Doctor Doctor (outside of Australasia known as The Heart Guy) is an Australian drama series. It premiered on Nine Network on 14 September 2016. The series follows Hugh Knight (Rodger Corser), a heart surgeon, who is punished for a number of mishaps and is put on probation and forced to work in the country town of Whyhope for a year as a G.P., which coincidentally happens to be his hometown.
During the course of the series, 48 episodes of Doctor Doctor aired over five seasons, between 14 September 2016 and 23 June 2021.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 10 | 14 September 2016 | 16 November 2016 | |
2 | 10 | 16 August 2017 | 18 October 2017 | |
3 | 10 | 6 August 2018 | 8 October 2018 | |
4 | 10 | 5 February 2020 | 13 May 2020 | |
5 | 8 | 28 April 2021 | 23 June 2021 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Doctor Doctor" | Peter Salmon | Tony McNamara | 14 September 2016 | 278221-1 | 759,000 [1] |
2 | 2 | "Home Sweet Home" | Peter Salmon | Tony McNamara | 21 September 2016 | 278221-2 | 821,000 [2] |
3 | 3 | "San Francisco" | Jeremy Sims | Tony McNamara | 28 September 2016 | 278221-3 | 661,000 [3] |
4 | 4 | "I Need Another Drink" | Jeremy Sims | Alice Bell | 5 October 2016 | 278221-4 | 763,000 [4] |
5 | 5 | "We Don't Need" | Kriv Stenders | Liz Doran | 12 October 2016 | 278221-5 | 826,000 [5] |
6 | 6 | "Golden Harvest" | Kriv Stenders | Tamara Asmar | 19 October 2016 | 278221-6 | 854,000 [6] |
7 | 7 | "This is Not a Love Song" | Peter Salmon | Liz Doran | 26 October 2016 | 278221-7 | 777,000 [7] |
8 | 8 | "The Truth is Out There" | Peter Salmon | Tony McNamara | 2 November 2016 | 278221-8 | 819,000 [8] |
9 | 9 | "Say Sayonara" | Jeremy Sims | Tamara Asmar | 9 November 2016 | 278221-9 | 707,000 [9] |
10 | 10 | "Mash" | Jeremy Sims | Tony McNamara | 16 November 2016 | 278221-10 | 785,000 [10] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 1 | "What Difference the Day Makes" | Ian Watson | Tony McNamara | 16 August 2017 | 278221-11 | 758,000 [11] |
12 | 2 | "Your Game" | Ian Watson | Tony McNamara | 23 August 2017 | 278221-12 | 690,000 [12] |
13 | 3 | "Talent Showdown" | Tori Garrett | Angela McDonald | 30 August 2017 | 278221-13 | 632,000 [13] |
14 | 4 | "The Great Campaign" | Tori Garrett | Liz Doran | 6 September 2017 | 278221-14 | 704,000 [14] |
15 | 5 | "Both Sides Now" | Kriv Stenders | Tony McNamara | 13 September 2017 | 278221-15 | 761,000 [15] |
16 | 6 | "Penny for Your Thoughts" | Kriv Stenders | Tony McNamara | 20 September 2017 | 278221-16 | 645,000 [16] |
17 | 7 | "Picture of Innocence" | Lucy Gaffy | Tony McNamara | 27 September 2017 | 278221-17 | 749,000 [17] |
18 | 8 | "Step in Time" | Ian Watson | Tamara Asmar | 4 October 2017 | 278221-18 | 790,000 [18] |
19 | 9 | "Forgive and Forget" | Ben Chessell | Tony McNamara | 11 October 2017 | 278221-19 | 745,000 [19] |
20 | 10 | "A Little Piece of Heaven" | Ben Chessell | Tony McNamara | 18 October 2017 | 278221-20 | 735,000 [20] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 | 1 | "Tell Her, It's Over!" | Geoff Bennett | Tony McNamara | 6 August 2018 | 278221-21 | 726,000 [21] |
22 | 2 | "Isn't She Lovely" | Geoff Bennett | Tony McNamara | 13 August 2018 | 278221-22 | 671,000 [22] |
23 | 3 | "Shock Rock" | Lucy Gaffy | Liz Doran | 20 August 2018 | 278221-23 | 684,000 [23] |
24 | 4 | "Runaway Baby" | Lucy Gaffy | Tamara Asmar | 27 August 2018 | 278221-24 | 639,000 [24] |
