Woobinda: Animal Doctor
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Woobinda: Animal Doctor

1969
1 season
39 episodes

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Not My Kind of Country

    03-06-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.Smoke Signals

    09-06-196930m

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Crocodile Hunter

    16-06-196930m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Trouble With Chico

    23-06-196930m

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

  • Ep 5

    5.The Exterminators

    30-06-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 6

    6.Eye Witness

    07-07-196930m

    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 ro...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Crop Duster

    14-07-196930m

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

  • Ep 8

    8.Birds Of A Feather

    21-07-196930m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.The Rustler

    28-07-196930m

    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 an...

  • Ep 10

    10.Nine Lives

    04-08-196930m

    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 neph...

  • Ep 11

    11.Bounty Hunter

    11-08-196930m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.Panic

    18-08-196930m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.That's What Friends Are For

    25-08-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 14

    14.Sound Of Danger

    01-09-196930m

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

  • Ep 15

    15.A Dog's Best Friend

    08-09-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 16

    16.Nobody Comes Here Anymore

    15-09-196930m

    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 isla...

  • Ep 17

    17.The Runaways

    22-09-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 18

    18.Deadly Cargo

    29-09-196930m

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

  • Ep 19

    19.Trapped

    06-10-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 20

    20.Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie

    13-10-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Champion

    20-10-196930m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Doctor Fugitive

    27-10-196930m

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

  • Ep 23

    23.Noel's Ark

    03-11-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 24

    24.A Life For A Life

    10-11-196930m

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

  • Ep 25

    25.Where Dead Men Lie

    17-11-196930m

    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...

  • Ep 26

    26.Ghost Town

    24-11-196930m

    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.

  • Ep 27

    27.No Love For Theodore

    01-12-196930m

    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 cont...

  • Ep 28

    28.The Joker

    08-12-1969

    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.

  • Ep 29

    29.The Companion

    15-12-196930m

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

  • Ep 30

    30.The Rescue

    22-12-196930m

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

  • Ep 31

    31.Talk To My Agent

    29-12-196930m

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

  • Ep 32

    32.The Carrier

    05-01-197030m

    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.

  • Ep 33

    33.Gallena Ridge

    12-01-197030m

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

  • Ep 34

    34.Lenny

    19-01-197030m

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

  • Ep 35

    35.Second Sight

    26-01-197030m

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

  • Ep 36

    36.Loaded Message

    02-02-197030m

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

  • Ep 37

    37.Caesar Was Shot

    09-02-197030m

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

  • Ep 38

    38.Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio

    16-02-197030m

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

  • Ep 39

    39.Silent Witness

    23-02-197030m

    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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