"Shortland Street" (1992) TV series 1992-????

Directors:

Helen Gaynor
Brian Lennane

Writers:

Barbara Angell (writer)
Lois Booton (head writer)

Seasons:

3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | unknown

Release Date:

25 May 1992 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Shortland Street, a five-night-a-week soap set in an Auckland City hospital, follows the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff, family and friends.

Plot Keywords:

Medical

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Faye Smythe	...	Tania Jeffries / ... (399 episodes, 2003-2009)
Michael Galvin	...	Chris Warner / ... (377 episodes, 2003-2009)
Fleur Saville	...	Libby Jeffries / ... (376 episodes, 1996-2009)
Peter Mochrie	...	Callum McKay / ... (352 episodes, 2006-2009)
Toni Potter	...	Alice Piper (341 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ben Mitchell	...	TK Samuels (332 episodes, 2007-2009)
Adam Rickitt	...	Kieran Mitchell (330 episodes, 2007-2009)
Amanda Billing	...	Sarah Potts / ... (316 episodes, 2004-2009)
Alison Quigan	...	Yvonne Jeffries / ... (308 episodes, 2003-2009)
Kiel McNaughton	...	James Scott / ... (308 episodes, 2007-2009)
Nisha Madhan	...	Shanti Kumari / ... (289 episodes, 2007-2009)
Lee Donoghue	...	Hunter McKay (287 episodes, 2007-2009)
Will Hall	...	Kip Denton (286 episodes, 2007-2009)
Anna Jullienne	...	Maia Jeffries (279 episodes, 2007-2009)
Harry McNaughton	...	Gerald Tippett (263 episodes, 2007-2009)
Lucy Wigmore	...	Justine Jones / ... (235 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kimberley Crossman	...	Sophie McKay (230 episodes, 2007-2009)
Renato Bartolomei	...	Craig Valentine / ... (213 episodes, 2004-2008)
Sarah Thomson	...	Tracey Morrison (166 episodes, 2007-2009)
Bonnie Soper	...	Morgan Braithwaite / ... (164 episodes, 2008-2009)
Laura Hill	...	Toni Warner / ... (163 episodes, 2001-2008)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Grundy Television Productions

Trivia:

Ferndale High School scenes are filmed at Waitakere College

Goofs:

Continuity: Dr Li Mei Chen (2003 - 2006) arrived to New Zealand on a study program from China. After arriving with very poor spoken English skills and weak pronunciation of the English language, approximately one year after her coming to New Zealand she had a flawless English accent as if she was a New Zealand born Chinese citizen.

Quotes:

Burton, Carrie: You're not in Guatemala now, Dr. Ropata

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Asylum: (#1.2)" (1996)

The best Soap on TV

Shortland Street is the best soap on TV in the world in my opinion. Currently being shown on the ITV network in Britian this soap is faster paced than any other soap on TV. Set in Auckland, New Zealand Shortland Street is set around a clinic. Major charcters include Sophia Martinez, the clinic director, Waverley Wilson, who owns the coffe shop and Fergus Kearney, Waverlys boyfriend. Waverly is the best charcter on TV in my opinion and is just adorable. Long may Shortland Street continue.