RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

Synopsis

Based in Australia’s red heart, the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart stopping emergencies they attend. This series captures the beauty and brutality of Australia’s vast centre where the doctors, nurses, pilots and support staff of the RFDS negotiate the unique challenges of emergency retrievals across some of the most inhospitable places in the country.

First Air Date: 2021-08-11

Last Air Date: 2025-11-12

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 24

Created By: Imogen Banks, Ian Meadows, Mark Fennessy

Networks: Seven Network

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Top Cast

Emma Hamilton as Dr. Eliza Harrod
Stephen Peacocke as Peter Emerson
Rob Collins as Wayne Yates
Justine Clarke as Leonie Smith
Ash Ricardo as Mira Ortez
Jack Scott as Nurse Matty Harris
Sofia Nolan as Taylor Emerson
Rodney Afif as Graham Morley
Thomas Weatherall as Darren Yates
Emma Harvie as Chaya Batra

Seasons

Season 1 (2021) - (8 Episodes)

Season 2 (2023) - (8 Episodes)

Season 3 (2025) - (8 Episodes)

Season 1 (2021)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2021-08-11)

When new senior medical officer Eliza Harrod's first retrieval with the RFDS turns problematic, her team will be left wondering whether or not she has what it takes.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2021-08-18)

Eliza questions her decision to come out to Australia, as Pete's simmering resentment towards her comes to a head during a tense mid-air birth.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2021-08-25)

When a seven-year-old boy goes missing in the outback, it's a race against time to find him as the RFDS is called to help his injured father.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2021-09-01)

In the midst of a massive dust storm, the RFDS face a harrowing retrieval when a patient takes a critical turn, mid-air, and the team struggle to keep him alive.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2021-09-08)

When a remote bush retrieval turns violent, the RFDS are caught in the crosshairs but still have to race the light and get all patients in the air before the plane becomes grounded for the night.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2021-09-08)

Wayne's personal struggles spill over into his work when he is confronted by a suicidal patient and a frantic medevac to Adelaide.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2021-09-15)

When a catastrophic explosion at an underground mine creates a mass-casualty incident, the RFDS are called to save the lives of two brothers caught in the blast.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2021-09-22)

As the RFDS fundraising ball gets underway, Pete is overnighted at a remote clinic where the seemingly straightforward case of a boy with a concussion turns into a potentially fatal situation.