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The Flying Doctors

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The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.

Release date
May 15, 1986
Runtime
50 min
TMDB score
6.6

9 seasons Drama

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Cast

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Robert Grubb Dr. Geoff Standish Lenore Smith Kate Standish

Nikki Coghill photo

Nikki Coghill Sr. Jackie Crane

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David Reyne Dr. Guy Reid

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Christopher Stollery Johnno Johnson

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Sarah Chadwick Dr. Rowie Lang

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Dr. Geoff StandishRobert Grubb195 episodes
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Kate Standish / Kate WellingsLenore Smith197 episodes
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Ron 'Roughneck' MillerMark Little14 episodes
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Mike LancasterShane Withington11 episodes
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Johnno JohnsonChristopher Stollery75 episodes
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Dr. Rowie LangSarah Chadwick47 episodes
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Nancy BuckleyVal Jellay191 episodes
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Sr. Jackie Crane / Sandra WetherbyNikki Coghill56 episodes
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Dr. Chris Randall / (archive footage)Liz Burch148 episodes
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George Baxter / (archive footage)Bruce Barry55 episodes
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Dr. Tom Callaghan / (archive footage)Andrew McFarlane82 episodes
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Dr. Guy Reid / Russ EvansDavid Reyne56 episodes
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Dr. David Ratcliffe / Trevor NeilsonBrett Climo73 episodes
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Sam Patterson / (archive footage)Peter O'Brien77 episodes
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Violet Carnegie / (archive footage)Pat Evison55 episodes
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Paula Patterson / (archive footage)Vikki Blanche58 episodes
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David GibsonLewis Fitz-Gerald25 episodes
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Cynthia Cumberland-Brown / Caroline LongleyJudith McGrath2 episodes
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Zoe BuchananMichaela Abay12 episodes
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Joey / GavinRian McLean2 episodes
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Nick Cardaci / NIck CardaciAlex Papps50 episodes
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Colin HudsonMark Hennessy1 episodes
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Paul HudsonGlennen C.C. Fahey1 episodes
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Ray MastersChris Connelly2 episodes
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