Woobinda: Animal Doctor (Season 1)

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.

  • Poster for Not My Kind of Country

    Not My Kind of Country 0.0

    Air date: 1969-06-03

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Smoke Signals

    Smoke Signals 0.0

    Air date: 1969-06-09

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Crocodile Hunter

    Crocodile Hunter 0.0

    Air date: 1969-06-16

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Trouble With Chico

    Trouble With Chico 0.0

    Air date: 1969-06-23

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for The Exterminators

    The Exterminators 0.0

    Air date: 1969-06-30

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Eye Witness

    Eye Witness 0.0

    Air date: 1969-07-07

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Crop Duster

    The Crop Duster 0.0

    Air date: 1969-07-14

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Birds Of A Feather

    Birds Of A Feather 0.0

    Air date: 1969-07-21

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for The Rustler

    The Rustler 0.0

    Air date: 1969-07-28

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Nine Lives

    Nine Lives 0.0

    Air date: 1969-08-04

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Bounty Hunter

    Bounty Hunter 0.0

    Air date: 1969-08-11

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Panic

    Panic 0.0

    Air date: 1969-08-18

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for That's What Friends Are For

    That's What Friends Are For 0.0

    Air date: 1969-08-25

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Sound Of Danger

    Sound Of Danger 0.0

    Air date: 1969-09-01

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for A Dog's Best Friend

    A Dog's Best Friend 0.0

    Air date: 1969-09-08

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Nobody Comes Here Anymore

    Nobody Comes Here Anymore 0.0

    Air date: 1969-09-15

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Runaways

    The Runaways 0.0

    Air date: 1969-09-22

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Deadly Cargo

    Deadly Cargo 0.0

    Air date: 1969-09-29

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Trapped

    Trapped 0.0

    Air date: 1969-10-06

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie

    Sleeping Dogs Don't Lie 0.0

    Air date: 1969-10-13

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Champion

    The Champion 0.0

    Air date: 1969-10-20

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Doctor Fugitive

    Doctor Fugitive 0.0

    Air date: 1969-10-27

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Noel's Ark

    Noel's Ark 0.0

    Air date: 1969-11-03

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for A Life For A Life

    A Life For A Life 0.0

    Air date: 1969-11-10

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Where Dead Men Lie

    Where Dead Men Lie 0.0

    Air date: 1969-11-17

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Ghost Town

    Ghost Town 0.0

    Air date: 1969-11-24

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for No Love For Theodore

    No Love For Theodore 0.0

    Air date: 1969-12-01

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Joker

    The Joker 0.0

    Air date: 1969-12-08

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Companion

    The Companion 0.0

    Air date: 1969-12-15

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for The Rescue

    The Rescue 0.0

    Air date: 1969-12-22

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Talk To My Agent

    Talk To My Agent 0.0

    Air date: 1969-12-29

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for The Carrier

    The Carrier 0.0

    Air date: 1970-01-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Gallena Ridge

    Gallena Ridge 0.0

    Air date: 1970-01-12

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Lenny

    Lenny 0.0

    Air date: 1970-01-19

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Second Sight

    Second Sight 0.0

    Air date: 1970-01-26

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Loaded Message

    Loaded Message 0.0

    Air date: 1970-02-02

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Caesar Was Shot

    Caesar Was Shot 0.0

    Air date: 1970-02-09

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio

    Chocolate, Cherry Or Pistachio 0.0

    Air date: 1970-02-16

    Runtime: 30 min

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

  • Poster for Silent Witness

    Silent Witness 0.0

    Air date: 1970-02-23

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: 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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