Episode 1
Little Voices - Part 1
Jan 2, 1983
Janice is discovered caring for her baby brother after both have been abandoned by their drug addict mother. Janice is only nine years old and the baby is going through heroin withdrawal symptoms.
Episode 2
Little Voices - Part 2
Feb 2, 1983
Ross and Yvonne McLean, a prosperous but childless couple in their forties are finally forced to accept that they cannot produce children.
Episode 3
Grace And Favour - Part 1
Aug 2, 1983
Rex Munro and Clarrie King maintain a feud, which began with their fathers, by quarrelling over an access road running through Rex's property. The feud excalates into violence.
Episode 4
Grace And Favour - Part 2
Sep 2, 1983
A lonely, elderly woman and a bereaved and lonely young truckie form a friendship based on mutual interests. Molly sparks off a one-woman campaign against battery farming.
Episode 5
Breaking Point - Part 1
Billy Perkins suffers from incurable and advanced emphysema, as a result of many years of heavy smoking. Unable to cope with the fear of a slow and lingering death, Billy commits suicide.
Episode 6
Breaking Point - Part 2
Vicky's feelings for Terence are exposed as she becomes so unhappy with the confirmation of the romance between Terence and Marta.
Episode 7
Just Another Patient - Part 1
Des Ward, an ex-professional cricketer, whose career has been ruined by a shooting accident, returns to the Valley. Des is dragged out of his self pity and depression by Frank.
Episode 8
Just Another Patient - Part 2
Terence Elliott is recovering from his heart attack, but is becomming increasingly irritated at the over-protective manner of his friends and colleagues.
Episode 9
Truth And Consequences - Part 1
Jan 3, 1983
A newborn baby needs a blood transfusion but Simon is mystified when neither mother nor father's blood group is compatible.
Episode 10
Truth And Consequences - Part 2
Feb 3, 1983
Nigel Fairbairn, a city-bred locum arrives to help Simon during Terence's convalescence, and is seconded to help fight a bush fire which breaks out in the Valley bringing death in its wake.
Episode 11
Who Cares - Part 1
An aimless teenage boy dies unexpectedly on the operatingtable. Simon and Nigel's careers are at stake until Terence performs an autopsy.
Episode 12
Who Cares - Part 2
Sep 3, 1983
A gang of cattle-duffers in the Valley involve many of the locals who succumb to the lure of cheap, freshly killed beef.
Episode 13
September Song - Part 1
Kath has been caught up in rearing her grandchildren and running her son's household since her daughter-in-law died. Until she meets a retired solicitor, and realises she has her own life to lead.
Episode 14
September Song - Part 2
Councillor Muldoon attempts to close down the Wandin Valley caravan park. Malcolm, a Wandin Valley farmer, is seriously injured and Terence and Simon have to amputate his leg.
Episode 15
The Reckoning - Part 1
Hilary Randall is totally unprepared when her husband Graham suffers a stroke. Faced with a mountain of bills, and terrified that Graham may need constant care, Hilary is at first unable to cope.
Episode 16
The Reckoning - Part 2
Marta and Terence decide to marry. Complications arise when a mystery man, linked with Marta's past in Hungary, arrives in the Valley.
Episode 17
The Winds Of Change - Part 1
Gale-force winds wreak havoc in Wandin Valley. Fallen trees and power wires leave several people injured. The whole town pulls together during the emergency.
Episode 18
The Winds Of Change - Part 2
Bela, the hero of Marta's student days and her first love, arrives in Wandin Valley. Marta hides Bela at her house as he is an illegal immigrant and forces her to lie to Terence.
Episode 19
Love And Glory - Part 1
May 4, 1983
A group of nine year old boys find some gelignite and decide to make a bomb. The explosion comes sooner than expected and the badly injured boys are trapped in an over-turned bus.
Episode 20
Love And Glory - Part 2
Jun 4, 1983
Marta is torn between her shared dreams with Bela and her future plans with Terence. Dramatically Marta leaves with Bela to continue their work together in the underground movement in Hungary.
