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Created by:

James Davern

No. of Seasons:

13

No. of Episodes:

932

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Produced by:

JNP Productions

A Country Practice

18/11/1981-05/11/1994 · Soap,Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Shane Porteous

Shane Porteous

Terence Elliot

Lorrae Desmond

Lorrae Desmond

Shirley Dean/Gilroy

Brian Wenzel

Brian Wenzel

Frank Gilroy

Joyce Jacobs

Joyce Jacobs

Esme Watson

Syd Heylen

Syd Heylen

Vernon 'Cookie' Locke

Gordon Piper

Gordon Piper

Robert 'Bob' Hatfield

Grant Dodwell

Grant Dodwell

Simon Bowen

Shane Withington

Shane Withington

Brendan Jones

Penny Cook

Penny Cook

Victoria "Vicki" Dean/Bowen

Di Smith

Di Smith

Dr. Alex 'Fraser' Elliott