A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from November 18, 1981 to November 22, 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. It also ran from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes on Network Ten. Image File history File links Acp. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942 in Coleraine, Victoria, Australia) is an actor. ... Helen Scott (born Helen Hough, place and date not known) is an actress best known for her work on Australian television. ... Brian Wenzel (born in Adelaide, Australia on 24 May 1929) is an Australian character actor, most famous for his long run as police officer Frank Gilroy in A Country Practice. ... Joyce Jacobs (born 15 April 1922 in England, United Kingdom) is a British character actress in Australia adept at playing gossips and interfering busybodies. ... Gordon Piper (born 3 June 1932 in Cheltenham, New South Wales, Australia; died from a cardiac arrest in Sydney, Australia, 19 September 2004) was a film and television actor and theatre director. ... Syd Heylen (born 25 May 1922 in Renmark, South Australia, died 4 December 1996) is an actor. ... Lorrae Desmond (born 2 October 1932 in Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia) is an actress. ... Joan Sydney (born 5 September 1936 in London, England) is an actress best known for her work on Australian television. ... Penny Cook (born 13 July 1957) is an Australian actress. ... Grant Dodwell (born 2 July 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an actor. ... Shane Withington (born 22 August 1958 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is an actor. ... Anne Tenney (born 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an actress. ... Wendy Strehlow is an Australian actress, probably best known for her role as Judy Loveday in the television soap opera A Country Practice. ... Josephine Mitchell is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Jo Loveday in the television soap opera A Country Practice. ... Maureen Edwards is an Australian actress, who remains best known for her role as Matron Rosemary Prior in the television series A Country Practice. ... Kym Wilson (born 1 April 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an actress. ... Judith McGrath is an Australian actress who currently plays the role of Von Ryan on TV medical drama, All Saints. ... Georgie Parker as Terri Sullivan in All Saints Georgina Parker (born December 16, 1964 in Sydney) is an Australian television and film actress. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. ... is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... ATN-7 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. ... Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australias three commercial television networks, available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in Australia. ...

Though sometimes considered a soap opera, the storylines of the show's two one-hour episodes screened over any one week formed a self-contained narrative block, so it did not have the open ended narrative of a traditional soap opera and so was technically a series ^[1]. Nevertheless many storylines were developed as sub plots for several episodes before becoming the focus of a particular week's narrative block. Overall, the programme "so emphasised the ongoing storylines of its major characters as to make the distinction between series and serial more or less meaningless" ^[2]. For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ...

In addition to being broadcast in Australia, it also ran on ITV in the United Kingdom, as well as in many European countries and Hong Kong. It was also carried on a variety of Canadian stations, both during the show's lifetime and after. It was estimated that at its height, the show received a worldwide audience of five to six million each week. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

The show followed a medical practice in the small fictional New South Wales country town of Wandin Valley. The show's stories focused on the staff of the practice and the hospital and their families, and through weekly guest characters - frequently patients served by the practice - various social and medical problems were explored. The series examined such topical issues as youth unemployment, suicide, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, and terminal illness as well as Aborigines and their place in modern Australian society. Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mayor of Leipzig, Germany, committed suicide along with his wife and daughter on April 20, 1945. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about incurable disease. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ...

Cast list

Seven Network series

• Dr. Terence Elliott - Shane Porteous
• Dr. Simon Bowen - Grant Dodwell (1981-1986)
• Vicky Dean/Bowen - Penny Cook (1981-1985)
• Frank Gilroy - Brian Wenzel
• Shirley Dean/Gilroy - Lorrae Desmond (1981-1992)
• Robert "Bob" Hatfield - Gordon Piper (1981-1992)
• Esme Watson - Joyce Jacobs
• Brendan Jones - Shane Withington (1981-1985)
• Molly Jones - Anne Tenney (1981-1985)
• Matron Marta Kurtesz - Helen Scott (1981-1983)
• Vernon "Cookie" Locke - Syd Heylen (1982-1992)
• Judy Loveday - Wendy Strehlow (1982-1986)
• Chloe Jones - Emily Nicol (1983-1986)
• Matron Maggie Sloan - Joan Sydney (1983-1990)
• Jo Loveday - Josephine Mitchell (1985-1989)
• Ben Green - Nicholas Bufalo (1985-1988)
• Kelly Shanahan - Annie Davies (1985-1986)
• Dr. Alex Fraser - Diane Smith (1986-1989)
• Peter Manning - Mark Owen-Taylor (1986-1988)
• Donna Manning - Caroline Johansson (1986-1988)
• Cathy Hayden - Kate Raison (1987-1990)
• Michael Langley - Brett Climo (1987-1989)
• Matthew Tyler - John Tarrant (1988-1992)
• Lucy Gardiner - Georgie Parker (1989-1992)
• Dr. Cris Kouros - Michael Muntz (1989-1991)
• Jessie Kouros - Georgina Fisher (1989-1991)
• Luke Ross - Matt Day (1989-1991)
• Stephanie Brennan - Sophie Heathcote (1990-1991)
• Matron Ann Brennan - Mary Regan (1990-1991)
• Matron Rosemary Prior - Maureen Edwards (1991-1993)
• Dr. Harry Morrison - Andrew Blackman (1991-1993)
• Kate Bryant - Michelle Pettigrove (1991-1993)
• Perce Hudson - Allan Penney (1991-1993)
• Darcy Hudson - Kym Wilson (1991-1993)
• Hugo Strzelecki - Gavin Harrison (1992-1993)
• Anna Lacey - Anne Looby (1992-1993)
• Billy Moss - Jamie Croft (1992-1993)
• Bernice Hudson - Judith McGrath (1992-1993)
• Tom Newman - Jon Concannon (1992-1993)
• Ian McIntyre - Paul Gleeson (1993)
• Claire Bonacci - Claudia Black (1993)
• Fatso the wombat

