Reef Doctors

Reef Doctors
Genre Drama
Created by Jonathan M. Shiff
Directed by Colin Budds
Grant Brown
Starring Lisa McCune
Matt Day
Rohan Nichol
Richard Brancatisano
Tasneem Roc
Opening theme "Medicine Woman", performed by Billie Jade Hastings
Ending theme "Medicine Woman"
Composer(s) Ricky Edwards
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Jonathan M. Shiff
Julia Adams
Rick Maier
Lisa McCune
Running time 42 minutes
Production company(s) Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
Distributor ZDF Enterprises
Release
Original network Network Ten (episode 1-2 only)
Eleven (episode 3-13)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 9 June – 7 September 2013

Reef Doctors was an Australian television drama series that premiered on Network Ten on 9 June 2013.[1]

Premise

The show revolves around Sam Stewart, the leader of a team of doctors serving the remote Hope Island Clinic.[2] They look after residents of a small island community and neighbouring islands on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as holidaymakers and thrillseekers who visit the area.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] Filming commenced on 28 November 2011 in Queensland, around the Great Barrier Reef. Filming finished in April 2012. The series was due to be broadcast from September 2012, but was pushed back to June 2013.[6] [5]

Ratings and reception

The series received mixed reviews upon its premiere.[7]

The first episode premiered on 9 June 2013 at 6:30pm, attracting low ratings of just 357,000 for Channel Ten. [8]These low figures caused Channel Ten to move the show into a different time-slot, on Fridays at 9:30pm.[9]The show failed to attract reasonable viewing figures in its changed time-slot, and was subsequently moved to Channel Ten's digital channel Eleven from 29 June 2013.[10]

Cast

Episodes

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date Viewers
1"Venom Doc"Colin BuddsJutta Goetze9 June 2013357,000
2"Episode Two"Colin BuddsFiona Wood21 June 2013193,000
3"Episode Three"Colin BuddsMia Tolhurst29 June 2013TBA
4"Episode Four"Colin BuddsSue Hore6 July 2013TBA
5"Episode Five"Colin BuddsJohn Ridley13 July 2013TBA
6"Episode Six"Colin BuddsAnthony Morris20 July 2013TBA
7"Episode Seven"Colin BuddsDeb Parsons27 July 2013TBA
8"Episode Eight"Grant BrownElizabeth Coleman3 August 2013TBA
9"Episode Nine"Grant BrownAnnie Beach10 August 2013TBA
10"Episode Ten"Grant BrownFiona Wood17 August 2013TBA
11"Episode Eleven"Grant BrownMeaghan Rodriguez24 August 2013TBA
12"Episode Twelve"Grant BrownAnthony Morris31 August 2013TBA
13"Episode Thirteen"Grant BrownJutta Goetze7 September 2013TBA

References

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