| Genre | Drama[1] |
|---|---|
| Director |
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| Starring | |
| Open theme | "Medicine Woman", by Billie Jade Hastings |
| End theme | "Medicine Woman" |
| Composer |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Num series | 1 |
| Num episodes | 13 |
| Executive producer |
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| Producer | Jonathan M. Shiff |
| Cinematography | Zenon "Butch" Sawko |
| Editor | Philip Watts |
| Camera | Multi-camera |
| Runtime | 42 minutes |
| Company | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions ZDF Enterprises[2] |
| Network |
|
| First aired | 9 June 2013 |
| Last aired | 7 September 2013 |
Reef Doctors is an Australian television drama series that premiered on Network Ten on 9 June 2013.[1][3]
Pre-production
Reef Doctors was the first non-children's show produced by Jonathan M Shiff. As well as starring in the series, Lisa McCune is a co-producer.[4] Filming commenced on 28 November 2011 in Queensland, around the Great Barrier Reef, and finished in April 2012. The series was due to be broadcast from September 2012, but was pushed back to June 2013.[5][4]
Ratings and reception
The series received mixed reviews upon its long-overdue premiere.[6]
The first episode finally aired on 9 June 2013 at 6:30pm, attracting low ratings of just 357,000 for Network Ten.[7] These low figures caused Ten to move the show into a different time-slot, on Fridays at 9:30pm,[8] but even that proved to be too much to ask, because it then failed to attract reasonable viewing figures in its changed time-slot. As a result, the show was subsequently moved to Ten's digital channel Eleven from 29 June 2013.[9]
Cast
- Lisa McCune as Dr. Sam Stewart
- Richard Brancatisano as Dr. Rick D'Alessandro
- Rohan Nichol as Toby McGrath
- Susan Hoecke as Freya Klein
- Andrew Ryan as Gus Cochrane
- Tasneem Roc as Olivia Shaw
- Rod Mullinar as Sonny Farrell
- Justin Holborow as Jack Stewart
- Chloe Bayliss as Nell Saunders
- Kristof Piechocki as Malcolm Reid
- Matt Day as Prof. Andrew Walsh
- Alexandra Davies as Gillian
- Paul Bishop as Inspector Matthew Stanton
- Sally McKenzie as Gracie
- Annabelle Stephenson as Sarah
- Michael Dorman as Scottie
- Tony Nikolakopoulos as Barry
Home media
| Series | DVD release dates | Distributor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region 4[10] | |||
| 1 | 7 November 2013 (AUS) | Universal Home Entertainment | |
| 1 | 20 July 2022 (AUS) | Via Vision Entertainment | |
References
- ^ Reef Doctors: Sun, sand and snakes galore | Sydney Morning Herald 16 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013
- ^ Delany, Colin (May 8, 2012). "Jonathan M Shiff Productions wraps Reef Doctors; begins Mako Mermaids". Mumbrella
- ^ Reef Doctors at Australian Television Information Archive, 26 November 2011
- ^ Airdate: Reef Doctors | TV Tonight 24 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013
- ^ Vickery, Colin (3 September 2012). "Lisa McCune's new series Reef Doctors shelved by Channel 10 until 2013". news.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Homepage"
- ^ Reef Doctors sinks on debut | The Australian 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ "Reef Doctors an object lesson in mis-scheduling | TV Tonight"
- ^ "Bumped: Reef Doctors (Again) | TV Tonight"
- ^ "Reef Doctors; S1". Sanity. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
External links
- Reef Doctors at the Australian Television Information Archive
- Reef Doctors at IMDb