RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service

RFDS
Continuing First aired 11/Aug/2021 AU English 3 season(s) 24 episode(s)
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.

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Season 3 · Season 3
8 episode(s) · Air date: 01/Oct/2025
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S3E7
Duty of Care
Air date: 12/Nov/2025 · Time: 19:30 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

The team attend a retrieval for a patient with Down syndrome, Mira questions her place in Wayne's world and a mediation attempt between Annya and Poppy takes a turn for the worse.

Summary

The team attend a retrieval for a patient with Down syndrome, Mira questions her place in Wayne's world and a mediation attempt between Annya and Poppy takes a turn for the worse.

S3E6
Step Potential
Air date: 05/Nov/2025 · Time: 19:30 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

On New Year's Eve, Eliza, Pete and Ryan deal with a risky hot-air balloon retrieval; Wayne goes to his clinic's fundraiser; Matty and Chaya clash.

Summary

On New Year's Eve, Eliza, Pete and Ryan deal with a risky hot-air balloon retrieval; Wayne goes to his clinic's fundraiser; Matty and Chaya clash.

S3E5
Blood
Air date: 29/Oct/2025 · Time: 19:30 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

On Christmas Eve, Wayne, Mira and Matty attend a jet ski accident on a remote island; a community fundraiser takes a dramatic turn; Pete opens up to Eliza.

Summary

On Christmas Eve, Wayne, Mira and Matty attend a jet ski accident on a remote island; a community fundraiser takes a dramatic turn; Pete opens up to Eliza.

S3E3
Source Control
Air date: 15/Oct/2025 · Time: 19:30 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

Eliza and Pete remain at odds as they work on an embarrassing case together; Wayne struggles to turn his professional switch off while looking after Kalthi.

Summary

Eliza and Pete remain at odds as they work on an embarrassing case together; Wayne struggles to turn his professional switch off while looking after Kalthi.

S3E2
Separation Anxiety
Air date: 08/Oct/2025 · Time: 19:30 · Runtime: 60 min
Summary

In the wake of the crash, Eliza second-guesses herself; Pete and Wayne struggle to separate their personal grievances from the job at hand.

Summary

In the wake of the crash, Eliza second-guesses herself; Pete and Wayne struggle to separate their personal grievances from the job at hand.

Season 2 · Season 2
8 episode(s) · Air date: 15/Aug/2023
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S2E8
Episode 8
Air date: 04/Oct/2023 · Time: 20:50 · Runtime: 47 min
Summary

Pete is forced to face his deepest fears, when he, Wayne, and the RFDS crew are all tasked to a catastrophic multi-casualty boat crash in some of the most challenging terrain they have faced.

Summary

Pete is forced to face his deepest fears, when he, Wayne, and the RFDS crew are all tasked to a catastrophic multi-casualty boat crash in some of the most challenging terrain they have faced.

S2E7
Episode 7
Air date: 26/Sep/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 46 min
Summary

With Dolly Hardon's charity drag night underway, what is supposed to be a night of fun for the RFDS team and the community descends into chaos when a bad batch of MDMA is found to be doing the rounds.

Summary

With Dolly Hardon's charity drag night underway, what is supposed to be a night of fun for the RFDS team and the community descends into chaos when a bad batch of MDMA is found to be doing the rounds.

S2E6
Episode 6
Air date: 19/Sep/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 47 min
Summary

Wayne's grief surrounding a sudden death results in dire consequences for his own health and a race against the clock for the team to get to him, especially for a terrified Mira.

Summary

Wayne's grief surrounding a sudden death results in dire consequences for his own health and a race against the clock for the team to get to him, especially for a terrified Mira.

S2E5
Episode 5
Air date: 12/Sep/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 49 min
Summary

Tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a contagious patient in stifling PPE, as Wayne's world is thrown upside down when a callout to a seizing patient takes a harrowing turn.

Summary

Tensions flare between Eliza and Pete while transporting a contagious patient in stifling PPE, as Wayne's world is thrown upside down when a callout to a seizing patient takes a harrowing turn.

S2E4
Episode 4
Air date: 05/Sep/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 46 min
Summary

Eliza is tasked with leading the review into the White Cliffs incident as the team are faced with a skydiving accident, a missing patient and an old friend who's suffered a dangerous fall.

Summary

Eliza is tasked with leading the review into the White Cliffs incident as the team are faced with a skydiving accident, a missing patient and an old friend who's suffered a dangerous fall.

S2E3
Episode 3
Air date: 29/Aug/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

Dr Harrod's first day back on the job produces some awkward moments and Wayne finds something of Mira's that causes concern. The condition of a child with a suspected head injury becomes life threatening when a snake bite is discovered on his foot and the RFDS is asked to transport a prisoner.

Summary

Dr Harrod's first day back on the job produces some awkward moments and Wayne finds something of Mira's that causes concern. The condition of a child with a suspected head injury becomes life threatening when a snake bite is discovered on his foot and the RFDS is asked to transport a prisoner.

S2E2
Episode 2
Air date: 22/Aug/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 50 min
Summary

Pete discovers an emergency intervention he performed has had major repercussions, while the team are called to a retrieval where they are challenged with keeping a patient's explosive secret.

Summary

Pete discovers an emergency intervention he performed has had major repercussions, while the team are called to a retrieval where they are challenged with keeping a patient's explosive secret.

S2E1
Episode 1
Air date: 15/Aug/2023 · Time: 21:15 · Runtime: 46 min
Summary

Staff shortages have the team working at their limits. Amidst the chaos of the White Cliffs rodeo, Pete is forced to act outside his scope of practice when faced with a multi-casualty car accident.

Summary

Staff shortages have the team working at their limits. Amidst the chaos of the White Cliffs rodeo, Pete is forced to act outside his scope of practice when faced with a multi-casualty car accident.

Season 1 · Season 1
8 episode(s) · Air date: 11/Aug/2021
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S1E8
Episode 8
Air date: 22/Sep/2021 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E7
Episode 7
Air date: 15/Sep/2021 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 43 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E5
Episode 5
Air date: 08/Sep/2021 · Time: 20:40 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E4
Episode 4
Air date: 01/Sep/2021 · Time: 20:40 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E3
Episode 3
Air date: 25/Aug/2021 · Time: 20:40 · Runtime: 45 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E2
Episode 2
Air date: 18/Aug/2021 · Time: 20:40 · Runtime: 42 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S1E1
Episode 1
Air date: 11/Aug/2021 · Time: 20:40 · Runtime: 43 min
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

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