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 9

S9.E1 ∙ Sanctuary: Part 1

1989

A Chilean refugee tries to make a new life for himself in Wandin Valley, but ghosts of his past come back to haunt him. Matt tries to trick Cathy into letting him stay with her, but she turns the table on him.

2Season 9

S9.E2 ∙ Sanctuary: Part 2

1989

A woman in need of surgery is brought to the hospital, but her frightened boyfriend refuses to let Terence operate as in his country, doctors are known for torturing innocent people.

3Season 9

S9.E3 ∙ Message in a Bottle: Part 1

1989

A mysterious stranger arrives in town and confuses everyone with his various stories.

4Season 9

S9.E4 ∙ Message in a Bottle: Part 2

1989

Frank comes up against silence when he tries to combat the town's teen drinking problem but the locals are soon forced to sit up and take notice when a teenager drinks too much and slips into a coma.

5Season 9

S9.E5 ∙ Endangered Species: Part 1

1989

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

6Season 9

S9.E6 ∙ Endangered Species: Part 2

1989

Domestic violence tears a family apart.

7Season 9

S9.E7 ∙ Play It Again: Part 1

1989

Matron Sloan wins the lottery and everyone has suggestions on how she should spend the money.

8Season 9

S9.E8 ∙ Play It Again: Part 2

1989

Terence tells Cathy there is a possibility of brain damage as Matt has viral encephalitis and has slipped into a coma.

9Season 9

S9.E9 ∙ Mothers and Daughters: Part 1

1989

Alex gives birth to a girl, but her chances of survival are very slim as the baby's lungs are not fully developed.

10Season 9

S9.E10 ∙ Mothers and Daughters: Part 2

1989

Baby Laura dies. Jo is devastated when her mother refuses to acknowledge her.

11Season 9

S9.E11 ∙ Fool's Gold: Part 1

1989

Alex warns a young athlete about the dangers of taking steroids.

12Season 9

S9.E12 ∙ Fool's Gold: Part 2

1989

Jo has some serious thinking to do about her future with Michael.

13Season 9

S9.E13 ∙ On the Threshold: Part 1

1989

An aboriginal girl, Kylie Walker, and her uncle, Steve Murray, a United Church pastor, arrive in town and Alex is soon involved in a war of words.

14Season 9

S9.E14 ∙ On the Threshold: Part 2

1989

Steve Murray, the Aborigine pastor, tells an interested Alex of his need for a doctor at his settlement.

15Season 9

S9.E15 ∙ Last of the Summer Wine: Part 1

1989

Alex is wondering about her purpose in life and is readily losing patience with her patients. Terence can see that Alex is fed-up with life in the Valley.

16Season 9

S9.E16 ∙ Last of the Summer Wine: Part 2

1989

Steve Murray returns to the Valley with one thing in mind convince Alex to join him and his people at Marlu Ngurra until they can find a permanent doctor.

17Season 9

S9.E17 ∙ Snake in the Grass: Part 1

1989

A customs officer arrives in town to investigate a snake smuggling ring and she and Matt don't exactly hit it off.

18Season 9

S9.E18 ∙ Snake in the Grass: Part 2

1989

Matron Sloan and Terence are furious when the new locum doctor goes to the racetrack instead of looking after a patient.

19Season 9

S9.E19 ∙ Burnout: Part 1

1989

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

20Season 9

S9.E20 ∙ Burnout: Part 2

1989

Frank wants Matt out of his house and is trying desperately to off-load him onto anyone else who will take him. Lucy moves into Boolaroo with Cathy.

21Season 9

S9.E21 ∙ Pick of the Crop: Part 1

1989

Yet another locum doctor arrives and Terence is hoping that this one will be better than the last two.

22Season 9

S9.E22 ∙ Pick of the Crop: Part 2

1989

A farmer's wife ends up with severe poisoning from a lethal mix of pesticides. Cris shows off his operating skills when Cathy has an accident whilst out riding with the new doctor.

23Season 9

S9.E23 ∙ Nobody's Fool: Part 1

1989

Everyone is waiting for a glimpse of the girl Cris describes as his "beautiful Jessie." Cathy tries her hand at writing a romance novel and is concerned when Matt takes the story quite literally.

24Season 9

S9.E24 ∙ Nobody's Fool: Part 2

1989

Matt gets Cathy's story published in the local paper. Everyone is surprised when Jessie turns out to be Cris' six-year-old daughter.

25Season 9

S9.E25 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 1

1989

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

26Season 9

S9.E26 ∙ Playing with Fire: Part 2

1989

Lucy feels guilty and blames herself for Maggie's illness, especially after they had argued earlier. Cathy makes an offer to buy Pippa the horse for her owner.

