"General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital is a British daytime soap opera produced by ATV that ran on ITV from 1972 to 1979. It was not modelled after the American drama of the same name. Rather, it was an attempt to replicate the success of its predecessor, ""Emergency - Ward 10"". The original theme music was ""Girl in the White Dress"" by the Derek Scott Orchestra which was used until 1975, when it was replaced by Johnny Pearson's ""Red Alert"" for the 60-minute episodes. In 1972, ITV started to broadcast programmes on weekday afternoons, triggering a new wave of"
"Municipal General Hospital in 1929 and joined the National Health Service as St. Luke's Hospital in 1948. The hospital was noted for being a pioneer in the field of chemotherapy under Professor Robert Turner and George Whyte-Watson in the 1950s. In 2009 a disused ward on the site was used as the fictional St Aidan's Hospital in the ITV drama, ""The Royal"" with external scenes filmed around Scarborough and Whitby in North Yorkshire. One of the stars of the Royal, Natalie Anderson, was actually born at St Luke's in 1981 when the hospital had a maternity ward. This and other"
"with the same name in the United Kingdom from 1972 to 1979, as well as the daytime series ""Port Charles"" (1997–2003) and the primetime spin-off """" (2007–2008) in the United States. Taped at The Prospect Studios, ""General Hospital"" aired for a half-hour until July 23, 1976. The series was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to a full hour on January 16, 1978. Ever since the late 1970s, most of the storylines have revolved around the Quartermaines and the Spencers. From 1979 to 1988, ""General Hospital"" had more viewers than any other daytime"
"1972 and 1979. Australia's Charles ""Bud"" Tingwell starred in the series as surgeon Alan ""Digger"" Dawson, enjoying a heart-throb status because of his role. Its haunting closing theme tune was ""Silks and Satins"" by Peter Yorke. In March 2008, Network released a DVD set containing the 24 earliest surviving episodes which date from 1959 and 1960. A second 24-episode volume was released in July 2008, while a third 24-episode set was released in 2010. A 1966 episode was included on Network's ""Soap Box Volume One"" DVD as was the sole-surviving episode of spin-off ""Call Oxbridge 2000"". Emergency – Ward 10"
"rippling through England and all of western cultures during the 1960s. Breathless (TV series) Breathless is a British television period drama originally broadcast on ITV. It was created by Paul Unwin and Peter Grimsdale and directed by Paul Unwin, Marek Losey and Philippa Langdale, it stars Jack Davenport and Catherine Steadman. The setting is early 1960s England. This show was produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece. On 29 January 2014, it was confirmed that ""Breathless"" would not be returning for a second series. The plot concerns some of the hospital staff that secretly perform off-site abortions (illegal at the time),"
"the soap opera genre. Panelists reflected on the show's history, discussed their roles in the anniversary storylines, and remembered deceased cast members, such as John Ingle who played Edward Quartermaine until his death in 2012, and John Beradino who played Steve Hardy. General Hospital's 50th anniversary ""General Hospitals 50th anniversary""' on April 1, 2013, was a milestone for the American soap opera series and has been commemorated with several events in the media and storylines on the show. Declining ratings and the cancellation of other soap operas in the late 2000s and early 2010s prompted concern that the show would"
"within postwar British society. The Doctor series, starring firstly Dirk Bogarde and later Leslie Philips, took a comedic look at the antics of a young doctor in an NHS hospital and the Carry on ... comedies, Carry on Nurse (Gerald Thomas,1959), Carry on Doctor (Gerald Thomas, 1967) and Carry on Matron (Gerald Thomas, 1972) also used comic situations within the NHS hospital to poke fun at both the NHS as an institution and the capers of doctors, nurses and patients alike. From the late 1950s, the NHS also became an important subject within the wider history of British soap operas."
