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''Emergency Ward 10'' was a British Television series 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 Opera s. The series was made by the production company ATV and set in a fictional hospital called Oxbridge General. Growing out of what was originally intended to be no more than a six-week serial (entitled "Calling Nurse Roberts"), the series went on to become ITV's first twice-a-week evening soap opera. Although somewhat cosily genteel by modern standards, ''Emergency Ward 10'' was the first hospital-based television drama to establish a successful format combining medical matters with storylines centering around the personal lives of the doctors and nurses. To this end, the series was also British TV's first soap set in the workplace. ''Emergency Ward 10'' was finally axed in 1967 when ratings began to slide after the show had been on air for ten years. ATV executive Lew Grade later admitted that cancelling the series was one of the biggest mistakes he ever made in his career. The formula was subsequently revived with the afternoon series '' General Hospital '' (no connection with the American daytime soap '' General Hospital '' which began in 1963 and is still running) which was broadcast between 1972 and 1979 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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