Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
| Where the Heart Is | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Family drama |
| Created by |
Vicky Featherstone Ashley Pharoah |
| Starring | the cast |
| Opening theme | Prefab Sprout – "Where the Heart Is" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 110 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | United Productions (later Granada) with: Anglia Television (1997–2001) Meridian Broadcasting (2002–2005) Granada Television (2006) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1997) 14:9 (1998) 16:9 (1999–2006) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 6 April 1997 – 10 September 2006 |
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone and focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town. The original leads were Sarah Lancashire and Pam Ferris, who played sisters-in-law and colleagues at the Skelthwaite Health Centre. Both actresses had left the series by 2000, but the format of at least two female leads continued with various actresses until the show's end. A typical episode would focus on one or two medical storylines interwoven with personal stories featuring one or both nurses.
One of ITV's longest-running shows, Where the Heart Is was known for being what has been described as a for former soap stars, including Lancashire, Philip Middlemiss, Samantha Giles, Kerrie Taylor, Brian Capron and Shobna Gulati. In October 2006, the series was cancelled after nine years, despite viewing figures of well over 7 million.
The theme song "Where the Heart is" was performed by Prefab Sprout (written and sung by Paddy McAloon). It was released as a single and appears on the band's 38 Carat Collection.
The series is currently being repeated on ITV3.
The show follows the lives of the people of Skelthwaite, a fictional small Yorkshire town; particularly the work of the district nurses at the town's health centre. It originally focuses on the extended Snow and Goddard family — sisters-in-law and close friends Peggy Snow (Ferris) and Ruth Goddard (Lancashire) who work together as district nurses, while Ruth's husband and Peggy's younger brother Simon (Thomas Craig) is the town's main employer through his paper products factory. Peggy's husband Vic (Tony Haygarth) and her children Stephen and Lucy provide family-focused storylines which sit alongside the medical-based plots.
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