Emergency: Ward 10

Overview

Emergency: Ward 10 is a British television soap shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency: Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas. Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.

Created by Tessa Diamond

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• Desmond Carrington

  Dr. Chris Anderson

  67 eps

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  Richard Thorp

  66 eps

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  John Carlisle

  66 eps

• Pauline Yates

  66 eps

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  John Arnatt

  66 eps

Themes

• hospital
• medical drama
• soap opera

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