

Overview
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Cast
128Open an episode for ages at its air date.

Jenna RussellDeborah Gilder
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Peter GunnConst. Len Cosgrove
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Tracey ChildsNurse Linda Cosgrove
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Maggie SteedPhyllis Woolf
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Naomi RadcliffeJean Bradshaw, Jean Mills (née Bradshaw)
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Samuel J. HudsonEddie Mills
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Clive SwiftRev. Eustacius Brewer
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Polly ThompsonCatherine Gilder
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Donald GeeMr. Boynton
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Ross LittleMichael Gilder
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John HenshawWilf Bradshaw
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Michael FrenchDr. Tom Gilder
›Full cast · 128

James BolamDr. Arthur Gilder
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Shirley WhiteMiss Matthews
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Joan WorswickMiss Matthews
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Charlotte SaltHelen Gilder
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Evan FortescuePhillip Gilder
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Cameron EarleyPhillip Gilder
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Jacob EarleyPhillip Gilder
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Richard WilsonDr. Donald Newman
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Oliver MilburnDr. Nick Logan
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Greg BennettVillager
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Michaela Megran-HandleyLaura Benhams
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Kelly HarrisonNancy Brisley
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Calum KinghornCiaran Stubbs, Ciaran Bishop
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Finty WilliamsPeggy Kendall
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Rachel LeeBrenda
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Nigel HaversHenry Williamson
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Denise WelchEdie McClure
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Krysia PepperJoanna McClure
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Paul BownDon McClure
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Gwen TaylorDora Brisley
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Simon HemingwayBill Driscoll
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Mary WoodvineAggie Driscoll
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Stephanie FayermanMrs. Stone
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Reece DinsdaleSam Tomlinson
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Frances de la TourEugenia Maddox
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Roger MorlidgeDennis Tyldesley
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Bill PatersonHarry Woolf
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Jamie GloverCornelius Sibbald
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Zoe TelfordRita Lennox
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Mark BentonMr. Ffotherington
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Sylvia SymsElizabeth Grimshaw
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James LaurensonBrigadier Arbuthnot
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Roger Lloyd PackNorman Pendleton
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Annette BadlandEdna Pendleton
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Fine Time FontayneBill
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Phillip FowlerTrain Driver
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Milton JohnsErnest Gilles
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Paul RossPump Attendant (uncredited)
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Richard RidingsHorace Trubshaw
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Steve HuisonJack Stubbs
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Kate LonerganRita Stubbs
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Stewart WickhamFarmer Bowen
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John BowlerBert Cartwright
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Miranda PleasenceAnnie Cartwright
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Chris WalkerFrank Cosgrove
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Frederick StuartStan
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Christian SteelNHS Insp. Neville Manly
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Sara CroweSally Waddington
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Tallulah Pitt-BrownMolly Percival
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Emma CatherwoodMary Percival
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Karl JohnsonAlec Rossendale
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Graeme HawleyMr. Burton
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Robert FinanJoe Baxter
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Rod WoodruffPigeon Dave (uncredited)
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David TroughtonFred Mills
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Tim BentinckHans Gothard
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Daniel BrocklebankConnor Docherty
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Julian GloverDerek
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Richard MooreLane
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Michelle ChadwickAmy Falkner
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Francis MageeJames Falkner
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Matthew BrownStuart Falkner
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Richard HowardFreddie McClintock
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Duncan PrestonColin Pinkerton / 'The Magnificent Colin'
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Emma RigbyLisa Gunstone
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Jack StrikkingPhillip Gilder
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Russell HunterArchie Tomlinson
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Martin WimbushMr. Underhill
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Nick StringerLabour MP Reg Samuel
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Rosanna LavellePearl
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Ron WebsterMr. Measurer
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Kika MarkhamAmanda Grimshaw
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David RooneyDriver
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Mel MartinMildred Smithers
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Henry MillerEdgar Meek
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Sarah MoyleDaisy Meek
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Annie HulleyViolet Hornfirth
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Kerry CondonNiamh Copper
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Henry CoxLittle Boy
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Paul ReadyAbel Marl
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Jennifer HighamAmy Marl
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Tim DantayWilliam Marl
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Josefina GabrielleJosephine Williamson
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Freddie DaviesAlbie 'The Limpet' Thwaites
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Joe DempsieHumphrey 'Bogie' Locke
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Denise BlackJanette Locke
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Robin LaingAlbert Tooley
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Laurence Penry-JonesCyril Pilling
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Lyndsey MarshalMary Pilling
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Nick HolderElton Smith
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Daisy WignallVicky Woods
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Daniel RyanMartin Rowe
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Aislinn ManganEmma Rowe
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Erin MuldoonBaby Rowe
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Martin WennerCharlie Polson
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Samantha WhittakerHettie Jenkins
›- TMDB ID
- 12733 ↗
- First aired
- 2002-04-21
- Last aired
- 2005-08-03
- Status
- Ended
- Episode runtime
- 60 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Creators
- Nigel McCrery, Chris Chibnall
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- English
Family guidance
Age ratings
—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)
—Not rated in Spain (ES)
—Not rated in France (FR)
TV-PGUnited States of America (US)
This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.
—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)
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All regional certifications (2)
TV-PGUnited States of America (US)
This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.
14+Canada (CA)
Programming intended for viewers ages 14 and older. May contain strong violence and strong profanity, and depictions of sexual activity as long as they are within the context of a story.















