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ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>The Flying Doctors</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png/220px-TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png/330px-TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/TheFlyingDoctorsTitleCard.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="277" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Title card used from Season 4</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McFarlane_(Australian_actor)" title="Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)">Andrew McFarlane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Burch" title="Liz Burch">Liz Burch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenore_Smith" title="Lenore Smith">Lenore Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Grubb" title="Robert Grubb">Robert Grubb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data">Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">9 <small>(10 including <i>R.F.D.S.</i>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">3 <small>(miniseries)</small><br />221 <small>(regular series, 234 including <i>R.F.D.S.</i>)</small> <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production location</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">55 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_Productions" title="Crawford Productions">Crawford Productions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$3 million (mini-series)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">26 May 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-26</span>)</span> –<br />6 October 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1992-10-06</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Flying Doctors</b></i> is an Australian drama TV series produced by <a href="/wiki/Crawford_Productions" title="Crawford Productions">Crawford Productions</a> that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Doctor_Service" title="Royal Flying Doctor Service">Royal Flying Doctor Service</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Andrew_McFarlane_(Australian_actor)" title="Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)">Andrew McFarlane</a> as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. </p><p>The series started as a <a href="/wiki/1985_in_television" title="1985 in television">1985</a> mini-series set in the fictional <a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">outback</a> town of Cooper's Crossing (<a href="/wiki/Minyip" title="Minyip">Minyip</a> in north-western rural <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>), and originally ran for over seven years. Several early online episode listings split the 221 episodes into six seasons,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_and_Sound_Archive" title="National Film and Sound Archive">National Film and Sound Archive</a> confirms nine.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crawford Productions have released the show in DVD and on streaming in ten seasons (including the 13 episodes of the 1992 spin-off <i>R.F.D.S.</i>). </p><p>The series' episodes were mostly self-contained medical dramas, but also explored social issues, such as domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and the struggles faced by Indigenous Australians. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast_and_characters">Cast and characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast and characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Main cast members</dt></dl> <p>The following characters are credited as "starring" in the opening credits: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McFarlane_(Australian_actor)" title="Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)">Andrew McFarlane</a> as Tom Callaghan (series 1, 5–7, episodes 1–16, 113–156; guest series 9, episode 201)</li></ul> <dl><dd>A young male doctor who takes over the R.F.D.S base in Coopers Crossing after proving himself to its original boss, Harry Sinclair. He brings along Chris Randall as his assistant. Tom leaves the show after 16 episodes, to volunteer for World Vision in Africa. He returns midway through series five, before leaving again early into series seven, although he remained in the opening credits for the rest of the year. Tom makes a final appearance in series nine, when there is a town celebration in Coopers Crossing.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Burch" title="Liz Burch">Liz Burch</a> as Chris Randall (series 1–6, episodes 1–146; guest series 9, episode 201)</li></ul> <dl><dd>A female doctor who accompanies Tom Callaghan to run the R.F.D.S base in Cooper Crossing. When Tom leaves for Africa, she decides to stay in Coopers Crossing, remaining until the end of series six, when she moves to Melbourne to take care of her sick father. She returns in series nine for the town celebration, and falls in love with Tom Callaghan again, deciding to join him in Africa.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Grubb" title="Robert Grubb">Robert Grubb</a> as Geoff Standish (series 1–9, episodes 17–221)</li></ul> <dl><dd>The doctor who takes over the R.F.D.S base from Tom Callaghan. Geoff is one of the longest-running characters in the series, and stayed until its finale. His relationship with Nurse Kate Wellings was a key storyline, they share a daughter by the end of the series.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lenore_Smith" title="Lenore Smith">Lenore Smith</a> as Nurse Kate Wellings Standish (series 2–9, episodes 27–221; supporting series 1, episodes 1–26)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Nurse and the only medical staff who stayed through the entire show, as a supporting cast member in the miniseries and first series, before joining the main cast from series two. She eventually begins a romance with Dr. Standish.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Brien_(actor)" title="Peter O'Brien (actor)">Peter O'Brien</a> as Sam Patterson (series 2–5, episodes 27–118)</li></ul> <dl><dd>Pilot, he makes his first appearance in series two, as a replacement for Gibbo.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Climo" title="Brett Climo">Brett Climo</a> as David Ratcliffe (series 5–8, episodes 101–171)</li></ul> <dl><dd>A young doctor who joins the staff in series five and stays until the first five episodes of series eight, when he decides to leave to do something else with his life. However, his final rescue mission goes terribly wrong and he dies after falling off a cliff.