A Country Practice — Season 3

Jan 198346m

Janice is discovered caring for her baby brother after both have been abandoned by their drug addict mother. Janice is only nine years old and the baby is going through heroin withdrawal symptoms.

Feb 198346m

Ross and Yvonne McLean, a prosperous but childless couple in their forties are finally forced to accept that they cannot produce children.

Aug 198346m

Rex Munro and Clarrie King maintain a feud, which began with their fathers, by quarrelling over an access road running through Rex's property. The feud excalates into violence.

Sept 198347m

A lonely, elderly woman and a bereaved and lonely young truckie form a friendship based on mutual interests. Molly sparks off a one-woman campaign against battery farming.

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Billy Perkins suffers from incurable and advanced emphysema, as a result of many years of heavy smoking. Unable to cope with the fear of a slow and lingering death, Billy commits suicide.

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Vicky's feelings for Terence are exposed as she becomes so unhappy with the confirmation of the romance between Terence and Marta.

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Des Ward, an ex-professional cricketer, whose career has been ruined by a shooting accident, returns to the Valley. Des is dragged out of his self pity and depression by Frank.

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Terence Elliott is recovering from his heart attack, but is becomming increasingly irritated at the over-protective manner of his friends and colleagues.

Jan 198347m

A newborn baby needs a blood transfusion but Simon is mystified when neither mother nor father's blood group is compatible.

Feb 198346m

Nigel Fairbairn, a city-bred locum arrives to help Simon during Terence's convalescence, and is seconded to help fight a bush fire which breaks out in the Valley bringing death in its wake.

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An aimless teenage boy dies unexpectedly on the operatingtable. Simon and Nigel's careers are at stake until Terence performs an autopsy.

Sept 198346m

A gang of cattle-duffers in the Valley involve many of the locals who succumb to the lure of cheap, freshly killed beef.

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Kath has been caught up in rearing her grandchildren and running her son's household since her daughter-in-law died. Until she meets a retired solicitor, and realises she has her own life to lead.

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Councillor Muldoon attempts to close down the Wandin Valley caravan park. Malcolm, a Wandin Valley farmer, is seriously injured and Terence and Simon have to amputate his leg.

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Hilary Randall is totally unprepared when her husband Graham suffers a stroke. Faced with a mountain of bills, and terrified that Graham may need constant care, Hilary is at first unable to cope.

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Marta and Terence decide to marry. Complications arise when a mystery man, linked with Marta's past in Hungary, arrives in the Valley.

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Gale-force winds wreak havoc in Wandin Valley. Fallen trees and power wires leave several people injured. The whole town pulls together during the emergency.

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Bela, the hero of Marta's student days and her first love, arrives in Wandin Valley. Marta hides Bela at her house as he is an illegal immigrant and forces her to lie to Terence.

May 198347m

A group of nine year old boys find some gelignite and decide to make a bomb. The explosion comes sooner than expected and the badly injured boys are trapped in an over-turned bus.

Jun 198347m

Marta is torn between her shared dreams with Bela and her future plans with Terence. Dramatically Marta leaves with Bela to continue their work together in the underground movement in Hungary.

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A young mother and recent widow, seems to be managing so well, running the drought-stricken farm and raising her two children. Pam is refused credit and her brave front begins to crumble.

Dec 198346m

Terence succumbs to depression and self-pity over Marta. However, he is instrumental in preventing Pam from destroying her own life and that of the children.

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A farmer's carelessness with pesticides puts a little girl's life at risk and kills Molly's dog.

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Molly is suspicious of an old man until the old drover becomes Brendan's patient.

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The erratic behaviour of a 16 year old girl is a mystery for Dr Elliott until he learns that his young patient is an alcoholic.

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Brendan Jones' favourite patient, Mrs Coote, becomes attached to a labrador.

Mar 198347m

A young boy is in danger of losing the sight in his eye as a result of a minor injury. A corneal transplant operation in the Sydney Eye Hospital seems to be his only hope.

