A new Australian dramatic series on PBS, released at the end of 2021, this show is based on real-life stories of the doctors, nurses and pilots who fly the Outback with the RFDS to save lives and provide crucial medical services to the rural population across the remote areas of the Australian continent.
It reminded me (oddly enough) of Sky King (a 1950s adventure series about a small-plane pilot who flies around the American west, engaging in cowboy-like heroics and rescues), but with Aussie medical folks instead, and the usual TV medical show stories of the lives and loves of the team, as they live and work in a small rural community. There's also a nice "fish out of water" plot included, in the person of the newly hired head doctor from London, as she tries to prove herself in the less sophisticated environment and more primitive working conditions of the Outback.
There were a lot of lovely shots of twin-engine King Air planes flying over scrub and desert too, which appealed to my aviation-enthusiast side. But the realistic stories of health care workers, pilots, family members, lovers and patients under stress were the most compelling parts of the series. Additional seasons have not been announced, but we can hope. Highly recommended.
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