"The Royal The Royal is a British period medical drama produced by ITV and aired normally on Sundays in the early evening slot; episodes after 21 June 2009, were also broadcast on ITV HD. The show consisted of eight series of one-hour episodes and was broadcast on ITV from 2003 until the show was cancelled in 2011, with repeats continuing on ITV3. The show is set in the 1960s and focuses on the fictional ""St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital"", an NHS hospital serving the fictional rural seaside town of Elsinby and its surrounding area. The show began as a spin-off"
"General Hospital characters (2010s) ""General Hospital"" is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. The series premiered on April 1, 1963. This is a list of notable characters who significantly impacted storylines and began their run, or significantly returned, from 2010 to the present day. Curtis Ashford, portrayed by Donnell Turner, was introduced as a private investigator hired by Hayden Barnes (Rebecca Budig). Turner's"
"Michael Conforti, Michele Val Jean and Ron Carlivati. Since the series began in 1963, Port Charles, New York, has been the setting for the show. The town exists in the same fictional universe as other soap opera settings such as Llanview (""One Life to Live""), Pine Valley (""All My Children""), New York City (""Ryan's Hope""), and Corinth (""Loving""). The same setting was also used for the show's spinoff ""Port Charles"". ""General Hospital"" cast and crew have won many awards since 1974 when the Daytime Emmy Awards were created. In 2012, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards were created. ""General Hospital"" has"
"Children of General Hospital ""General Hospital"" is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. The series premiered on April 1, 1963. The following are characters from the American soap opera ""General Hospital"", who are notable for being the children of important characters. Introduced in various years, these children have played significant roles in a number of storylines over the years. Emily Scout Cain is the"
"episodes 1, 2, 3*, 4, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11*, 12*, 13*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*, 25*, 26*, 29, 32, 100, 126, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 258 (episodes marked with a ""*"" were made in colour but now only survive in Black and White). A second volume containing the first prime time series was due for release in April 2013 but did not appear. General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital is a British daytime soap opera produced by ATV that ran on ITV from 1972 to 1979."
"fictional hospital within the city in which ""Casualty"" and ""Holby City"" are set. It is based on the Bristol Royal Infirmary which the original script writers spent time observing in the 1980s in order to garner ideas for ""Casualty"". Although both shows are set in the same hospital, ""Casualty"" is primarily filmed in Cardiff, whilst ""Holby City"" is filmed in Hertfordshire at BBC Elstree Centre. The indoor shots for the first series of ""Casualty"" were filmed at BBC Television Centre in London. The exterior shots of the hospital used in ""Casualty"" were formerly filmed at the City of Bristol College;"
"Rotherham General Hospital Rotherham General Hospital is an acute general hospital in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its origins in a sanatorium created at Oakwood Hall for soldiers gassed in the trenches. A modern hospital was built on the Oakwood Hall estate between 1972 and 1978. The special care baby unit, which had been located at Doncaster Gate Hospital, was transferred to Rotherham General Hospital in 1984. The hospital was featured in ""Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?"" an Open University BBC series shown on BBC2 in January 2007."
"original University College Hospital Medical School and named after the American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller after support from the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1920s. Due to its position within London and the historical nature of its buildings, including most notably the UCL Main Building and Quad, UCL has been used as a location for a number of film and television productions, including ""Doctor in the House"" (1954), ""Gladiator"" (2000), ""The Mummy Returns"" (2001), ""The Dark Knight"" (2008) and ""Inception"" (2010). A number of important institutions are based near to the main campus, including the British Library, the British Medical"
"more commonly found on TV, such as in ""Playhouse 90"" (1957) (""The Greer Case""), ""Perry Mason"" (1958) (""The Case of the Terrified Typist""), ""Buckskin""(1958) (""The Ghost of Balaclava""), ""General Electric Theatre"" (1958) (""Battle for a Soul"", directed by Ray Milland), ""Wagon Train"" (1958) (""The Doctor Willoughby Story"", with Jane Wyman), ""The Ann Sothern Show"" (1958) (""The Countess of Bartley""), ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" (1958) (""Murder Me Twice""), ""Rawhide"" (1959) (""Incident on the Edge of Madness"", with Lon Chaney Jr), ""77 Sunset Strip"" (1959)(""In Memorandum""), ""M Squad"" (1959) (""Ghost Town""), ""Sugarfoot"" (1959) (""The Vultures""), ""Bourbon Street Beat"" (1959) (""Invitation to a Murder"")"
