | (1992–1993), 161 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as J.J. Moffitt in 1987 and Mick O'Brian in 1990) |
Jon Concannon | Senior Constable/Sgt. Tom Newman | (1992–1993), 160 episodes |
Judith McGrath | Bernice Hudson | (1992–1993), 149 episodes. Guest starred in the last episode of season 13 |
Allan Penney | Perce Hudson | (1987–1993), 114 episodes (had previously appeared in guest roles as Arty Turner in 1981, Alf Trotter in 1982 and Alfred Hitchins in 1984). Appeared from time to time as a valley resident. Not credited until season 13 |
Anne Looby | Dr. Anna Lacey/Newman (Vet) | (1990, 1992–1993), 148 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Jennifer Rose in 1990) |
Helen Scott | Matron Marta Kurtez | (1981–1983), 126 episodes |
Brett Climo | Nurse Michael Langley | (1987–1989), 121 episodes (had previously appeared in guest roles as Barry Hall in 1982, and Sandy Hughes in 1984) |
Sophie Heathcote | Stephanie "Steve" Brennan | (1990–1991), 117 episodes |
Jamie Croft | Billy Moss | (1992–1993), 111 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Ashley Baker in 1991) |
Caroline Johansson | Nurse Donna Manning | (1986–1987), 98 episodes |
Mark Owen-Taylor | Peter Manning (Teacher) | (1986–1987), 88 episodes (returned in a guest role in 1987. |
Mary Regan | DN. Ann Brennan | (1990–1991), 85 episodes (had previously appeared in a guest role as Wendy Allen in 1989) |
Annie Davis | Kelly Shanahan (Reporter) | (1985–1986), 35 episodes |
Georgina Fisher | Jessica 'Jessie' Kouros | (1989–1991), 112 episodes |
Brian Moll | Councillor Alfred Muldoon | 1982–1992 |
Primary and recurring cast (Network Ten) 1994)
Only four of the original cast members from the Network Seven series were retained in the Network Ten re-launch: Joan Sydney, Joyce Jacobs, and Andrew Blackman, and Michelle Pettigrove.
Actor | Role | Episodes |
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Joan Sydney | Matron Maggie Morrison | |
Joyce Jacobs | Esme Watson | |
Andrew Blackman | Dr. Harry Morrison | |
Michelle Pettigrove | Kate Bryant | 1994 (episode 1) |
Paul Gleeson | Ian McIntyre | 30 episodes (appeared in the final 8 episodes of the Seven Network series) |
Claudia Black | Claire Bonacci | 30 episodes (appeared in the final 4 episodes of the Seven Network series) |
Vince Colosimo | Danny Sabatini | 30 episodes |
Jane Hall | Dr. Jess Morrison | 30 episodes |
Laura Armstrong | Georgie Wilkes | 30 episodes |
Katherine Murray | Fred Bates (Georgie's schoolfriend) | 10 episodes |
Alyce Platt | Sarah Wilkes (Georgie's mother) | 5 episodes |
Chris Lyons | Miles Ferdenbach (Georgie's schoolfriend) | 4 episodes |
Clarissa House | Dr. June Munroe | 2 episodes |
Episodes
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
Network Ten |
Setting and stories
The series followed the workings of a small hospital in the fictional
Highest rating episode
Other iconic storylines over its 12-year run include the wedding of Dr. Simon Bowen (Grant Dodwell) to local vet Vicki Dean (Penny Cook) in 1983, the death of nurse Donna Manning in a car crash in 1987, and the off-screen death of longtime resident Shirley Gilroy, played by original Lorrae Desmond in a plane crash in 1992.
