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The Flying Doctors
| The Flying Doctors | |
|---|---|
 Title card used from Season 4 | |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 (10 including R.F.D.S.) |
| No. of episodes | 3 (miniseries) 221 (regular series, 234 including R.F.D.S.) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production location | Australia |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company | Crawford Productions |
| Budget | $3 million (mini-series)[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 26 May 1986 – 6 October 1992 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan.
The series started as a 1985 mini-series set in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing (Minyip in north-western rural Victoria), and originally ran for over seven years. Several early online episode listings split the 221 episodes into six seasons,[2] however the National Film and Sound Archive confirms nine.[3][4] Crawford Productions have released the show in DVD and on streaming in ten seasons (including the 13 episodes of the 1992 spin-off R.F.D.S.).
The series' episodes were mostly self-contained medical dramas, but also explored social issues, such as domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and the struggles faced by Indigenous Australians.
- ^ Lewes, Jacqueline Lee (5 June 1983). "Million$ of Viewing". The Sun-Herald. p. 47.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20111020033307/http://www.australiantelevision.net/flyingdoctors/
- ^ https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/1540158
- ^ https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-flying-doctors-series-10-1992/5227
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