Woobinda (Animal Doctor)
Woobinda (Animal Doctor) | |
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Starring | Don Pascoe |
Country of origin | Australia Germany |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Producer | Roger Mirams |
Production companies | NLT Productions Ajax Films Fremantle International |
Release | |
Original network | ABC Television |
Original release | 1969 |
Woobinda (Animal Doctor) is an Australian children's television series about a widower veterinarian, John Stevens, with a practice in the fictitious New South Wales country town of Gattens Creek. John has a teenage daughter, Tiggie, and an adopted Aboriginal son, Kevin. He works in his practice with Peter Fischer, a German vet, and his friend Jack Johnson, a local bushman.
Cast[]
- Don Pascoe as John Stevens
- Lutz Hochstraate as Peter Fischer
- Sonia Hofmann as Tiggie Stevens
- Slim De Grey as Jack Johnson
- Bindi Williams as Kevin Stevens
Production[]
Woobinda (Animal Doctor) was originally planned to be a 26 episode series, all of which were filmed in 1968. It was then decided to make another 13 episodes in 1969, partly because more overseas sales could be made with 39 episodes than 26. The pilot episode was filmed in February 1968 with the working title Animal Doctor. By April the series had been retitled Woobinda (Animal Doctor) with Woobinda being an Aboriginal word meaning tender of animals.
The series was a co-production with German television with Australian television rights originally shared between the ABC and the Nine Network. The ABC had first screening rights for the initial series of 26 episodes, then it would be repeated by the Nine Network. Nine would then have first screening rights to the second series, followed by a repeat on the ABC. However, what actually happened was the ABC screened all 39 episodes in 1969 and repeated the series in 1970. All subsequent repeats were on the Nine Network from 1971.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Woobinda (Animal Doctor) at IMDb
- https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/woobinda.htm at Classic Australian TV
- Woobinda (Animal Doctor) at Australian Television
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- Australian drama television series
- 1969 Australian television series debuts
- 1969 Australian television series endings
- Television shows set in New South Wales
- Australian television show stubs