All Saints (TV series)
Television series | |
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Original title | All saints |
Country of production | Australia |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1998-2009 |
length | 45 minutes |
Episodes | 494 in 12 seasons |
genre | Drama , soap opera , doctor / hospital series |
Theme music | Supersonic - Matteo Zingales |
idea |
Jo Porter , Di Drew , MaryAnne Carroll |
production |
Jo Porter , Bill Hughes , Di Drew |
music | Matteo Zingales (2007-2009) |
First broadcast | February 24, 1998 (Australia) on Seven Network |
occupation |
All Saints is an Australian television series by Jo Porter , Di Drew and MaryAnne Carroll , which was produced from 1997 to 2009 for the Australian broadcaster Seven Network . It is about the nurses and doctors who in Sydney Hospital All Saints General Hospital Western work. The series began airing on Seven Network on February 28, 1998 and ended on October 27, 2009 after over 490 episodes aired. It is the longest running doctor and hospital series to date and the third longest running drama series in Australia after Blue Heelers and Homicide . It is also known as the Australian rival to the US hospital series Emergency Room .
The series achieved one of the highest ratings for drama series in Australia and was also very popular overseas, including the UK , Ireland and Belgium . In its eleven-year run, the series won nine Logie Awards , which are comparable to the Emmys in the US , and two AFI Awards . In addition, she was nominated 55 times for one of these two awards.
action
All Saints shows the work of the nurses and doctors in the fictional hospital All Saints General Western Hospital , which is located in a suburb in Sydney, from the perspective of the nurses, so that the viewer gets an insight into the work there. The series focuses on some of the nurses, doctors and other workers and their problems at work. In addition, she also shows the relationships with each other and their private life. A recurring element is teasing the hospital with litigation, or bringing up criminal charges and defendants. The episodes often begin with the arrival of a new patient. The nurse then explains to the doctor the medical history and treatments that have already been carried out since the injury. Unexpected or surprising diseases are then diagnosed. Usually the stories in each episode are completed.
Seasons one to seven are mainly about the everyday life of Station 17, which is run by the nurse Terri Sullivan. The station is also commonly referred to as the "garbage station" because it takes in most of the patients. In the middle of the seventh season, Ward 17 is finally closed, whereupon the doctors and some nurses continue to work in the emergency room. Seasons seven to eleven show everyday life in the emergency room headed by Frank Campion. These seasons deal more with the private lives of the main characters and the sisters of some doctors. In the twelfth and last season, not only the emergency room but also the team of the Medical Response Unit will be discussed. Doctors are flown to the patient in a helicopter or taken to the hospital with this patient.
In the last episode, the emergency department and the medical response unit host a farewell dinner for the last nurse Yvonne “Von” Ryan who has been working since the hospital opened on her last day at work.
production
Production of the series began in Sydney in early 1998. The Repatriation General Hospital in the southern suburb of Concord served as the exterior of the All Saints General Western Hospital . In addition, the Ku-ring-gai Hospital in Hornsby was used for other exterior shots and for some internal areas, such as the operating theaters. In response to the drop in ratings, followed by Erik Thomson's departure as Dr. Mitch Stevens , the show's producers decided to move the main plot location from Ward 17 to the emergency room at All Saints Western General Hospital . The set for the emergency room was set up at the turn of 2003/2004 and filming began in February, so that the first episodes with the emergency room could be seen on television in April 2004. The change gave the scriptwriters the opportunity to write out some characters and introduce new ones. With the move, which was called "All Saints 'emergency surgery" ( English All Saints' emergency surgery ), in addition to the private life of the sisters, these were also treated in more detail by some doctors. This change of topic finally brought the series the hoped-for increase in audience ratings.
At the beginning of the twelfth season in 2009, the Medical Response Unit was introduced. She has a helicopter and four-wheel drive vehicle , which has allowed it to get to places an ambulance would never go. In addition to the daily work in the emergency room, some scenes with the paramedics were shown in the season. As one of the paramedic was Mirrah Foulkes involved. After the end of the series after the current twelfth season was announced in July due to excessive costs, the last day of shooting for the series took place on August 26, 2009.
occupation
There have been changes in the main cast of the series since the series began in each season. So new characters are added at the beginning of the season as well as in the further course of it, some of which were also introduced as secondary characters beforehand. Characters leaving the series do not always leave the series with the season finale, with some returning later as guest actors. The most important supporting actors are summarized in the following section, supporting cast .
