Molly's Death - A Country Practice

[@camsmith4433]

No Aussie who watched this back in the day has ever forgotten this heartbreaking moment in Australan T.V.

[@charleyfarley5065]

Or British person! Heartbreaking!

[@djmscott1977]

Or Irish.

[@sexobscura]

didn't watch the stupid, hokey, pathetic excuse for a show

[@andreacasey4454]

Yep I was about 10. Never forgot

[@jamesrowlands8971]

I am watching this now because of Shaun Micallef and I'm tearing up. I was probably too young for A Country Practice.

[@ruby2sday67]

I'm from the USA and was an exchange student to Australia in 1985. I remember watching this episode with my Australian family and everyone was in silent tears. That was a good show.

[@pauliejay4161]

I remember watching this at the time. I was 13 years old. I remember my tears when Bob read the poem. Looking at it again now, I am very impressed with how tastefully this was done.

[@charliefarley1000]

Saddest ending ever to a show! Can't believe these two are now married in real life!

[@SuperNathan90]

charliefarley1000 they were married then channel 7 kept it hush hush

[@Hulk2k6]

@@SuperNathan90 They had a habit of shutting up Actor relationships in the 80s to avoid "confusing viewers", Neighbours and H&A kept schtoom on a number of these.

[@djs_specs]

Wait, really? I never knew!

[@petroszakhariadis8623]

@@djs_specs wtffffff????? I never knew this!!! I just imdb them, because i seriously thought this was bullshit....but it was TRUE!!!!

[@nutsaboutbali]

My folks meet him in Bali a few years ago

[@dashroundaustralia]

Geez this brings back memories , I was a little kid 8 years old watching with my mum.

[@aleks8888no]

"Mad Molly Jones" "Mad", we said, "Mad Molly Jones" But then we didn't know The kindness that was hers to spare The joy that she took everywhere We simply didn't know. "Mad", we said, "Mad Molly Jones" But then we hadn't heard How she could fight to save a flower, And give each man and dog his hour We simply hadn't heard. "Mad", we said, "Mad Molly Jones" But then we hadn't seen That she could make a dull day bright, That she was colour, warmth, and light We simply hadn't seen. Molly Jones, it's over Yet we cannot say goodbye For all the loveliness we knew And love of life and friendship true And laughter brave once dwelt in you And how can such things die?

[@eben3357]

The carnival music in the background makes this scene more haunting than sad.

[@lunamad39]

Avid fans of the show from the beginning, and remember this tear jerker. A fan favourite gone.

[@anthonymurphy61]

I watched this program In the UK 🇬🇧 in the 80s good memories xxx ❤️🇬🇧

[@janinealderete2633]

I was a kid and I still rate this as the saddest tv death.

[@Threadworxs]

It is still, to this day, the highest rating episode in Australian TV History!

[@redd605]

@@Threadworxs in united kingdom loved this programme when small ,she was my favourite character , along with Esma,frank Shirley Bob ,I remember crying when her character past away. Brilliant series

[@robertneale7326]

I was just a kid myself, but remember this like it was just yesterday..

[@bonzillesgames]

God I loved A Country Practice when I started watching it in the early 1990's in the UK we were quite a few years behind I really thought I would be bored out of my mind. But I was pleasantly surprised I completely fell in love with the show It proves you don't need a murder every other week to make a compelling show just characters you can relate to and feel for. Ps It did help that I had a massive crush On Jo Loveday.

[@MtnMania]

Took me 35 years before I would come back and watch this scene again

[@sp19822]

I remember reading somewhere that they actually shot two versions of the ending and decided on the day it aired which one to use, also Bob Hatfield reading the poem over the end credits was a last minute decision, and Gordon Piper who played Bob recorded it in the sound booth the afternoon before it aired. I was three when this episode aired and saw it for the first time nearly two decades later when Channel 7 repeated ACP on weekday mornings, the VCR was set and I was a bit of a mess after watching. I wish they would do something like this rather than MAFS or MKR, TV with respect, but the powers to be say it is too expensive.

[@r1bayside276]

I remember watching it live. I was 7 or 8

[@evas9735]

@@r1bayside276 me too. I found it haunting.

[@anorganlover6281]

Couldn't they have given this better carousel music ? Even KEN GRIFFIN on his Hammond with LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART / I LOVE YOU TRULY - in his inimitable waltz style is far better - and competent. Beautifully acted - with Brendan's sound effects and looks - and marvellous poetic tribute over credits. For that is the best thing GORDON PIPER has done. His laugh as he remembers Molly is perfect.

[@saintkartano]

I wasn’t a fan of the show as a kid. But this moment did mess with me for years.

[@chappyslaphappy1578]

I guess I was about 4 or 5 when this aired, and my parents probably didn't watch it anyway. I caught the episode on morning repeats about a decade later, and it knocked the wind out of me just the same

[@stevew8965]

Outstanding show and Molly was a special character. This was a great tribute.

[@hamishmctavish7493]

My god, it still brings a tear to my eye.

