All Saints (TV series)

Television series
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
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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.

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The Sydney skyline is featured frequently on the series

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

The Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney was as exterior set used

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.

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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
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

Justine Clarke : Samantha O'Hara (1-2) Elizabeth Maywald : Sophie Williams (1-2) Jake Blundell : Tony Hurst (1-4) John Noble : Dr. John Madsen (1-7) Kim Hillas : Joan Marden (1-7, 9) Joy Smithers : Rose Carlton (2-6) Alan Flower : Morris the Florist (3-6) Melissa Tkautz : Andrea Stuart (4–5, 7) Rochelle Whyte : Cara Windom (4-6) Jack Rickard : Max Morgan (5-7) Troy Planet : Dennis Pool (6-9) Rachel McNamara : Francis Regan (6) Elizabeth Alexander : Dr. Alison Newell (6-9)

Jaime Mears : Kerry Lytton (7-9) Trilby Beresford : Kathleen Campion (7–9) Nicole da Silva : Sasha Fernandez (8) Guy Edmonds : Stuart Mapleton (8) Peter Phelps : Dr. Doug Spencer (8-10) Wendy Strehlow : Lorraine Tanner (8-11) Celeste Barber : Bree Matthews (8-12) Alexandra Fowler : Eve Ballantyne (9-10) Robert Jago : Luke Goldman (9-11) Lucy Bell : Sonia Moore (10) Mike Smith : Heath Velaga (10-12) Ben Wood : Troy Sanders (12)

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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Episode Guide . TV.com . Retrieved December 20, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Idato: TV casualty: All Saints axed after 11 years . The Age . July 6, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
3. ^ David Knox: Last day for All Saints . TV Tonight Australia . August 26, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
4. ↑ This information comes from the IMDb and can therefore be incomplete
5. ↑ All Saints . Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved December 20, 2011.
6. ↑ All Saints - Season 1 . Chaos.com . Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved on May 23, 2020.