Main cast
Role name | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Main role (seasons) |
Main role (years) |
Leading role (∑ episodes) |
Guest role (episodes) |
Guest role (seasons) |
Voice actor |
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Dr. Peter Morrison | Andrew McKaige | 1-45 | 1-2 | 1998-1999 | 42 | |||
Jazmina Hillerman | Sam Healy | 1-45 | 1-2 | 1998-1999 | 42 | |||
Stephanie Markham | Kirrily White | 1-107 | 1-3 | 1998-2000 | 54 | |||
Connor Costello | Jeremy Cumpston | 1-159 | 1-4 | 1998-2001 | 66 | |||
Jared Levine | Ben Tari | 1-207 | 1-5 | 1998-2002 | 132 | 321 | 8th | |
Bronwyn Craig | Libby Tanner | 1-207 | 1-5 | 1998-2002 | 104 | 222 | 6th | |
Ben Markham | Brian Vriends | 1-216 | 1-6 | 1998-2002 | 134 | |||
Dr. Luciano "Luke" Forlano | Martin Lynes | 1-267 | 1-7 | 1998-2004 | 150 | |||
Therese "Terri" Sullivan | Georgie Parker | 1-314 | 1-8 | 1998-2005 | 307 | |||
Yvonne "From" Ryan | Judith McGrath | 1-494 | 1-12 | 1998-2009 | 494 | |||
Dr. Mitchell "Mitch" Stevens | Erik Thomson | 45-216 | 1-6 | 1999-2003 | 111 | |||
Regina Butcher | Celia Ireland | 58-101, 209-317 | 2-3, 5-8 | 1999-2000, 2002-2005 | 111 | |||
Jodi Horner | Belinda Emmett | 119-163 | 3-4 | 2000-2001 | 16 | |||
Scott Zinenko | Conrad Coleby | 127-281 | 4-7 | 2001-2004 | 50 | |||
Rebecca Green | Natasha Beaumont | 160-236 | 4-6 | 2001-2003 | 38 | |||
Matthew "Matt" Horner | Josh Quong Tart | 163-206 | 4-5 | 2001-2002 | 37 | 241 | 6th | |
Paula Morgan | Jenni Baird | 167-241 | 4-6 | 2001-2004 | 36 | 267 | 7th | |
Nelson Curtis | Paul Tassone | 169-350 | 4-9 | 2001-2006 | 63 | |||
Dr. Charlotte Beaumont | Tammy MacIntosh | 191-494 | 5-12 | 2002-2009 | 172 | |||
Sterling McCormack | Henry Nixon | 222-273 | 6-7 | 2003-2004 | 48 | |||
Dr. Vincent Hughes | Christopher Gabardi | 224-397 | 6-10 | 2003-2007 | 154 | |||
Dr. Frank Campion | John Howard | 266-494 | 7-12 | 2004-2009 | 128 | |||
Jessica Singleton | Natalie Saleeba | 272-345 | 7-9 | 2004-2006 | 25th | |||
Cate McMasters | Alexandra Davies | 272-387 | 7-10 | 2004-2007 | 70 | 388-424 | 10-11 | |
Dr. Jack Quade | Wil Traval | 272-456 | 7-11 | 2004-2008 | 135 | |||
Dan Goldman | Mark Priestley | 300-456 | 8-11 | 2005-2008 | 134 | |||
Dr. Sean Everleigh | Chris Vance | 335-394 | 8-10 | 2005-2007 | 54 | |||
Erica Templeton | Jolene Anderson | 346-449 | 9-11 | 2006-2008 | 102 | |||
Dr. Bartholomew "Bart" West | Andrew Supanz | 350-494 | 9-12 | 2006-2009 | 137 | |||
Dr. Miklos "Mike" Vlasek | John Waters | 352-494 | 9-12 | 2006-2009 | 132 | |||
Gabrielle Jaeger | Virginia Gay | 354-494 | 9-12 | 2006-2009 | 137 | |||
Dr. Zoe Gallagher | Allison Cratchley | 360-437 | 9-11 | 2006-2008 | 76 | |||
Dr. Steven Taylor | Jack Campbell | 402-494 | 10-12 | 2007-2009 | 90 | |||
Amy Fielding | Alix Bidstrup | 443-494 | 11-12 | 2008-2009 | 47 | |||
Dr. Adam Rossi | Kip Gamblin | 453-494 | 11-12 | 2008-2009 | 21st | |||
Claire Anderson | Ella Scott Lynch | 454-494 | 11-12 | 2008-2009 | 42 | |||
Jo Mathieson | Mirrah Foulkes | 458-494 | 12 | 2009 | 37 | |||
Dr. Elliott Parker | Jonathan Wood | 486-494 | 12 | 2009 | 9 |
Supporting cast
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Charisma
The broadcast of the series began on February 24, 1998 with a double episode on the Australian broadcaster Seven Network . The first season finale aired on November 17, 1998. In the following years the new season always started in February and ended in November of the same year. The number of episodes was between 40 and 43 episodes per season, the last only consists of 37 episodes. Due to high production costs, the end of the series after the current twelfth season was announced in July 2009 and this was shortened by three episodes. The broadcast of the last season finally ended on October 27, 2009. With 494 episodes, All Saints is the longest running doctor and hospital series and the third longest running drama series in Australia after Blue Heelers and Homicide .
There is no broadcast in Germany or the German-speaking area.
DVD publications
In 2005, EMI Australia acquired the rights to a DVD release and released the first five seasons between November 28, 2005 and July 9, 2007. After EMI lost the rights in 2007, Universal Pictures Australia acquired them in 2008 and released seasons eight through twelve between September 9, 2009 and September 29, 2010. Seasons six and seven finally followed with the re-releases of the first five seasons on September 2 March 2011.
Awards and nominations
In total, the series won nine Logie Awards in the categories Most Popular Actress , Most Popular Actor and Most Popular Program and two AFI Awards in the category Best Episode in a Drama Series . Actress Georgie Parker won the award for Most Popular Personality On Australian Television in 2001 and 2002 . The series was also honored twice by the Australian Screen Sound Guild in the Best Achievement in Sound for a Drama Series category. In 2009 the cameraman Matthew Horrex won the ACS Award in the category Best Cinematographer in Telefeatures, TV Drama & Mini Series .
Web links
- All Saints in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- All Saints on Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Episode Guide . TV.com . Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ↑ a b Michael Idato: TV casualty: All Saints axed after 11 years . The Age . July 6, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ David Knox: Last day for All Saints . TV Tonight Australia . August 26, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ↑ This information comes from the IMDb and can therefore be incomplete
- ↑ All Saints . Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ↑ All Saints - Season 1 . Chaos.com . Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved on May 23, 2020.