Woobinda (Animal Doctor)

Woobinda (Animal Doctor)
Starring Don Pascoe
Country of origin Australia
Germany
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 39
Production
Producer(s) Roger Mirams
Production company(s) 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 Hochstraat 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

  1. ↑ Classic Australian TV: Woobinda
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