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Rain Shadow

TV·2007–2007·1 season, 6 episodes·ABC TV·Drama·1h·Created by Tony Morphett

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Rain Shadow is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 7 October 2007 on ABC TV. It aired on Sundays at 8.30 pm. The six-part series was produced by Southern Star. Music from The Audreys features in the soundtrack for the show, including the main theme. Rain Shadow was shot in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia and is set in the fictional district of Paringa, a dry land farming area in a rain shadow. It tells the story of two characters who become the means of each other's future. It stars Rachel Ward as district vet Kate McDonald and Victoria Thaine as new veterinary assistant Jill Blake.

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Season016Episodes2007AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Rain Shadow S01E01The Long PaddockOctober 7, 2007Enthusiastic young vet Jill Blake (Victoria Thaine) arrives in the dusty one-horse town of Paringa to find only a curt note directing her to
  2. S01E02Rain Shadow S01E02You Can't Eat SceneryOctober 14, 2007Jill is shocked by the austerity of life in the drought-stricken area, and is sensitive to every sign of distress and decline. From the brui
  3. S01E03Rain Shadow S01E03Paringa RulesOctober 28, 2007Achmed Aziz (Panda Likoudis), an Iraqi agronomist, arrives on a study tour and Kate (Rachel Ward) fears he will submit a report on the condi
  4. S01E04Rain Shadow S01E04Black And WhiteNovember 4, 2007Kate is injured in a cattle yard accident, forcing Jill to run the practice on her own. It seems the order of the world has been restored w
  5. S01E05Rain Shadow S01E05The Call Of The WildNovember 11, 2007With Jill almost reconciled to the idea of an imperfect future with Kate, the past catches up with her when her father, brother and then Sha
  6. S01E06Rain Shadow S01E06The Soldiers ChoiceNovember 18, 2007Relieved of the burden of her secret, Kate appears to have lost the will to challenge the area's destiny. Threatened by the fact that rival

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