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One of Australia's most popular primetime television programmes, the award-winning A Country Practice is a drama series about the residents of the small country town of Wandin Valley, New South Wales. This warm series focuses on the twon's medical practice, hospital, veterinary clinic, and the pub. Enjoy your favourite memories with Doctor Terence Elliot (Shane Porteous) and his receptionist Shirley Dean (Lorrae Desmond). Also join the unforgettable Sergeant Frank Gilroy (Brian Wenzel), Matron Marta Kurtsz (Helen Scott), Simon Bowen (Grant Dodwell), Vicky Dan (Penny Cook), Nurse Brendan Jones (Shane Withington) and his wife Molly Jones (Anne Tenney). This 34-disc set bring together first 148 episodes.
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A Country Practice (1981)
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.