''Reef Doctors'' is an Australian television drama series that premiered on Network Ten on 9 June 2013.Reef Doctors: Sun, sand and snakes galore , Sydney Morning Herald 16 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013
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Premise

The show revolves around Dr. Sam Stewart, the leader of a team of doctors serving the remote Hope Island Clinic. They look after residents of a small island community and neighbouring islands on the

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, as well as holidaymakers and thrillseekers who visit the area. Sam is a single mother with an unusual interest in venom, hoping to extract the hidden secrets that may have the power to cure fatal diseases.

Pre-production

Reef Doctors is the first non-children's show Jonathan M Shiff has produced. As well as starring in the series, Lisa McCune is a co-producer. Filming commenced on 28 November 2011 in

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, around the

, and finished in April 2012. The series was due to be broadcast from September 2012, but was pushed back to June 2013.Airdate: Reef Doctors , TV Tonight 24 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013
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Ratings and reception

The series received mixed reviews upon its long-overdue premiere. The first episode finally aired on 9 June 2013 at 6:30pm, attracting low ratings of just 357,000 for Network Ten. These low figures caused Ten to move the show into a different time-slot, on Fridays at 9:30pm, 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 (now 10 Peach) from 29 June 2013.

Cast

Lisa McCune Lisa McCune (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series ''Blue Heelers'' as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in '' Sea Patrol'' as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards. McCun ...

as Dr. Sam Stewart *

Richard Brancatisano Richard Peter Brancatisano (born 29 October 1983), also known by his stage name Richie Branco, is an Australian television actor and musician, best known for his roles as List of Power Rangers Mystic Force characters#Xander Bly, Xander Bly, the ...

as Dr. Rick D'Alessandro *

Rohan Nichol Rohan Nichol (born 4 July 1976) is an Australian television and film actor. His roles include Raymus Antilles in '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'', Aaron Collingwood in '' All Saints'', and Detective Luc Palermo in ''headLand ...

as Toby McGrath * Susan Hoecke as Freya Klein * Andrew Ryan as Gus Cochrane * Tasneem Roc as Olivia Shaw *

Rod Mullinar Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his roles on Australian television. He emigrated to Australia with his first wife, casting agent Liz Mullinar in 1969. Career Mullinar took the leading role in Australian es ...

as Sonny Farrell * Justin Holborow as Jack Stewart * Chloe Bayliss as Nell Saunders * Kristof Piechocki as Malcolm Reid *

Matt Day Matthew Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. Early life Day was born in Melbourne, Victoria. When he was 11 years old, he went to live in the United States with his father, a newspaper correspondent, where he b ...

as Prof. Andrew Walsh *

Alexandra Davies Alexandra Davies (born 8 March 1977) is an English-born Australian actress. She attended Castle Hill High school from 1989 to 1994 Davies graduated from the University of Western Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance In her breakth ...

as Gillian

Episodes

Home media

References

External links

''Reef Doctors''
at the Australian Television Information Archive * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reef Doctors Network 10 original programming 10 Peach original programming Australian drama television series 2013 Australian television series debuts 2013 Australian television series endings Television shows set in Queensland English-language television shows