A Country Practice

A Country Practice

The highs and lows of the Wandin Valley residents, from the patients and staff at the rural town's hospital, to the locals and their everyday lives.

Genre: DramaRomance

Cast:Shane PorteousBrian WenzelLorrae DesmondJoyce JacobsGordon PiperSyd HeylenJoan SydneyShane WithingtonJohn TarrantGrant DodwellPenny CookAnne TenneyGeorgie ParkerJosephine MitchellDi SmithMaureen EdwardsKate RaisonAndrew Blackman


1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ A Part of the Family: Part 1

Tue, Jan 31, 1984

Brendan is excited by the news that his and Molly's next child will be a boy. However, his "male chauvinist rhetoric," does not please Molly, causing her to act as a doting, subservient housewife to get her point across.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ A Part of the Family: Part 2

Wed, Feb 1, 1984

Jim is unhappy his wife has brought Jamie into their home. His ambivalence towards Jamie eventually fades and after a visit with Dr. Bowen, he agrees to let Jamie stay on a trial basis.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Second Chance: Part 1

Tue, Feb 7, 1984

Public Works inspectors are examining the new Muldoon Wing and an auditor is examining the hospital records - rumours are out that Muldoon's shady dealings are finally being uncovered.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Second Chance: Part 2

Wed, Feb 8, 1984

Judy visits Molly to apologise for asking Brendan to the dance but her remark about falling for "anyone but Brendan" irks Molly.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ It's So Easy: Part 1

Tue, Feb 14, 1984

Helen Draper is visited by Tony Leonard, a man she met on a recent vacation. While over for dinner at the Jones', Tony tells of his plan to leave his job as an engineer in the merchant navy to start up a business selling bulk wine.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ It's So Easy: Part 2

Wed, Feb 15, 1984

Helen determines Tony to be the source of the outbreak but agrees not to report him. Terence does his best to let Judy down easy when she shows a romantic interest in him after he accompanies her to the reunion.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Partners: Part 1

Tue, Feb 21, 1984

Shirley, back from visiting her mother, tries to set Terence up with the town's eligible women, while Bob and Cookie secretly sign him up with the Burrigan Introduction Service.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Partners: Part 2

Wed, Feb 22, 1984

While Arnold is in hospital getting his broken nose seen to, Johnno retrieves the files from the office. Armed with the incriminating documents, Johnno calls up Muldoon to make a play for his hardware store - and the shire presidency.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Once Upon a Time: Part 1

Tue, Feb 28, 1984

At the inaugural meeting of the Wandin Valley Pioneer Village Historical Society, Molly suggests that interviewing Emily White, Wandin Valley's oldest resident at nearly one hundred years of age, would be invaluably helpful to their cause.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Once Upon a Time: Part 2

Wed, Feb 29, 1984

Emily White, Wandin Valley's oldest resident at nearly one hundred years of age, tells Molly her life story and Molly records it all.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ When the Bough Breaks: Part 1

Wed, Mar 7, 1984

2BR's Talk-back radio host Barbara Bolton, a fiercely independent single mother (by choice, she sees no need for a man in her life), brings her daughter Meredith to see Simon about her headaches.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ When the Bough Breaks: Part 2

Thu, Mar 8, 1984

While Simon and Brendan fight to reestablish the baby's breathing, Terence works to stop Molly's haemorrhaging and both patients are eventually stabilised.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ A Sense of Loss: Part 1

Wed, Mar 14, 1984

Oliver Marsh, Simon's uncle, makes a surprise visit, captivating Vicky with stories of his numerous adventures. Simon however is weary of this "black sheep" of the family who is notorious for being long on promises and short on money.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ A Sense of Loss: Part 2

Thu, Mar 15, 1984

Terence makes a late-night visit to the Jones farm where he finds Molly sitting alone in the dark. While Molly unburdens herself to Terence, Brendan is talking to Judy, admitting that he still blames Molly for his son's death.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ On the Sheep's Back: Part 1

Wed, Mar 21, 1984

In response to an application he submitted prior to coming to Wandin Valley, Simon receives a job offer from the Department of Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ On the Sheep's Back: Part 2

Thu, Mar 22, 1984

Despite Vicky's treatment of Richard Page's sheep and her assurances that they will soon be healthy, the shearers black ban Page's shed, refusing to work there.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ The Last Laugh: Part 1

Wed, Mar 28, 1984

After Molly's initial concerns that her potato crop may have Irish Blight, it is now harvest time. Brendan rounds up their friends to help in the harvest but one question keeps being raised - are the potatoes too big?