27Season 9

S9.E27 ∙ Baby Makes Three: Part 1

1989

Matron Hilda Arrowsmith arrives at the hospital and Maggie is convinced her old nemesis is up to no good. A childless couple pin all their hopes on an IVF program.

28Season 9

S9.E28 ∙ Baby Makes Three: Part 2

1989

If she is elected, it be over Maggie's dead body. Matt throws the cat among the pigeons when he tells Cathy and Lucy that Cris is leaving the Valley.

29Season 9

S9.E29 ∙ A Ticket to Ride: Part 1

1989

Frank tries to track down a runaway girl who is in town with the carnival. The cake tins are greased and the wooden spoons are poised as preparations get underway for the annual sponge cake competition.

30Season 9

S9.E30 ∙ A Ticket to Ride: Part 2

1989

The town, and Esme in particular, are astounded when Cathy wins the cake competition - but she did use a "secret" ingredient.

31Season 9

S9.E31 ∙ Taking a Chance: Part 1

1989

Terence and Cris have a difference of opinion over a father's refusal to inoculate his children.

32Season 9

S9.E32 ∙ Taking a Chance: Part 2

1989

Matt saves Jess's new pet, a calf called "Sketty," doing so against his sensible judgment and to the dismay of Terence's wallet.

33Season 9

S9.E33 ∙ She Loves Me Not: Part 1

1989

A fastidious piano tuner is not happy with Cris' diagnosis of his problem. It doesn't look good when he is admitted to hospital with a serious throat blockage.

34Season 9

S9.E34 ∙ She Loves Me Not: Part 2

1989

Lucy's life is endangered when Colin Close kidnaps her but she is saved when Cris, Matt, and Frank track them down.

35Season 9

S9.E35 ∙ Young Hearts: Part 1

1989

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.

36Season 9

S9.E36 ∙ Young Hearts: Part 2

1989

Bob has a new girlfriend - Nancy Walker. Terence is feeling Alex's absence.

37Season 9

S9.E37 ∙ Illusions: Part 1

1989

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

38Season 9

S9.E38 ∙ Illusions: Part 2

1989

Matt becomes a successful radio star in his segment "Pet Vet" on Clover Owen-Jones' morning radio programme. Terence's visit to see Alex seems to have proven unsatisfactory.

39Season 9

S9.E39 ∙ The Food of Love: Part 1

1989

Famine strikes Wandin Valley as the residents take part in a forty-hour famine for charity. Amy-Lee, a love torn singer, flees her well-to-do financé Tom Cameron because of a dark secret she has that keeps her from the man she loves.

40Season 9

S9.E40 ∙ The Food of Love: Part 2

1989

Terence offers Cris a third share in the medical practice. Amy-Lee and Tom are reunited.

41Season 9

S9.E41 ∙ Handle with Care: Part 1

1989

Cathy has an unexpected guest, her sister-in-law Michelle. The circumstances of her visit are not what they first appear to be when she tells Cathy that Cathy's brother John has run off with another woman and taken their daughter Megan.

42Season 9

S9.E42 ∙ Handle with Care: Part 2

1989

Cris and Lucy's friendship deepens. Terence helps Michelle understand the reasons behind her illness.

43Season 9

S9.E43 ∙ Fly Away Home: Part 1

1989

Susan Baxter's medical condition is not helped by the constant fighting between her husband and teenage daughter

44Season 9

S9.E44 ∙ Fly Away Home: Part 2

1989

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.

45Season 9

S9.E45 ∙ Give Me Shelter: Part 1

1989

Shirley and Frank are awaiting the arrival of Julian "Luke" Ross but he is nowhere to be seen. Frank, his probation officer, is not impressed.

46Season 9

S9.E46 ∙ Give Me Shelter: Part 2

1989

When Cathy's horse falls ill, she insists the new vet treat Pippa. Luke discovers the truck he hot wired for his getaway is loaded with stolen alcohol and he rushes back to the Valley to prove his innocence.

47Season 9

S9.E47 ∙ Fellow Travellers: Part 1

1989

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

48Season 9

S9.E48 ∙ Fellow Travellers: Part 2

1989

Skeeter's attitude towards Eileen has changed, in fact he seems quite smitten. He visit's her in hospital with a gift and becomes her defender when Eileen's daughter insists her mother should return home with her.

49Season 9

S9.E49 ∙ Apparitions: Part 1

1989

The Richmond's world is turned upside down when what they think is a passing case of pneumonia that Stewart is suffering from is in fact AIDS.

50Season 9

S9.E50 ∙ Apparitions: Part 2

1989

Jessie's friend Freya comes to stay. She has not spoken a word since the death of her younger brother in a car accident. She is cured by an unexpected sighting of a unicorn.