Surgical Spirit: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Surgical Spirit is a British situation-comedy television series starring Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston that was broadcast from 14 April 1989 through to 7 July 1995. It was written by Annie Bruce, Raymond Dixon, Graeme Garden, Peter Learmouth, Paul McKenzie and Annie Wood. It was made for the ITV network by Humphrey Barclay Productions for Granada Television.

The series was based around Sheila Sabatini, a senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital, whose verbal skills have most people running for cover. She dominated the operating theatre, while at home she was divorcing her Italian husband, Remo, with whom she had a son, Daniel. Sheila was also a gossip, often gossiping with her best friend, theatre administrator Joyce Watson.

Series details

• Title: Surgical Spirit
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Medical
• Premiere date: 1989-04-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1995-07-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8439
• TVDB ID: 74929

Cast and credited roles

• Nichola McAuliffe — Sheila Sabatini
• Duncan Preston — Jonathan Haslam
• Marji Campi — Joyce Watson
• David Conville — George Hope-Wynne
• Emlyn Price — Neil Copeland
• Suzette Llewellyn — Sister Patching
• Beresford Le Roy — Michael Sampson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-04-14; final listed air date 1989-05-19; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-04-27; final listed air date 1990-06-08; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-01-04; final listed air date 1991-02-15; episode order: 7.
• Season 4: premiered 1992-02-14; final listed air date 1992-03-20; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1993-02-19; final listed air date 1993-04-02; episode order: 7.
• Season 6: premiered 1994-01-07; final listed air date 1994-03-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 1995-05-26; final listed air date 1995-07-07; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

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