Born and Bred: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the Lancashire village of Ormston in the 1950s, Born and Bred centres on the relationship between city doctor Tom Gilder and his village GP father, Arthur Gilder.

Tom returns to the village he grew up in to help his father, Arthur, bring the cottage hospital into the National Health Service. Their medical methods and generational differences occasionally put them on a collision course & it often takes the effort of the whole village to stop them from killing each other.

Series details

• Title: Born and Bred
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2002-04-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-08-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16845
• IMDb ID: tt0314983
• TVDB ID: 217841

Cast and credited roles

• Michael French — Dr. Tom Gilder
• James Bolam — Dr. Arthur Gilder
• Jenna Russell — Deborah Gilder
• Maggie Steed — Phyllis Woolf
• Clive Swift — Reverend Brewer
• Naomi Radcliffe — Jean Bradshaw
• Tracey Childs — Linda Cosgrove

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-04-21; final listed air date 2002-05-26; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-04-20; final listed air date 2003-06-29; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-02-29; final listed air date 2004-04-25; episode order: 9.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-06-01; final listed air date 2005-08-03; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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