A Country Practice - Series 1 (Ep. 1-14) - 4-DVD Set ( A Country Practice - Series One (Ep. One to Fourteen) )

A Country Practice - Series 1 (Ep. 1-14) - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Country Practice - Series One (Ep. One to Fourteen)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
700 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Chris Thomson

Written By:
James Davern

Actors:
John Hanlon ..... Dr. Terence Elliott
Brian Wenzel ..... Sergeant Frank Gilroy
Lorrae Desmond ..... Shirley Dean Gilroy
Grant Dodwell ..... Dr. Simon Bowen
Shane Withington ..... Brendan Jones
Penny Cook ..... Vicky Dean Bowen
Anne Tenney ..... Molly Jones
Helen Scott ..... Matron Marta Kurtesz
Dagmar Bláhová ..... Mrs. Myers (as Dasha Blahova)
Ric Herbert ..... Tony Pieri
Betty Lucas ..... Mrs. Bourke
Michael McGlinchey ..... Andrew Bourke
Jon Ossher ..... Mr. Bourke
Tom Richards ..... Hal Secombe
Wendy Strehlow ..... Sister Judy Loveday
Arkie Whiteley ..... Jenny Secombe
Joyce Jacobs ..... Esme Watson (uncredited)

Synopsis:

One of Australia's most popular primetime television programmes, the award-winning A Country Practice is a drama series about the residents of the small country town of Wandin Valley, New South Wales. This warm series focuses on the town's medical clinic, hospital, veterinary practice and pub. Enjoy your favourite memories with Dr Terence Elliott (Shane Porteous), his junior partner Dr Simon Bowen (Grant Dodwell), the doctors' receptionist Shirley Dean (Lorrae Desmond) and her daughter Vicky (Penny Cook), a local vet. And who can forget Molly (Anne Tenney) and her husband Brendan (Shane Withington), Bob Hatfield (Gordon Piper), Esme Watson (Joyce Jacobs), Matron Marta Kurtez (Helen Scott) and Sgt Frank Gilroy (Brian Wenzel) Episodes:EP 1 WANDIN VALLEY PART 1 EP 2 WANDIN VALLEY PART 2 EP 3 A TOWN TRAGEDY PART 1 EP 4 A TOWN TRAGEDY PART 2 EP 5 THE ITINERANTS PART 1 EP 6 THE ITINERANTS PART 2 EP 7 THEY SHOOT COWS DON'T THEY PART 1 EP 8 THEY SHOOT COWS DON'T THEY PART 2 EP 9 COMING HOME PART 1 EP 10 COMING HOME PART 2 EP 11 SECRETS PART 1 EP 12 SECRETS PART 2 EP 13 THE ALTERNATIVES PART 1 EP 14 THE ALTERNATIVES PART 2

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: In General Practice: Part 1
Original Air Date-18 November 1981
Season 1, Episode 2: In General Practice: Part 2
Original Air Date-19 November 1981
Season 1, Episode 3: Town Tragedy: Part 1
Original Air Date-25 November 1981
Season 1, Episode 4: Town Tragedy: Part 2
Original Air Date-26 November 1981
Season 1, Episode 5: The Itinerants: Part 1
Original Air Date-2 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 6: The Itinerants: Part 2
Original Air Date-3 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 7: They Shoot Cows Don't They: Part 1
Original Air Date-9 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 8: They Shoot Cows Don't They: Part 2
Original Air Date-10 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 9: Coming Home: Part 1
Original Air Date-16 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 10: Coming Home: Part 2
Original Air Date-17 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 11: Secrets: Part 1
Original Air Date-23 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 12: Secrets: Part 2
Original Air Date-24 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 13: Alternatives: Part 1
Original Air Date-30 December 1981
Season 1, Episode 14: Alternatives: Part 2
Original Air Date-31 December 1981

A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. The show followed a medical practice in the small fictional New South Wales country town of Wandin Valley. The show's stories focused on the staff of the practice and the hospital and their families, and through weekly guest characters - frequently patients served by the practice - various social and medical problems were explored. The series examined such topical issues as youth unemployment, suicide, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS and terminal illness, as well as Aborigines and their place in modern Australian society. Apart from its regular rotating cast of characters, mainly among the younger personnel, A Country Practice also had a cast of semi-regulars who would make appearances as the storylines permitted.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 November, 2011.