"July 2010. In the series, created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the stories' original Victorian setting is replaced by present-day London. Cumberbatch's Holmes uses modern technology (including texting and blogging) to help solve crimes. Similarly, on 27 September 2012, ""Elementary"" premiered on CBS. Set in contemporary New York, the series features Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as a female Dr. Joan Watson. The 2015 film ""Mr. Holmes"" starred Ian McKellen as a retired Sherlock Holmes living in Sussex, in 1947, who grapples with an unsolved case involving a beautiful woman. The film is based on"
"8:00 pm. Long running ""Casualty"" character Charlie Fairhead appeared in ""HolbyBlue""'s first episode, and a full two-part crossover episode with ""Holby City"" aired at the beginning of the show's second series. On 6 August 2008, the BBC announced that ""HolbyBlue"" has been axed after two series. In December 2006, the BBC broadcast a historical medical drama titled ""Casualty 1906"", reflecting life in the 'Receiving Room' (A+E was a concept not yet developed) of the Royal London Hospital 100 years previously, based on historical hospital records and news reports of the time. A three-episode miniseries, titled ""Casualty 1907"", was developed for"
"paramedics would coordinate with the Emergency Room (ER) staff of Rampart General Hospital: head physician Dr. Kelly Brackett (Robert Fuller), head nurse Dixie McCall (Julie London), neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Early (played by London's real-life husband Bobby Troup), and young intern Dr. Michael ""Mike"" Morton (Ron Pinkard, who, in the earliest installments, also portrayed another intern, Dr. Thomas Gray). The other regular characters were the firefighters of Station 51's ""A"" shift, some of whom were played by professional firefighters. These characters included Chester B. ""Chet"" Kelly (Tim Donnelly), Marco Lopez (Marco Lopez) and Mike Stoker (LACoFD firefighter Mike Stoker as himself)."
"Playhouse"" (1951–52), ""Kraft Television Theatre"" (1951–52), ""Tales of Tomorrow"" (1952), ""Hallmark Hall of Fame"" (1952), ""Goodyear Television Playhouse"" (1953), ""Robert Montgomery Presents"" (1953–54), ""Studio One"" (1954–55) and ""NBC Sunday Showcase"" (1959). Olmsted was also featured on ""The Ohio Story"", a series of 10-minute history/biography television programs on stations all over Ohio in the 1950s. He made guest appearances on the CBS court drama series ""Perry Mason"", including the role of murderer Arthur Colemar in the 1960 episode, ""The Case of the Treacherous Toupee."" He continued in television until the mid-1970s. His film roles included ""Middle of the Night"" (1959), ""That"
"Sweet Medicine Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of central England. Intended as a replacement for the hit medical drama ""Peak Practice"", it was not a success. Only one ten-episode series was made, despite moderate audience figures. Some viewers considered it too raunchy, especially for a 9:00pm broadcast. The majority of filming took place in the historic market town of Wirksworth, which made the set for the fictional Derbyshire town of Stoneford. ""Sweet Medicine"" starred Patricia Hodge as Georgina Sweet, Jason Merrells as Dr. Nicholas Sweet and Gillian"
"Great Ormond Street (TV series) Great Ormond Street is a British television documentary series. It was first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 April 2010. Each episode focuses on a different department at the world famous Great Ormond Street Hospital. A second series aired in 2012, with the first episode on 8 May. The third series started filming late 2013, with the first of three episodes scheduled for transmission on 14 July 2015 Great Ormond Street Hospital is a hospital specialising in the care of children in the district of Bloomsbury, Central London. It was founded in 1852 as the"
"feature Nigel Havers as the primary character, Dr. Jonathan Paige. Jane Gurnett was similarly introduced as the new main investigating officer in the series, D.I. Gillian Kramer. Many of the cast from the two previous series were retained; with the exception of Michael Melia, Tim Vincent, Tamzin Malleson and Fiona Victory. This series was broadcast at 9:35pm on Fridays. Viewing figures for this series was strong enough for a sixth series to be commissioned. Dangerfield (TV series) Dangerfield is a British television medical drama series, first broadcast on BBC One, which described the activities of small town doctor and police"
"Park General Hospital in Oldham, Lancashire, on 28 January 1944, to May (née Savage) and Bob Harper. He attended High Crompton Secondary, Shaw, Oldham. Ball, later went to work in a factory as a welder, where he also met his future partner, Thomas Derbyshire (Tommy Cannon). Ball is one half of comedy duo Cannon and Ball, opposite his friend and colleague Tommy Cannon. The duo's primetime Saturday night television series ""The Cannon and Ball Show"", was one of LWT's most successful series, with consistently high viewing ratings that lasted for twelve years. They starred in the film ""The Boys in"
