Surgical Spirit (TV series)

*Surgical Spirit*
Surgical Spirit
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Peter Learmouth
Written by	Annie Bruce; Raymond Dixon; Graeme Garden; Peter Learmouth; Paul McKenzie; Annie Wood
Directed by	David Askey; John Kaye Cooper
Starring	Nichola McAuliffe; Duncan Preston; Marji Campi
Theme music composer	David Cullen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	50
Production
Executive producers	Humphrey Barclay; Andy Harries; David Liddiment; Al Mitchell; David Shanks; Antony Wood
Producer	Humphrey Barclay
Production locations	Lister Hospital,; Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Running time	30 minutes; (including commercials)
Production companies	Humphrey Barclay Productions; Granada Television
Distributor	Granada Television International (1989–92); Granada LWT International (1993–95)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Original release	14 April 1989 –; 7 July 1995

Surgical Spirit is a British television sitcom starring Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston that aired from 14 April 1989 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. In January 2022, Forces TV started showing all 50 episodes of Surgical Spirit, while the first two series were made available on BritBox in April 2022.[1]

Plot

The series was based around Sheila Sabatini, a senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital, whose verbal skills have most people running for cover as her tongue is as sharp as her scalpel. 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.

One of the major themes in the programme was her developing relationship with Jonathan Haslam, the anaesthetist. At the end of the sixth series, they married and she had become director of surgery, while her son had become a medical student at the hospital, much to her annoyance.

Cast

Nichola McAuliffe as Mrs. Sheila Sabatini
Duncan Preston as Dr. Jonathan Haslam
Marji Campi as Joyce Watson
David Conville as Mr. George Hope-Wynne
Emlyn Price as Mr. Neil Copeland
Suzette Llewellyn as Sister Cheryl Patching
Beresford le Roy as Michael Sampson
Lyndam Gregory as Dr. Simon Field (series 1–4)
Simon Harrison as Mr. Giles Peake
Andrew Groves as Daniel Sabatini

Production

The outside shots were of Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

Cancellation

Granada Television decided to decommission the programme after the conclusion of the seventh series.

Episodes

Series overview

Series
Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	6	14 April 1989 (1989-04-14)	19 May 1989 (1989-05-19)
2	7	27 April 1990 (1990-04-27)	8 June 1990 (1990-06-08)
3	7	4 January 1991 (1991-01-04)	15 February 1991 (1991-02-15)
4	6	14 February 1992 (1992-02-14)	20 March 1992 (1992-03-20)
5	7	19 February 1993 (1993-02-19)	2 April 1993 (1993-04-02)
6	10	7 January 1994 (1994-01-07)	11 March 1994 (1994-03-11)
7	7	26 May 1995 (1995-05-26)	7 July 1995 (1995-07-07)

Series 1 (1989)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Lecture"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	14 April 1989 (1989-04-14)[2]
2	2	"The Locum"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	21 April 1989 (1989-04-21)[3]
3	3	"Joyce's Ulcer"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	28 April 1989 (1989-04-28)[4]
4	4	"The Country, Right or Wrong"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	5 May 1989 (1989-05-05)[5]
5	5	"Fame"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	12 May 1989 (1989-05-12)[6]
6	6	"Sammy Eldridge"	John Kaye Cooper	Peter Learmouth	19 May 1989 (1989-05-19)[7]

Series 2 (1990)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"Cold Cuts"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	27 April 1990 (1990-04-27)[8]
8	2	"The Copeland Affair"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	4 May 1990 (1990-05-04)[9]
9	3	"Educating Daniel"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	11 May 1990 (1990-05-11)[10]
10	4	"Doubting Thomas"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	18 May 1990 (1990-05-18)[11]
11	5	"The Phone Call"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	25 May 1990 (1990-05-25)[12]
12	6	"The Garden Party"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	1 June 1990 (1990-06-01)[13]
13	7	"Something in the Air"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	8 June 1990 (1990-06-08)[14]

Series 3 (1991)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"The Holiday Job"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	4 January 1991 (1991-01-04)[15]
15	2	"Only a Roach!"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	11 January 1991 (1991-01-11)[16]
16	3	"Making News"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	18 January 1991 (1991-01-18)[17]
17	4	"The Folks on the Hill"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	25 January 1991 (1991-01-25)[18]
18	5	"Close to the Edge"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	1 February 1991 (1991-02-01)[19]
19	6	"The Earth Trembles"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	8 February 1991 (1991-02-08)[20]
20	7	"The Rover's Return"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	15 February 1991 (1991-02-15)[21]

Series 4 (1992)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
21	1	"The Mating Game"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	14 February 1992 (1992-02-14)[22]
22	2	"Joyce's Little Turn"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	21 February 1992 (1992-02-21)[23]
23	3	"The Son also Rises"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	28 February 1992 (1992-02-28)[24]
24	4	"Oh, Happy Day"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	6 March 1992 (1992-03-06)[25]
25	5	"The Fence"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	13 March 1992 (1992-03-13)[26]
26	6	"Wanderlust"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	20 March 1992 (1992-03-20)[27]

Series 5 (1993)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"Congratulations!"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	19 February 1993 (1993-02-19)[28]
28	2	"Sheila's Baby"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	26 February 1993 (1993-02-26)[29]
29	3	"The Right Man for the Job"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	5 March 1993 (1993-03-05)[30]
30	4	"A Marvellous Opportunity"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	12 March 1993 (1993-03-12)[31]
31	5	"Trial by Fury"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	19 March 1991 (1991-03-19)[32]
32	6	"You Won't Feel a Thing"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	26 March 1993 (1993-03-26)[33]
33	7	"Moan, Moan, Moan"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	2 April 1993 (1993-04-02)[34]

Series 6 (1994)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
34	1	"Yes or No"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	7 January 1994 (1994-01-07)[35]
35	2	"The Morning After"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	14 January 1994 (1994-01-14)[36]
36	3	"Daniel's Stunt"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	21 January 1994 (1994-01-21)[37]
37	4	"The Deaf Sentence"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	28 January 1994 (1994-01-28)[38]
38	5	"Midnight Bugler"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	4 February 1994 (1994-02-04)[39]
39	6	"On the Rebound"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	11 February 1994 (1994-02-11)[40]
40	7	"Hot Gossip"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	18 February 1994 (1994-02-18)[41]
41	8	"Cost Cutting Exercises"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	25 February 1994 (1994-02-25)[42]
42	9	"Reunion Night"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	4 March 1994 (1994-03-04)[43]
43	10	"For Richer, for Poorer"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	11 March 1994 (1994-03-11)[44]

Series 7 (1995)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
44	1	"Driving it Home"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	26 May 1995 (1995-05-26)[45]
45	2	"Rhyme or Reason"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	2 June 1995 (1995-06-02)[46]
46	3	"All Put Together"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	9 June 1995 (1995-06-09)[47]
47	4	"The Silence of the Haslams"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	16 June 1995 (1995-06-16)[48]
48	5	"The Walkout"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	23 June 1995 (1995-06-23)[49]
49	6	"Kicking Against the Pricks"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	30 June 1995 (1995-06-30)[50]
50	7	"Administrator of the Year"	David Askey	Peter Learmouth	7 July 1995 (1995-07-07)[51]

Home releases

All seven series of Surgical Spirit have now been released on DVD. An 8-disc set of the complete series has also been released.

DVD	Year(s)	Release date (Region 2)	Release date (Region 4)
The Complete Series 1	1989	28 May 2007	3 November 2011[52]
The Complete Series 2	1990	4 May 2009	3 November 2011[52]
The Complete Series 3	1991	17 August 2009	TBA
The Complete Series 4	1992	18 January 2010	TBA
The Complete Series 5	1993	19 April 2010	TBA
The Complete Series 6	1994	5 July 2010	TBA
The Complete Series 7	1995	23 August 2010	TBA
The Complete Series	1989-1995	4 October 2010	TBA

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External links

Surgical Spirit at British Comedy Guide.
Surgical Spirit at British TV Comedy.
Surgical Spirit at IMDb.
Surgical Spirit at epguides.com

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