The Royal - Complete Series 1 [2003] [DVD]

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A siege takes place during a girls' trip on board a pirate radio ship; a leader recovers from a stroke. The series initially began with its cast including Ian Carmichael, Wendy Craig, Robert Daws and Amy Robbins, but gradually expanded with new actors taking the place of others as they left the programme; some taking over to only appear in one series. Much of the outdoor scenes were primarily shot within North Yorkshire, including within Whitby and Scarborough, with interior shots filmed at both The Leeds Studios and St Luke's Hospital, Bradford. The programme remained popular on television until its cancellation, generating its own spin-off, The Royal Today, with episodes later repeated on ITV3. Jeff comes to the aid of a pregnant woman who claims her husband is hitting her when drunk, but efforts to help soon cannot prevent the situation going tragically wrong. Gordon struggles with his work and begins to become addicted to his medication. Jill tends to an AWOL soldier who fears being sent to fight to Vietnam, but soon finds him a reason to avoid it when she discovers his illness may be due to a blood condition. Samantha struggles to cope with the reality of her situation, but is so desperate to have an abortion that she soon puts her life in danger. Jeff faces trouble when a casual encounter with a friend of Lizzie's soon becomes problematic. Gordon attempts to convince an elderly patient to give up driving due to increasing health issues. Sister Brigid attempts to convince a teenage boy to speak out against his trainer's harsh regime after he nearly dies when trapped on a weir. Ken offers to look after a pigeon, but is forced to keep it hidden when Harper begins to suspect something. Eric Fogle is appointed as new head porter, putting Alun's nose out of joint. The hospital receives a letter of resignation from Dr Banner in Australia and has to appoint a partner to the practice — Weatherill believes she knows just the person, but Dr Ormerod favours Dr Burnett. Elsewhere, when Lucy Bayliss is involved in a horse-riding accident an X-ray reveals a more long-term problem.

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Ian Carmichael as T.J. Middleditch (series 1–5, recurring thereafter), Hospital Secretary and Chairman of the Middleditch Trust, which helps to fund the hospital. Historic St Luke Hospital buildings are demolished". Bradford Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 17 March 2018.It is now being shown on one of the new digital channels, but we missed the first series, came in about middle of series 2. Jill investigates why a man has come to her with symptoms he does not have, but soon finds herself in danger when she discovers they are for a former soldier who has become mentally unstable due to past traumas. Alun faces a tough decision on where his priorities lie, when an elderly woman breaks her hip while complaining about the group's noisy practice above her flat. Hopkirk takes delight when he learns that Harper is making frequent, secretive visits to a local woman to deal with an embarrassing problem. Carnegie is delighted when a wealthy woman, who injured herself in a horse riding accident, is brought in to the Royal, but her chauffeur soon causes problems for Hopkirk and Frankie. Joan makes her plans to leave for Cameroon, with Jeff deciding to leave when he can to follow on, but faces issues when her mother questions her decision. The mother of the Beattie family passes away from her cancer, but tragedy soon strikes for the children when her husband struggles to cope without her.

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Newly qualified doctor Dr. David Cheriton arrives at the Royal, but is soon thrown into the deep end when he must take over from Dr. Alway. Jill's professional competence is called into question by the father of a young girl who needs urgent surgery to overcome a painful condition. Hopkirk attempts to get a television setup in the hospital, but his efforts to put up an aerial nearly causes an accident. Gordon and Jill investigate the cause of a schoolboy's illness, and soon discover it is down to anxiety over his father's well-being following his mother's death. Cheriton becomes suspicious a patient recently admitted to the wards is an imposter and turns to a visiting police officer for help, whilst they are receiving treatment for a bunion. Middleditch seeks advice from a retired solicitor, brought in by Jill following an accident, as the hospital faces the possibility of closure by the Health Authority.Dr. Ormerod opens a can of worms when he attends to the problems of a local family. When violence spills onto the wards, Ormerod is caught in the crossfire and is stabbed with scissors, which leaves his life hanging in the balance. Jill and Sister Brigid attempt their best to help a young man deal with the tragic loss of his girlfriend following a motorbike accident, but are unable to do much to heal his broken heart. Gordon is suspicious over why one of his patients is reluctant to return home, until Matron and Lizzie discover the problem is with the patient’s wife. Hopkirk and Alun face turn to recent arrival, Claude Greengrass, for a way to deal with a mice infestation. Dr Mike Banner arrives at the Royal in hopes of taking up Jeff's position, though a mix-up causes him to be one of two seeking the posting until Mr Rose provides a solution in the course of his visit. Catherine decides to make her feelings to Carnegie clear as day after discovering she is pregnant. A night out for Stella ends badly when a male guest at a party she attends rapes her.

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Joan finds herself offered a job in Cameroon much to her surprise, but with Jeff facing issues with Nkhesi, she soon contemplates accepting and using it to help provide the young girl a future. Sister Brigid comes to the aid of a married couple who crash while using their tandem, with staff convincing the wife to take action against her husband's controlling nature. Jill finds discovers the mother of the Beattie family is dying from cancer, and uses this to convince her husband to escape his alcoholism. Jill recovers a seriously ill baby from the woman who abducted her for their own reasons, but her success is soon overshadowed when her pregnancy she recently learnt about begins to suffer dangerous complications. Gordon and Mr Rose are puzzled when a farmer with a diabetic condition suddenly begins displaying different symptoms upon his admission. Susie causes chaos when she arranges a fake séance, before announcing to Matron her plans to become a nurse herself.Following a bachelor party, the groom and his party, close mod friends of Alun, are brought into hospital in a drunken state. Jeff soon confirms they had their drinks spiked with industrial alcohol by one of the group, with the groom left permanently blind and uncertain about his future marriage to his fiancé. Gordon and Dr. Rose help treat an elderly woman at her remote home with a gangrenous toe, giving Samantha a chance to improve her nursing skills. Jill comes to the aid of a female dancer, who soon learns the truth about her dance partner's true feelings towards her. Lizzie falls for a motorcycle stunt rider who is convinced he’s destined to live fast, die young. But Dr Ormerod comes up with a different diagnosis. Faye Clarke, a new student nurse arrives at the Royal. An extremely timid, jumpy young girl, it’s her first time away from home. She’s faced with a trying first day when a beautiful young model collapses after mistakingly eating the Deathcap mushroom, thinking it to be Magic mushrooms, and dies. But Matron can see she has potential. Motorcycle stunt rider, Jimmy charms Lizzie when he falls off his bike and injures his wrist. Jimmy tells Dr Ormerod he has a hereditary medical condition – polycystic kidneys. He knows he hasn’t got long on this earth so he wants to live fast, die young. But tests reveal an altogether different diagnosis. But before Dr Ormerod can give him the good news, Jimmy takes Lizzie for a ride on the Wall of Death. He crashes the bike – has he used up all his nine lives? Final appearance of Ian Carmichael as T.J. Middleditch. Ian Carmichael died on 5 February 2010 at the age of 89. The series being an off-shoot of Heartbeat drew my attention to it, set in the 60s a ficticious hospital set in a sea side location (Elsinby) with some welcome cameo appearances by some of the Heartbeat cast, great storylines and seems to delve a bit deeper than its Heartbeat counterpart. I see this as more of a Heartbeat extension rather than an off-shoot, and could also be considered as an adjunct to the Doc Martin Series (although the later is set in current times).