[@Meanmanmartin2007]

They did a brilliant job with this ending

[@lachlanjones6812]

iwood hav toagagree

[@glennarcher6]

Yep. It wasn't overdone. All the hair on my body stood up when Brendan yells "mollyyyyyyy"

[@anorganlover6281]

But was that shouted ? It seems to be the Aussie stereotypical MATE . . .

[@charleyfarley5065]

Amazing how one actor shouting “Molly” can mean so much 😪😪😪

[@rickhardman7376]

No soaps are about all explosions and stunts etc

[@anorganlover6281]

But I don't think he ever shouted that. I sounds like the stereotypical Aussie - MATE . . .

[@charliefarley1000]

I only have to watch one second of this and I'm crying like a baby 😭😭😭

[@EMGL33]

They are both married in real life and Brendan is now John Palmer in Home & away

[@lachlanjones6812]

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[@itssazzalol98]

I thought I recognised that face

[@AllThatKazz]

Damn...40 or so years later I'm still reduced to tears.

[@jasonlennon1940]

The greatest tv character ever on Australian tv. l was 14 when molly died and l remember watching it with my mum and nan and balling my eyes out. A country practice died when molly did l know it went on for a long time after but it was never the same without our molly....😭😭😭

[@Spacemann512666]

I was 12 when this was aired and I remember watching this in our home in Bondi like it was yesterday. One of the best episodes (and saddest) seen on A Country Practice that I remember...:)

[@lachlanjones6812]

cchanell 07wwi donte you have it dijeitell tv so all us fans can wosh the reepeets

[@lachlanjones6812]

yes it wos asad eparsode like allfeuenrells aafter wayke on the wenshee dide

[@RachelXKnight666]

This is STILL heartbreaking

[@swifty8503]

well, why wouldnt it be, it always will be

[@Donte_Mac]

i was 13 years old when this episode aired on TV :D .. they didnt show her actually dying casue it was too emotional to show to little kids back in the 80's.Many many families,parents and children sat down to watch this show as their family time.Back in those days most kids didnt go out after 7pm at night ^_^

[@squalloogal]

This devastated me as a little girl. #RIPMolly

[@xeniathomas9954]

I have never forgotten this scene it was well done

[@WreckageandDisaster]

Still makes me cry to this day

[@lunamad39]

Who can forget, so sad when then this happened. Beginning of the end of the show

[@pepshaven6520]

To this day, we can see 1.06 seconds and it still brings tears

[@5516724]

I remember watching this and I would been 7 when I saw this on the tv

[@Natashajamesss]

What makes it so sad is that they were both playing so happy

[@r.o.g.79]

Me too loved it growing up watching this,I wish I could get all of the epos of this and re-watch..

[@juliecurran9884]

Bob Hatfields eulogy was so beautiful and moving ❤😢❤😢

[@timothycahalan1540]

I briefly got into a country practice but that was the later years when Judith McGrath and Anne Looby were on the show I never did see episodes from the molly era but I was told by my mum who did watch a country practice that the death of molly was incred sad. Having just watched this I can see what she means

[@quizmaster85]

0:57 to 1:10 - Possibly the saddest of all point-of-view shots in TV drama history. :(

[@bretth4988]

She should of stayed on the show. I was 9 when this happened. I remember Penny Cook and I use to love her.

[@lachlanjones6812]

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[@Davez621]

How does he know she didn't just fall asleep, though?

[@johndoyle486]

Magnificent acting.

[@scottsv96]

dam suddenly feel old watching this fuck that was a long time ago. (34) sydeny, Australia

[@r1bayside276]

I was so young watching this lol I remember I tried and my Mum had to comfort me and tell me it was just a show. Haha

[@ongie9736]

Same

[@anorganlover6281]

But sadly this happens every day and year - doesn't it ?

[@shanedallachy5450]

I was 21 when this aired still brings a tear to my eyes 😭

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

I was 4 when I saw this when this ep first aired, and this is my earliest TV memory. Fuck cancer.

[@richieaura]

I still cry when i see this

[@BD12]

Jesus, could the music be any more terrifying?? Haha. What a horror movie! "Boop boop booop! The haunted clowns are coming to get you, Molly!"

[@lachlanjones6812]

yes iciwood hav toagree wwithk\yyou ther

[@endlessglizzys_.0233]

Watched this in Ireland I remember it well😢so sad

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Was the show popular there?

[@endlessglizzys_.0233]

@tigerwarsaw99 Yes very & Home and Away

[@boldbeautifulau]

@@tigerwarsaw99 very popular in Ireland. Shown at 5.30pm weekdays, before the 6pm news. When the final episode aired in January 1997, the broadcaster (RTE) started to repeat the series from season 8.

[@tigerwarsaw99]

@@endlessglizzys_.0233 I was obsessed with Home & Away in the 90s.

[@EAW-c5t]

I was a kid back then but I remember how sad this was

[@molly3551]

my name is molly jones I was named after her

[@scottsv96]

Molly Jones habe you even seen the show?

