Shortland Street: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shortland Street is a serial medical drama centred around the lives and loves of the staff and patients of Shortland Street Hospital; an engaging and entertaining mix of medical crisis, human drama, romance and suspense. Set in the high-pressure environment of an inner city district hospital, Shortland Street follows the day to day romances and professional dilemmas of a team of caring professionals, committed to their patients, and to each other. The series has drawn acclaim for its handling of issues such as safe sex, AIDS, child abuse, alcoholism, cot death and suicide. Shortland Street is New Zealand's longest running drama series.

Series details

• Title: Shortland Street
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 1992-05-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 2
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 8682
• IMDb ID: tt0098911
• TVDB ID: 73983

Cast and credited roles

• Amanda Billing — Sarah Potts
• Angela Bloomfield — Rachel McKenna
• Amelia Reid — Bella Cooper
• Jacqueline Nairn — Wendy Cooper
• Matthew Chamberlain — Murray Cooper
• Geordie Holibar — Phoenix Raynor
• Frankie Adams — Ula Levi
• Pearl McGlashan — Jasmine Cooper
• Natalie Medlock — Jill Kingsbury
• George Mason — Regan Ames
• Shavaughn Ruakere — Roimata Ngatai
• Tyler Read — Evan Cooper

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1992-05-25; final listed air date 1992-12-25.
• Season 2: premiered 1992-12-28; final listed air date 1993-12-31.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-01-03; final listed air date 1994-12-23.
• Season 4: premiered 1995-01-16; final listed air date 1995-12-22.
• Season 5: premiered 1996-01-01; final listed air date 1996-12-13.
• Season 6: premiered 1997-01-20; final listed air date 1997-12-05.
• Season 7: premiered 1998-01-12; final listed air date 1998-12-18.
• Season 8: premiered 1999-01-11; final listed air date 1999-12-17.
• Season 9: premiered 2000-01-10; final listed air date 2000-12-22.
• Season 10: premiered 2001-01-15; final listed air date 2001-12-14.
• Season 11: premiered 2002-01-21; final listed air date 2002-12-13.
• Season 12: premiered 2003-01-20; final listed air date 2003-12-19.
• Season 13: premiered 2002-02-24; final listed air date 2004-12-24.
• Season 14: premiered 2005-01-17; final listed air date 2005-12-16.
• Season 15: premiered 2006-01-16; final listed air date 2006-12-15.
• Season 16: premiered 2007-01-15; final listed air date 2007-12-14.
• Season 17: premiered 2008-01-14; final listed air date 2008-12-19.
• Season 18: premiered 2009-01-19; final listed air date 2009-12-18.
• Season 19: premiered 2010-01-18; final listed air date 2010-12-17.
• Season 20: premiered 2011-01-17; final listed air date 2011-12-16.
• Season 21: premiered 2012-01-16; final listed air date 2012-12-14.
• Season 22: premiered 2013-01-14; final listed air date 2013-12-11.
• Season 23: premiered 2014-01-13; final listed air date 2014-12-11.
• Season 24: premiered 2015-01-12; final listed air date 2015-12-14.
• Season 25: premiered 2016-01-18; final listed air date 2016-12-19; episode order: 248.
• Season 26: premiered 2017-01-16; final listed air date 2017-06-16.
• Season 29: premiered 2020-01-13; final listed air date 2020-12-17.
• Season 30: premiered 2021-01-11; final listed air date 2021-12-22.
• Season 31: premiered 2020-08-02; final listed air date 2022-12-15.
• Season 32: premiered 2023-01-23; final listed air date 2023-12-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shortland Street on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.