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 7

S7.E1 ∙ Rocking the Boat: Part 1

1987

Ben receives an invitation to a conference in Perth and Donna is determined to go along - as Mrs. Ben Green. Jo goes along with them to search for her mother.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ Rocking the Boat: Part 2

Tue, Jan 20, 1987

Jo spends her birthday in search of her mother and stakes out the local post office. Kenny helps his patient overcome his bitterness and gives him the courage to face an uncertain future.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Bitter Sweet: Part 1

1987

While Frank and Shirley are in America visiting Vicky, Simon, and the twins, Frank is replaced by an upfront policewoman, Sgt. Sally Moore. A sales rep for a drug company tries to sell cheap drugs to farmers in the Valley.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Bitter Sweet: Part 2

1987

Ben is victimised by irate farmers when he announces that the whole milk supply of the Valley will have to be dumped. Alex becomes godmother to young Penny Richards. Ben's surgery is vandalised.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ One with the Lot: Part 1

Mon, Feb 2, 1987

An older woman has a difficult decision to make when she learns that she is pregnant and has a one-in-two chance of having a deformed child.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ One with the Lot: Part 2

Tue, Feb 3, 1987

Sally sets her sights on Ben. Kenny loses his job at the road-house but regains it after he saves the boss's son.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ Caught in the Act: Part 1

1987

There is a burglar on the loose in Wandin Valley. Esme is among the victims and Sgt. Moore is finding it a difficult case to solve.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ Caught in the Act: Part 2

1987

Peter decides to impress Alex by putting up a TV aerial for her and he finally gets her alone - when they get stranded on the roof for the night. Mrs. Coote and Major Duggan get married.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ No Place for a Lady: Part 1

1987

Wandin Valley battens down the hatches and prepares for Big Jules' annual visit. Frank is treating Sally as if she's incapable of handling anything other than paperwork and she's had enough.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ No Place for a Lady: Part 2

1987

Sally files an official complaint against Frank. Alex plays Cupid in an attempt to help Jules and Myrtle Burnett solve their problems.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Tall in the Saddle: Part 1

Wed, Apr 15, 1987

Cowboy Hank "Lash" McCoy and his family arrive in town to perform a Wild West show for the primary school and Alex is rather put out by Peter's interest in one of the show's stars.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ Tall in the Saddle: Part 2

Thu, Apr 16, 1987

Jo prepares to make her television debut while Frank acts the part of a nervous stage mother.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Times Are a Changing: Part 1

1987

Andrew McPherson, an old friend of Alex's, has come to the Valley for a break. Peter is jealous and feels he can't compete with Andrew, a hot-shot city lawyer.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Times Are a Changing: Part 2

1987

Alex learns that Andrew has a drug problem but has a hard time convincing him to do something about it. Jo is elected president of the new student council. Peter shows his jealousy by giving Alex the cold shoulder.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ Foul Play: Part 1

1987

Jo is booked to do a TV commercial for fresh chickens but is horrified when she sees the conditions at the farm.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Foul Play: Part 2

1987

Andrew realises the quiet life is not for him and returns to Sydney. Maggie uncovers the identity of the "Woman of the World" and reaches a compromise with Matron Arrowsmith.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Hit and Run: Part 1

Wed, May 6, 1987

Peter takes pity on teenage runaway Stewart Pedler and lets him stay at Camelot, much to Donna and Ben's dismay. Jo saves a dog from a cruel fate.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Hit and Run: Part 2

Thu, May 7, 1987

Peter is devastated when he realises the Stewart was just stringing him along. The Wandin Valley batting order collapses, can Esme save the day?

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ Odds On: Part 1

1987

A reformed gambler finds the temptation too hard to resist. Esme is also bitten by the gambling bug when Cookie installs a new poker machine in the club.

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ Odds On: Part 2

1987

Peter's life hangs in the balance when he suffers a severe allergic reaction on the operating table and Alex realises just how much he means to her.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ Lost for Words: Part 1

1987

Peter and Alex organise a romantic weekend away in Sydney but it doesn't go according to plan when Alex's father is found to be staying in the same hotel. Donna falls for a mysterious newcomer.

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Lost for Words: Part 2

1987

Frank is not impressed by Jo's taste in men when she brings home her new boyfriend - Tyrone the surfie. Alex is forced to go to England when she hears that her grandmother is ill.

23Season 7

S7.E23 ∙ Creative Play: Part 1

Mon, Apr 6, 1987

Donna finds her nursing skills challenged and ends up resigning after a battle with a middle-aged Valium addict.

24Season 7

S7.E24 ∙ Creative Play: Part 2

Tue, Apr 7, 1987

Matt checks out of the hospital and pays Donna a visit.

25Season 7

S7.E25 ∙ Outsiders: Part 1

1987

Jo and Ben visit a rundown farm and suspect something is amiss. Peter and Bob repair an old radio and pick up a distress signal - from a UFO.

26Season 7

S7.E26 ∙ Outsiders: Part 2

1987

Hilda Arrowsmith arrives at the hospital and announces that she is their new Acting Matron. The Shelley children move in with Frank and Shirley when their mother is admitted to hospital. Peter is longing for Alex's return.

27Season 7

S7.E27 ∙ A Nice Girl Like You: Part 1

1987

Adam Campbell takes a fancy to Jo and invites her to a party at his house, but disaster strikes when they are involved in a car accident while on the way home.

28Season 7

S7.E28 ∙ A Nice Girl Like You: Part 2

1987

Frank is determined to find out who is to blame for the car accident that has left Jo in a coma with possible brain damage. Peter drives down to Sydney to meet Alex at the airport and ends up helping a damsel in distress.

