Surgical Spirit (TV series)
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Created by | Peter Learmouth |
| Written by | Annie Bruce Raymond Dixon Graeme Garden Peter Learmouth Paul McKenzie Annie Wood |
| Directed by | David Askey John Kaye Cooper |
| Starring |
Marji Campi Heather Chasen David Conville Lyndam Gregory Andrew Groves Simon Harrison Beresford le Roy Suzette Llewellyn Nichola McAuliffe Duncan Preston Emlyn Price |
| Theme music composer | David Cullen |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Humphrey Barclay Andy Harries David Liddiment Al Mitchell David Shanks Antony Wood |
| Producer(s) | Humphrey Barclay |
| Location(s) |
Lister Hospital, Stevenage, Hertfordshire |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Humphrey Barclay Productions Granada Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 14 April 1989 – 7 July 1995 |
Surgical Spirit is a British situation-comedy television series starring Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston that was broadcast from 14 April 1989 through to 7 July 1995. It was written by Annie Bruce, Raymond Dixon, Graeme Garden, Peter Learmouth, Paul McKenzie and Annie Wood. It was made for the ITV network by Humphrey Barclay Productions for Granada Television.
The series was based around Sheila Sabatini, a senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital, whose verbal skills have most people running for cover. She dominated the operating theatre, while at home she was divorcing her Italian husband, Remo, with whom she had a son, Daniel. Sheila was also a gossip, often gossiping with her best friend, theatre administrator Joyce Watson.
One of the major themes in the programme was her developing relationship with Jonathan Haslam, the anaesthetist. At the end of the sixth series, they married and she had become director of surgery, while her son had become a medical student at the hospital, much to her annoyance.
Beresford le Roy, who played theatre technician Michael Sampson, was in fact a qualified theatre technician (correct title is in fact operating department practitioner) in real life and later became a medical advisor on the series.
In accordance with UK medical practice, surgeons are referred to as "Mr" or "Mrs". Only physicians are called "doctor" in the UK.
Granada Television decided to decommission the programme after the seventh series.
The outside shots were of Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
All seven series of Surgical Spirit have now been released on DVD. An 8-disc set of the complete series has also been released.
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