"General Hospital General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American daytime television medical drama. It is listed in ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-running American soap opera in production and the second longest-running drama in television in American history after ""Guiding Light"". Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials ""The Archers"" and ""Coronation Street"", as well as the world's second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production. ""General Hospital"" premiered on the ABC television network on April 1, 1963. Same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes were aired on SOAPnet from January 20,"
"between locations achieved on screen by an explosion destroying the Riverside practice in March 2005 for the fifth anniversary of the series and the surgery moving to a new specially constructed set, ""The Mill Health Centre"", named after the series' original production home. Alongside the surgery, other regular locations include the police station, ""The Icon Bar"" and since 2008, ""The Campus Surgery"", after a storyline saw the practice take over the surgery at the fictional University of Letherbridge. The show's storylines deal with the lives of staff and patients at the fictional Mill Health Centre and Campus Surgery. The format"
"Hard Ride,"" he insisted Fuller star in his new NBC medical drama, ""Emergency!"" Webb had already signed his own ex-wife, 1950s/1960s singer and B-movie actress Julie London, as Nurse Dixie McCall alongside her by-then real-life husband, Bobby Troup, as Dr. Joe Early. Fuller was reluctant to play a doctor, especially in a series with a contemporary urban setting, but the persistent Webb convinced him to accept the role of Dr. Kelly Brackett, Chief of Emergency Medicine at the fictitious Rampart General Hospital. In the aforementioned 2009 interview with ""On Screen and Beyond"", Fuller said that he had twice, politely, rejected"
"television,"" while Caitlin Moran claimed the series encapsulated ""how unbelievably terrifying, dreary and vile it was to be a working-class woman 60 years ago."" Call the Midwife Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It stars Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Hannah, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Stephen McGann, Ben Caplan, Emerald Fennell, Victoria Yeates, Jack Ashton, Linda Bassett, Charlotte Ritchie, Kate Lamb, Jennifer Kirby, Annabelle Apsion and Leonie Elliott. The"
"Palace and never actually recorded. As with all the 1950s Francis Durbridge-based serials, no episodes survive. In 1953 a film ""The Broken Horseshoe"" was made based on the series starring Robert Beatty. The Broken Horseshoe (TV series) The Broken Horseshoe was a British television series first aired by the BBC in 1952 featuring John Robinson, John Byron, Andrew Crawford and Robert Adair. A crime thriller series, the plot concerns a public-spirited doctor's involvement with a horse-doping gang after he protects a young woman who is a witness to a murder carried out by the syndicate. It was written by Francis"
"(September 1977 – July 1982); Carolyn Reynolds (1991–1993); and Sue Pritchard (1993–1996). From 2008 until Summer 2010 the soap was produced by Kim Crowther, who was replaced by Phil Collinson (producer of Doctor Who from 2005 to 2009). Collinson left the job in 2013, with Stuart Blackburn replacing him. Kate Oates was announced as Blackburn's successor in September 2015. Coronation Street Coronation Street (also known as Corrie) is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. In"
"Kearney as Dr. Deb Sweet. Sweet Medicine Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of central England. Intended as a replacement for the hit medical drama ""Peak Practice"", it was not a success. Only one ten-episode series was made, despite moderate audience figures. Some viewers considered it too raunchy, especially for a 9:00pm broadcast. The majority of filming took place in the historic market town of Wirksworth, which made the set for the fictional Derbyshire town of Stoneford. ""Sweet Medicine"" starred Patricia Hodge as Georgina Sweet, Jason Merrells as"
"London (now Clock Court). The plot revolved around the trials of medical students at St Swithin's hospital in London. Well-known actors David Jason (""Only Fools and Horses""), and James Beck (""Dad's Army""), both appeared in the 1970 Series 2 episode: ""What Seems to be the Trouble?"". Series 1 Series 2 Doctor in the House (TV series) Doctor in the House is a British television comedy series based on a set of books and a film of the same name by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of medical students. It was produced by London Weekend Television from 1969"
"General Hospital's 50th anniversary ""General Hospitals 50th anniversary""' on April 1, 2013, was a milestone for the American soap opera series and has been commemorated with several events in the media and storylines on the show. Declining ratings and the cancellation of other soap operas in the late 2000s and early 2010s prompted concern that the show would not reach the milestone until new management led to a turn-around. Other events were organized to commemorate the occasion, with media promoting the milestone and commemorative memorabilia being released by ABC. Begun in 1963, ""General Hospital"" eventually became the top daytime soap"