Episode 21
Life Wasn't Meant To Be Easy - Part 1
A young mother and recent widow, seems to be managing so well, running the drought-stricken farm and raising her two children. Pam is refused credit and her brave front begins to crumble.
Episode 22
Life Wasn't Meant To Be Easy - Part 2
Dec 4, 1983
Terence succumbs to depression and self-pity over Marta. However, he is instrumental in preventing Pam from destroying her own life and that of the children.
Episode 23
Another Man's Poison - Part 1
A farmer's carelessness with pesticides puts a little girl's life at risk and kills Molly's dog.
Episode 24
Another Man's Poison - Part 2
Molly is suspicious of an old man until the old drover becomes Brendan's patient.
Episode 25
Hair Of The Dog - Part 1
The erratic behaviour of a 16 year old girl is a mystery for Dr Elliott until he learns that his young patient is an alcoholic.
Episode 26
Hair Of The Dog - Part 2
Brendan Jones' favourite patient, Mrs Coote, becomes attached to a labrador.
Episode 27
See Ya - Part 1
Mar 5, 1983
A young boy is in danger of losing the sight in his eye as a result of a minor injury. A corneal transplant operation in the Sydney Eye Hospital seems to be his only hope.
Episode 28
See Ya - Part 2
Apr 5, 1983
Terence Elliott supports Dorothy Edgar in her intention to die with dignity, and to find some purpose in her death by donating her eyes to the Eye Bank.
Episode 29
Warning Signs - Part 1
Oct 5, 1983
Frank's new offsider, Constable Perry Nolan, arrives in Wandin Valley.
Episode 30
Warning Signs - Part 2
Nov 5, 1983
Tragedy strikes the Marsh family as a result of a road accident. Councillor Muldoon finds himself the target of local hostility as the accident occurs on the notoriously dangerous crossroads.
Episode 31
No More Mr Nice Guy - Part 1
A housewife's neglect of home and family could have serious repercussions for her eldest son, Nicky, when Simon discovers he has diabetes.
Episode 32
No More Mr Nice Guy - Part 2
Perry Nolan, Frank's newoff-sider, quickly begins to fall out of favour with the locals, with the exception of Judy Loveday.
Episode 33
Fruit Of The Vine - Part 1
Vicky's life is in danger when she is threatened by the young schizophrenic owner of a dog she has been treating. The arrival of a salesman changes the lives of Judy, Cookie and Esme.
Episode 34
Fruit Of The Vine - Part 2
Terence's grapes are ready for harvest and everyone turns out to help pick them before bunch rot sets in.
Episode 35
A Woman's Place - Part 1
A shy teenage girl breaks away from the confines of her narrow minded fanatical father when she learns that she is an epileptic.
Episode 36
A Woman's Place - Part 2
Jan 6, 1983
The new matron Maggie Sloan arrives at Wandin Valley Hospital. Nursing staff and doctors are torn between admiration, irritation and fear at her methods.
Episode 37
Still Life - Part 1
Jul 6, 1983
Terence is forced to re-examine traditional medicine when an artist convinces him that she has cured her cancer with a special diet.
Episode 38
Still Life - Part 2
Aug 6, 1983
The mysterious death of the Wandin Valley "rainmaker" results in an anti gun campaign for Molly Jones. A shock result in the council elections ends in a vote recount.
Episode 39
Lost Weekend - Part 1
Terence Elliott and Vicky Dean find themselves stranded overnight in a backwater town. Their sojourn in Magnolia Vale is not what friends and relatives in Wandin Valley imagine.
Episode 40
Lost Weekend - Part 2
When hospitalised, Bert Griffith's cantankerous behaviour poses problems for the nursing staff, but his mystery ailment proves a real headache for the doctors.
Episode 41
The Wandin Valley Connection - Part 1
Shane Peters, a nine year old boy who has been the recipient of innovative surgery to his knee is in danger of never walking again due to his over-indulgent mother.
