As of July 2026, The Flying Doctors Season 4 aired in 1988 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Flying Doctors Season 4

1988 24 Episodes Drama ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch The Flying Doctors Season 4 on streaming — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 17 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Robert Grubb's performance alone is worth the time investment. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The Flying Doctors Season 4 earns its spot. The Flying Doctors Season 4 takes its time building the world its characters inhabit, and the patience pays off. Season 4 of The Flying Doctors includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1988 to May 1989. This season stars Robert Grubb, Peter O'Brien and Lenore Smith. Robert Grubb and Peter O'Brien lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. The writing trusts the audience to sit with ambiguity rather than wrapping everything up in a tidy conclusion — it is the approach that separates good drama from great. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling will feel right at home with The Flying Doctors Season 4. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Robert Grubb is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

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🎬 The Flying Doctors Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
Look, Up In The Sky
1988-09-08
Kate and Geoff are on their way to a clinic when two tyres puncture and they have to walk to the farm. When they get there, they see two hot air ballons coming. They belong to a family, consisting of Brian, Lorraine and their son Matt, and a work collegue...a young blonde called Kylie. Finally it's ...
E2
Preacher Man
1988-09-15
A preacher called Teddy Faithful is coming to town, and it is said he can perform miracles. At a meeting in the townhall, when everybody is there, he makes a blind man see again! Everybody is stunned, but later on it turnes out that it was all a fake. Brett, the man organizing all Teddy's activities...
E3
The Fear (Part 1)
1988-09-22
Kimberly White is coming back to Coopers Crossing, to check on George Baxter. She brought her son Todd. Chris meets them at the airport, but Todd isn't very nice. The take a country drive, and stops in the middle of the outback to go for a walk. Todd stays by the car, but suddenly he gets frightened...
E4
The Fear (Part 2)
1988-09-29
Todd is still in hospital, and getting therapy equipment organised from all around the district, but he still can't seem to go out. Kimberly buys him a brand new motorbike, thinking that will help him overcome his fear, but it doesn't. Sam and Emma suggests, that Todd could ride the motorbike at daw...
E5
Fair Go
1988-10-06
The mailman, old Frank, is retiring, and he introduces the new mailman, Nick to everyone in the district. When Nick is taking over, he charges double Frank's prices, which makes everyone upset. A lady called Gail Morris wanted to get a lift with the mailplane to a clinic when she wasn't feeling good...
E6
Broken Airwaves
1988-10-13
Kate thinks everybody takes her for granted and expects her to do things for them. She takes a holiday to go to Thargoomindah and watch the rodeo, and she brings her horse Toby. After a while her car gets overheated, so she stops and takes Toby for a ride. Something scares him, and Kate is thrown of...
E7
Bed And Board
1988-10-20
A new man in town, Ron, offers to work for bed and board at Sam and Emma's place. They need all the help they can get, and are greatful. It turns out Ron is the man who ran out on Maggie, when she was young and pregnant. Ron wants to make up for it, but Maggie turns him down.
E8
Breaking The Drought
1988-11-03
There's a bad drought in the neighbourhood, making everybody in a bad mood. Vic has to go to Broken Hill to get more beer, but Lucy, who will look after the pub, falls ill. Marty offers to help, but leaves the pub unattended. When he comes back, Paula has taken over, making him a bit upset. They dec...
E9
Family Secrets (Part 1)
1988-11-10
Geoff's brother Barry arrives in town, much to everyones surprise. Geoff never talks about his family, but Barry seems really nice. Geoff isn't too happy about seeing his brother though, and makes him stay in the pub. Barry helps out with a lot of things, and he also organizes the building of the sp...
E10
Family Secrets (Part 2)
1988-11-17
Barry tells Kate Geoff has warned him off her. She gets upset and asks him out for dinner, which he of course accepts. Vic leaves Barry his bill, but he doesn't seem to be able to pay. Vic asks Geoff about it, and Geoff pays up right away. Barry later on takes Kate on a ride in ""the Beast"", he wan...
E11
All You Need Is Luck
1989-02-09
A new nurse, Penny, arrives as a stand-in for Kate. This upsets Maggie, since she and Penny both are from Windoona, and Penny might have a few stories to tell about Maggie. Sam and Emma lets Maggie stay with them, and Maggie tells Emma she had a son when she was very young. The father had shot throu...
E12
The Silly Season
1989-02-16
A man called Lloyd Somerset is out driving when he picks up a young man called Jamie. In the evening there's a terrible storm coming and suddenly Jamie sees some strange lights in front of the car. Lloyd doesn't say anything, he hasn't even told Jamie his name. All of a sudden, the lights appear aga...
E13
Every Situation
1989-02-23
Baxter has been on a political trip in Canberra, and got stuck with helping to young boys that had nowhere to stay. They make life miserable for him, and fooled around a lot on the radio. When Baxter threatened to have them sent back to Canberra, they caused him to crash with his plane. They didn't ...
E14
The Storyteller
1989-03-02
A storyteller called Tommy Barringa comes to the district and Jack and Chris goes to listen to him. Tommy and a girl named Lindey love eachother but Lindey's father doesn't like his daughter seeing a black man. The father is abused, he gets a dislocated shoulder and Dougie says he did it. Jack doesn...
E15
The Choice
1989-03-09
Kate has come back, but she wants to swap jobs with Penny permanently. Geoff tries to talk to her, begging her to stay until Chris comes back from Sydney. He won't tell Kate why Chris is going, making Kate even more upset. A plane crashes on Robert Morton's property, with two young women in. Chris i...
E16
A Shade Of Doubt
1989-03-16
Gary Arnold and his daughter Su are forced to land in Coopers Crossing, Gary has collapsed over the controls. In hosptial nobody seems to know what's the matter with him. Finally Geoff has a hunch, he reckons it could be typhoid, and it is. Everybody is very upset, and they make sure to keep a dista...
E17
Mick & Julia
1989-03-23
Mick and Julia comes to the Crossing trying to get away from Julia's daugther Prue. Everybody likes them, and Mick, who enjoys running, helps organizing a ""Fun Run"" - a 20 kilometres marathon, where all the money go to the RFDS. After the race Mick is resting in his room. But when Julia finds him,...
E18
The Deal
1989-03-30
A woman gets a really bad asthma attack and thanks to her son she gets to hospital. The boy does a deal with God; if God makes his mum better God can take the boy instead. Everybody tries to convince him God doesn't do deals like that, but the boy doesn't believe them. Finally Father Jacko succeeds,...
E19
A Thing Of Beauty
1989-04-06
Emma's schoolmate Jenny comes to Coopers Crossing to visit Emma and Sam. She's acting really strange and Emma convices her to see Geoff. It turns out she's got anorexia, but she refuses to admit it. But finally she realizes it's for the best and goes for treatment. A mining company suspects there mi...
E20
Cadenza
1989-04-13
A childorchestra arrives in Coopers Crossing. The soloist, Andrew instantly falls in love with Emma. The bus broke down on the way to Coopers Crossing, that's how they met. When the orchestra is leaving the bus broke again! Emma had to order parts from Broken Hill. Andrew hurts his hand really bad a...

🎭 Cast of The Flying Doctors Season 4

Robert Grubb
Robert Grubb
Dr. Geoff Standish
Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Sam Patterson
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Lenore Smith
Kate Wellings
Liz Burch
Liz Burch
Dr. Chris Randall

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