Hilltop Hospital
| Hilltop Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hôpital Hilltop Klinik Hügelheim Heuvellandziekenhuis |
| Genre | Animated television series |
| Written by | Nicholas Allan |
| Directed by | Pascal Le Nôtre |
| Voices of |
Kevin Whately Sally Ann Marsh Celia Imrie Paul Shane Brian Murphy Julie Higginson Jonathan Kydd Dame Thora Hird |
| Theme music composer | Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson (English version) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Quirke Adam Carroll Roch Lener |
| Producer(s) | David Quirke Robin Lyons |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Millimages, Siriol Cara Junior School Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV Network (CITV), France 3, ZDF, Rai Uno |
| First shown in | 1999 |
| Original release | 1999 – 2001 |
| External links | |
| Production website |
www |
Hilltop Hospital is a claymation children's television programme made in 1999. It consists of 52 ten-minute shorts. The series is directed by Pascal Le Nôtre and produced in English, French (Hôpital Hilltop), German (Klinik Hügelheim) and Dutch (Heuvellandziekenhuis). The series is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name. ZDF started broadcasting the shorts in 2003. The theme tune and incidental music for the English version of the series was composed by Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson who also composed the music for the original Fireman Sam series and Joshua Jones.
It was released by Disney Videos for 1 volume in 2000 and Maverick Entertainment in 2006 in the UK.
It was about a hospital staffed by animals with mainly young animals as patients. Regular characters include:
The English-language version featured the voices of Kevin Whately (Dr. Matthews), Sally Ann Marsh (nurse Kitty), Celia Imrie (Surgeon Sally), Paul Shane (the two Teds), Brian Murphy (Dr. Atticus), Julie Higginson (Clare the lab rat) and Jonathan Kydd (Arthur the lab rat). Guest voices included Dame Thora Hird as Gracey Greyshell in Gracey Greyshell's last day.
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