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikki_Coghill" title="Nikki Coghill">Nikki Coghill</a> as Nurse Jackie Crane (series 8–9, episodes 167–221)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Reyne" title="David Reyne">David Reyne</a> as Dr. Guy Reid (series 8–9, episodes 167–221)</li></ul> <dl><dd>A charming womaniser that arrives in series eight and soon begins a relationship with the nurse Jackie Crane.</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Stollery" title="Christopher Stollery">Christopher Stollery</a> as Johnno Johnson (series 8–9, episodes 167–221; supporting series 7, episodes 147–166)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Chadwick" title="Sarah Chadwick">Sarah Chadwick</a> as Dr. Rowie Lang (series 8–9, episodes 175–221)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Supporting cast members</dt></dl> <p>The following characters appear regularly, however are credited in the closing credits alongside the guest actors: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Evison" title="Pat Evison">Pat Evison</a> as Violet Carnegie (miniseries, series 1–3), local store owner and town gossip</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Cullen" title="Max Cullen">Max Cullen</a> as Horace "Hurtle" Morrison (miniseries, series 1–3), local mechanic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Tucker" title="Gil Tucker">Gil Tucker</a> as Joe Forrest (miniseries, series 1), radio operator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Barry_(actor)" title="Bruce Barry (actor)">Bruce Barry</a> as George Baxter (miniseries, series 1–5), local property tycoon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurie_Fields" title="Maurie Fields">Maurie Fields</a> as Vic Buckley (miniseries, series 1–9), local pub owner, later carried over to the spin-off <i>RFDS</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Jellay" title="Val Jellay">Val Jellay</a> as Nancy Buckley (miniseries, series 1–9), Vic's wife, later carried over to the spin-off <i>RFDS</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Little_(Australian_actor)" title="Mark Little (Australian actor)">Mark Little</a> as Ron Miller "the Roughneck" (miniseries, series 1), works for Hurtle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frawley_(actor)" title="John Frawley (actor)">John Frawley</a> as Dr. Frank Turner (miniseries, series 1), runs the local hospital</li> <li>Carmel Millhouse as Matron Ingrid Fischer (miniseries, series 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Gill" title="Terry Gill">Terry Gill</a> as Sgt. Jack Carruthers (miniseries, series 1–6), local police officer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kylie_Belling" title="Kylie Belling">Kylie Belling</a> as Sharon Herbert (series 1), Aboriginal receptionist at the base</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mannix" title="Brian Mannix">Brian Mannix</a> as Lionel (series 1), local eccentric who renames himself "Max" after <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Max" title="Mad Max">Mad Max</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Gibney" title="Rebecca Gibney">Rebecca Gibney</a> as Emma Patterson (series 1–5), Hurtle's niece, later Sam's wife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Fitz-Gerald" title="Lewis Fitz-Gerald">Lewis Fitz-Gerald</a> as David "Gibbo" Gibson (series 1), pilot who dies in a plane crash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Jackson">Sydney Jackson</a> as Father Cliff "Jack" Jackson (series 2; guest season 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kapiniaris" title="George Kapiniaris">George Kapiniaris</a> as Demetrios "DJ" Goannides (series 2–6), radio operator</li> <li>Michaela Abay as Zoe Buchannan (series 2), teenager who Chris takes under her wing</li> <li>Mark Neal as Marty Jarvis (series 3–4), DJ's friend, troublemaker, mechanic</li> <li>Anita Cerdic as Soula Polites (series 3; guest series 2), DJ's love interest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Withington" title="Shane Withington">Shane Withington</a> as Mike Lancaster (series 3), married geophysicist, Chris' love interest</li> <li>Marie Redshaw as Maggie Hutton (series 3–4), takes over Violet's shop</li> <li>Simon Thorpe as Senior Constable Larry O'Connor (series 3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikki_Blanche" title="Vikki Blanche">Vikki Blanche</a> as Paula Patterson (series 3–5), Sam's sister, nurse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Kennedy" title="Gerard Kennedy">Gerard Kennedy</a> as Luke Mitchell (series 4–6), works at Vic's pub</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Papps" title="Alex Papps">Alex Papps</a> as Nick Cardaci (series 5–7), mechanic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_MacIntosh" title="Tammy MacIntosh">Tammy MacIntosh</a> as Annie Rogers (series 6–7), nurse</li> <li>Justin Gaffney as Gerry O'Neill (series 6), pilot</li> <li>Beverly Dunn as Clare Bryant (series 6–9), radio operator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melita_Jurisic" title="Melita Jurisic">Melita Jurisic</a> as Dr. Magda Heller (series 7–8), young doctor from Germany</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Lee" title="Sophie Lee">Sophie Lee</a> as Penny Willings (series 8–9), Kate's sister, later carried over to the spin-off <i>RFDS</i></li> <li>Paul Kelman as Steve MacCauley (series 8–9), mechanic</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Call_signs">Call signs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Call signs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One prominent feature in the show is the communication between the aircraft and the base station in Cooper's Crossing. Their designations are spelled out using the <a href="/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet" title="NATO phonetic alphabet">NATO phonetic alphabet</a>. </p> <ul><li>MSF, or <i>Mike Sierra Foxtrot</i>, is the aircraft, a <a href="/wiki/GAF_Nomad" title="GAF Nomad">GAF Nomad</a> carrying registration VH-MSF (the show's producers were probably very clever in the choice of the letters 'MSF' for the aircraft, because 'MSF' is short for <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res" title="Médecins Sans Frontières">Médecins Sans Frontières</a> ["Doctors Without Borders"], the international medical charitable organisation).</li> <li>VCC, or <i>Victor Charlie Charlie</i>, is the RFDS base at Coopers Crossing.