25 | 5 | "When We Collide" | Ian Watson | Gretel Vella | 3 September 2018 | 278221-25 | 647,000 [25] |
26 | 6 | "Call Me Irresponsible" | Ian Watson | Timothy Lee | 10 September 2018 | 278221-26 | 631,000 [26] |
27 | 7 | "Don't Wanna Let You Go" | Jennifer Leacey | Angela McDonald | 17 September 2018 | 278221-27 | 667,000 [27] |
28 | 8 | "Wet Weekends" | Lisa Matthews | Liz Doran | 24 September 2018 | 278221-28 | 315,000 [28] |
29 | 9 | "Suspicious Minds" | Ben Chessell & Lucy Gaffy | Angela McDonald & Gretel Vella | 1 October 2018 | 278221-29 | 565,000 [29] |
30 | 10 | "No Laughing Matter" | Ben Chessell & Lucy Gaffy | Tony McNamara | 8 October 2018 | 278221-30 | 642,000 [30] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Aus. air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 | 1 | "Hugh Am I?" | Geoff Bennett | Keith Thompson | 5 February 2020 | 278221-31 | 532,000 [31] |
32 | 2 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Lisa Matthews | Liz Doran | 12 February 2020 | 278221-32 | 559,000 [32] |
33 | 3 | "Self-Fulfilling Prophecies" | Geoff Bennett | Timothy Lee | 19 February 2020 | 278221-33 | 540,000 [33] |
34 | 4 | "A House Divided" | Lisa Matthews | Angela McDonald | 26 February 2020 | 278221-34 | 525,000 [34] |
35 | 5 | "The Getaway" | Erin White | Josh Mapleston | 4 March 2020 | 278221-35 | 474,000 [35] |
36 | 6 | "Oh Baby" | Erin White | Grettel Vella | 11 March 2020 | 278221-36 | 516,000 [36] |
37 | 7 | "The Sum of All Our Choices" | Geoff Bennett | Mithila Gupta | 22 April 2020 | 278221-37 | 457,000 [37] |
38 | 8 | "Cursed" | Julietta Boscolo | Katherine Thomson | 29 April 2020 | 278221-38 | 507,000 [38] |
39 | 9 | "Octopus Trap Heart" | Kriv Stenders | Timothy Lee | 6 May 2020 | 278221-39 | 488,000 [39] |
40 | 10 | "Ring of Fire" | Kriv Stenders | Keith Thompson | 13 May 2020 | 278221-40 | 482,000 [40] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Aus. viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41 | 1 | "To Me, To You" | Lisa Matthews | Keith Thompson | 28 April 2021 | 278221-41 | 407,000 [41] |
42 | 2 | "It Had to Be You" | Erin White | Timothy Lee | 5 May 2021 | 278221-42 | 371,000 [42] |
43 | 3 | "The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Whyhope" | Lisa Matthews | Tamara Asmar | 12 May 2021 | 278221-43 | 353,000 [43] |
44 | 4 | "The Things We Do For Love" | Erin White | Liz Doran | 19 May 2021 | 278221-44 | 368,000 [44] |
45 | 5 | "Scream The Impossible Scream" | Daniel Nettheim | Mithila Gupta | 26 May 2021 | 278221-45 | 390,000 [45] |
46 | 6 | "Feelings, Corruption and Taking a Stand" | Hattie Dalton | Angela McDonald | 2 June 2021 | 278221-46 | 399,000 [46] |
47 | 7 | "Promises, Promises" | Catherine Millar | Timothy Lee | 16 June 2021 | 278221-47 | 437,000 [47] |
48 | 8 | "Save The Best For Last" | Catherine Millar | Keith Thompson | 23 June 2021 | 278221-48 | 516,000 [48] |
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
1 | 759 | 821 | 661 | 763 | 826 | 854 | 777 | 819 | 707 | 785 | 777 | |
2 | 758 | 690 | 632 | 704 | 761 | 645 | 749 | 790 | 745 | 735 | 721 | |
3 | 726 | 671 | 684 | 639 | 647 | 631 | 667 | 315 | 565 | 642 | 619 | |
4 | 532 | 559 | 540 | 525 | 474 | 516 | 457 | 507 | 488 | 482 | 515 | |
5 | 407 | 371 | 353 | 368 | 390 | 399 | 437 | 516 | N/A | 398 |
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