Episode 42
The Wandin Valley Connection - Part 2
Brendan's infatuation with an old F.J. Holden has repercussions when he is confronted by geriatric gangsters after the long-lost loot they expect to find hidden in the car.
Episode 43
The Sentimental Bloke - Part 1
Bob Hatfield's wife Daisy has cancer of the liver and whilst she accepts the fact of her impending death, Bob refuses to believe that Daisy is terminally ill.
Episode 44
The Sentimental Bloke - Part 2
Bob and Daisy's daughter, Doreen, who has been living in Burrigan, returns to the Valley to prepare for her wedding day.
Episode 45
A Lady's Choice - Part 1
Jun 7, 1983
When a young woman is raped by a travelling salesman, she has a hard time convincing her husband and the town folk that the attack was unprovoked.
Episode 46
A Lady's Choice - Part 2
Jun 7, 1983
Bob Hatfield is living the life of a recluse since his wife, Daisy, died. Bob has lost any desire to look after himself or the house. Life doesn't have the same purpose without Daisy.
Episode 47
Bushlore - Part 1
Dave Patterson, an unemployed farm worker, fears the loss of his four children to the authorities and takes to the road with them.
Episode 48
Bushlore - Part 2
Wandin Valley school is threatened because of declining attendance numbers.
Episode 49
Kicking The Habit - Part 1
Pam Foley has been finding it difficult to rebuild her life and has become totally dependent on valium and as she attempts a withdrawal from the habit, she is totally unprepared for the consequences.
Episode 50
Kicking The Habit - Part 2
Aug 1, 1984
Yet another homeless stray captures Molly's heart and, although the dog is in need of medical attention, she attempts, unsuccessfully, to keep its presence a secret from Brendan.
Episode 51
Never Count Yer Chooks - Part 1
A young farmer nurses her father who has a serious illness. When he dies, it seems she has no rights to the property in favour of her city-dwelling brothers.
Episode 52
Never Count Yer Chooks - Part 2
Shirley takes up smoking again to lose weight. Matron Sloan wins a trip to Vegas for ten days.
Episode 53
All Fired Up - Part 1
Feb 8, 1983
Captain of the volunteer bushfire brigade and a strict disciplinarian, is made to realise his methods do not always achieve results. But redeems himself when a major bushfire breaks out.
Episode 54
All Fired Up - Part 2
Mar 8, 1983
A young girl's devotion to her pony, prompts Vicky Dean to risk her life at the height of the fire to release the animal from captivity. It is a long and frightening day for all.
Episode 55
Raking Over The Ashes - Part 1
Mar 8, 1983
The source of an outbreak of gastro enteritis is traced back to an electrical fault in the freezer at the club.
Episode 56
Raking Over The Ashes - Part 2
Apr 8, 1983
Jack Dead, Shirley's ex-husband and Vicky's father, pays a visit to the Valley. Vicky discovers that her father is not perfect and it enhances her relationship with Shirley.
Episode 57
A Good Cause - Part 1
Oct 8, 1983
In the aftermath of the bushfires a charred corpse is found.
Episode 58
A Good Cause - Part 2
Nov 8, 1983
Cookie arranges a fund-raising benefit for people like the Bellamys who won't accept charity and insist on returning to live in the burnt out remains that was once their home.
Episode 59
Positive Steps - Part 1
A ballerina with a promising career develops MS and returns to the Valley to share a house with her brother. When she breaks her ankle her independence is threatened.
Episode 60
Positive Steps - Part 2
The daughter of a wealthy grazier, decides to set up a gliding club in Wandin Valley. She has Simon's interest and support, whereas Molly is convinced the gliders are the death of her chooks.
Episode 61
Kith And Kin - Part 1
Vicky and Simon spend a day together in Sydney where romance and harmony replace their usual bickering.
Episode 62
Kith And Kin - Part 2
Esme is horrified to discover that her birth was never registered. Molly, however, learns the secret of Esme's birth whilst delving into old newspapers found under the lino at the Jones' farm.
