The Flying Doctor (TV series)

The Flying Doctor is a 1959 British television series made in Britain and Australia. It starred Richard Denning and was credited by Michael Noonan. It ran for 39 episodes of 30 minutes.

It is not to be confused with the later TV series The Flying Doctors.

Cast

Background

The show was based on a BBC radio series of the same name. This starred Bill Kerr, James Mackechnie, and Bettina Dickson.

The series was filmed at Elstree studios in London with location work done in Australia. Finance came from Associated British of England.[1]

In March 1958 two executives from Associated British, director David MacDonald and producer Hamilton Inglis, arrived in Australia to shoot footage. They said Michael Noonan would supervise the scripts and filming of at least 39 episodes would begin in a few weeks. They also said over 200 actors had been seen for the lead three roles.[2] Noonan reported he had written the first season of 13 episodes and that the second season of 13 episodes had been completed by English writers or Australian writers living in England.[3]

Background footage was shot in Australia in July 1958.[4]

Michael Noonan later wrote a series of novels about the Flying Doctors featuring a Dr Jeremy James.

References
  1. "Work on 'The Siege' almost over". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 4 February 1959. p. 58. Retrieved 24 June 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "TV Films of Flying Doctors". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 March 1958. p. 19.
  3. "TV Series on the Flying Doctors Service". 13 March 1958. p. 15.
  4. "It's Not All Reno if You Life in Hollywood". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1958. p. 25.
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