Logie Awards
A Country Practice is the third most successful television program after Home and Away (1st) and Neighbours (2nd), at the Logie Awards, having won 29 awards during its twelve years of production.[8]
- Best Supporting Actor In A Series: Brian Wenzel
- Best Juvenile Performance: Jeremy Shadlow
- Most Popular Actor: Grant Dodwell
- NSW Most Popular Female: Penny Cook
- NSW Most Popular Show: A Country Practice
- Most Popular Drama Series: A Country Practice
- Best Supporting Actress In A Series: Lorrae Desmond
- Most Popular Lead Actor: Grant Dodwell
- Most Popular Lead Actress: Anne Tenney
- NSW Most Popular Male: Grant Dodwell
- NSW Most Popular Female: Penny Cook
- NSW Most Popular Show: A Country Practice
- Most Popular Drama Program: A Country Practice
- Best Lead Actor In A Series: Shane Withington
- Best Supporting Actress In A Series: Wendy Strehlow
- Most Popular Australian Actor: Grant Dodwell
- Most Popular Australian Actress: Anne Tenney
- NSW Most Popular Female: Anne Tenney
- NSW Most Popular Program: A Country Practice
- Most Popular Australian Drama: A Country Practice
- NSW Most Popular Program: A Country Practice
- NSW Most Popular Program: A Country Practice
- Most Outstanding Actress: Joan Sydney
- NSW Most Popular Program: A Country Practice
- Most Outstanding Actor: Shane Porteous
- Most Popular New Talent: Georgie Parker
- Most Popular Actress: Georgie Parker
- Most Popular Actress: Georgie Parker
- Most Popular Actress: Georgie Parker
Broadcast
A Country Practice originally aired on Seven Network Monday (Part 1) and Tuesday (Part 2) nights at 7:30. [citation needed] The unsuccessful 1994 Network 10 remake of the series aired originally at 7:30 on Wednesday nights, but then moved to 7:30 on Saturday nights a few weeks later. In late July, it moved to a low-rating timeslot of 5:30 Saturday evenings, directly against Channel Seven's Saturday AFL coverage.
Seven also aired repeats of the original series at 9:30 weekday mornings from 1995 to 2002.
Foxtel's Hallmark Channel broadcast the complete series twice (including the short-lived
In 2014, 7TWO ran repeats at 02:00 on weekday mornings.
International broadcasts
United Kingdom
The series also had a successful run on the ITV network in the United Kingdom. A Country Practice began on Wednesday, 27 October 1982 – less than a year after its debut on Seven Network in Australia.
Originally, the series was partially networked (similar in theory to
being the last to start in late 1989.Of the broadcast years covering 1982 through to 1989, all of the ITV regions began scheduling the program on a day and at a time of their own choice, but most generally continued with the weekly hour-long format. The slower pace of one weekly episode all year round (as opposed to two in Australia for ten months, Feb-Nov) meant that UK broadcasts quickly fell behind Australia, and the regions were all at vastly different points in the storyline by 1988 when the serial was put on hiatus in a handful of areas for a new Australian series, Richmond Hill, which took the Wednesday and Thursday afternoon 14:00 slot from October. When that series ended in August the following year, A Country Practice was resumed as its replacement (although some regions, such as Thames, TSW, TVS, and Granada, had continued to show it).
By around May 1990 (regions do vary), the ITV network decided to change how it broadcast episodes of A Country Practice. Each franchise adopted the method of editing each episode into two half-hour editions, which allowed the series to be stripped Monday to Friday, usually before, or after, the lunchtime edition of Home and Away. This half-hour format of airing the series had already been established by Yorkshire Television from October 1984, TVS from 1987, Thames from 1988, and due to the backlog of episodes now available, stripped half-hour editions could air uninterupted (except on bank holidays etc) and at an increased output of up to two and a half episodes each week. This format did however result in the curtailment of the full closing credits in certain regions from January 1994. Scottish Television was the only exception, and they chose various days and timeslots, but always screened A Country Practice in the original hour-long format.
A substantial amount were withdrawn from transmission by some regions as the content was considered unsuitable for daytime viewing and this inevitably led to considerable chunks of the story being skipped. Considered a daytime soap, A Country Practice was popular in the UK and achieved consolidated viewing figures of between 2–3 million. Some regions (HTV, Border, Grampian, TSW and Granada) moved the later episodes of the series to an early evening slot of 17.10–17.40.
ITV regional broadcasts
- Originally starting in 1982, Tyne Tees Televisionmerged with Yorkshire, a number of episodes were skipped. This was to allow an alignment of schedules for the two regions.
