James Davern
Director
A Country Practice (1981)
Season 5
A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. After its lengthy run on the seven network it was picked up by network ten with a mainly new cast from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes, although the ten series was not as successful as its predecessor . The Channel Seven series was also filmed on location in Pitt Town, while, the Channel Ten series was filmed on location in Emerald, Victoria.
Released Nov. 18, 1981
Episode 46 min
2+
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Production Companies: JNP Productions
Network: Seven Network
S5E1 - Follow the Leader (Part 1)
Maggie informs Bob that she will be making alternative living arrangements, which Bob takes as a personal insult. An attractive female doctor arrives at the clinic to help while Terence is away. Shirley is involved in a bad car accident, and Simon decides it's time he and Vicky took a holiday.
S5E2 - Follow the Leader (Part 2)
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Feb. 6, 1985, midnight
S5E3 - Comes a Stranger (Part 1)
A colourful character comes to the Valley and creates quite a stir with his potions and magic cures. Bob and Cookie believe they have stumbled across a magic cure that will make them rich. There is a state of emergency in the Valley when they get a freak rain storm and some of the local farmers have to be
Feb. 12, 1985, midnight
S5E4 - Comes a Stranger (Part 2)
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S5E5 - For the Sake of the Child (Part 1)
Brendan is left in charge of the farm while Molly visits her mother. Simon decides it's time for Shirley to update her files, putting himself in an embarrassing situation in doing so. Esme creates some mystery when she gives away her most precious belongings to her friends and a young boy's puts himself in danger to attract attention.
S5E6 - For the Sake of the Child (Part 2)
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S5E7 - On the Edge (Part 1)
A young heroin addict is found unidentified on the street and is admitted to hospital. Brendan is finding it hard to cope while Molly is away and gets some unexpected assistance.
S5E8 - On the Edge (Part 2)
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S5E9 - Swan Song (Part 1)
Terence suspects the worst when one of his elderly patients, depressed after a heart attack, says he and his wife are going away. Brendan tried his hand at blackmailing Cookie and Simon gets into a disastrous situation from which he benefits in the end.
May 3, 1985, midnight
S5E10 - Swan Song (Part 2)
None
March 6, 1985, midnight
S5E11 - Smooth Talking (Part 1)
Matron Sloan is suspicious when she hears her arch rival from Burrigan hospital is coming to visit. Vicky takes an instant dislike to a once famous playwright who arrives in the Valley. When Brendan gets an attractive job offer he turns to Vicky and Simon for advice.
March 13, 1985, midnight
S5E12 - Smooth Talking (Part 2)
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March 13, 1986, midnight
S5E13 - Home Truths (Part 1)
Matron Sloan forces Judy to enter a beauty contest where she shocks the judges with her speech. A housewife and a mother prove it's never too late to learn. Brendan and Vicky have a surprise for Molly when she returns. Frank arrests a respected citizen of the Valley for wife bashing.
March 19, 1985, midnight
S5E14 - Home Truths (Part 2)
None
March 20, 1985, midnight
S5E15 - Seasons Come and Seasons Go (Part 1)
Frank is furious when he can't discover who wrote the bad review about his play. Brendan organises a surprise birthday party for Molly, and Judy helps a young girl cope with the pressures of adolescence. Simon is ecstatic to discover that Vicky is pregnant.
March 26, 1985, midnight
S5E16 - Seasons Come and Seasons Go (Part 2)
None
March 27, 1985, midnight
S5E17 - I'll Cry If I Want To (Part 1)
Terence suggests to Molly that she should go to Sydney for more tests. Johnathan puts himself in an embarrassing situation when he agrees to be a guest speaker for the literary society, and Vicky gets frustrated at being treated like an invalid because she is pregnant.
April 16, 1985, midnight
S5E18 - I'll Cry If I Want To (Part 2)
None
April 17, 1985, midnight
S5E19 - My Way (Part 1)
An old enemy of Molly's reappears in the valley at the same time as Simon's brother and his family arrive from the United States. While Cookie is laid up in hospital, his friends take over at the club. Molly's gentle manner with animals and children rubs off on the spoiled young girl.
April 23, 1985, midnight
S5E20 - My Way (Part 2)
None
April 24, 1985, midnight
S5E21 - Save the Last Dance for Me (Part 1)
Bob and Cookie get themselves in hot water when they buy a race horse. Retired ballet dancer, Sir Adam Dormin returns to the Valley to spend what he thinks will be his last days but when he sees the potential in a young dancer, he decides to continue his teaching.
April 30, 1985, midnight
S5E22 - Save the Last Dance for Me (Part 2)
None
May 1, 1985, midnight
S5E23 - Castles in the Air (Part 1)
A friend of Shirley's arrives and is quite taken with Terence. When Terence and Judy return from a night out at a school reunion they find evidence of a prowler in her flat. Karen's attraction to Terence gets quite out of hand. Molly is elected to council and her first fight is against Muldoon and Funland.
