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The Flying Doctors (1986)

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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.

IMDb rating
6.8 (1,151 votes)
Seasons
9
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 9 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

8.43 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 9.4

Ep 1: 7.9 · 29 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 4: 8.8 · 15 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 15 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 13 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 15 votesEp 12: 9.2 · 16 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 12 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 13 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 24: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 25: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 26: 9.4 · 16 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Will to Survive7.929
2Trial by Gossip8.514
3Hot Enough for You8.513
4Dreams of Sand8.815
5Public Property7.412
6Is Nothing Sacred?8.815
7Square Pegs7.913
8Sins of the Father8.513
9Rally to the Cause8.316
10Talk of the Town8.413
11Do You Read Me?8.415
12E.T - New Girl in Town9.216
13A Choice of Enemies9.012
14Departures8.311
15A Lost Generation8.110
16Someone Special8.111
17Return of the Hero8.713
18Eye of the Beholder8.411
19Million-Acre Prison8.612
20Like a Death in the Family8.411
21Fearless Frank8.013
22Forgiveness8.313
23Acceptance8.112
24The Show Goes On8.612
25To the Rescue8.612
26Into the Future9.416

Season 2 (1987)

8.10 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.1

Ep 1: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 11: 9.4 · 21 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 10 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Good Day for It8.110
2Horses for Courses8.010
3The Unluckiest Boy in Town7.811
4It Isn't Cricket8.411
5An Only Child8.010
6A Love Story8.011
7Keeping Up Appearances8.010
8All Things Bright and Beautiful8.211
9My Name Is Sky8.210
10Bachelors & Spinsters8.010
11Fifty-two Hours Straight9.421
12A Friend of a Friend8.010
13Friends and Lovers8.211
14Realms of Gold7.712
15The Hometown Hero8.212
16A Distant Echo8.410
17No Laughing Matter7.910
18No Quarter Asked8.110
19Myths & Legends8.010
20The Hitch-hiker7.911
21Give a Dog a Bad Name8.010
22Every Day a Gift8.010
23Bearing Gifts7.811
24Repeat Performance8.110

Season 3 (1987)

8.39 avg 26 episodes 8.6 → 8.3

Ep 1: 8.6 · 13 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 13 votesEp 10: 9.1 · 12 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 11 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 13 votesEp 18: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 10 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 10 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 23: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 24: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 25: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 26: 8.3 · 10 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Noble Art8.613
2Sapphire8.012
3Cries from the Heart8.511
4All in a Day's Work7.912
5Out of a Clear Blue Sky7.812
6Affirmative Action8.213
7Figures in a Landscape8.213
8The Devil You Know8.511
9Operating Solo8.913
10The Path of True Love9.112
11The Kid8.410
12The First Step8.410
13Hopscotch8.010
14Jacks High8.112
15Clapped Out8.811
16Private Lives, Public Faces8.010
17Wedlock9.013
18The Wranglers Daughter8.513
19Borrowed Time8.310
20The Forbidden8.710
21She'll Be Right8.610
22One Final Request8.411
23Roxanne8.611
24Don't Tell Anybody8.310
25No Way Back8.110
26Johnnie Come Home8.310

Season 4 (1988)

8.36 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 9.3

Ep 1: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 14 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 12 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 12 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 12 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 21: 8.8 · 14 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 23: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 24: 9.3 · 19 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Look, Up in the Sky8.310
2Preacher Man8.010
3The Fear: Part 18.211
4The Fear: Part 28.110
5Fair Go8.011
6Broken Airwaves8.714
7Bed and Board8.411
8Breaking the Drought7.910
9Family Secrets: Part 18.612
10Family Secrets: Part 28.912
11All You Need Is Luck8.411
12The Silly Season8.09
13Every Situation8.612
14The Storyteller8.111
15The Choice8.412
16A Shade of Doubt8.010
17Mick & Julia8.712
18The Deal8.111
19A Thing of Beauty8.110
20Cadenza8.111
21Mates8.814
22The Child8.212
23Next to Go8.812
24Gotta Have Friends9.319

Season 5 (1989)

