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The Flying Doctors

  • TV Series
  • 1986–19921986–1992
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
952
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,711
64
Liz Burch, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, and Andrew McFarlane in The Flying Doctors (1986)
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This series chronicles the events surrounding the activities of the Royal Flying Doctors Service, which operates its own aircraft -in this case from the base at Coopers Crossing, an otherwis... Read allThis series chronicles the events surrounding the activities of the Royal Flying Doctors Service, which operates its own aircraft -in this case from the base at Coopers Crossing, an otherwise hardly notable town- to fly its medical staff throughout the Australian outback, where r... Read allThis series chronicles the events surrounding the activities of the Royal Flying Doctors Service, which operates its own aircraft -in this case from the base at Coopers Crossing, an otherwise hardly notable town- to fly its medical staff throughout the Australian outback, where roads are too scarce and distances too immense to reach patients for medical care or get th... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
952
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,711
64
  • Stars
    • Lenore Smith
    • Maurie Fields
    • Robert Grubb
  • Stars
    • Lenore Smith
    • Maurie Fields
    • Robert Grubb
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    • 17User reviews
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    Lenore Smith
    Lenore Smith
    • Kate Wellings…
    Maurie Fields
    Maurie Fields
    • Vic Buckley
    Robert Grubb
    Robert Grubb
    • Dr. Geoff Standish
    Val Jellay
    Val Jellay
    • Nancy Buckley
    Liz Burch
    Liz Burch
    • Dr. Chris Randall
    Rebecca Gibney
    Rebecca Gibney
    • Emma Plimpton…
    George Kapiniaris
    • Dimitrios 'D.J.' Lonniadis
    Terry Gill
    • Sgt. Jack Carruthers
    Peter O'Brien
    Peter O'Brien
    • Sam Patterson
    Beverley Dunn
    • Clare Bryant
    Christopher Stollery
    Christopher Stollery
    • Johnno Johnson
    Andrew McFarlane
    Andrew McFarlane
    • Dr. Tom Callaghan…
    Brett Climo
    Brett Climo
    • Dr. David Ratcliffe…
    Vikki Blanche
    • Paula Patterson…
    Nikki Coghill
    Nikki Coghill
    • Jackie Crane…
    David Reyne
    • Dr. Guy Reid…
    Bruce Barry
    Bruce Barry
    • George Baxter
    Pat Evison
    • Violet Carnegie
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    • Trivia
      The show was a huge success in Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands, with fans from the latter two countries starting fanclubs and special events with cast members present. Re-runs of the series are still shown on networks in Sweden, Finland and Holland.
    • Quotes

      [To George Baxter]

      Dr. Geoff Standish: You know I was told that my predecessor, once dragged you into the lane and punched you into the nose. May I say that I wish I'd had his good judgment!

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    10/10
    A bit of background on Crawford Productions.
    Nice to see quite a few people enjoyed this series as much as I did (and I'd never really been a fan of Australian TV even though I live here). I particularly thought Rebecca Gibney was appealing (did she play the part of a mechanic?), and about the only fault I can think of was where they were loading a patient into the aircraft and the "fuselage" wobbled a bit! Sadly, after creating many successful TV series, the head of Crawford Productions, Hector Crawford, died in about 1991 (prob got the date wrong - sorry). The studios were actually demolished in about 2006, but the organisation still exists - now owned by WIN TV, and had produced series such as "The Saddle Club" which was apparently based on a US series made many years prior. I'll try and put the link for Crawford's here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Productions - don't know if it will work or not.

    So, if you'd really like another series made, I suggest you try to email Crawford's - they're on the web, of course - and get as many friends as possible to do the same!
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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1986 (Australia)
      • Australia
      • English
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      • Horsham, Victoria, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Crawford Productions
      • Nine Network Australia
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