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A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a

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Season 1

8.1/1018 votes
In General Practice (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/1981
Mystery surrounds an obviously wealthy, pregnant woman who arrives at the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital in the last stages of labour.
Director: Chris Thomson
Writer: James Davern
9.0/1015 votes
In General Practice (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/19/1981
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.
Director: Chris Thomson
Writer: James Davern
8.9/1012 votes
Town Tragedy (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/1981
A very serious accident upsets the townsfolk leaving questions unanswered, and Dr. Elliott battles for the survival of one of the injured.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.7/1011 votes
Town Tragedy (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1981
Questions arise about the tragic incident and Dr. Elliott and nurse Shirley Dean work to protect Andy MacKay from the small town gossip.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Itinerants (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1981
Doctor Elliott fights to save the life of a sick child, against opposition from the childs frightened mother.
Director: Mandy Smith
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Itinerants (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.8/108 votes
They Shoot Cows? (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.8/108 votes
They Shoot Cows? (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/108 votes
Coming Home (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.6/108 votes
Coming Home (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.4/108 votes
Secrets (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/1981
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.6/108 votes
Secrets (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1981
Dr Bowen fights to make the town's stubborn bus driver see how he can endanger the lives of passengers with his illness.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/108 votes
Alternatives (1)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1981
Molly's glamorous model friend comes to stay, driving Brendan crazy and causing Vicki Dean some jealous moments.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
8.0/108 votes
Alternatives (2)
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1981
Dr. Elliot faces a threat of his past being revealed when he takes the side of alternative medicine for a dying child.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Golden Fleece (1)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Golden Fleece (2)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Teamwork (1)
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Teamwork (2)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1982
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Suffer Children (1)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/19/1982
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Suffer Children (2)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/20/1982
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Mates (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/26/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Mates (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/27/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Agrophobic Sons & Other Lovers (1)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/2/1982
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.
Director: Mandy Smith
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Agrophobic Sons & Other Lovers (2)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/3/1982
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.
Director: Mandy Smith
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Know Where She's Gone (1)
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/9/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
I Know Where She's Gone (2)
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/10/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
No Apparent Reason (1)
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 8/10/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
No Apparent Reason (2)
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 8/11/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Second Deadly Sin (1)
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 9/7/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Second Deadly Sin (2)
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 9/8/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Seeds of Discontent (1)
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 9/14/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Seeds of Discontent (2)
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 9/15/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Sign of Affection (1)
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 9/21/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Sign of Affection (2)
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 9/22/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Field of Thunder (1)
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 9/28/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Field of Thunder (2)
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 9/29/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Push (1)
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 10/5/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
The Push (2)
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 10/6/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Acts of Kindness (1)
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 10/12/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Acts of Kindness (2)
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 10/13/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Human Reaction (1)
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 10/19/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
A Human Reaction (2)
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 10/20/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Show Down (1)
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 10/26/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Show Down (2)
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 10/27/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Pie in the Sky (1)
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 11/2/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Pie in the Sky (2)
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 11/3/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Stirring the Possum (1)
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 11/9/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Stirring the Possum (2)
Season 1 Episode 48 - Aired 11/10/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Cup Fever (1)
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 11/16/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Cup Fever (2)
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 11/17/1982
No description available
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown