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Children's Ward is a kids and drama TV series that premiered on ITV1 on March 15, 1989. It has 12 seasons and 142 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 12 Episode 13 "Series 12, Episode 13", aired on May 4, 2000.
Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons. The programme was set – as the title suggests – in Ward B1, the children's ward of the fictitious South Park Hospital, and told the stories of the young patients and the staff present there. Aimed at older children and teenagers, Children's Ward was a long-lived series for a children's drama, starting life in 1988 as a contribution to the Dramarama anthology strand, "Blackbird Singing In The Dead of Night", then first broadcast as a series 1989 and running from then until 2000. The series was conceived by Granada staff writers Paul Abbott and Kay Mellor, both of whom went on to enjoy successful careers as award-winning writers of adult television drama. At the time, they were both working on the soap opera Coronation Street, and had recently collaborated on a script for Dramarama. Abbott, who had been through a troubled childhood himself, had initially wanted to set the series in a children's care home rather than a hospital, but this was vetoed by Granada executives. During the course of its run, however, Children's Ward won many plaudits for covering difficult issues such as cancer, alcoholism, drug addiction and child abuse in a sensitive manner. The programme won many awards, including in 1996 a BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama, won by an episode in which a serial killer lures children to him via the internet and is – highly unusually for children's television – not eventually caught.
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142 episodes · 12 seasons
1989 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 37 years ago
The old forgotten birthday cover for surprise party is wheeled out for Alex's 12th. But there is a far less predictable twist in the tail of this first series.
McKeown takes the high road by retiring early. Billy gets less silly by mentioning the meal he saw flushed by Keely.
A game of musical romances begins, both on the staff and the patient side. The wanderer returns, in the form of George's father. Fiona's dreams are driving her silly.
The staff get to the nitty gritty of the head lice problem. Suzanna is happy with her nose, and knows what makes her happy. The problem child finally shows some vulnera-Billy-ty. Sleeping Beauty's eyes are opened. Dean's been mean.
Ben's inability to lose weight is a cause for concern. Meanwhile, Keely's weight loss causes concern.
Priorities are all over the place when Tiffany puts meeting a radio disc jockey over a holiday in Spain, and Billy's parents would rather squabble than help their son.
After downing vodka in a way that even a seasoned alcoholic would struggle with, Billy loses his bottle. Mags keeps riding her bike, but she's on the road to nowhere. McKeown says och aye to Alex's operation.
Billy is a bully. Dave jealously guards his jealousy over Charlotte's engagement.
Billy continues with his coke habit - the liquid kind. The kids take their revenge on the terrible trolley tyrant. Something is afoot with Darren. The staff worry about gypsy George fitting in, but it's another kind of fit that's the problem.
Mrs. Brett starts to behave like an acceptable human being after her stern talking to by Dave, but his school-masterly manner does not work as well on Billy. A gypsy dumps her boy in the children's ward without so much as a sprig of heather.
Fiona's still in a coma, but the other kids disown her. Gary is more interested in awkwardly chatting up Diane than making amends for his mishaps. Alex is at risk of not seeing half of these silly antics.
An over-keen new boy nurse causes a series of mishaps, Keely has her eye on a gorgeous stud who's been visiting Billy, and a nasty nasty man combines a sweet treats trolley with a lemon sour manner.
Fiona is knocked down by a car whilst running away to a concert. But her mum nearly causes another accident when she slaps a hot cup of tea from Mags's hand. Dave is stressed the new doctor hasn't arrived, and makes sure everybody knows it.
1990 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 36 years ago
1990 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 35 years ago
1991 · 11 episodes · Last episode: 34 years ago
1992 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 33 years ago
1993 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 32 years ago
1994 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 31 years ago
1995 · 12 episodes · Last episode: 30 years ago
1996 · 12 episodes · Last episode: 29 years ago
1997 · 12 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago
1999 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 27 years ago
2000 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 26 years ago
Created by Paul Abbott and Kay Mellor
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Ralf Little
Robbie
Paul Nicholls
Stephen Graham
Mickey Bell
Alistair McGowan
Casualty Doctor
Mike Kelly
Shopkeeper
Sadie Pickering
Sarah
Penny Leatherbarrow
Mrs. Barratt
Children's Ward has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 4, 2000.
The most recent episode of Children's Ward, Season 12 Episode 13 "Series 12, Episode 13", aired on May 4, 2000.
Children's Ward has 12 seasons with 142 episodes in total.
Children's Ward first aired on ITV1 on March 15, 1989.
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