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.
The show revolves around Sam Stewart, the leader of a team of doctors serving the remote Hope Island Clinic. 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. 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.
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. 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.
The series received mixed reviews upon its premiere.
The first episode premiered on 9 June 2013 at 6:30pm, attracting low ratings of just 357,000 for Channel Ten. These low figures caused Channel Ten to move the show into a different time-slot, on Fridays at 9:30pm.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.
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