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">List of The Flying Doctors episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Series</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally released</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First released</th><th scope="col">Last released</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#D4D6D3;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#The_Flying_Doctors_(1985)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">Miniseries</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">3</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">29 April 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-04-29</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">1 May 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#01A4DF;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_1_(1986)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">26 May 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-26</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">17 November 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1986-11-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#AE1820;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_2_(1987–88)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">9 July 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-07-09</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">25 February 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1988-02-25</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#E2B527;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_3_(1988)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">3 March 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-03-03</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">1 September 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1988-09-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#37AC4C;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_4_(1988–89)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">8 September 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-09-08</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">11 May 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1989-05-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#980589;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_5_(1989)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">18 May 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-18</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">16 November 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1989-11-16</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#da9932;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_6_(1990)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">6</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">20</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">8 February 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-02-08</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">28 June 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1990-06-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#A90271;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_7_(1990)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">7</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">20</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">5 July 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-07-05</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">21 November 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1990-11-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#71541A;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_8_(1991)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">8</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">26</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">24 January 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-01-24</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">25 July 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1991-07-25</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#7EB2A5;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes#Series_9_(1991–92)" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">9</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">29</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">1 August 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-08-01</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">6 October 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1992-10-06</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="R.F.D.S."><i>R.F.D.S.</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: R.F.D.S."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 1993, the ratings were in decline, and few original characters remained in the much-changed cast. The show was then revamped under the title <i><b>R.F.D.S.</b></i> (working title: <i><b>The New Flying Doctors</b></i>), and its setting was changed to <a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill" title="Broken Hill">Broken Hill</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spin-off ran for one season on the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a> from January 21, 1993 to February 4, 1994 and screened internationally. </p><p>The only original cast members that were retained in the show were supporting cast members Maury Fields and Val Jellay as Vic and Nancy Buckley, along with <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Lee" title="Sophie Lee">Sophie Lee</a> as Penny Wellings. The storyline had the Buckleys move from Cooper's Crossing pub to Broken Hill. The show lasted just one season in this new incarnation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australian <a href="/wiki/Pay-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay-TV">pay-TV</a> channel <a href="/wiki/Classics_(TV_channel)" title="Classics (TV channel)">Fox Classics</a> secured the rights to the program from 3 July 2006. Streaming services currently include the spin-off as the tenth season of <i>The Flying Doctors</i>. </p><p>The show is not to be confused with the series <i><a href="/wiki/RFDS_(TV_series)" title="RFDS (TV series)">RFDS</a></i>, which shares the same premise but was produced by <a href="/wiki/Endemol_Shine_Australia" title="Endemol Shine Australia">Endemol Shine Australia</a> and aired on <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> from 2021. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cast_and_characters_2">Cast and characters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cast and characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Main_characters">Main characters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Main characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jacobs" title="Steve Jacobs">Steve Jacobs</a> as Dr. Jim Solomon</li> <li>Belinda Davey as Laura Regan, Jim's wife, magistrate and coroner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Fitz-Gerald" title="Lewis Fitz-Gerald">Lewis Fitz-Gerald</a> as Dr. Sebert Blitho</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Smith_(actress)" title="Elaine Smith (actress)">Elaine Smith</a> as Dr. Sissy Wetherall</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Phelps" title="Peter Phelps">Peter Phelps</a> as Sr. Dennis Taylor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurie_Fields" title="Maurie Fields">Maurie Fields</a> & <a href="/wiki/Val_Jellay" title="Val Jellay">Val Jellay</a> as Vic & Nancy Buckley</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Supporting_characters">Supporting characters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Supporting characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Buchanan" title="Simone Buchanan">Simone Buchanan</a> as Rebecca Owens</li> <li>Lydia Miller as Leanne Cassidy, radio operator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_J._Wilson" title="Kevin J. Wilson">Kevin J. Wilson</a> as Ted Eastman, pilot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Lee" title="Sophie Lee">Sophie Lee</a> as Penny Wellings</li> <li>Justin Connor as Rollerblades</li> <li>Simon Grey as Jesse Solomon, Jim's son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marieke_Hardy" title="Marieke Hardy">Marieke Hardy</a> as Zoe Solomon, Laura's daughter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history">Broadcast history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Broadcast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fdbook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Fdbook.jpg/160px-Fdbook.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Fdbook.jpg/240px-Fdbook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Fdbook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="352" /></a><figcaption><i>The Flying Doctors: The Inside Story</i> was written by Australian journalist James Oram</figcaption></figure> <p><i>The Flying Doctors</i> was successfully broadcast in the UK. The original 1985 3-part mini-series was aired three times on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>; first in 1985, a repeat the following year from 30 May 1986 at 10:25. A third repeat aired in 1988. </p><p>The ongoing series then broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>. The series initially aired on Fridays at 20:10 from 1 July 1988. On 20 August 1988, the series was moved to a Saturday early evening slot at around 17:15 where it gained a loyal audience of about 6 to 8 million viewers, until 24 August 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the summer of 1992, episodes were repeated Monday to Friday at 11:05, around 8 weeks worth. From September 1992, the series settled into a new regular Friday afternoon slot, usually at around 14:30. The BBC concluded Series 6 in spring 1996 but continued to air repeats in various slots until January 1997. </p><p><i>The Flying Doctors</i> was also broadcast on the satellite and cable channel <a href="/wiki/UK_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Gold">UK Gold</a>. The channel repeated all 221 episodes weekdays at 15:00 from 1998. </p><p><i>The Flying Doctors</i> briefly returned to <a href="/wiki/Free_To_Air" class="mw-redirect" title="Free To Air">free to air</a> when <a href="/wiki/WIN_Television" title="WIN Television">WIN Television</a>, parent company of Crawford Productions commenced reruns of the program on 17 August 2007 at midday week day afternoons. </p><p>The series was also aired in some parts of Europe and was particularly popular in the Netherlands where it aired on <a href="/wiki/Omroepvereniging_VARA" title="Omroepvereniging VARA">VARA</a> at 8pm on Saturday nights from 1987 to 1993. The series aired in Ireland on <a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89_One" title="RTÉ One">RTÉ One</a> from 1988 to 1996. The series aired in Germany in the early 90s on state broadcaster ZDF.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series aired originally in Sweden and has been re-broadcast on TV4 Guld in 2017 with back to back episodes on weekdays. </p><p>The show also aired in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> on <a href="/wiki/TVNZ" title="TVNZ">TVNZ</a>, where the entire series was shown in primetime, and was very popular. </p><p>From 1988 to 1992, it was broadcast in Nigeria by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 5. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Flying Doctors</i> was made available to purchase in Australia. All 221 episodes plus the 13 spinoff-episodes are on a 51 disc set, complete with cast interviews, episode synopses and stills gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In region 2, Mediumrare Entertainment have released all nine seasons of <i>The Flying Doctors</i> including the miniseries also called <i>The Flying Doctors</i> in region 2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filming_locations">Filming locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Filming locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg/300px-FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg/450px-FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="412" /></a><figcaption>An RFDS <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Beechcraft Super King Air</a> on a remote airstrip in <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia.</figcaption></figure> <p>The series was filmed at:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Nulla Station, New South Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbourne,_Victoria" title="Cranbourne, Victoria">Cranbourne</a> (Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearcedale" class="mw-redirect" title="Pearcedale">Pearcedale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minyip" title="Minyip">Minyip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill" title="Broken Hill">Broken Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancefield,_Victoria" title="Lancefield, Victoria">Lancefield, Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Point_Cook" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Base Point Cook">RAAF Base Point Cook</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Flying_Doctors_episodes" title="List of The Flying Doctors episodes">List of <i>The Flying Doctors</i> episodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_series" title="List of Australian television series">List of Australian television series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nine_Network_programs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Nine Network programs">List of Nine Network programs</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/RFDS_(TV_series)" title="RFDS (TV series)">RFDS</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Flying_Doctors&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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