The Flying Doctors
TV Show • 1986 • Drama
ReportThe 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.
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Heavily implied, referred to as the victim being "attacked".
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Mainly implied sexual interactions. Married couple sometimes show hugging in bed. Fairly conservative 1980s/1990s perspective. In one episode (around Season 4ish) two people are observed going into a room together (they are just good friends) and others assume they were getting physical and there is some minor outrage, which is soon calmed as the pair are believed when they say nothing happened.
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In one episode, a local war hero returns with his male partner and is revealed to be gay and dying from HIV/AIDS. Episode ends with the character's death.
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One of the doctors falls down a cliff when attempting to save another person.
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Filmed in the 1980s/1990s pre 9/11, but there may have been scenes of New York shown in one or two episodes in the early seasons.
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