A Country Practice (1981)
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Where to Watch.
Currently A Country Practice is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Google Play Movies, 7plus
Streaming in:🇦🇺 Australia
Cast & Crew.
James Davern
Creator
Shane Porteous
Dr. Terence Elliott
Helen Scott
Marta Kurtez
Penny Cook
Victoria 'Vicki' Dean/Bowen
Brian Wenzel
Sergeant Frank Gilroy
Lorrae Desmond
Shirley Dean Gilroy
Anne Tenney
Melissa 'Molly' Jones
Joyce Jacobs
Esme Watson
Gordon Piper
Bob Hatfield
Syd Heylen
Vernon 'Cookie' Locke
Emily Nicol
Chloe Jones
Joan Sydney
Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan
Nicholas Bufalo
Benjamin 'Ben' Green
Annie Davies
Kelly Shanahan
Shane Withington
Brendan Jones
Wendy Strehlow
Judy Loveday
Diane Smith
Alex Fraser/Elliot
John Tarrant
Matt Tyler
Mark Owen-Taylor
Peter Manning
Caroline Johansson
Donna Manning
Josephine Mitchell
Josephine 'Jo' Loveday/Langley
Grant Dodwell
Simon Bowen
Bryan Wenzel
Frank Gilroy
Kate Raison
Cathy Hayden
Brett Climo
Michael Langley
Brendan Maher
Director
Mandy Smith
Director
Denny Lawrence
Director
Peter Maxwell
Director
Kevin Dobson
Director
Chris Thomson
Director
Gary Conway
Director
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A Country Practice is an Australian television soap opera/serial which was broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 22 November 1993, and subsequently on Network Ten from 13 April 1994 to 5 November 1994. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,088 episodes were produced.
The show was produced at the ATN-7's production facility at Epping, New South Wales, Pitt Town and Oakville, suburbs on the outskirts of northwest Sydney, Australia, were used for most of the exterior filming, with the historic heritage-listed Clare House, built in 1838, serving as the location of the Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital.
Many other fictional locations, including Dr. Terence Elliot's (Shane Porteous) medical practice, Frank and Shirley Gilroy's house Brian Wenzel and Lorrae Desmond, the Wandin Valley Church and Burrigan High School where filmed in the Hawkesbury.Several of the regular cast members became popular celebrities as a result of their roles in the series. It also featured a number of native Australian animals, particularly the iconic 'Fatso the wombat' adding to its appeal both domestically and internationally. After the series was cancelled by the Seven Network in 1993, the series was relaunched on the Network Ten in 1994.
At the time of its cancellation, A Country Practice was the longest-running Australian TV drama; however, by the late 1990s, that record was surpassed by Network Ten series Neighbours. At the height of its popularity, the show attracted 8–10 million Australian viewers weekly (at a time when the population of Australia was 15 million). The series was eventually sold to, and broadcast in 48 countries.