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A Country Practice

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1981 | 13 seasons | 48 min | Soap, Drama

Sunday Safe Betearly rating

Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet

Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who loves a strong character drama.
The mood
Thoughtful and character-driven.
The pace
13 seasons and 1048 episodes: a long-haul commitment, episodes of about 48 minutes, about 838 hours in all.
What might put you off
A big time investment at 13 seasons.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Ran for 13 seasons and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 70K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.

  1. Season 11981 · 50 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Friday Night Flick
    Season 21982 · 92 episodes · 9.0 out of 10
    Friday
  3. Season 31983 · 84 episodes
    Not rated yet
  4. Season 490 episodes
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  5. Season 584 episodes
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  6. Season 61986 · 88 episodes
    Not rated yet
  7. Season 71987 · 88 episodes
    Not rated yet
  8. Season 890 episodes
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  9. Season 986 episodes
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  10. Season 1090 episodes
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  11. Season 111992 · 86 episodes
    Not rated yet
  12. Season 121993 · 90 episodes
    Not rated yet
  13. Season 131994 · 30 episodes
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Cast & crew

Created by James Davern