RFDS
Filmed on location in and around Broken Hill, RFDS captures the beauty and brutality of Australia's vast centre where the doctors and the nurses, pilots and support staff of the Royal Flying Doctor Service negotiate the unique challenges of medical emergencies across some of the most inhospitable places in the Australian outback. RFDS is also a story about community and people coming together to laugh, to cry and to triumph over adversity as the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
- 2021-2025
- 3 seasons
- PBS
- Drama
Filmed on location in and around Broken Hill, RFDS captures the beauty and brutality of Australia's vast centre where the doctors and the nurses, pilots and support staff of the Royal Flying Doctor Service negotiate the unique challenges of medical emergencies across some of the most inhospitable places in the Australian outback. RFDS is also a story about community and people coming together to laugh, to cry and to triumph over adversity as the Royal Flying Doctor Service navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend.
Season 3 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2025
Episode 1
Sieve and Sort
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
Picking up one year after season two, the RFDS family is forced to grapple with the fallout of choices as they deal with the domino effects of a mass-casualty bus crash. This year the team will face their toughest obstacles yet, forcing them to make big decisions about what they want their lives to be and who they want to share them with.
Episode 2
Separation Anxiety
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
Still rattled from the bus crash, Eliza second guesses her diagnosis and decision-making when a local grazier is found collapsed on his property.
Episode 3
Source Control
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
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.
Episode 4
Non Negative
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
Wayne, Pete and Mira attend to a critically ill baby while Eliza visits a patient requesting help with voluntary assisted dying.
Episode 5
Blood
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
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.
Episode 6
Step Potential
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
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.
Episode 7
Duty of Care
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
The team retrieves a patient with Down syndrome; Mira questions her place in Wayne's life; one of the team will be forced to leave the RFDS.
Episode 8
Accountability
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
The animosity between Eliza and Anna leads to a dangerous confrontation. As the ramifications of the devastating bus crash reach maximum impact, the entire RFDS team must work together in a life and death situation that ultimately ends up threatening one of their own.