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A Country Practice

Season 9 · 86 episodes

  1. Episode 1

    Sanctuary (Part 1)

    A Chilean refugee tries to make a new life for himself in Wandin Valley, but ghosts of his past come back to haunt him.

  2. Episode 2

    Sanctuary (Part 2)

  3. Episode 3

    Message In A Bottle (Part 1)

    A mysterious stranger arrives in town and confuses everyone with his various stories. All is revealed later at Camelot when a party game turns ugly.

  4. Episode 4

    Message In A Bottle (Part 2)

  5. Episode 5

    Endangered Species (Part 1)

    Alex tries to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband's violent temper. Charlie McKeachnie is back in town and Cookie is not happy.

  6. Episode 6

    Endangered Species (Part 2)

  7. Episode 7

    Play It Again (Part 1)"

    Matron Sloan wins the lottery and everyone has suggestions on how she should spend the money. Jo and Michael go to Bribie Island to visit his family.

  8. Episode 8

    Play It Again (Part 2)

  9. Episode 9

    Mothers And Daughters (Part 1)

    Alex starts having contractions and his convinced she is losing the baby. Jo goes to Sydney to try and find her mother.

  10. Episode 10

    Mothers And Daughters (Part 2)

  11. Episode 11

    Fool's Gold (Part 1)

    Shirley is having trouble coping with Jo and Michael's impending departure from Wandin Valley. Alex warns a young athlete about the dangers of taking steroids.

  12. Episode 12

    Fool's Gold (part 2)

  13. Episode 13

    On The Threshold (Part 1)

    Preparations are well underway for Michael and Jo's wedding, but things don't go quite as smoothly at the buck's night.

  14. Episode 14

    On The Threshold (Part 2)

  15. Episode 15

    Last Of The Summer Wine (Part 1)

    Shirley and Frank try to adjusted to life without Jo. Alex is wondering about her purpose in life and is readily losing patience with her patients.

  16. Episode 16

    Last Of The Summer Wine (Part 2)

    Mar 13, 1990

  17. Episode 17

    Snake In The Grass (Part 1)

    New nurse Lucy Gardiner tries Matron Sloan's patience but winds up charming Bob.

  18. Episode 18

    Snake In The Grass (Part 2)

  19. Episode 19

    Burnout (Part 1)

    The latest new locum is giving Shirley a hard time and has Esme close to tears – but her effect on Terence is quite the opposite.

  20. Episode 20

    Burnout (Part 2)

  21. Episode 21

    Pick Of The Crop (Part 1)

    A farmer's wife ends up with severe poisoning from a lethal mix of pesticides.

  22. Episode 22

    Pick Of The Crop (Part 2)

  23. Episode 23

    Nobody's Fool (Part 1)

    Everyone is waiting for a glimpse of the girl Cris describes as his “Beautiful Jessie”.

  24. Episode 24

    Nobody's Fool (Part 2)

  25. Episode 25

    Playing With Fire (Part 1)

    Matron Sloan is worried about the hospital's future and takes her anger out on Lucy. Jessie starts at her new school.

  26. Episode 26

    Playing With Fire (Part 2)

  27. Episode 27

    Baby Makes Three (Part 1)

    Matron Hilda Arrowsmith arrives at the hospital and Maggie is convinced her old nemesis is up to no good.

  28. Episode 28

    Baby Makes Three (Part 2)

  29. Episode 29

    Ticket To Ride (Part 1)

    Frank tries to track down a runaway girl who is in town with the carnival and Frank and Shirley try to help the girl.

  30. Episode 30

    Ticket To Ride (Part 2)

  31. Episode 31

    Taking A Chance (Part 1)

    Cathy and Lucy are waiting for a certain doctor to ask them to the "Bachelor and Spinster" ball.

  32. Episode 32

    Taking A Change (Part 2)

  33. Episode 33

    She Loves Me Not (Part 1)

    Lucy helps a man involved in a car accident who then becomes dangerously obsessed with her.

  34. Episode 34

    She Loves Me Not (Part 2)

  35. Episode 35

    Young Hearts (Part 1)

    Romance hits the over-fifty set of Wandin Valley with the formation of a new club. Cris gets involved with two elderly sisters living in the past.

  36. Episode 36

    Young Hearts (Part 2)

  37. Episode 37

    Illusions (Part 1)

    When Terence leaves to visit Alex, Cris’ old friend Sandy McIntosh fills in as the latest locum.

  38. Episode 38

    Illusions (Part 2)

  39. Episode 39

    The Food Of Love (Part 1)

    Famine strikes Wandin Valley as the residents take part in a forty-hour famine for charity.

  40. Episode 40

    The Food Of Love (Part 2)

  41. Episode 41

    Handle With Care (Part 1)

    Cathy has an unexpected house guest, her sister-in-law Michelle. Terence helps Michelle understand the reasons behind her illness.

