| Top 5 Medical Dramas |
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| Thursday, 17 July 2008 | |
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Children’s Ward told the fictional life of patients and staff on a children’s ward filmed at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Aimed at children coming home from school it introduced many a wannabe doctor to a career in paediatrics over their afternoon milk and cookies. Despite winning a BAFTA in 1996 and being retitled ‘The Ward’ it ended in 2000.
ER is America’s longest running primetime medical drama set in the fictional Cook County General Hospital. Written by Michael Crichton, part filmed by Steven Spielberg and starring George Clooney - emergency medicine has never been so sexy. The series is reportedly due to end next season.
It may be more sedate that it’s American rival but who wants heartburn whilst eating their takeaway on a Saturday evening? Casualty is the world’s longest running medical drama with an impressive 602 episodes and shows no sign of ending just yet.
This multiple Emmy winning slapstick medical comedy sees life in Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital, through the eyes (and dreams) of John Dorian played by Zach Braff. It was advertised in the US as ‘half as long as ER and twice as funny’.
Written by junior doctor Jed Mercurio, Cardiac Arrest was the UK’s gritty alternative to Casualty. Part comedy, part political and part thriller it portrayed life as a doctor in it’s raw uncaring state controversially showing unstable relationships, suicide and racist staff all at once.
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Childrens Ward (1989 - 2000)
ER (1994 – present)
Casualty (1986 - present)
Scrubs (2001 - 2007)
Cardiac Arrest (1994 – 1996)
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