- After initially airing weekly hour-long episodes (usually on Wednesdays) from 1982, both TVS and Thames Television followed Yorkshire's example of showing half-hour episodes each week. TVS initially used 14:00-14:30 from 1987 before following Thames with the 12:30–13:00, Monday to Wednesday, slot, from 1988. In 1990, both of these regions adopted the 13:50–14:20 time, on various days and frequency.
- Network Tenversion, finally completing all the episodes on Friday, 31 July 1998.
- Scottish Television started broadcasting the series in 1983 and always aired A Country Practice as hour-long episodes. Throughout the 1980s the program moved about in time and day but was generally broadcast once a week in an afternoon slot. In January 1994, after (episode #486), it was dropped from the schedules for about 4 months until June. From episode 491 screened every weekday morning at 10:55 for the duration of the summer school holidays (around 6 weeks) until 2 September. It reverted to its old weekly Tuesday slot the following week. It was the dropped completely after episode #588, during 1996. Although the company took over Grampian Television, the series continued until the end, doing so by airing daily episodes during the summer of 1998.
- HTV started the series on Wednesday, 26 October 1983, broadcasting 1 hour episodes [most] Wednesdays, 14:00–14:55, until 1990, when the series moved to 15:25, Wednesday to Friday as replacement for Sons and Daughters in half-hour format for the first time on HTV. This briefly increased to Monday-Friday, but from September 1993, it's moved to earlier time, 13:50–14:20, and only twice weekly. In March 1994, it began airing in the early evening, 17:10–17:40. By the end of 1998, the series had been reduced again to being shown on Thursdays and Fridays only. From January to March 1999, the series was shown on Tuesday through to Friday until Friday 5 March 1999 when the final Channel Seven episode was reached. HTV were the last ITV region to complete the series (and did not show the short lived Channel 10 series).
- Anglia Televisionwas next to finish in 1997, and they then began a short repeat of the first 40 episodes.
- Border Televisionhad, by now, aligned with Granada's run of the series and followed their broadcast schedule.
- Westcountry Televisiontook over the regional franchise, and they moved the series to 17:10-17:40, until they concluded the series in 1997. Due to changes in their networking arrangements, Channel Television aligned with TVS broadcasts rather than TSW broadcasts from January 1986, meaning some episodes were skipped in the Channel Islands.
- Meridian Televisionon 1 January 1993 and the company continued to air A Country Practice. The original 7 Network series concluded in April 1997, and then Meridian immediately commenced the Network Ten series, with half-hour episodes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 12:55-13:25, until the last episode aired in September 1997.
- UTV dropped A Country Practice in early September 1998. At that particular point, UTV had been airing episodes only once a week - on Mondays - at 2:45pm, in a 30-minute slot. UTV had reached episodes from early 1993, season 13.
Satellite and Cable broadcasts
- In the mid-1980s, A Country Practice was a prime-time series on the pan-European satellite channel, "Sky Channel", twice weekly at 20:00, from April 1984, on Tuesday and Thursday. By August 1985, the series was being screened at 19:20 and 20:10, still on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and in 1986, it was screened at 20:00 again. By January 1988, it was broadcast on Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 20:25. When the Sky Channel was re-launched on the new Astra 1A satellite in February 1989, it became a UK-only service, and play-out facilities for Sky programmes were moved to the UK. Due to the ITV network having first-run rights to A Country Practice in the UK, and Sky Channel having overtaken the point where ITV were in the storyline, they weren't able to premiere new episodes before ITV - therefore, A Country Practice disappeared from the Sky schedule after four and a half years and was never resumed. For a brief period, later episodes were shown in 1997 on the cable channel Carlton Select.
Only the first 40 episodes have ever been repeated in the UK, in 1997, when ITV contractor,
European screenings
France
A Country Practice was named "À Coeur Ouvert". The series premiered on FR3 in 1989.
Germany
A Country Practice was named Das Buschkrankenhaus (The Country Hospital), and aired on
Italy
A Country Practice was named "Wandin Valley". Only 170 episodes were broadcast on local television stations in Italy, and the dub was made at TSI in Switzerland.