May 7, 1985, midnight
S5E24 - Castles in the Air (Part 2)
None
May 8, 1985, midnight
S5E25 - Lost and Found (Part 1)
Vicky reacts angrily to the attention Simon is paying to one of his patients. Cookie invests in some garden gnomes and is disturbed when he discovers that some of them are missing. Vicky puts herself in a dangerous situation when she helps a young boy trapped in a mine shaft.
May 14, 1985, midnight
S5E26 - Lost and Found (Part 2)
None
May 15, 1985, midnight
S5E27 - Coming to Terms (Part 1)
Molly and Brendan get an attractive offer for the farm from Councillor Muldoon. Vicky suspects an outbreak of anthrax in the goats and is shocked when she hears some bad news from Molly's mother.
May 21, 1985, midnight
S5E28 - Coming to Terms (Part 2)
None
May 22, 1985, midnight
S5E29 - Do the Right Thing (Part 1)
When the Burrigan Examiner refers to Wandin Valley as a boring place to live, war is declared between the two towns. Bob is surprised at the disinterest Molly shows towards the fight against Burrigan. Simon comes up with the idea of holding a car rally between the two towns to prove who is better. Molly gets admitted to hospital when she takes a turn for the worse.
S5E30 - Do the Right Thing (Part 2)
None
S5E31 - Molly (Part 1)
Molly is having reverse barrier nursing, not allowing her to see any of her friends. Terence tries to make it better for her putting her by an observation window so she can see them. While she is in hospital everyone is feeling useless. To help Molly – they decide to finish building Farmland for her.
S5E32 - Molly (Part 2)
None
S5E33 - New Beginnings (Part 1)
An attractive French student vet arrives to assist Vicky with her practice. Bob's absence causes Matron Sloan a great deal of concern and Judy tries her hand at playing cupid. Matron Sloan helps Bob cope with his grief over Molly's death in more ways than one.
S5E34 - New Beginnings (Part 2)
None
S5E35 - All It Takes (Part 1)
Simon suggests to Vicky that she should employ some help around the house. Bob believes that Maggie needs protecting, so invests in a guard dog. The hidden truth about one of the hospital's patients is leaked by Judy.
S5E36 - All It Takes (Part 2)
None
S5E37 - Lest We Forget (Part 1)
Maggie takes a special interest in a stranger who comes for a job at the hospital. Fatso is missing and Simon and Vicky are terrified when they hear a wombat has been shot. Simon gets some unexpected training for the sleepless nights he can expect with the baby.
S5E38 - Lest We Forget (Part 2)
None
S5E39 - Friends (Part 1)
Brendan arrives home from Adelaide with some news that shocks his friends. Shirley gets involved with setting up a half-way house for three patients. Brendan overreacts when he can't find Chloë and believes that one of the patients has taken her.
S5E40 - Friends (Part 2)
None
S5E41 - Waste Not Want Not (Part 1)
Bert and Rigby live on the edge of the Valley tip. Bert is eagerly planning a trip to Surface Paradise. Both he and Rigby are saving the bus fare when their plan begins to go wrong.
S5E42 - Waste Not Want Not (Part 2)
None
S5E43 - What About Me? (Part 1)
It is Chloë's first day at kindy and she is quick to make friends with Tiffany. When Brendan is invited to the Blair house for dinner, he witnesses first hand the single mother's inability to cope with her child in a normal manner.
S5E44 - What About Me? (Part 2)
None
S5E45 - Kidstuff (Part 1)
An old university friend arrives in the Valley with his young son; Muldoon tries to convince Terence that his aging aunt is incapable of looking after herself. Esme and Cookie believe they have found a dead body when they go fishing in the dam. Brendan is feeling the pressure of being a single parent.
S5E46 - Kidstudd (Part 2)
None
S5E47 - Crossed Wires (Part 1)
Judy gets quite a surprise when a relative arrives in the Valley. Communication in the Valley breaks down as Esme takes control of the switchboard. Simon and Terence become rivals on the tennis court after Simon finds another partner.
S5E48 - Crossed Wired (Part 2)
None
S5E49 - Walk Tall (Part 1)
Jo has decided to stay in the Valley and live with Judy. She enrolls in Burrigan High and begins to settle down. Jo gets involved in trying to break down a group of bullies. Brendan is not coping and begins to hit the bottle, Maggie notices and asks him to take leave of absence and warns—if he refuses, she will suspend him.
S5E50 - Walk Tall (Part 2)
None
S5E51 - The Family Way (Part 1)
Bob hears of Brendan's irresponsible behaviour and takes charge of the situation, moving in with him and Chloë. Vicky gets some help on her rounds by a vet she used to train under. Terence's performance in a quiz show is interrupted when he's called to an emergency.