  42. Episode 42

    Handle With Care (Part 2)

  43. Episode 43

    Fly Away Home (Part 1)

    The Wandin Valley Bush Brigade is on its way to raising money, its membership, and frequency of its drill practices. Matt says he is leaving town.

  44. Episode 44

    Fly Away Home (Part 2)

  45. Episode 45

    Give Me Shelter (Part 1)

    Matt has begun to pack, ready for the big move. He has put his practice up for sale.

  46. Episode 46

    Give Me Shelter (Part 2)

  47. Episode 47

    Fellow Travellers (Part 1)

    A road accident throws two unlikely characters together, a one-legged bike riding grandma and Skeeter Martin.

  48. Episode 48

    Fellow Travellers (Part 2)

  49. Episode 49

    Apparitions (Part 1)

    The locals are looking forward to the return visit of cricket star Stewart Richmond. When the hospital staff find out, they over-react.

  50. Episode 50

    Apparitions (Part 2)

  51. Episode 51

    Love Is Blind (Part 1)

    Ruth and Terence meet when they are out painting the countryside and are instantly attracted to one another.

  52. Episode 52

    Love Is Blind (Part 2)

  53. Episode 53

    Birthright (Part 1)

    Terence arrives in Marla Nigurra, with one goal in mind – he wants to return home to Wandin Valley with Alex.

  54. Episode 54

    Birthright (Part 2)

  55. Episode 55

    A Delicate Balance (Part 1)

    Shirley returns from her Queensland holiday to find a new computer installed at the clinic.

  56. Episode 56

    A Delicate Balance (Part 2)

  57. Episode 57

    Defence Of The Realm (Part 1)

    Pollution and the environment become issues in the Valley following Lucy's visit to the local Up.

  58. Episode 58

    Defence Of The Realm (Part 2)

  59. Episode 59

    Just One Look (Part 1)

    Lucy and Muldoon argue over the state of the tip and she unearths some interesting information with the help of the eccentric Vincent D. Smith.

  60. Episode 60

    Just One Look (Part 2)

  61. Episode 61

    Can't Buy Me Love (Part 1)

    Adam Campbell returns to the valley, but he is reluctant to go home to see his father. Luke and Jessie play a profitable joke on Frank.

  62. Episode 62

    Can't Buy Me Love (Part 2)

  63. Episode 63

    Pride And Joy (Part 1)

    Cris is accused of mistreating Jessie and is investigated by Maureen Hutchins firm "Family and Community Services".

  64. Episode 64

    Pride And Joy (Part 2)

  65. Episode 65

    Race Day (Part 1)

    Racial prejudice rears its ugly head with the arrival of a beautiful Thai locum – Dr. Sumatra Pasert.

  66. Episode 66

    Race Day (Part 2)

  67. Episode 67

    Hook, Line And Sinker (Part 1)

    Matt's Valley Vet radio show is attracting some very strange callers. Esme is delighted with her new job as governess to Jessie.

  68. Episode 68

    Hook, Line And Sinker (Part 2)

  69. Episode 69

    Bel Canto (Part 1)

    Cathy returns from Kakadu with a smile on her face. Could it have something to do with a mysterious helicopter pilot?

  70. Episode 70

    Bel Canto (Part 2)

  71. Episode 71

    Natural Selection (Part 1)

    Clem Pollard presents Terence with an intriguing case when he appears in the Valley to save trees.

  72. Episode 72

    Natural Selection (Part 2)

  73. Episode 73

    Playing It Safe (Part 1)

    Dave and Jenny Cooper face the past when their son is injured in Jessie's new tree house. Muldoon is up to no good again with his plans of building a Lakeview hotel.

  74. Episode 74

    Playing It Safe (Part 2)

  75. Episode 75

    Call To Arms (Part 1)

    Cookie and Bob decide to join Esme's Brownie troop. Matt and Lucy unearth an old diary which reveals the Councilor's past.

  76. Episode 76

    Call To Arms (Part 2)

  77. Episode 77

    Future Shock (Part 1)

    Frank and Shirley stand on opposite sides as the locals fight to stop the proposed dam development by Ted Kagan.

  78. Episode 78

    Future Shock (Part 2)

  79. Episode 79

    For Pity's Sake (Part 1)

    The Wandin Valley protestors are dismayed when young Ashley Lawson is sent to defend them. A very frightened Shirley keeps a vigil at Frank's bedside.

  80. Episode 80

    For Pity's Sake (Part 2)

  81. Episode 81

    Flashback (Part 1)

    Lucy is injured in a game of tennis with Matt and it turns out to be more serious than initially thought.

  82. Episode 82

    Flashback (Part 2)

  83. Episode 83

    Stand By Me (Part 1)

    Luke and Shirley plan a car rally to raise money for the Xavier refuge. Francis Daley is diagnosed with manic depression which leaves Keith astounded.

  84. Episode 84

    Stand By Me (Part 2)

  85. Episode 85

    Second Chance 1

    Nov 12, 1990

  86. Episode 86

    Second Chance 2

    Nov 13, 1990