"The Clinic" (2003) TV series 2003-????

Creators:

Orla Bleahen-Melvin
Lilie Ferrari

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

12 October 2003 (Ireland)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

4 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Dominic Mafham	...	Dan Woodhouse (62 episodes, 2003-2009)
Gary Lydon	...	Patrick Murray (61 episodes, 2003-2009)
Amy Huberman	...	Daisy O'Callaghan (61 episodes, 2003-2009)
Rachael Pilkington	...	Keelin Geraghty / ... (50 episodes, 2003-2008)
Aisling O'Sullivan	...	Dr. Cathy Costello (49 episodes, 2003-2008)
Leigh Arnold	...	Dr. Clodagh Delaney (48 episodes, 2004-2009)
Gertrude Montgomery	...	Aine Flanagan (45 episodes, 2003-2007)
Dawn Bradfield	...	Cara Madigan (35 episodes, 2006-2009)
Norma Sheahan	...	Fiona McColgan (30 episodes, 2003-2008)
Gemma Craven	...	Dr. Julia Brady (28 episodes, 2006-2008)
David Herlihy	...	Liam Smith (27 episodes, 2006-2008)
Geraldine Plunkett	...	Mrs. Fleming (26 episodes, 2003-2005)
Sam Corry	...	Alex / ... (26 episodes, 2003-2005)
Mark Dymond	...	Dr. Lorcan O'Brien / ... (26 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

Ireland:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Parallel Film Productions

" The Irish E.R. "?...... But only better.

When I first read in a local Irish paper that we were to get an Irish Medical drama my thoughts instantly went to those terrible medical dramas that were in the form of aussie soap operas. However I was pleasantly surprised by the high entertainment in it. Up until then the Irish networks had tried their best to give us some high quality entertainment but kept on falling sort of their target.

The first night I sat down with a couple of beers and began to watch it I was curious as to who the cast were. I looked up the Internet Movie Database Base that night and discovered that I had seen most of them before in terrible shows but this was their best effort. The standard of acting throughout was of a very high quality. Each actor slipped into their roles very comfortably indeed and this was the making of it really.

From the first show to the last one each actor/character developed individually each having a crisis in most episodes but it was a recurring theme in each episode that was the development of the character/overall story you see. But to be totally honest with you the script was pretty weak. The script had all the usual medical drama's going on in it and their was nothing new but it was that the acting and the emotions displayed on screen to us that made the show worthwhile.

It has taken the Irish network bosses nearly 50 years to provide us with a great drama and they have finally succeeded in doing so. It will be interesting to see if there is a series two and where it will take us.