The Flying Doctors - Season 8 - Eps 22: Family
Geoff and Kate get ready to celebrate the birth of their first child. Geoff receives a visit from a paediatrician friend called Colin. After the baby is born, she is ill and needs an operation. The person who is best qualified to perform the surgery is Colin but unfortunately he is now an alcoholic. Kate finds out about his drinking problem and doesn't want him to perform the procedure but if baby Scarlett does not get the operation soon, she will die.
About The Flying Doctors
Title: The Flying Doctors
First Air Date: 1986-05-15
Last Air Date: 1992-10-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.333/10 (from 15 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 10
Total Episodes: 221
Network: Nine Network
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Crawfords Australia
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Robert Grubb
Dr. Geoff Standish
Lenore Smith
Kate Standish
Nikki Coghill
Sr. Jackie Crane
David Reyne
Dr. Guy Reid
Christopher Stollery
Johnno Johnson
Sarah Chadwick
Dr. Rowie Lang