[@SuperNathan90]

her name was actually melissa she was called molly as a nickname cause she hated melissa

[@chiselfan1981]

Another of my childhood shows, my mum loved it

[@wrexham1983]

1:02 MOLLY !!! 😢😢 makes me cry each time

[@idontmind5815]

I remember one episode that really got to me because it was so dark, but it's been 30+ years since i saw this series so i don't remember who died or what happened but i wonder if it might have been a child, adding to the weight of the situation. I møstly remember big parts of the episode took place in the morgue and there was this really somber background music. I'm writing from Norway🇳🇴 and i used to watch A Country Practise and they also sent Prisoner(at night) + my gf back then was HOOKED on Home And Away😂😂 But what was up with that episode of A.C.P i was mentioning? If anyone remember or have a link please reply and allow me to reminiscence that horror episode of my youth.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Whose voice was that during the closing credits?

[@timothycahalan1540]

Apparently it was the plumber Bob Hatfield

[@brettrainbow6040]

Gordon Piper who played Bob Hatfield

[@fingerprint5511]

I was 15 and still remember it, always will, its burned into my brain.

[@samanthalouise993]

love that show

[@EliF-bp2zk]

by far the saddest death ever. that ending... brilliant. 😭

[@lachlanjones6812]

d\you w\youwonte get m eny datress molie

[@kita5886]

What season?

[@anthonysullivan9858]

Bloody traumatised me as a kid.

[@mrtailwind864]

Wow I remember watching this when I was a kid-👀

[@danielkomarov5086]

They couldn't have set that up any better... such a realistic portrayal of reaction to death, yet you don't see her actually die... where has good drama writing gone in Australia? This brought tears to my eyes and I'm nearly 30 years old, a part of a generation that were either just born or barely glints in the milkman's eye when this episode of A Country Practice aired. Heck I wasn't even in primary school when the show finished. This show had a then sitting Prime Minister guest star! What other show can attest to that! If I can write half as good as that in my lifetime I will have achieved my life's purpose. Neighbours and Home & Away have nothing on this show!

[@eben3357]

Neighbours and Home and Away are vacuous new age soapies. A Country Practice was written by people with classical theater training.

[@Hulk2k6]

@@eben3357 Say what you want but Neighbours and H&A have stood the test of time and have had adapt to the changing times.

[@eben3357]

@@Hulk2k6 Popularity says more about the audience than it does about the quality of the writing.

[@anorganlover6281]

If NEIGHBOURS and HOME & AWAY were rubbishly written - then they wouldn't have lasted one year. They are plenty forgotten ones that did just that. Those two soaps have good acting and characters that gel properly. Mind you, it does help if we BRITS here in UK - take them to our hearts - but we'd be just as critical if they didn't have that X FACTOR . . . 😮❤

[@happytraveller2122]

Still crying

[@louiserowland8771]

l watch molly death while i was pregnant in reruns and i felt my son (now19) kick me for the 1st time😃😃😃😄😄

[@carolynnicholson3113]

I remember this episode it was so sad 🌹🌷she played the part very well never Like A Country Practice after that it wasn't the same without Molly🌷 don't know why you'd want to leave a good part like that because you get good money💲 being an actress probably fantastic 💰 money..💲💜❤ they don't make good shows like that now we keep getting Home and Away which has lost the plot and the neighbours as well boring .😂😢

[@xMoIlyx]

My parents named me after her.

[@jenniferzanoni2874]

Saddest day on Australian telivision

[@NickGreiner1988]

That's what us country boys do! Fly kites n shit

[@ajs41]

What did she die of?

[@cloverfield911]

Lukemia

[@ajs41]

@@cloverfield911 Thanks.

[@katiewilliams2357]

It still makes me sad

[@cheekypeteski7545]

Put her on homeabdaway give palmer a love interest

[@johnkeenan9495]

sadly missed molly jones

[@Davez621]

01:00 - isn't this a bit overly dramatic? I mean, how does he know she didn't just fall asleep?

[@thepunditspundit1776]

We saw from her POV. From his POV, she probably went limp

[@metroplex3k]

how ridiculous..... what do you think television is?? drama!!

[@tigerwarsaw99]

Damn clown music 😢

[@EpiicxFuziion]

Didnt see her die.

[@rick182z]

Soaps were about characters then.. not drama

[@MrXavierRose]

Fuck me thats sad

[@Rosie-bz1gz]

People don't die like that in real life

[@chappyslaphappy1578]

That's for sure. In my experience it's always unexpected or brutal, or a combination of the two

[@realkeanureviews]

my wife died whilst in palliative care last year, with me by her side. Sadly it is rare, that's why i think we we were blessed

[@peddlersclan]

No shit

[@Hulk2k6]

It's a Soap opera and they're rarely if ever accurate.

[@VoyageOne1]

Psychics have been trying to work that out for centuries

[@michaelw1680]

Worst acting when she died

[@bentwallace8910]

Strange comment. I enjoyed it myself.

[@kiwaussiegirl]

Remember watching Chloe grow from a newborn?. LOVED this show 👍📺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@glennarcher6]

Are you kidding? Goosebumps when he starts running