Episode 63
Running Away - Part 1
Jun 9, 1983
Gabrielle's unexpected arrival triggers off major changes in the lives of the Gilroys.
Episode 64
Running Away - Part 2
Jul 9, 1983
An awkwardness has now entered Vicky and Simon's relationship so when Brendan and Molly go off to Adelaide for a holiday Vicky moves into the Jones' Farm.
Episode 65
My Son, My Son - Part 1
The local football hero is seriously injured and suffers a 'brain death' after a car accident.
Episode 66
My Son, My Son - Part 2
A young wife involved in a car accident has an emergency Caesarean and rejects her baby boy and has no recollection of the accident or the birth. An old friend of Simon's comes to the Valley.
Episode 67
Tipping The Balance - Part 1
Wandin Valley's post mistress has discovered she has a thyroid condition and needs hospitalisation for tests and possibly an operation. The townspeople rally together to save the Post Office.
Episode 68
Tipping The Balance - Part 2
Simon's ex-fiancee, Sally, has moved into the flat to stay and it looks to Vicky as though Simon and Sally have serious plans for the future.
Episode 69
Pioneering Spirit - Part 1
Whilst on a midnight raid to acquire equipment, a young boy has a bad accident and is in danger of bleeding to death.
Episode 70
Pioneering Spirit - Part 2
A middle aged truck driver is forced to stay in Wandin Valley when he pulls the muscles in his leg, but his condition worsens when he contracts malaria.
Episode 71
Taking The Plunge - Part 1
Apr 10, 1983
Controversy develops at the hospital as Brendan and Matron disagree on whether or not Brett's mother should stay with her son.
Episode 72
Taking The Plunge - Part 2
May 10, 1983
Now that Simon's friend Sally has gone back to Sydney, Vicky goes slightly overboard trying to impress Simon. It all results in a marriage proposal in a dingy roadside diner.
Episode 73
Spellbound - Part 1
Nov 10, 1983
Matron Sloan and Nurse Loveday are seriously injured by a man who is affected by the moon.
Episode 74
Spellbound - Part 2
Dec 10, 1983
Arnold Mortimer has arrived in town for a complete rest from his job as computer programmer but his visit goes from bad to worse.
Episode 75
Promises, Promises - Part 1
Councillor Muldoon books his hall to a rock band called "The Gas Chamber" for a young people's dance, little knowing that they are a punk band, not a quiet trio as he hadimagined.
Episode 76
Promises, Promises - Part 2
Oct 31, 1984
Vicky and Simon's wedding plans seem to be causing a rift with friends and family.
Episode 77
From This Day On - Part 1 (Simon & Vicky's Wedding)
Simon and Vicky's wedding, for which the whole town has been waiting, looks as though it could be delayed when both, unbeknown to each other, are called away to emergencies, just before the ceremony.
Episode 78
From This Day On - Part 2 (Simon & Vicky's Wedding)
Vicki is called to attend a horse gored by a bull on the morning of her wedding. She finally arrives at the church in the back of Bob's ute.
Episode 79
Got It Made - Part 1
Jan 11, 1983
Terrence is caught up in a dangerous situation with no hope in sight.
Episode 80
Got It Made - Part 2
Feb 11, 1983
A fire in the hospital kitchen caused by outdated equipment, leads to emergency measures being taken to feed the patients and Cookie's help is enlisted.
Episode 81
Have I Got A Deal For You - Part 1
Aug 11, 1983
Terrence becomes a potential husband for a match-maker's daughter. A smooth-talking antiques dealer ingratiates himself into Esme's life.
Episode 82
Have I Got A Deal For You - Part 2
Sep 11, 1983
Cookie becomes suspicious of Roger, the antique dealer, his motives are assumed to be merely jealousy, but eventually it becomes clear that Roger's intentions are sinister.
Episode 83
Wednesday's Child - Part 1
Only days after her fifteenth birthday, it is confirmed that Gabe is pregnant.
Episode 84
Wednesday's Child - Part 2
Simon and Vicky, sneaking back to Wandin Valley after their honeymoon.
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