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Woobinda: Animal Doctor

19691 Season30m episodes

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Runtime: 30m episodes
Origin: AU

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Children's TV series set in a fictional rural town in New South Wales, Australia, following the adventures of veterinarian John Stevens and his team. The aborigines call Stevens Woobinda, animal doctor.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 3, 1969
Studio: ABC Network Productions

Time to finish

20 hrs

39 episodes. About 3 weeks at an hour a night.

SERIES

Woobinda: Animal Doctor

19691 Season30m episodes

Your rating

Runtime: 30m episodes
Origin: AU

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Jun 3, 1969 · 30m
Not My Kind of Country
A raging bushfire threatens the life of a runaway boy, and of Kevin and the boy's mother who have gone to look for him. All three are trapped by the fire.
E2 · Airs Jun 9, 1969 · 30m
Smoke Signals
While flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.
E3 · Airs Jun 16, 1969 · 30m
Crocodile Hunter
Three American business executives set off on an outback photographic safari in crocodile infested swamps, but only two of them return to Stevens' home.
E4 · Airs Jun 23, 1969 · 30m
Trouble With Chico
Stevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.
E5 · Airs Jun 30, 1969 · 30m
The Exterminators
A group of cattlemen decide to organise a hunt for the kangaroos which they believe are the carriers of the deadly disease Anthrax, which is being spread among their cattle.
E6 · Airs Jul 7, 1969 · 30m
Eye Witness
Stevens discovers that a young immigrant has smuggled a puppy into the country and, afraid that he will now lose it, the boy runs away, and innocently becomes involved in a bank robber chase.
E7 · Airs Jul 14, 1969 · 30m
The Crop Duster
When a farmer sprays his crops with insecticide, Stevens discovers that the powder is threatening a colony of koalas.
E8 · Airs Jul 21, 1969 · 30m
Birds Of A Feather
While returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.
E9 · Airs Jul 28, 1969 · 30m
The Rustler
A dishonest vet tries to convince a cattle owner that his cattle are seriously ill and should be immediately removed from the property and destroyed. The vet then plans to steal and sell the herd.
E10 · Airs Aug 4, 1969 · 30m
Nine Lives
A cat has been left a large sum of money in its master's will, a sum which can only be claimed by the relatives on the natural death of the animal. The late eccentric master's nephew, Willy, has some gambling debts which need urgent attention, and his attempts to liquidate the cat and claim the money do not succeed. When he tries to push it over a quarry, he himself falls down and has to be rescued; when he tries to drown it in a dam, he ends up floundering for his life; and when he abandons it in a remote forest, the cat uncannily finds its way back, just in time to stop Willy getting his clutches on the money.
E11 · Airs Aug 11, 1969 · 30m
Bounty Hunter
A valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.
E12 · Airs Aug 18, 1969 · 30m
Panic
An Army plane carrying an atomic device and a deadly virus crashes in the Gattens Creek area.
E13 · Airs Aug 25, 1969 · 30m
That's What Friends Are For
Colin Greaves, a champion polo player, is thrown from his horse during a match and suffers a severe leg injury. He becomes disillusioned and loses the will to recover.
E14 · Airs Sep 1, 1969 · 30m
Sound Of Danger
Tiggie and Kevin's efforts to care for a sick platypus are ruined by the sudden arrival of mining prospectors.
E15 · Airs Sep 8, 1969 · 30m
A Dog's Best Friend
An eccentric old man who cares for a house full of stray dogs is to be evicted from his home by a new and ruthless owner.
E16 · Airs Sep 15, 1969 · 30m
Nobody Comes Here Anymore
The Stevens family goes to an island bird sanctuary so Kevin can release a bird that he has been caring for. They cross paths with a dangerous gang of counterfeiters using the island as a hideout.
E17 · Airs Sep 22, 1969 · 30m
The Runaways