Apr 198347m

Terence Elliott supports Dorothy Edgar in her intention to die with dignity, and to find some purpose in her death by donating her eyes to the Eye Bank.

Oct 198346m

Frank's new offsider, Constable Perry Nolan, arrives in Wandin Valley.

Nov 198346m

Tragedy strikes the Marsh family as a result of a road accident. Councillor Muldoon finds himself the target of local hostility as the accident occurs on the notoriously dangerous crossroads.

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A housewife's neglect of home and family could have serious repercussions for her eldest son, Nicky, when Simon discovers he has diabetes.

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Perry Nolan, Frank's newoff-sider, quickly begins to fall out of favour with the locals, with the exception of Judy Loveday.

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Vicky's life is in danger when she is threatened by the young schizophrenic owner of a dog she has been treating. The arrival of a salesman changes the lives of Judy, Cookie and Esme.

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Terence's grapes are ready for harvest and everyone turns out to help pick them before bunch rot sets in.

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A shy teenage girl breaks away from the confines of her narrow minded fanatical father when she learns that she is an epileptic.

Jan 198347m

The new matron Maggie Sloan arrives at Wandin Valley Hospital. Nursing staff and doctors are torn between admiration, irritation and fear at her methods.

Jul 198346m

Terence is forced to re-examine traditional medicine when an artist convinces him that she has cured her cancer with a special diet.

Aug 198347m

The mysterious death of the Wandin Valley "rainmaker" results in an anti gun campaign for Molly Jones. A shock result in the council elections ends in a vote recount.

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Terence Elliott and Vicky Dean find themselves stranded overnight in a backwater town. Their sojourn in Magnolia Vale is not what friends and relatives in Wandin Valley imagine.

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When hospitalised, Bert Griffith's cantankerous behaviour poses problems for the nursing staff, but his mystery ailment proves a real headache for the doctors.

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Shane Peters, a nine year old boy who has been the recipient of innovative surgery to his knee is in danger of never walking again due to his over-indulgent mother.

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Brendan's infatuation with an old F.J. Holden has repercussions when he is confronted by geriatric gangsters after the long-lost loot they expect to find hidden in the car.

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Bob Hatfield's wife Daisy has cancer of the liver and whilst she accepts the fact of her impending death, Bob refuses to believe that Daisy is terminally ill.

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Bob and Daisy's daughter, Doreen, who has been living in Burrigan, returns to the Valley to prepare for her wedding day.

Jun 198347m

When a young woman is raped by a travelling salesman, she has a hard time convincing her husband and the town folk that the attack was unprovoked.

Jun 198346m

Bob Hatfield is living the life of a recluse since his wife, Daisy, died. Bob has lost any desire to look after himself or the house. Life doesn't have the same purpose without Daisy.

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Dave Patterson, an unemployed farm worker, fears the loss of his four children to the authorities and takes to the road with them.

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Wandin Valley school is threatened because of declining attendance numbers.

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Pam Foley has been finding it difficult to rebuild her life and has become totally dependent on valium and as she attempts a withdrawal from the habit, she is totally unprepared for the consequences.

Aug 198447m

Yet another homeless stray captures Molly's heart and, although the dog is in need of medical attention, she attempts, unsuccessfully, to keep its presence a secret from Brendan.

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A young farmer nurses her father who has a serious illness. When he dies, it seems she has no rights to the property in favour of her city-dwelling brothers.

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Shirley takes up smoking again to lose weight. Matron Sloan wins a trip to Vegas for ten days.

Feb 198346m

Captain of the volunteer bushfire brigade and a strict disciplinarian, is made to realise his methods do not always achieve results. But redeems himself when a major bushfire breaks out.

Mar 198347m

A young girl's devotion to her pony, prompts Vicky Dean to risk her life at the height of the fire to release the animal from captivity. It is a long and frightening day for all.