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ The Last Laugh: Part 2

Thu, Mar 29, 1984

Terence tries to help Reggie dry out and turn his life around. Molly sells her potatoes for a tidy profit, it is her first successful venture as a farmer. Peewee and his band, The Delltones, perform at he club to great success.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Elementary Miss Watson: Part 1

Thu, Apr 5, 1984

Esme is caught photographing "hippies" Dee Dee Cash and Wayne Higgins while they skinny dip. Dee Dee and Wayne are staying at a rental property owned by Esme's neighbour, Irene Walters, but are six months behind in their rent.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Elementary Miss Watson: Part 2

Fri, Apr 6, 1984

Esme follows Bruce and Patty in her car and then on foot before overhearing their conversation which seems to confirm her hypothesis. The next day she tells Frank but he's not interested and sends her home.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ The Best Thing for Everybody: Part 1

Thu, Apr 12, 1984

Judy is seeing local mechanic Barry Hall. Barry is a single father struggling to raise his five-year-old daughter Kerry after his wife Lisa walked out on them.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ The Best Thing for Everybody: Part 2

Fri, Apr 13, 1984

Barry checks himself out of hospital to discover his in-laws have initiated legal proceedings to gain custody of Kerry.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Moment of Truth: Part 1

Thu, Apr 19, 1984

Bob is building a spa for Sarah Fitzgerald. When her husband returns from a business trip she intends to surprise him with it - and news that she is pregnant.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ Moment of Truth: Part 2

Fri, Apr 20, 1984

Keith Fitzgerald, Sarah's father-in-law, arrives in town and sets his sights on having Terence deregistered after the coroner's inquest clears both Terence and Tania of any wrongdoing in connection to Rod's death.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ A Touch of Class: Part 1

Thu, Apr 26, 1984

Ashleigh Lyall takes an interest in Lorenzo Bellotti when her private school's debating team challenges Lorenzo's team from Burrigan High.

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ A Touch of Class: Part 2

Fri, Apr 27, 1984

Vicky sours on accepting the loan when she learns the house will have to be acceptable to Simon's father. Frank attempts to make repairs to the cop shop, but the plumbing poses a bit of a problem and Bob must finish the job.

27Season 4

S4.E27 ∙ Unemployment, a Health Hazard: Part 1

Thu, May 3, 1984

Simon's mother comes to the valley for a visit. Vicky misses picking her up at the airport but Aileen manages to make her own way to the apartment.

28Season 4

S4.E28 ∙ Unemployment, a Health Hazard: Part 2

Fri, May 4, 1984

Simon and Vicky stand firm in their refusal to accept his parents loan but agree to leave the door open should they ever need it in the future.

29Season 4

S4.E29 ∙ Horse of a Different Colour: Part 1

Thu, May 10, 1984

Brendan's birthday is approaching and Molly hopes to surprise him by buying him a horse, but her meagre $400 savings is a sizable obstacle.

30Season 4

S4.E30 ∙ Horse of a Different Colour: Part 2

Fri, May 11, 1984

Ros clears up a misunderstanding with Chilla when she reveals her plans to sell her uncle's entire estate, not just a few horses as he believed.

31Season 4

S4.E31 ∙ Invasion of Privacy: Part 1

Thu, May 17, 1984

Old rumours about Owen Butler supposedly murdering his wife and burying her in his garden resurface when the reclusive farmer calls Vicky out to examine his livestock.

32Season 4

S4.E32 ∙ Invasion of Privacy: Part 2

Fri, May 18, 1984

Responding to shouting from inside the Butler home, Vicky enters to learn Frank has found Mrs. Butler - alive and well, but suffering from extreme agoraphobia.

33Season 4

S4.E33 ∙ Tug of War: Part 1

Thu, May 24, 1984

Molly finds another cause to fight for when she discovers the town's footbridge will not be built near the school as wanted but has been relocated by the Shire Council so as to improve access between the football grounds and the pub.