S5E52 - The Family Way (Part 2)
None
S5E53 - All Things Must Change (Part 1)
Brendan rents a beach house in Adelaide, but soon discovers he isn't the only one staying. He manages to talk openly with the stranger about the loss of Molly and the difficulty he has had coping without her. Simon and Vicky bring the twins home to overly enthusiastic Frank and Shirley.
S5E54 - All Things Must Change (Part 2)
None
S5E55 - In a Good Cause (Part 1)
Brendan surprises his friends on his return to the Valley when he tells them he is quitting nursing and selling the farm. Jo finds herself in Judy's bad books again after getting yet another pet. Brendan gets himself a job without even applying for the position.
S5E56 - In a Good Cause (Part 2)
None
S5E57 - Another Time, Another Place (Part 1)
Terence gets conned into answering medical questions on the quiz show, and is concerned that the caller has symptoms of typhoid. Brendan strikes up rapport with a visiting snake doctor from the city. Maggie has a nervous moment when she meets Russell face to face.
S5E58 - Another Time, Another Place (Part 2)
None
S5E59 - Breaking Point (Part 1)
Esme shocks the Valley when she returns from Mudgee looking like a new woman. Judy hopes she'll be promoted to Deputy Matron. Brendan says goodbye to something that's been part of his life for three years. Frank investigates the selling of drugs at Burrigan High after one of the pupils has an overdose.
S5E60 - Breaking Point (Part 2)
None
S5E61 - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Part 1)
The good news for Cookie is he's going to inherit some money; the bad news is his wife is arriving in town. Maggie offers Russell a place to stay which causes friction between her and Terence. Maggie also receives a marriage proposal from someone she admires and cares for.
S5E62 - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Part 2)
None
S5E63 - Work Experience (Part 1)
Esme forces Cookie into buying a taxi with the money he inherited. Brendan brings a ten-year-old girl with polio to the hospital after her mother deserts her. Vicky gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to work in the States, and Bob gets electrocuted and is rushed to hospital.
S5E64 - Work Experience (Part 2)
None
S5E65 - Cops and Robbers (Part 1)
Frank gets some help at the station and is surprised when he finds out it is a woman. Vicky and Simon get mixed reactions over their decision to go to the States. Suspicious circumstances surround the robbing of the Valley's bank when some money isn't found, and Frank investigates the robbery.
S5E66 - Cops and Robbers (Part 2)
None
S5E67 - A Little Knowledge (Part 1)
Jeff St. John surprises the Valley when he arrives unexpectedly. Terence meets a school friend of his son's and is surprised to hear from him of his son's antics. Vicky learns that she must leave for the States in a week's time and is worried about Simon's reaction.
S5E68 - A Little Knowledge (Part 2)
None
Sept. 11, 1986, midnight
S5E69 - New Pastures (Part 1)
Vicky gets a shock when the new vet Ben arrives; he's not what she expected. Jo gets in trouble with Frank when she disobeys his orders. Frank gives Shirley the surprise of her life. Vicky says goodbye to her family and friends in the Valley in the most unconventional manner.
S5E70 - New Pastures (Part 2)
None
S5E71 - Time Out (Part 1)
Esme is not impressed when she meets the new city girl, Kelly. Ben moves into his new house only to discover he is not the only one living there. Frank is sent on a wild goose chase by a man who is set on avenging his father's death.
S5E72 - Time Out (Part 2)
None
S5E73 - Give a Dog a Bad Name (Part 1)
Kelly and Ben have a few arguments over their living arrangements. Maggie arrives home to find her sister and her boyfriend have come to stay. Simon finds a new locum to take over his practice and Terence discovers he trained him.
S5E74 - Give a Dog a Bad Name (Part 2)
None
S5E75 - No Love Lost (Part 1)
Kelly and Cookie double book the club for a function which results in chaos. Brendan worries about an old patient at the hospital who doesn't want to go home, and is furious when he is accused of taking advantage of a lonely old lady.
S5E76 - No Love Lost (Part 2)
None
S5E77 - Trouble Spots 1
None
Oct. 15, 1986, midnight
S5E78 - Trouble Spots 2
None
Oct. 16, 1986, midnight
S5E79 - It Isn't Catching Is It? 1
None
Oct. 22, 1986, midnight
S5E80 - It Isn't Catching Is It? 2
None
Oct. 23, 1986, midnight
S5E81 - Price You Pay 1
None
Oct. 29, 1986, midnight
S5E82 - Price You Pay 2
None
Oct. 30, 1986, midnight
S5E83 - A Question Of Attitude 1
None
Nov. 5, 1986, midnight
S5E84 - A Question Of Attitude 2
None
Nov. 6, 1986, midnight
Network: Seven Network
Episode Runtime: 46 min.
Season Runtime: 48208 min.
Released: Nov. 18, 1981
Last Air Date: Nov. 5, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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