A Country Practice (1981)

Drama · Romance

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.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (800 votes)
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

8.52 avg 12 episodes 8.5 → 8.0 51 min avg

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In General Practice: Part 1	8.5	17
2	In General Practice: Part 2	9.0	15
3	Town Tragedy: Part 1	8.9	12
4	Town Tragedy: Part 2	8.7	11
7	They Shoot Cows Don't They: Part 1	8.8	8
8	They Shoot Cows Don't They: Part 2	8.8	8
9	Coming Home: Part 1	8.0	8
10	Coming Home: Part 2	8.6	8
11	Secrets: Part 1	8.4	8
12	Secrets: Part 2	8.6	8
13	Alternatives: Part 1	8.0	8
14	Alternatives: Part 2	8.0	8

Season 2 (1982)

8.13 avg 4 episodes 8.6 → 9.0

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Suffer Little Children: Part 1	8.6	8
6	Suffer Little Children: Part 2	6.0	8
7	Mates: Part 1	8.9	11
8	Mates: Part 2	9.0	10

Season 3 (1983)

8.63 avg 11 episodes 6.6 → 9.6

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
20	Love and Glory: Part 2	6.6	8
22	So, Life Wasn't Meant to Be Easy: Part 2	8.6	7
30	Warning Signs: Part 2	9.2	7
31	No More Mr. Nice Guy: Part 1	8.4	7
43	The Sentimental Bloke: Part 1	9.0	7
45	A Lady's Choice: Part 1	8.8	8
46	A Lady's Choice: Part 2	8.8	7
53	All Fired Up: Part 1	8.0	7
54	All Fired Up: Part 2	8.2	7
74	Spellbound: Part 2	9.7	8
78	From This Day Forward: Part 2	9.6	10

Season 4 (1984)

8.97 avg 3 episodes 9.4 → 8.8

u-shaped

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
20	Elementary Miss Watson: Part 2	9.4	7
43	Repairing the Damage: Part 1	8.7	24
44	Repairing the Damage: Part 2	8.8	26

Season 5 (1985)

8.15 avg 4 episodes 7.6 → 8.0

Slow burn

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Follow the Leader: Part 1	7.6	7
2	Follow the Leader: Part 2	8.0	7
32	Molly: Part 2	9.0	7
60	Breaking Point: Part 2	8.0	7

Season 8 (1988)

8.73 avg 3 episodes 8.6 → 8.8

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Learning the Lessons: Part 1	8.6	7
6	Learning the Lessons: Part 2	8.8	7
7	Revelations: Part 1	8.8	7

Season 12 (1992)

8.70 avg 3 episodes 9.0 → 8.5

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
55	A Virtuous Woman: Part 1	9.0	6
59	It's My Party: Part 1	8.6	10
60	It's My Party: Part 2	8.5	9

A Country Practice (1981)

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