RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service — Season 1
About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
7.0Aired 11 August 2021 • 43 min
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.
2. Episode 2
7.0Aired 18 August 2021 • 42 min
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.
3. Episode 3
7.0Aired 25 August 2021 • 45 min
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.
4. Episode 4
7.0Aired 1 September 2021 • 45 min
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.
5. Episode 5
7.0Aired 8 September 2021 • 45 min
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.
6. Episode 6
7.0Aired 8 September 2021 • 46 min
Wayne's personal struggles spill over into his work when he is confronted by a suicidal patient and a frantic medevac to Adelaide.
7. Episode 7
6.0Aired 15 September 2021 • 43 min
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.
8. Episode 8
7.0Aired 22 September 2021 • 45 min
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.