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Woobinda: Animal Doctor

1969

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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Episodes

  1. Play Not My Kind of Country
    1

    Not My Kind of Country

    1969-06-03

    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.

  2. Play Smoke Signals
    2

    Smoke Signals

    1969-06-09

    While flying in the outback, John Stevens encounters an Aboriginal with acute appendicitis and must co-operate.

  3. Play Crocodile Hunter
    3

    Crocodile Hunter

    1969-06-16

    Three American business executives set off on an outback photographic safari in crocodile infested swamps, but only two of them return to Stevens' home.

  4. Play Trouble With Chico
    4

    Trouble With Chico

    1969-06-23

    Stevens finds himself involved with a diamond robbery when he baby-sits a trained chimpanzee named Chico.

  5. Play The Exterminators
    5

    The Exterminators

    1969-06-30

    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.

  6. Play Eye Witness
    6

    Eye Witness

    1969-07-07

    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.

  7. Play The Crop Duster
    7

    The Crop Duster

    1969-07-14

    When a farmer sprays his crops with insecticide, Stevens discovers that the powder is threatening a colony of koalas.

  8. Play Birds Of A Feather
    8

    Birds Of A Feather

    1969-07-21

    While returning a champion mare to its owner, Jack and Kevin come across men illegally trapping birds for smuggling overseas.

  9. Play The Rustler
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    The Rustler

    1969-07-28

    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.

  10. Play Nine Lives
    10

    Nine Lives

    1969-08-04

    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.

  11. Play Bounty Hunter
    11

    Bounty Hunter

    1969-08-11

    A valuable thoroughbred horse escapes from its horsebox after a road accident, and Kevin goes out to search for it.

  12. Play Panic
    12

    Panic

    1969-08-18

    An Army plane carrying an atomic device and a deadly virus crashes in the Gattens Creek area.

  13. Play That's What Friends Are For
    13

    That's What Friends Are For

    1969-08-25

    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.

  14. Play Sound Of Danger
    14

    Sound Of Danger

    1969-09-01

    Tiggie and Kevin's efforts to care for a sick platypus are ruined by the sudden arrival of mining prospectors.

  15. Play A Dog's Best Friend
    15

    A Dog's Best Friend

    1969-09-08

    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.

  16. Play Nobody Comes Here Anymore
    16

    Nobody Comes Here Anymore

    1969-09-15

    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.

  17. Play The Runaways
    17

    The Runaways

    1969-09-22

    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.

  18. Play Deadly Cargo
    18

    Deadly Cargo

    1969-09-29

    John Stevens investigates a case of rabies and unwittingly gets involved with a gang of smugglers.

  19. Play Trapped
    19

    Trapped

    1969-10-06

    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.

  20. Play Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie
    20

    Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie

    1969-10-13

    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.

  21. Play The Champion
    21

    The Champion

    1969-10-20

    Foul play is discovered the night before a big sheepdog competition in Gattens Creek. Stevens is called in and catches the culprit.

  22. Play Doctor Fugitive
    22

    Doctor Fugitive

    1969-10-27

    Stevens is attacked by two prison escapees, and through loss of memory is mistaken for one of the prisoners.

  23. Play Noel's Ark
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    Noel's Ark

    1969-11-03

    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.

  24. Play A Life For A Life
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    A Life For A Life

    1969-11-10

    Peter and Kevin become involved with an old Aboriginal and his dying camel, and Jack Johnson narrowly misses death.

  25. Play Where Dead Men Lie
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    Where Dead Men Lie

    1969-11-17

    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.

  26. Play Ghost Town
    26

    Ghost Town

    1969-11-24

    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.

  27. Play No Love For Theodore
    27

    No Love For Theodore

    1969-12-01

    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.

  28. Play The Joker
    28

    The Joker

    1969-12-08

    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.

  29. Play The Companion
    29

    The Companion

    1969-12-15

    A child who secretly blames her father for her mother's death in a boating accident forgives him when he saves her Persian cat.

  30. Play The Rescue
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    The Rescue

    1969-12-22

    The owner of a dog kennel develops a tracking system using dogs with radios to assist in search parties.

  31. Play Talk To My Agent
    31

    Talk To My Agent

    1969-12-29

    When Kevin becomes an animal's agent, it looks as though he'll send the movie producers broke.

  32. Play The Carrier
    32

    The Carrier

    1970-01-05

    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.

  33. Play Gallena Ridge
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    Gallena Ridge

    1970-01-12

    Kevin assists in bringing into the open the unjust dealings of the manager of a large cattle station.

  34. Play Lenny
    34

    Lenny

    1970-01-19

    Tiggie sets out to train a wild brumby, but runs foul of a brutal stockman.

  35. Play Second Sight
    35

    Second Sight

    1970-01-26

    A blind man has his faith restored when he has to rescue Tiggie.

  36. Play Loaded Message
    36

    Loaded Message

    1970-02-02

    Stevens has only hours to unmask the perpetrator of a scheme to poison all the stock in the Gattens Creek area.

  37. Play Caesar Was Shot
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    Caesar Was Shot

    1970-02-09

    Stevens and Fischer have to perform a dangerous operation when a spear fisherman accidentally shoots a horse with an explosive-headed spear.

  38. Play Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio
    38

    Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio

    1970-02-16

    Gattens Creek is terrorised by a tiger with a passion for ice-cream.

  39. Play Silent Witness
    39

    Silent Witness

    1970-02-23

    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.

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