G.P.

G.P.
Bookcover of text adaptation
Created by	Sue Masters, Director of Development, Roadshow Coote & Carroll.
Developed by	Roadshow Coote & Carroll
Starring	Michael Craig John McTernan Michael O'Neill Sarah Chadwick Denise Roberts Brian Rooney Judy McIntosh Marilynne Paspaley Tony Llewellyn-Jones Steve Bisley Damian Rice Zoe Carides Lenka Kripac Melissa Jaffer Leah Vandenberg Mouche Phillips
Theme music composer	Simon Walker
Ending theme	Simon Walker
Composer(s)	Simon Walker Mark Isaacs Chris Neal
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	318 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sue Masters, Greg Coote & Matt Carroll
Location(s)	ABC Studios Gore Hill and on location in and around Sydney.
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	7 March 1989 – 10 December 1996

G.P. was an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with the series being made between 1989 and 1996.

The series, screened on the ABC, is set around a fictional general medical practice, in the vein of the Seven Network serial A Country Practice. Whereas A Country Practice, hence the title was set in a rural setting, G.P. was based in an inner-Sydney suburb, and explored both the personal and professional lives of the general practitioners working together, and the other doctors and staff who worked in the clinic.

The series began on-air in March 1989, and while it initially failed to attract a major audience it went on to win numerous television awards (including the first Logie Award for an ABC-TV Drama in 15 years) and became the highest rating drama series on ABC-TV. G.P. ran for 9 seasons and a book about the series was written by producer Harvey Shore.

G.P. has been shown in Canada on CBC Country Canada, a digital television station; and in New Zealand (on TV One) and Ireland (on RTE1). In 2008 and 2009, ABC1 re-broadcast Series 3 onwards at 4:30am on weekdays. In the UK, Central Independent Television, Thames Television and Border Television were the only contractors among the 14 members of the ITV Network to screen the programme for a short period. Thames started the show on Thursdays 1 October 1992 Thursdays and Fridays for half hour episodes at 3.20pm until the end of the year. Central axed the show on Thursday 25 March 1993 and replaced it with Shortland Street. The programme was shown in a daily 3.20pm slot Tuesdays to Fridays and had the hour-long episodes split into two to accommodate the half hour slot. This was a popular format for screening acquired Australian material as had been used with A Country Practice, E Street, Blue Heelers and HeadLand by UK broadcasters.