29Season 7

S7.E29 ∙ Home and Away: Part 1

1987

Christine Mason returns to work after the birth of her daughter but when she brings Yvette to the hospital with a broken arm, Alex suspects that Christine is guilty of child abuse.

30Season 7

S7.E30 ∙ Home and Away: Part 2

1987

Cookie moves into Camelot after he and Bob have an argument. Terence and Alex have a difference of opinion over a suspected child abuse case and Alex is forced to back down when she realises that she was mistaken.

31Season 7

S7.E31 ∙ Love Story: Part 1

1987

Peter tries to find the right time to pop the question to Alex but she's too busy battling a case of hay fever to notice. Major Duggan's health is failing him but he refuses to see Terence for treatment.

32Season 7

S7.E32 ∙ Love Story: Part 2

1987

Jo, Glen, and Darren save the Major from drowning when he falls into the swimming hole and Terence convinces him to have further tests. Peter finally proposes to Alex who accepts.

33Season 7

S7.E33 ∙ Best Laid Plans: Part 1

1987

The residents of Wandin Valley band together to prevent the closure of the hospital. Shirley decides to solve Frank's back problems by getting a new bed - a waterbed, and Jo is horrified.

34Season 7

S7.E34 ∙ Best Laid Plans: Part 2

1987

Donna gets Ben to propose to her because she's never been asked before. Maggie defeats Arrowsmith and Councillor Muldoon when she dares to expose some secrets. The town throw an engagement party for Peter and Alex.

35Season 7

S7.E35 ∙ My Brother's Keeper: Part 1

Mon, May 18, 1987

Jo's friend Fiona is fed-up of having to look after her little brother Jimmy and decides to play netball as planned, leaving Jimmy on his own.

36Season 7

S7.E36 ∙ My Brother's Keeper: Part 2

Tue, May 19, 1987

Young Jimmy is found dead in the lake and Fiona runs to Jo and the Gilroys for comfort when her mother turns on her and blames her for his death. The pressure is on Peter and Alex to name the day.

37Season 7

S7.E37 ∙ ...Book by It's Cover: Part 1

1987

When Peter allows his students to choose a book for their open-book review, their choice causes him nothing but trouble. Cookie organises a grand surprise, but Esme gets a surprise of another kind.

38Season 7

S7.E38 ∙ ...Book by It's Cover: Part 2

1987

A diabetic boy bluffs his way into hospital to escape his overprotective mother. Sandy's dad is not happy to learn that his daughter is studying "Puberty Blues" at school and confronts Peter about it.

39Season 7

S7.E39 ∙ The Lie of the Land: Part 1

1987

Cathy Hayden, Wandin Valley's new Parks and Wildlife officer, has trouble coping with the attitudes of the locals and her willful grandfather. Peter is disillusioned and not sure whether he wants to continue teaching.

40Season 7

S7.E40 ∙ The Lie of the Land: Part 2

1987

Peter decides on a life on the land and starts working on the Hayden farm, but Alex begins to worry about the man she's going to marry.

41Season 7

S7.E41 ∙ Ghost of a Chance: Part 1

1987

Alex picks up a young pregnant hitch-hiker and blames herself when the girl dies after she is knocked down by a truck driver.

42Season 7

S7.E42 ∙ Ghost of a Chance: Part 2

1987

Ben, Jo, Donna, and Bob go ghostbusting and end up solving a fifty-year-old mystery. Terence is concerned when Alex gets too involved in the case of a newborn baby who is going through heroin withdrawal.

43Season 7

S7.E43 ∙ The Right Mix: Part 1

Mon, Jun 15, 1987

A hard-nosed journalist comes to the Valley to interview Cathy for a story about a day in the life of a ranger, but Cathy is too busy organising the annual roo cull.

44Season 7

S7.E44 ∙ The Right Mix: Part 2

Tue, Jun 16, 1987

Alex and Peter's relationship is in deep trouble and the arrival of Peter's old school master Walter Hopwood doesn't help matters.

45Season 7

S7.E45 ∙ Keep on Truckin': Part 1

Mon, Jun 22, 1987

Alex waits for Peter to make up his mind about Walter Hopwood's job offer. The Simpson family finds it hard to cope when their father is jailed.

46Season 7

S7.E46 ∙ Keep on Truckin': Part 2

Tue, Jun 23, 1987

Kevin Simpson decides to take his family's welfare into his own hands. Alex tells Peter that she can't go with him and will be staying in Wandin Valley. Peter says goodbye to Donna and his friends throw him a going away party.

47Season 7

S7.E47 ∙ Nobody's Perfect: Part 1

Mon, Jun 29, 1987

Donna's Aunt Sally comes to visit and Donna and Cathy see a chance to do a spot of match-making.

48Season 7

S7.E48 ∙ Nobody's Perfect: Part 2

Tue, Jun 30, 1987

Bob and Cookie go in search of some frill-necked lizards. Jack Hayden and Sally find they have plenty in common. Jo becomes the star of a Japanese shampoo commercial.

49Season 7

S7.E49 ∙ Things of Value: Part 1

Mon, Jul 6, 1987

Frank plans a special present for his and Shirley's fifth wedding anniversary. Bob and Cookie are besieged by would-be stars as word of their success as theatrical agents spreads.

50Season 7

S7.E50 ∙ Things of Value: Part 2

Tue, Jul 7, 1987

An old woman loses her will to live when her pet is killed. Cathy finds the culprit who has been talking pot shots at the local animals.