Island Medics: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series transports viewers behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospita - the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, Shetland.

Here, doctors and nurses work alongside GPs, paramedics, coastguard, lifeboat crews and police to provide emergency and medical care to the islands' 23,000 residents, as well as workers from the surrounding oil and gas rigs and cruise tourists. Surrounded by the North Sea and closer to the Arctic Circle than London, Shetland throws up unique challenges for this tight-knit team.

Series details

• Title: Island Medics
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Medical
• Premiere date: 2017-12-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 39 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33377
• TVDB ID: 338803

Cast and credited roles

• Kevin Whately — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-12-04; final listed air date 2017-12-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-11-12; final listed air date 2019-04-26; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-12-09; final listed air date 2020-06-18; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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