Ireland
Episode one debuted on
Norway
A Country Practice (called "Hverdagsliv") was broadcast on TV2 from the channel's inception in 1992 to 2000.
Africa
Kenya
A Country Practice was also transmitted on Kenyan Television (VoK now KBC) during the 1980s.
Zimbabwe
A Country Practice was broadcast on ZBC state television in the 1980s.
Oceania
New Zealand
A Country Practice was first transmitted on TV2 on the afternoon of Thursday 13 February 1986. It was shown once a week on Thursdays at 2.30pm before moving to twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm by 1987. By 1988, the series went back to once a week on Sundays at around 4pm, and by 1989 an additional episode was broadcast on Saturdays in the same timeslot. By 1990, A Country Practice screened on Channel 2 on Saturdays and Sundays at 5pm until it moved to TV One during the final months of 1991 replacing Fair Go, where it was shown once a week on Tuesdays at 7.30pm until the end of 1992.
North America
Canada
The entire series was broadcast by CBC Television outlet CBET in Windsor, Ontario. Two episodes were broadcast daily, Monday through Friday, starting in the late 1980s, until they were caught up to contemporary episodes in the early 1990s. Its inclusion on CBET's schedule was out of necessity to fill a television schedule: because Windsor stations cannot carry programming licensed for broadcast in the United States. Many Australian soap operas, A Country Practice among them, thus found loyal audiences in the Metro Detroit area, while they otherwise remain unknown in North America.
From 1991 to 1994, the show also aired on
ASN ceased carrying the show when specialty cable channel Showcase was launched on 1 January 1995, as they picked up A Country Practice for broadcast throughout Canada. It broadcast one episode daily, from Monday to Friday, and completed the entire series run (including the 30-episode Network Ten series) in June 1999. It began rebroadcasting the entire series on 28 June 1999, with promises that the entire series would be broadcast for those who missed the first airing. However, a single line of text scrolling across the bottom of the screen during 21 August 2000, episode announced that the show would be removed from the Showcase lineup as of Monday, 28 August 2000. According to the station's email autoresponse at the time, the decision was based on "declining viewership and a demand by viewers for more current programming". [citation needed]
Novel
Series writer Judith Colquhoun, who also wrote episodes for other Australian serials, Blue Heelers, Neighbours and Home and Away released a novel in 2015. Called New Beginnings, it is based on the early episodes of the series from 1981. This was followed up by two further novels from the same author, To Everything a Season and Silver Linings.
DVD release
In late 2005, MRA Entertainment announced they had obtained the rights to release the entire series on DVD. In 2008, Magna Pacific Pty Ltd bought out MRA Entertainment, with plans to release Series 6, however the rights were then acquired by Beyond Home Entertainment which then re-released the first 5 seasons in 2007–2008, followed by Season 6 in 2010.[11] On 27 May 2020 Via Vision Entertainment announced they would be releasing season 11 on DVD on 26 August 2020.
