A Country Practice Friends: Part 1 (1981–1993) Online
- Original Title :
- Friends: Part 1
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Drama / Romance
- Year :
- 1981–1993
- Directror :
- Bob Meillon
- Cast :
- Shane Porteous,Brian Wenzel,Lorrae Desmond
- Writer :
- Hugh Stuckey
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 6.9/10
Brendan arrives home from Adelaide with some news that shocks his friends. Simon is concerned that Vicky is working herself too hard. Shirley gets involved with the setting up of a half-way house for three psychiatric patients. Cookie experiments with Chinese cooking. Brendan over-reacts when he can't find Chloe and believes that one of the psychiatric patients has taken her.
| Episode cast overview: | |||
 | Shane Porteous | - | Dr. Terence Elliott |
 | Brian Wenzel | - | Sergeant Frank Gilroy |
| Lorrae Desmond | - | Shirley Dean Gilroy |
| Grant Dodwell | - | Dr. Simon Bowen |
 | Penny Cook | - | Vicky Dean Bowen |
 | Shane Withington | - | Brendan Jones |
| Emily Nicol | - | Chloe Jones |
| Gordon Piper | - | Bob Hatfield |
| Syd Heylen | - | Vernon 'Cookie' Locke |
| Joan Sydney | - | Matron Margaret 'Maggie' Sloan |
 | Wendy Strehlow | - | Sister Judy Loveday |