34Season 4

S4.E34 ∙ Tug of War: Part 2

Fri, May 25, 1984

Simon isn't pleased that Dr. Swift has set up practice in town but Terence tells him there is not much they can do about it.

35Season 4

S4.E35 ∙ Second Opinion: Part 1

Thu, May 31, 1984

With Bob away visiting his daughter, his nephew Bruce Hatfield calls in at the Jones farm to fix the plumbing in Doris' pen.

36Season 4

S4.E36 ∙ Second Opinion: Part 2

Fri, Jun 1, 1984

Despite Martin's objections, he must be physically restrained as Joshua is taken into theatre, Terence operates on Joshua to repair the tear in his liver thereby saving his life.

37Season 4

S4.E37 ∙ Hot and Cold: Part 1

Thu, Jun 7, 1984

Mark and Lee Somers arrive in the valley with their daughter Megan. Mark and Lee are old friends of Terence's from university and are staying at Terence's vineyard.

38Season 4

S4.E38 ∙ Hot and Cold: Part 2

Fri, Jun 8, 1984

After dropping Fatso off at the Jones' farm for some "animal contact," Simon can't stop worrying about him.

39Season 4

S4.E39 ∙ Breathing Space: Part 1

Thu, Jun 14, 1984

Maggie Sloan makes her return one day ahead of schedule and quickly brings about a return to her strict rules and policies, her first acts being to throw both the old dusty roster and an arrangement of flowers from her desk into the trash.

40Season 4

S4.E40 ∙ Breathing Space: Part 2

Fri, Jun 15, 1984

During her welcome back party held at the club, Maggie reveals her plans to buy a home and settle in Wandin Valley.

41Season 4

S4.E41 ∙ An Axe to Grind: Part 1

Thu, Jun 21, 1984

Anthropologist Emma Hutchison, a friend of Molly's from university, arrives for a short visit. Also arriving in the district are Joe Fisher, a transient aboriginal man, and his son Dennis who is quickly befriended by Robbie Quinn.

42Season 4

S4.E42 ∙ An Axe to Grind: Part 2

Fri, Jun 22, 1984

Sides form up when Emma tries to stop Tom Gunn from building a dam on what may be an ancient aboriginal site.

43Season 4

S4.E43 ∙ Repairing the Damage: Part 1

Thu, Jun 28, 1984

Brendan's desire for a drink of water in the night takes him on a plumbing adventure, first replacing a kitchen faucet and then enlisting Simon's help to tackle the house's bad pipes from under the house.

44Season 4

S4.E44 ∙ Repairing the Damage: Part 2

Fri, Jun 29, 1984

Frank's test results come back from the urologist in Burrigan indicating he has a benign prostatic hypertrophy and although not cancerous, he is booked into hospital for an operation.

45Season 4

S4.E45 ∙ Good Intentions: Part 1

Thu, Jul 5, 1984

With Frank still recuperating in hospital, his replacement arrives in town. Steve Vargas is a young motorcycle riding police constable who quickly alienates the townsfolk with his aggressive, pro-active policing.

46Season 4

S4.E46 ∙ Good Intentions: Part 2

Fri, Jul 6, 1984

Maggie's poker game with Bob and Cookie is hampered by the novice skills of Esme.

47Season 4

S4.E47 ∙ So Close and Yet So Far: Part 1

Thu, Jul 12, 1984

The first guests for Molly's Farmland are signed up, and as they are not due to arrive until Christmas, it should provide enough time to complete preparations.

48Season 4

S4.E48 ∙ So Close and Yet So Far: Part 2

Fri, Jul 13, 1984

Bob retrieves Chloe from the edge of the dam and carries her back to the house where Bill is in the midst of one of his bad spells and has no clue as to what is happening around him.

49Season 4

S4.E49 ∙ Splitting the Difference: Part 1

Thu, Jul 19, 1984

Farmer Ken Whitton, recently separated from his wife Colleen, is faced with having to sell their farm to let her get out her 50% interest, despite his wanting to keep the farm going and plant "one last crop."

50Season 4

S4.E50 ∙ Splitting the Difference: Part 2

Fri, Jul 20, 1984

Matron Sloan arrives early for work to find Judy and Nurse Daley making breakfast in her office, and to put it mildly, she's far from impressed.