Children's Ward(1989)
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First Air Date: 1989-03-15
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 5.3
Votes: 4
Seasons: 12
Episodes: 142
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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Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 1989-03-15
Fiona is knocked down by a car whilst running away to a concert. But her mum nearly causes another accident when she ...
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 1989-03-22
An over-keen new boy nurse causes a series of mishaps, Keely has her eye on a gorgeous stud who's been visiting Billy...
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 1989-03-29
Fiona's still in a coma, but the other kids disown her. Gary is more interested in awkwardly chatting up Diane than m...
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 1989-04-05
Mrs. Brett starts to behave like an acceptable human being after her stern talking to by Dave, but his school-masterl...
E05
Episode 5
Air Date: 1989-04-12
Billy continues with his coke habit - the liquid kind. The kids take their revenge on the terrible trolley tyrant. So...
E06
Episode 6
Air Date: 1989-04-19
Billy is a bully. Dave jealously guards his jealousy over Charlotte's engagement.
E07
Episode 7
Air Date: 1989-04-26
After downing vodka in a way that even a seasoned alcoholic would struggle with, Billy loses his bottle. Mags keeps r...
E08
Episode 8
Air Date: 1989-05-03
Priorities are all over the place when Tiffany puts meeting a radio disc jockey over a holiday in Spain, and Billy's ...
E09
Episode 9
Air Date: 1989-05-10
Ben's inability to lose weight is a cause for concern. Meanwhile, Keely's weight loss causes concern.
E10
Episode 10
Air Date: 1989-05-17
The staff get to the nitty gritty of the head lice problem. Suzanna is happy with her nose, and knows what makes her ...
E11
Episode 11
Air Date: 1989-05-24
A game of musical romances begins, both on the staff and the patient side. The wanderer returns, in the form of Georg...
E12
Episode 12
Air Date: 1989-05-31
McKeown takes the high road by retiring early. Billy gets less silly by mentioning the meal he saw flushed by Keely.
E13
Episode 13
Air Date: 1989-06-07
The old forgotten birthday cover for surprise party is wheeled out for Alex's 12th. But there is a far less predictab...
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