Underplayed Gems

The Practice (1985)

The Practice poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 47 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A medical drama set in a general practice in Manchester. It follows the doctors and patients at a suburban surgery, dealing with serious and personal storylines.

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What happens

The Practice is a 1985 British television soap opera produced for ITV by Granada Television, which aired for two series in 1985 and 1986. The series was first introduced as a twice-weekly medical drama in January 1985, becoming Granada's second regular networked soap opera along with Coronation Street, with the idea being that its hard-hitting storylines would be a competitor with the BBC's EastEnders which started airing the following month. The Practice was set in a GP's surgery in the fictional Manchester suburb of Castlehulme and had an initial run of 34 episodes airing for 30 minutes in an early evening slot on Friday and Sunday evenings throughout the Winter and Spring of 1985. However, the series did not perform as well as had been hoped and it disappeared from screens in May 1985. It returned for a second run of 13 one-hour episodes between May and 15 August 1986, this time airing in a 9 pm slot on Friday evenings. After series two ended no further episodes were made. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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