Peak Practice
Season 8 Episode Guide
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13
episodes currently available in the iDRief catalog.
Episode Directory
Season 8 episodes
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Episode
1
Breaking Point
Sep 14, 1999
A chance encounter with a troop of soldiers plunges Joanna into a life-or-death crisis.
Episode
2
Alone
Sep 21, 1999
A savage attack on Alice North shocks Cardale, and helps push Joanna back into the arms of her ex-lover Martin Henderson.
Episode
3
Eskimo Roll
Sep 28, 1999
Sam learns a respected member of the community is harbouring a devastating secret and Joanna grows concerned about Alice's state of mind.
Episode
4
Wood for the Trees
Oct 5, 1999
Dawn's son slips into a coma, leaving surgeons baffled. Meanwhile, estranged father Keith turns up, indicating his disapproval of his wife's involv...
Episode
5
Buying Time
Oct 12, 1999
Sam breaks all the rules and gets emotionally involved with a patient, casting a shadow over his future at the Beeches.
Episode
6
Change of Life
Oct 19, 1999
Sam makes an unusual bet with a smoker anxious to quit, while Andrew tries to help a farmer whose failing health has driven him to take desperate m...
Episode
7
Close to Heaven - Part 1
Nov 2, 1999
Tragedy looms as Andrew and Sam try to save an injured man from a fast-flowing river, only too aware that his life rests in their hands.
Episode
8
Close to Heaven - Part 2
Nov 9, 1999
Sam is tormented by the thought that he could have done more to help Andrew and Joanna's teenage patient recoils from the prospect of an operation.
Episode
9
The First Stone
Nov 16, 1999
Sam tries to help an overweight local woman whose efforts to slim are placing her life in jeopardy, while Joanna sparks off another health scare in...
Episode
10
Dark Side of the Moon
Nov 23, 1999
Joanna is presented with an unenviable dilemma by old flame Martin Henderson, who asks her to leave Cardale and start a new life with him.
Episode
11
Not Waving But Drowning
Nov 30, 1999
Sam is visited by an old friend who seems to have gone up in the world since their schooldays together, but the reunion has a tragic outcome.
Episode
12
Moving On
Dec 7, 1999
Andrew tries to convince his friend Ronnie Neale that he has a serious illness, and ends up coming to blows with Dawn's estranged husband Keith ove...
Episode
13
New Beginnings
Dec 14, 1999
Joanna breaks devastating news to a teenage gymnast, and finds herself thrust into the middle of a family crisis.
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