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The Flying Doctors : Season 7
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Air date: 25 Aug '92 - 20 episodesThe 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...
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List of Episodes (20)
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1. Luck Of The Draw
25 Aug '92Johnno Johnson, the new Flying Doctor pilot, arrives in the Crossing and immediately finds himself tested. Ex miner Les is convinced he has contracted asbestosis as a result of his work down the mines. Les has a compensation claim in with the mining company and, as he believes he is going to die, plans to give the money to Matt who is keen to become a pilot. However when Les learns the truth about his health and discovers the mining company will not pay out, Matt steals Johnno's plane.
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2. Trouble With M.E.
01 Sep '92
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3. The Accomplice
08 Sep '92
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4. Blind Obsession
15 Sep '92
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5. A rural education
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6. Visionaries
29 Sep '92
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7. Brother’s keeper
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8. Wilderness
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9. Valentine’s day
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10. A little tenderness
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11. Poet’s corner
26 Sep '90An alcoholic poet suffering with writer's block shows up in town and causes trouble by his decision to turn to plagiarism.
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12. Family farm
03 Oct '90A tense situation develops in town after a distraught man, burdened by his failure to provide for his family, takes two hostages.
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13. A place to belong
10 Oct '90A young German doctor arrives in Cooper's Crossing and is soon needed to help out in an emergency.
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14. Breakaway
17 Oct '90A young mother attempts to escape from her manic depressive boyfriend by running away to Cooper's Crossing.
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15. Billie and Pete
24 Oct '90Geoff runs into a couple of people from his past, ex-jazz singer Billie Sorenson and her one-time pianist Pete.
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16. Old man’s weed
31 Oct '90Magda and Kate attempt to persuade an aborigine girl's father to let her have an operation to save her from a brain tumour.
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17. David and Goliath
07 Nov '90David attempts to help a man who has his leg trapped. Back at the hospital David also notices a lump on the man's chest which he wants tested and removed.
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18. Last carnival
21 Nov '90Annie gives treatment to a boy who works on a carnival and they soon develop a strong rapport.
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19. Innocence lost
28 Nov '90Kate and Geoff attempt to help a girl who has been raped. She isn't saying much and refuses to say who did it. Annie goes on a date with Ted Patterson.
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20. Bush Christmas
05 Dec '90Vic and Nancy are getting ready for Christmas.
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