A Country Practice (The Middle Years - Seasons 7-10) - 88-DVD Box Set

A Country Practice (The Middle Years - Seasons 7-10) - 88-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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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:
16260 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 - 1990 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Bob Meillon
Leigh Spence

Written By:
Judith Colquhoun
David Boutland

Actors:
Shane Porteous ..... Dr. Terence Elliott / ... (986 episodes, 1981-1993)
Brian Wenzel ..... Sergeant Frank Gilroy / ... (935 episodes, 1981-1993)
Lorrae Desmond ..... Shirley Dean Gilroy / ... (816 episodes, 1981-1992)
Joyce Jacobs ..... Esme Watson / ... (805 episodes, 1981-1993)
Gordon Piper ..... Bob Hatfield (740 episodes, 1981-1992)
Syd Heylen ..... Vernon 'Cookie' Locke (723 episodes, 1982-1992)
Joan Sydney ..... Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan / ... (455 episodes, 1983-1993)

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 88 disc box set features all 348 episodes of classic Australian television from Seasons 7 - 10 of Channel 7's longest running drama series. A Country Practice won 29 Logie Awards during its twelve years of production and still remains one of the most loved Australian series ever produced. Enjoy your favourite memories with all your favourite characters! Includes all 348 episodes across Seasons 7 to 10.

Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the show's two one-hour episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block. The storylines were meant to have a primary appeal to adult and older youthful audiences, and in particular they had greater appeal to children from middle-class backgrounds. As it did not have the open ended narrative of a traditional soap opera, it was technically a series. Nevertheless, many storylines were developed as sub plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's narrative block. Overall, the programme "so emphasised the ongoing storylines of its major characters as to make the distinction between series and serial more or less meaningless".

A Country Practice follows the lives of the doctors, nurses, and quirky characters who live in the small country town of Wandin Valley.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 June, 2014.