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The Flying Doctors : Season 6
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Air date: 01 Mar '90 - 49 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 (49)
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The Flying Doctors (1986)
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26. Monkey
12 Sep '91Jackie is put in an impossible position when she discovers that a talented surgeon is also a heroin addict.
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27. The Stranger
19 Sep '91The residents of Cooper's Crossing think they've met their first alien when a nude man confronts Geoff in the outback. At first he just seems to be a nutcase, but it transpires that he has an extraordinary depth of knowledge about medicine, flying and mechanics. When the military arrive in town looking for him, matters begin to get a whole lot stranger.
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28. The Christening
19 Sep '91It's time for Scarlet's christening. The episode is mostly filled with flashbacks from earlier episodes with Geoff and Kate.
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29. The Good Book
26 Sep '91Steve finds the old Harry Cooper diary. Everybody in town in bored so they decide to throw a huge party and invite all the ""oldies"". DJ comes back and makes Steve jealous by hitting on Penny. Emma returns with two children, but unfortenately Sam couldn't make it. Tom comes all the way from Africa and Chris is delayed at the bus from Melbourne. George Baxter turns up and says he's the owner of the diary. He takes the book and leaves. This upsets the whole town. Baxter crashes into the bus Chris
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30. My Little Patch
03 Oct '91Guy gets in over his head when he answers a call for help from a young Koori boy, caught between two cultures, whose grandfather is dying of cancer.
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31. Two Splatt Shuffle
10 Oct '91A travelling medical salesman is involved in an accident and his double life is revealed when two women turn up claiming to be his wife.
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32. Secrets
17 Oct '91When Rowie is swept off her feet by the handsome and wealthy Andrew Abbott, a long-lost brother shows her where her real roots lie.
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33. The Games We Play
24 Oct '91Guy attempts to diagnose the puzzling symptoms of a new young patient. Meanwhile, Coopers Crossing is buzzing with excitement over the cricket match of the decade.
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34. Bone China
31 Oct '91The residents of Cooper's Crossing feel uneasy when killer Matt Samuels is released from prison, and Kate insists on driving him home, unaccompanied. Geoff flexes his culinary muscles as he embarks on a restaurant venture.
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35. Johnno Be Good
07 Nov '91Johnno makes a revealing pilgrimage back to his roots. Meanwhile, Penny has an emergency situation of her own to deal with.
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36. Lost Rainbows
14 Nov '91Rowie is lured across country through rough terrain to what turns out to be a hoax call.
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37. Broken Promises
21 Nov '91Emily is marrying Hugh, but her parents involves in everything. She is overstressed and ends up in hospital. She starts doubting the marriage, Hugh is from a fine family and so is she, and she wonders if Hugh just marries her because it will look good. Finally she calls the wedding off. A truck with all the food and drinks for the wedding crashes out in the book. Almost everybody goes out there, and when they find out the wedding is off they have a huge party in the middle of nowhere!! But when
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38. Visitors Welcome
28 Nov '91Toshi, who visited Coopers Crossing last year, comes back with a group full of japanese tourists. Since the pub is full Johnno is staying at a man called Barry and his Luke. It's obvious Luke does anything to impress his father, but Barry picks on him all the time. One of the japanese men is stabbed one night, nobody knows who it is. But when Johnno come out to Barry's place, Luke is there, with a big blackeye. It turns out Luke stabbed the japanese man to impress Barry (who ones talked badly ab
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39. Yesterday's News
A television crew follows the doctors as they go about their work, until a fatal plane crash brings them an all-too-real-life experience.
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40. Dirty Linen
19 Dec '91The laundry machines in the hospital breaks down one after another, due to old age. But there isn't enough money to buy new ones. The laundresses then go on strike! After a lot of trouble, and with the help from a famous union man and Penny they sort the problem out. Steve meets the school teacher Jane McLaughlin, and they end up in bed togehter.
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41. Chasing Rainbows
26 Dec '91A crisis on board a ship and continuing problems with her ailing father lead Rowie to question her current situation. Will she resign from the RFDS?
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42. Uncly Cyranco
As Steve pursues his infatuation with local schoolteacher Jane, she goes to Guy with shattering news. Guy is torn between professional and personal loyalty—should he tell Steve the truth? And what about Penny?
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43. Luck of the Draw
25 Aug '92Geoff has to choose between delivering a premature baby and attending a snake-bite victim.
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44. Trouble with M.E
When diehard farmer Matt Sheridan complains of tiredness, Guy is convinced that he's suffering from stress, while Rowie thinks it has to be physical. As the two clash, the base's atmosphere grows ever more tense. Is Coopers Crossing big enough for both of them?
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45. The Accomplice
08 Sep '92A stranger in town has winning ways and is accepted by everyone except Jackie, who feels uneasy about him.
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46. Blind Obsession
15 Sep '92Claire's secret admirer strikes again, and she confesses that it would be fun to meet him in person.
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47. Wimp
22 Sep '92A boxer faces charges for contributing to another boxer's death in the ring.
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48. Visionaries
29 Sep '92Vic has a plan to bring Coopers Crossing out of the recession—bikini-clad parking inspectors.
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49. Life Lessons
10 Nov '92Geoff teaches Scarlett the ten 'Life Lessons' that his father taught him.
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