Mar 198347m

The source of an outbreak of gastro enteritis is traced back to an electrical fault in the freezer at the club.

Apr 198347m

Jack Dead, Shirley's ex-husband and Vicky's father, pays a visit to the Valley. Vicky discovers that her father is not perfect and it enhances her relationship with Shirley.

Oct 198347m

In the aftermath of the bushfires a charred corpse is found.

Nov 198347m

Cookie arranges a fund-raising benefit for people like the Bellamys who won't accept charity and insist on returning to live in the burnt out remains that was once their home.

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A ballerina with a promising career develops MS and returns to the Valley to share a house with her brother. When she breaks her ankle her independence is threatened.

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The daughter of a wealthy grazier, decides to set up a gliding club in Wandin Valley. She has Simon's interest and support, whereas Molly is convinced the gliders are the death of her chooks.

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Vicky and Simon spend a day together in Sydney where romance and harmony replace their usual bickering.

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Esme is horrified to discover that her birth was never registered. Molly, however, learns the secret of Esme's birth whilst delving into old newspapers found under the lino at the Jones' farm.

Jun 198347m

Gabrielle's unexpected arrival triggers off major changes in the lives of the Gilroys.

Jul 198347m

An awkwardness has now entered Vicky and Simon's relationship so when Brendan and Molly go off to Adelaide for a holiday Vicky moves into the Jones' Farm.

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The local football hero is seriously injured and suffers a 'brain death' after a car accident.

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A young wife involved in a car accident has an emergency Caesarean and rejects her baby boy and has no recollection of the accident or the birth. An old friend of Simon's comes to the Valley.

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Wandin Valley's post mistress has discovered she has a thyroid condition and needs hospitalisation for tests and possibly an operation. The townspeople rally together to save the Post Office.

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Simon's ex-fiancee, Sally, has moved into the flat to stay and it looks to Vicky as though Simon and Sally have serious plans for the future.

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Whilst on a midnight raid to acquire equipment, a young boy has a bad accident and is in danger of bleeding to death.

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A middle aged truck driver is forced to stay in Wandin Valley when he pulls the muscles in his leg, but his condition worsens when he contracts malaria.

Apr 198346m

Controversy develops at the hospital as Brendan and Matron disagree on whether or not Brett's mother should stay with her son.

May 198347m

Now that Simon's friend Sally has gone back to Sydney, Vicky goes slightly overboard trying to impress Simon. It all results in a marriage proposal in a dingy roadside diner.

Nov 198346m

Matron Sloan and Nurse Loveday are seriously injured by a man who is affected by the moon.

Dec 198347m

Arnold Mortimer has arrived in town for a complete rest from his job as computer programmer but his visit goes from bad to worse.

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Councillor Muldoon books his hall to a rock band called "The Gas Chamber" for a young people's dance, little knowing that they are a punk band, not a quiet trio as he hadimagined.

Oct 198446m

Vicky and Simon's wedding plans seem to be causing a rift with friends and family.

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Simon and Vicky's wedding, for which the whole town has been waiting, looks as though it could be delayed when both, unbeknown to each other, are called away to emergencies, just before the ceremony.

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Vicki is called to attend a horse gored by a bull on the morning of her wedding. She finally arrives at the church in the back of Bob's ute.

Jan 198347m

Terrence is caught up in a dangerous situation with no hope in sight.

Feb 198346m

A fire in the hospital kitchen caused by outdated equipment, leads to emergency measures being taken to feed the patients and Cookie's help is enlisted.

Aug 198347m

Terrence becomes a potential husband for a match-maker's daughter. A smooth-talking antiques dealer ingratiates himself into Esme's life.

Sept 198347m

Cookie becomes suspicious of Roger, the antique dealer, his motives are assumed to be merely jealousy, but eventually it becomes clear that Roger's intentions are sinister.

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Only days after her fifteenth birthday, it is confirmed that Gabe is pregnant.

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Simon and Vicky, sneaking back to Wandin Valley after their honeymoon.