Born and Bred

Born and Bred

2002
★★★★☆ 8.5/10
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 35 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.

Seasons

Season 1
2002 • 6 Episodes
The Gilder family head to Ormston for Linda's wedding to Len. After a wild stag do, Len wakes nude in the village. Arthur, local doctor, prepares for his nurse's big day. As the guests' train breaks down, Linda has second thoughts.
Season 2
2003 • 10 Episodes
An abandoned child proves a mystery for Tom, while a haunted parishioner, and a trainload of stuffed animals cause troubles for Arthur and Brewer.
Season 3
2004 • 9 Episodes
Phyllis' husband Harry returns to Ormston and she agrees to give him another chance. The pub is still in Harry's name, and he bets it in a poker game with Arthur. Deborah's cousin comes to town to give birth to a child that she wants to give up.
Season 4
2005 • 10 Episodes
Ormston welcomes a new face and bids farewell to an old friend. Donald and Deborah set up a mobile blood bank before Tom returns from New Zealand, and find a match for teenage haemophiliac Abel Marl.

Crew

Producer
Chris Chibnall

Network

BBC One

Production

BBC TV

Keywords

northern englandrural areahospitaldoctor1950s