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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 443257" data-attributes="member: 673">I look forward to reading your thoughts on the show. I’ve vague memories of it, mainly who the different characters were, as opposed to specific storylines.The boxsets of Dynasty and Howards’ Way are staring down at me from a shelf, waiting for me to finish them despite having bought them years ago.They split the hour long episodes into two here, but it aired 4-5 days a week, so the entire run was completed within 12 years (1985-1997) on Irish TV.A Country Practice is a funny one, as it’s essentially as you describe it above, yet it is referred to as a “soapie” in Australia. Whereas similarly themed shows like Flying Doctors, All Saints and G.P (which was basically ACP in the city) aren’t. I think ACP’s twice a week broadcast pattern may be the reason but you rarely see it referred to as a medical drama, like the others are.For a long time, and possibly still today, this was regarded as a landmark moment in Australian TV drama. I remember it getting a special mention on a show celebrating 50 years of Australian TV.I was surprised to read about some of the harder hitting storylines that the show covered, as my vague memory of it was a gentle drama that my granny used to watch in the afternoons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 443257, member: 673"] I look forward to reading your thoughts on the show. I’ve vague memories of it, mainly who the different characters were, as opposed to specific storylines. The boxsets of [I]Dynasty[/I] and [I]Howards’ Way [/I]are staring down at me from a shelf, waiting for me to finish them despite having bought them years ago. They split the hour long episodes into two here, but it aired 4-5 days a week, so the entire run was completed within 12 years (1985-1997) on Irish TV. [I]A Country Practice[/I] is a funny one, as it’s essentially as you describe it above, yet it is referred to as a “soapie” in Australia. Whereas similarly themed shows like [I]Flying Doctors, All Saints[/I] and [I]G.P[/I] (which was basically ACP in the city) aren’t. I think [I]ACP[/I]’s twice a week broadcast pattern may be the reason but you rarely see it referred to as a medical drama, like the others are. For a long time, and possibly still today, this was regarded as a landmark moment in Australian TV drama. I remember it getting a special mention on a show celebrating 50 years of Australian TV. I was surprised to read about some of the harder hitting storylines that the show covered, as my vague memory of it was a gentle drama that my granny used to watch in the afternoons. [/QUOTE]

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