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Network Ten series

• Dr. Harry Morrison - Andrew Blackman
• Matron Maggie Sloan - Joan Sydney
• Esme Watson - Joyce Jacobs
• Ian McIntyre - Paul Gleeson
• Claire Bonacci - Claudia Black
• Danny Sabatini - Vince Colosimo
• Jess Morrison - Jane Hall
• Georgie Wilks - Laura Armstrong
• Sarah Wilks - Alyce Platt
• Fred Bates - Katherine Murray
• Miles Ferdenbach - Chris Lyons

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DVD release

A Country Practice is available on DVD (Region 4, Australia). Two box sets, entitled "Series One" (containing all 14 1981 episodes) and "Series Two" (containing only the first 30 1982 episodes) were released on 3 April 2006 by MRA Entertainment. Two 12-disc box sets featuring the remainder of the 1982 episodes and the first part of the 1983 episodes are scheduled for release 11 April 2007. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

UK and Ireland transmissions

A Country Practice was shown regionally on the ITV Network with some regions ( Thames, Anglia, Border, Granada, TVS and Yorkshire) starting to screen the series weekly from 22 October 1982 on Wednesdays at 2.45pm in the original hour-long format. Central Television did not start the show until 1988. Yorkshire Television chose to break away from the main Network transmission in 1984 and were the first television station in the world to break the programme into two half-hour episodes screening on Mondays and Tuesday at 3.30pm. This would lead them into difficulties with the screening of the series as whenever a public holiday occurred (usually on Mondays), the 3.30pm slot would be unavailable for A Country Practice. This led to Part one of an episode starting on a Tuesday with viewers having to wait until the following Monday to conclude it. Yorkshire also transmitted the incorrect episode on one occasion due a fire in their building meaning that their feed from Thames Television for the preceding programme over-ran into Yorkshire's local programming meaning that the Yorkshire viewers saw a Thames episode which was considerably ahead (1991) of where Yorkshire were up to. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Central TV logo, 1985_1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Over time all 14 of the ITV regions screened the show at their own pace after breaking from the Network Thames Television pattern. All regions eventually adopted the Yorkshire Television method of splitting the episodes into two. Carlton Television, who superseded Thames Television, became the first to conclude the series followed by Anglia Television in their daily 1.50pm half-hour slot. Anglia Television then commenced a short repeat of the first 40 or so episodes shortly after reaching the end. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Due to the content of the episodes, a substantial amount of episodes were withdrawn from transmission by certain regions as the content was considered unsuitable for daytime viewing. This led to various regions skipping considerable chunks of the story.

ITV Regional Scheduling

NB During 1986 many regions screened it on Wed at 13.30. This was possibly semi-networked (except Tyne Tees who were behind) however if it was networked it is hard to tell whgich region was playing the episodes, as Thames dropped it for a period in 1986. The other three big regions (except Central who had dropped it years before) played their own episodes. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Border Television (now legally known as ITV Border Ltd) is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland, much of Cumbria and, until December 2006, the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed), and also the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man, owned... The current Channel TV ident Channel Television (CTV) is a British television station which has served as an Independent Television (ITV), contractor to the Channel Islands since 1962. ... Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North of Scotland, based in Aberdeen. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Richmond Hill is an Australian television soap opera made in 1988 by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network. ... ITV Wales & West Ltd (formally and more commonly known as HTV) is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England[1]. It is owned by ITV plc. ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is Scotlands largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since August 31, 1957. ... Blue Heelers was a long-running Australian police drama series and is one of Australias best-loved dramas. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television contractor for North East England. ... For other uses of the UTV acronym see UTV (disambiguation) Ulster Television plc (UTV) is a media company based in Northern Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Carsons Law is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1983 and 1984. ... Sons and Daughters was an Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. ... The Young Doctors was an Australian, early evening soap opera. ...