8.43 avg 26 episodes 7.7 → 8.2

Ep 1: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 2: 9.2 · 18 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 5: 8.9 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 7: 9.0 · 13 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 13: 9.5 · 18 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 15: 9.2 · 13 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 17: 8.7 · 10 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 20: 9.1 · 11 votesEp 21: 9.2 · 14 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 25: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 26: 8.2 · 11 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Gift7.714
2Second Chance9.218
3Not the Malarvys8.411
4The Adventure8.112
5No Man's Land8.911
6Rising Sundown7.911
7Man and Boy9.013
8The Longing8.313
9Bitter Harvest7.011
10The Instrument8.212
11Word & Deed8.812
12All That Glitters...8.812
13Fly Past9.518
14The Last Rodeo8.310
15Sky Above, Earth Below9.213
16Lucky Lady8.111
17The Chips Are Down8.710
18Guardian Angel8.611
19Battlers8.410
20No Tears9.111
21Doctor's Dreaming9.214
22Blues for Judy8.014
23The Claim8.011
24A Rhyme for Reason7.914
25Dad's Little Bloke7.813
26A Sporting Life8.211

Season 6 (1990)

8.18 avg 20 episodes 8.4 → 8.7

Ep 1: 8.4 · 15 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 3: 8.7 · 12 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 11 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 12: 9.0 · 12 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 12 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 9 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 9 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 10 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Good Drop of Red8.415
2The Hero8.211
3Suspicion8.712
4Daddy's Girl8.011
5Two Sisters Running7.211
6Dangerous Games8.812
7Milk Run7.911
8Point of No Return8.511
9Small Mercies8.110
10A Painful Extraction8.010
11The Climber8.812
12Dead Reckoning9.012
13A Bride to Be7.710
14A Place for the Night7.312
15End of the Rainbow8.010
16Double Vision8.412
17The Boy in the Boot7.99
18Windows of the Soul8.110
19Rest in Peace8.09
20Life Line8.710

Season 7 (1990)

7.97 avg 20 episodes 7.2 → 7.9

Ep 1: 7.2 · 9 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 13 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 12 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 12 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 11 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 12 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 10 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 12 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Fly Like a Bird7.29
2A Day to Remember8.713
3A Place to Call Home8.115
4Divided Loyalties8.411
5A Rural Education8.514
6The Ties That Bind8.411
7Brother's Keeper7.911
8Wilderness8.112
9Valentine's Day8.612
10A Little Tenderness7.912
11Poet's Corner7.012
12The Family Farm7.910
13A Place Where You Belong7.511
14Break Away7.212
15Billie and Pete8.313
16Old Man Weed8.010
17David and Goliath8.412
18The Last Carnival8.012
19Innocence Lost7.310
20Bush Christmas7.912

Season 8 (1991)

8.27 avg 26 episodes 8.3 → 7.9

Ep 1: 8.3 · 12 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 12 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 23: 8.5 · 11 votesEp 24: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 25: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 26: 7.9 · 11 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1What a Guy8.312
2Bad Moon Rising8.010
3A New Life7.811
4Through Thick and Thin8.012
5Deceptions8.812
6None So Blind7.911
7The Sleep of Reason8.810
8My Mother's Child8.812
9Swinging on the Rope7.911
10Father & Son8.011
11A Little Miracle8.011
12Murphy's Law8.611
13Breaking Down the Wall8.110
14Once Bitten9.112
15Clipped Wings8.212
16Walk, Don't Run8.411
17Masquerade8.110
18Against the Current8.112
19Last of the Cochranes8.411
20Double Life8.112
21Something, Nothing8.411
22Family8.410
23Being Positive8.511
24Open Day8.211
25Changing Times8.313
26Freedom7.911

Season 9 (1991)

7.89 avg 29 episodes 7.4 → 8.0

Ep 1: 7.4 · 13 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 14 votesEp 9: 9.0 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 11 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 9 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 10 votesEp 21: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 10 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 26: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 27: 6.0 · 11 votesEp 28: 7.3 · 10 votesEp 29: 8.0 · 11 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nymphs and Nightmares7.413
2Out of the Blue8.413
3The Last Dance7.912
4Unfinished Business8.011
5Jacqueline8.214
6Monkey8.211
7The Stranger7.911
8The Christening6.814
9The Good Book9.016
10My Little Patch8.212
11Two Splatt Shuffle7.511
12Secrets8.110
13The Games We Play7.910
14Bone China7.710
15Johnno Be Good8.211
16Lost Rainbows8.110
17Broken Promises7.89
18Visitors Welcome8.110
19Yesterday's News8.410
20Dirty Linen8.110
21Chasing Rainbows7.911
22Uncle Cyrano7.710
23Luck of the Draw8.310
24Trouble with M.E7.910
25The Accomplice8.010
26Blind Obsession7.910
27Wimp6.011
28Visionaries7.310
29Life Lessons8.011
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