While flying a seriously ill dog back to Gattens Creek, Kevin and Peter Fischer find themselves involved in an elopement and are forced to make a detour.
E18 · Airs Sep 29, 1969 · 30m
Deadly Cargo
John Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.
E19 · Airs Oct 6, 1969 · 30m
Trapped
Jack, Peter and Kevin work feverishly to save the life of a prize Australian Silkie dog trapped under tons of rock from an excavation site.
E20 · Airs Oct 13, 1969 · 30m
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie
The Stevens family go to Sydney to attend a veterinary convention and become involved with an eccentric old woman who takes them on a hair-raising tour of Sydney Harbour.
E21 · Airs Oct 20, 1969 · 30m
The Champion
Foul play is discovered the night before a big sheepdog competition in Gattens Creek. Stevens is called in and catches the culprit.
E22 · Airs Oct 27, 1969 · 30m
Doctor Fugitive
Stevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.
E23 · Airs Nov 3, 1969 · 30m
Noel's Ark
An eccentric pianist arrives in Australia on his yacht with his pets - exotic animals and birds collected from all over the world. While ashore, his yacht is set adrift.
E24 · Airs Nov 10, 1969 · 30m
A Life For A Life
Peter and Kevin become involved with an old Aboriginal and his dying camel, and Jack Johnson narrowly misses death.
E25 · Airs Nov 17, 1969 · 30m
Where Dead Men Lie
When Kevin, Peter and Tiggie are transporting a lamb for special surgery, they spot an 'injured' man lying beside his car. They land, and the man hijacks their plane, leaving them stranded without water.
E26 · Airs Nov 24, 1969 · 30m
Ghost Town
Peter Fischer takes the Land Rover for a day's sightseeing. Arriving at a ghost town, he is bitten by a poisonous snake, and his life is saved by a tribe of Aborigines.
E27 · Airs Dec 1, 1969 · 30m
No Love For Theodore
When Stevens is appointed to look after an anteater from South America destined for an Australian zoo, the animal's defection to the Australian way of life causes a diplomatic controversy.
E28 · Airs Dec 8, 1969
The Joker
The activities of a practical joker cause a sequence of events that results in property owners suffering from the effects of a drought finding water on their land.
E29 · Airs Dec 15, 1969 · 30m
The Companion
A child who secretly blames her father for her mother's death in a boating accident forgives him when he saves her Persian cat.
E30 · Airs Dec 22, 1969 · 30m
The Rescue
The owner of a dog kennel develops a tracking system using dogs with radios to assist in search parties.
E31 · Airs Dec 29, 1969 · 30m
Talk To My Agent
When Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.
E32 · Airs Jan 5, 1970 · 30m
The Carrier
A valuable dog is loose in the area, carrying a deadly disease. Stevens and Fischer are faced with the task of rescuing the animal before the local farmers find it and destroy it.
E33 · Airs Jan 12, 1970 · 30m
Gallena Ridge
Kevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.
E34 · Airs Jan 19, 1970 · 30m
Lenny
Tiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.
E35 · Airs Jan 26, 1970 · 30m
Second Sight
A blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.
E36 · Airs Feb 2, 1970 · 30m
Loaded Message
Stevens has only hours to unmask the perpetrator of a scheme to poison all the stock in the Gattens Creek area.
E37 · Airs Feb 9, 1970 · 30m
Caesar Was Shot
Stevens and Fischer have to perform a dangerous operation when a spear fisherman accidentally shoots a horse with an explosive-headed spear.
E38 · Airs Feb 16, 1970 · 30m
Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio
Gattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.
E39 · Airs Feb 23, 1970 · 30m
Silent Witness
Driving out to see Stevens, a man accidentally knocks down and injures a pedestrian. He is frightened away by the man's dog, and then begins to feel that the dog is hunting him.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 3, 1969
Studio: ABC Network Productions

Time to finish

20 hrs

39 episodes. About 3 weeks at an hour a night.

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