Episodes | Discs | Licensed to | Released | |
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Season 1 | 1–14 | 4 | MRA Entertainment | 3 April 2006 |
Season 2, Part 1 | 15–44 | 6 | MRA Entertainment | 3 April 2006 |
Season 2, Part 2 | 45–106 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 3, Part 1 | 107–148 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 3, Part 2 | 149–190 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 11 July 2007 |
Season 4, Part 1 | 191–236 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 14 November 2007 |
Season 4, Part 2 | 237–280 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 14 November 2007 |
Season 5, Part 1 | 281–318 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 23 April 2008 |
Season 5, Part 2 | 319–356 | 12 | MRA Entertainment | 23 April 2008 |
Season 6, Part 1 | 357–400 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 7 April 2010 |
Season 6, Part 2 | 401–444 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 9 June 2010 |
Season 1 | 1–14 | 4 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 2 Part 1 | 15–44 | 6 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 2 Part 2 | 45–106 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 3 Part 1 | 107–148 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 3 Part 2 | 149–190 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 11 April 2007 |
Season 4 Part 1 | 191–236 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 14 November 2007 |
Season 4 Part 2 | 237–280 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 14 November 2007 |
Season 5 Part 1 | 281–318 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 16 April 2008 |
Season 5 Part 2 | 319–356 | 12 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 16 April 2008 |
Season 7, Part 1 | 445–488 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 5 October 2011 |
Season 7, Part 2 | 489–532 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 5 October 2011 |
The Early Years: Seasons 1–6 | 1–444 | 116 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 1 May 2013 |
Season 8, Part 1 | 533–576 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 2 January 2014 |
Season 8, Part 2 | 577–622 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 2 January 2014 |
Season 9, Part 1 | 623–666 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 5 March 2014 |
Season 9, Part 2 | 667–706 | 10 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 5 March 2014 |
Season 10, Part 1 | 707–750 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 28 April 2014 |
Season 10, Part 2 | 751–792 | 11 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 28 April 2014 |
The Middle Years: Seasons 7–10 | 445–792 | 87 | Beyond Home Entertainment | 28 April 2014 |
Season 11 | 793–882 | 22 | Via Vision Entertainment | 26 August 2020 |
Season 12 | 883–968 | 22 | Via Vision Entertainment | 21 October 2020 |
Season 13 | 969–1058 | 23 | Via Vision Entertainment | 2 December 2020 |
Season 14 | 1–30 | 8 | Via Vision Entertainment | 6 January 2021 |
Collection One | 1–148 | 34 | Via Vision Entertainment | 17 March 2021[12] |
Collection Two | 149–280 | 34 | Via Vision Entertainment | 21 April 2021 |
Collection Three | 281–400 | 35 | Via Vision Entertainment | 19 May 2021 |
Collection Four | 401–532 | 33 | Via Vision Entertainment | 21 July 2021 |
Collection Five | 533–666 | 34 | Via Vision Entertainment | 18 August 2021 |
Collection Six | 667–792 | 32 | Via Vision Entertainment | 22 September 2021 |
Collection Seven | 793–968 | 44 | Via Vision Entertainment | 6 April 2022 |
7plus streaming service
As of January 2021 Channel 7's streaming service 7plus has made Seasons 1-14 available.
Title | Format | Episodes # | Release Date | Streaming Status | Special Features | Distributors |
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A Country Practice (Season 1) | Streaming | Episodes 14 | 20 March 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 2) | Streaming | Episodes 93 | 20 March 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 3) | Streaming | Episodes 84 | 7 April 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 4) | Streaming | Episodes 90 | 14 May 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 5) | Streaming | Episodes 76 | 11 June 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 6) | Streaming | Episodes 88 | 9 July 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 7) | Streaming | Episodes 88 | 6 August 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 8) | Streaming | Episodes 90 | 3 September 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 9) | Streaming | Episodes 84 | 1 October 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 10) | Streaming | Episodes 86 | 29 October 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 11) | Streaming | Episodes 90 | 26 November 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 12) | Streaming | Episodes 86 | 15 December 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 13) | Streaming | Episodes 90 | 30 December 2020 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
A Country Practice (Season 14) | Streaming | Episodes 30 | 24 February 2021 | Currently Streaming | None | 7plus |
See also
References
- ^ "The Wonders of Wandin Valley".
- ^ baybee. "A Country Practice (TV Series 1981–1993)". IMDb.
- ^ "Mr James Edmund Davern". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ISBN 0-642-87073-X
- ^ ISBN 1-86508-014-4p 127
- Gold Logie
- TheGuardian.com. 6 February 2020.
- ^ "TV Week Logie Awards – Past Winners". Yahoo!7 TV.
- ^ Das Buschkrankenhaus – fernsehserien.de
- ^ "RTÉ TV Listings 1981 – 1996". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "A Country Practice – Full Episode DVD Box Sets". www.acountrypractice.com. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "A Country Practice - Collection 1 - DVD". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
External links
- Encyclopedia of Television.
- A Country Practice (Seven Network) at IMDb.
- A Country Practice (Network Ten) at IMDb.
- A Country Practice at the National Film and Sound Archive.
- "Holding the Mirror Up to Wendy" – Interview with Wendy Strehlow (2014)
- "Calm Life Mind" – Interview with Gavin Harrison (2015)