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.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Will to Survive | 1986-05-15 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Trial by Gossip | 1986-05-22 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Hot Enough for You | 1986-05-29 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Dreams of Sand | 1986-06-05 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Public Property | 1986-06-12 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Is Nothing Sacred | 1986-06-19 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Square Pegs | 1986-06-26 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Sins of the Fathers | 1986-07-07 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Rally to the Cause | 1986-07-14 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Talk of the Town | 1986-07-21 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Do You Read Me | 1986-07-28 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | E.T. - New Girl in Town | 1986-08-04 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | A Choice of Enemies | 1986-08-11 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Departures | 1986-08-18 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | A Lost Generation | 1986-08-25 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Someone Special | 1986-09-01 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Return of the Hero | 1986-09-08 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Eye of the Beholder | 1986-09-15 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Million-acre Prison | 1986-09-22 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Like a Death in the Family | 1986-09-29 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Fearless Frank | 1986-10-06 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Forgivness | 1986-10-13 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Acceptance | 1986-10-20 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Show Goes On | 1986-10-27 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | To the Rescue (1) | 1986-11-03 | 50 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Into the Future (2) | 1986-11-10 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Good Day for It | 1987-07-07 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Horses for Courses | 1987-07-14 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Unluckiest Boy in Town | 1987-07-21 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | It Isn't Cricket | 1987-07-28 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | An Only Child | 1987-08-04 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | A Love Story | 1987-08-11 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Keeping Up Appearances | 1987-08-18 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | All Things Bright and Beautiful | 1987-08-25 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | My Name is Sky | 1987-09-01 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Bachelors & Spinsters | 1987-09-08 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Fifty-two Hours Straight | 1987-09-15 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | A Friend of a Friend | 1987-09-22 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Friends and Lovers | 1987-09-29 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Realms of Gold | 1987-10-06 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Hometown Hero | 1987-10-13 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | A Distant Echo | 1987-10-20 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | No Laughing Matter | 1987-10-27 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | No Quarter Asked | 1987-11-03 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Myths & Legends | 1987-11-10 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | The Hitch-hiker | 1987-11-17 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Give a Dog a Bad Name | 1987-11-24 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Everyday a Gift | 1988-02-11 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Bearing Gifts | 1988-02-18 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Repeat Performance | 1988-02-25 | 50 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Noble Art | 1988-03-03 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Sapphire | 1988-03-10 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Cries from the Heart | 1988-03-17 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | All in a Day's Work | 1988-03-24 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Out of a Clear Blue Sky | 1988-03-31 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Affirmative Action | 1988-04-07 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Figures in a Landscape | 1988-04-14 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Devil You Know | 1988-04-21 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Operation Solo | 1988-04-28 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Path of True Love | 1988-05-05 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Kid | 1988-05-19 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | The First Step | 1988-05-26 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Hopscotch | 1988-06-02 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Jacks High | 1988-06-09 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Clapped Out | 1988-06-16 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Private Lives, Public Faces | 1988-06-23 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Wedlock | 1988-06-30 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The Wrangler's Daughter | 1988-07-07 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Borrowed Time | 1988-07-14 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Forbidden | 1988-07-21 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | She'll Be Right | 1988-07-28 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | One Final Request | 1988-08-04 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Roxanne | 1988-08-11 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Don't Tell Anybody | 1988-08-18 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | No Way Back | 1988-08-25 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Johnnie Come Home | 1988-09-01 | 50 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Look, Up in the Sky | 1988-09-08 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Preacher Man | 1988-09-15 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | The Fear (1) | 1988-09-22 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | The Fear (2) | 1988-09-29 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Fair Go | 1988-10-06 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Broken Airwaves | 1988-10-13 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Bed and Board | 1988-10-20 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Give a Dog a Bad Name | 1988-10-27 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Breaking the Drought | 1988-11-03 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Family Secrets (1) | 1988-11-10 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Family Secrets (2) | 1988-11-17 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | All You Need is Luck | 1989-02-09 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Silly Season | 1989-02-16 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Every Situation | 1989-02-23 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | The Storyteller | 1989-03-02 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | The Choice | 1989-03-09 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | A Shade of Doubt | 1989-03-16 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Mick & Julia | 1989-03-23 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | The Deal | 1989-03-30 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | A Thing of Beauty | 1989-04-06 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Cadenza | 1989-04-13 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | Mates | 1989-04-20 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | The Child | 1989-04-27 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 23 | Next to Go | 1989-05-04 | 50 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 24 | Gotta Have Friends | 1989-05-11 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | The Gift | 1989-05-18 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Second Chance | 1989-05-25 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Not the Malavrys | 1989-06-01 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | The Adventure | 1989-06-08 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | No Man's Land | 1989-06-15 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Rising Sundown | 1989-07-06 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Man & Boy | 1989-07-13 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | The Longing | 1989-07-20 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Bitter Harvest | 1989-08-03 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | The Instrument | 1989-08-17 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Word & Deed | 1989-08-31 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | All That Glitters | 1989-09-07 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Fly Past | 1989-09-14 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | The Last Rodeo | 1989-09-21 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | The Chips Are Down | 1989-09-28 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Sky Above, Earth Below | 1989-10-05 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Lucky Lady | 1989-10-12 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Guardian Angel | 1989-10-19 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | Battlers | 1989-10-26 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | No Tears | 1989-11-02 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | A Doctor's Dreaming | 1989-11-02 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Blues for Judy | 1989-11-09 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 23 | The Claim | 1989-11-16 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 24 | A Rhyme for a Reason | 1990-02-08 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 25 | Dad's Little Bloke | 1990-02-15 | 50 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 26 | The Sporting Life | 1990-02-22 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | A Good Drop of Red | 1990-03-01 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | The Hero | 1990-03-08 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Suspicion | 1990-03-15 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Daddy's Girl | 1990-03-22 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Two Sisters Running | 1990-03-29 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Dangerous Games | 1990-04-05 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Milk Run | 1990-04-12 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Point of No Return | 1990-04-19 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Small Mercies | 1990-04-26 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | A Painful Extraction | 1990-05-03 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | The Climber | 1990-05-10 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Dead Reckoning | 1990-05-17 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | A Bride-to-Be | 1990-05-24 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | A Place for the Night | 1990-05-31 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 15 | End of the Rainbow | 1990-06-07 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 16 | Double Vision | 1990-06-14 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 17 | The Boy in the Boot | 1990-06-21 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 18 | Windows of the Soul | 1990-06-28 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 19 | Rest in Peace | 1990-07-05 | 50 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 20 | Life Line | 1990-07-12 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Fly Like a Bird | 1990-07-19 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | A Day to Remember | 1990-07-26 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | A Place to Call Home | 1990-08-02 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Divided Loyalties | 1990-08-09 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | A Rural Education | 1990-08-16 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Brother's Keeper | 1990-08-22 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | The Ties That Bind | 1990-08-29 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | A Little Tenderness | 1990-09-05 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Wilderness | 1990-09-12 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Valentine's Day | 1990-09-19 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Poet's Corner | 1990-09-26 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | The Family Farm | 1990-10-03 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | A Place Where You Belong | 1990-10-10 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | Break Away | 1990-10-17 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | Billie & Pete | 1990-10-24 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 16 | Old Man Weed | 1990-10-31 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 17 | David & Goliath | 1990-11-07 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 18 | The Last Carnival | 1990-11-21 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 19 | Innocence Lost | 1990-11-28 | 50 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 20 | Bush Christmas | 1990-12-05 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | What a Guy | 1991-01-24 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Bad Moon Rising | 1991-01-31 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | A New Life | 1991-02-07 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Through Thick & Thin | 1991-02-14 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | Deceptions | 1991-02-21 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | There Are None So Blind | 1991-02-28 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | The Sleep of Reason | 1991-03-07 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | My Mother's Child | 1991-03-14 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Swinging on the Rope | 1991-03-21 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Father & Son | 1991-04-04 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | A Little Miracle | 1991-04-11 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | Murphy's Law | 1991-04-18 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | Breaking Down the Wall | 1991-04-25 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 14 | Once Bitten | 1991-05-02 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 15 | Clipped Wings | 1991-05-09 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 16 | Walk Don't Run | 1991-05-16 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 17 | Masquerade | 1991-05-23 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 18 | Against the Current | 1991-05-30 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 19 | Last of the Cochranes | 1991-06-06 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 20 | Double Life | 1991-06-13 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 21 | Something, Nothing | 1991-06-20 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 22 | Family | 1991-06-27 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 23 | Being Positive | 1991-07-04 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 24 | Open Day | 1991-07-11 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 25 | Changing Times | 1991-07-18 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 26 | Freedom | 1991-07-25 | 50 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 27 | Red Letter Day | 1991-08-01 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Nymphs & Nightmares | 1991-08-08 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Out of the Blue | 1991-08-15 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | The Last Dance | 1991-08-22 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | Unfinished Business | 1991-08-29 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Jacqueline | 1991-09-05 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Monkey | 1991-09-12 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | The Stranger | 1991-09-19 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | The Christening | 1991-09-19 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | The Good Book | 1991-09-26 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | My Little Patch | 1991-10-03 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 11 | Two Splatt Shuffle | 1991-10-10 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 12 | Secrets | 1991-10-17 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 13 | The Games We Play | 1991-10-24 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 14 | Bone China | 1991-10-31 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 15 | Johnno Be Good | 1991-11-07 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 16 | Lost Rainbows | 1991-11-14 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 17 | Broken Promises | 1991-11-21 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 18 | Visitors Welcome | 1991-11-28 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 19 | Yesterday's News | 1991-12-05 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 20 | Dirty Linen | 1991-12-19 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 21 | Chasing Rainbows | 1991-12-26 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 22 | Uncle Cyrano | 1992-01-02 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 23 | Luck of the Draw | 1992-08-25 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 24 | Trouble with M.E. | 1992-09-01 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 25 | The Accomplice | 1992-09-08 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 26 | Blind Obsession | 1992-09-15 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 27 | Wimp | 1992-09-22 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 28 | Visionaries | 1992-09-29 | 50 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 29 | Life Lessons | 1992-10-06 | 50 min |