In the mid-1980s, A Country Practice also became a prime-time series on Sky Channel, airing twice a week at 21.00 from at least 1985. During August 1985 the series was screened at 19.20 - 20.10 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in hour long episodes. The channel also screened The Sullivans and The Young Doctors. When the Sky Channel was launched on the Astra satellite in January 1989, it became Sky One and A Country Practice was dropped from the schedule, although The Sullivans and The Young Doctors were retained, presumably as they were now out of production and cheaper to air, whilst ACP was still an extremely popular series around the world and still being made. For a brief period, later episodes were shown in 1997 on the cable channel Carlton Select. Sky Channel can refer to any of the following. ... The Sullivans was an Australian made drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. ... The Young Doctors was an Australian, early evening soap opera. ... // Astra may refer to: Astra (Marvel), Marvel comics character Astra missile, under development by India Astra (album), a 1985 album by Asia Astra (manga), by Jerry Robinson. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Carlton Select was the oldest Carlton channel carried on cable and ONdigital channel 35, and was the only one that also broadcasted in Africa [1]. It timeshared with Carlton Food Network, and was the sister channel to Carlton Cinema, Carlton Food Network, Carlton Kids and Carlton World All of the...

The show was also aired in the Republic of Ireland on RTE One Television, Monday to Friday at 17:30, from the start of series to the end, it was several months behind Australia RTÉ One is the Republic of Irelands oldest and most popular television channel, produced by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ...

North American Broadcasts

CBET

The entire series was broadcast, from start to finish, by the CBC Television affiliate in Windsor, Ontario, CBET, Channel 9, which serves the Metropolitan Detroit-Windsor-Toledo area. Two episodes were broadcast daily, Monday through Friday, starting in the late 1980s, until they were caught up to contemporary episodes in the early 1990s. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ... CBET is the television call sign for the CBCs television station in Windsor, Ontario. ...

Detroit, Michigan in the United States and Windsor, Ontario in Canada are twin cities on the north and south banks of the strait called the Detroit River. Because they are part of the same advertising market, they are subject to the North American Border Protection Rule, under which Detroit television stations cannot carry programming licensed for broadcast in Windsor, and Windsor stations cannot carry programming licensed for broadcast in Detroit. Historically, 40% of Canadian network programming has been American content, none of which could be broadcast in Windsor. Only so much programming can be repeated, and only so many times - and no network produces programming to air on only one station - so, most of the American programming that cannot be broadcast in Windsor is replaced by programming imported from Britain and Australia. Many Australian soap operas, A Country Practice among them, have thus found loyal audiences in the Metro Detroit area, while they otherwise remain unknown in North America. [1] Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: , Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Founded 1701 Incorporation 1806 Government  - Type Strong Mayor-Council  - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) Area  - City  143. ... Landsat satellite photo, showing Lake Saint Clair, as well as St. ...

ASN

From 1991 to 1994, the show also aired on ASN in the Canadian Atlantic provinces. Four hour-long episodes aired each week, from Monday to Thursday with Monday's and Tuesday's episodes repeated on Saturday and Wednesday's and Thursday's episodes on Sunday. The station aired the show from episode 1 to somewhere in the early 700s, stopping when Showcase Television launched on January 1, 1995, and started airing the show from the start again. Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) is a television channel serving Atlantic Canada, with studios in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned by Bell Globemedia through CTV. Designated by the CRTC as a satellite-to-cable television programming undertaking, it is essentially a local station without any broadcast transmitters. ... Showcase Television, often known as Showcase, is a Canadian cable television specialty channel owned by Alliance Atlantis Communications. ...

Showcase

Showcase Television began airing the show from episode 1 starting in January of 1995. It broadcast one episode daily, from Monday to Friday, and completed the entire series run (including the 30-episode Network Ten series) in June 1999. It began rebroadcasting the entire series on June 28, 1999, with promises that the entire series would be broadcast for those who missed the first airing. However, a single line of text scrolling across the bottom of the screen during the August 21, 2000, episode announced that the show would be removed from the Showcase lineup as of Monday, August 28, 2000. According to the station's email autoresponse at the time, the decision was based on "declining viewership and a demand by viewers for more current programming". Sometime after that, Showcase changed their format to favour a less family-oriented and more adult-oriented viewership.

External links

• Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital
• Encyclopedia of Television
• A Country Practice (Seven Network) at the Internet Movie Database
• A Country Practice (Network Ten) at the Internet Movie Database
• A Country Practice at the National Film and Sound Archive

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Notes

1. ^ Bowles, Kate. Soap opera: 'No end of story, ever' in The Australian TV Book, (Eds. Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham), Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 2000. ISBN 1-86508-014-4 p 127
2. ^ Bowles, Kate. Soap opera: 'No end of story, ever' in The Australian TV Book, (Eds. Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham), Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 2000. ISBN 1-86508-014-4 p 127