''Reef Doctors'' is an Australian television drama series that premiered on

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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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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. Filming commenced on 28 November 2011 in

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, around the

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, 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

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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. McCune ...

as Dr. Sam Stewart *

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as Dr. Rick D'Alessandro * Rohan Nichol as Toby McGrath * Susan Hoecke as Freya Klein * Andrew Ryan as Gus Cochrane *

Tasneem Roc Tasneem Roc (born 11 December 1978) is an Australian actress of film and television. Early life and education Tasneem Roc was born in Sydney. Roc's mother, writer Margaret Roc, is from Scotland and her father, John Roc, is a Karen from Bur ...

as Olivia Shaw *

Rod Mullinar Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his roles on Australian television. Biography Early life Mullinar born in Hereford, Hertfordshire, emigrated to Australia in 1966, at the urging of an Australian friend in ...

as Sonny Farrell *

Justin Holborow Justin Holborow, is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Harley Canning in Eleven's ''Neighbours'', Jack Stewart in '' Reef Doctors'', and as Griff in the TV adaptation of ''Conspiracy 365''. Early life and education Holborow was ...

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 is known for her roles in '' Young Lions'', as Det. Sr. Const. Donna Parry, and '' All Saints'', as Cate McMasters. Biography She attended Castle Hill High scho ...

as Gillian * Paul Bishop as Inspector Matthew Stanton *

Sally McKenzie Sally McKenzie (born 8 February 1955) also credited as Sally MacKenzie, is an Australian actress, director, playwright and screenwriter. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1977. She was awarded a Master of Fin ...

as Gracie *

Annabelle Stephenson Annabelle Stephenson (born 12 April 1988) is an English-born Australian actress. She began her career playing Miriam Kent in '' H2O: Just Add Water''. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Stephenson moved to Los Angeles, ...

as Sarah *

Michael Dorman Michael Dorman (born 26 April 1981) is a New Zealand actor, best known for his starring roles as Tom Wilcox in '' Wonderland'' (2013–2015), John Tavner in ''Patriot'' (2015–2018), NASA astronaut Gordo Stevens in '' For All Mankind'' (2019� ...

as Scottie * Tony Nikolakopoulos as Barry

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 2010s Australian drama television series 2013 Australian television series debuts 2013 Australian television series endings Television shows set in Queensland Australian English-language television shows