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1999 multi-national TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hilltop Hospital (French: Hôpital Hilltop) is a claymation television series made in 1999, directed by Pascal Le Nôtre. It is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name.
Hilltop Hospital | |
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Also known as | Hôpital Hilltop Klinik Hügelheim Dokter Fieberbei Heuvellandziekenhuis |
Genre | Animated television series |
Based on | Hilltop Hospital series by Nicholas Allen |
Written by | Nicholas Allan |
Directed by | Pascal Le Nôtre |
Voices of | Kevin Whately Sally Ann Marsh Celia Imrie Paul Shane Brian Murphy Julie Higginson Jonathan Kydd Dame Thora Hird Joanna Ruiz |
Theme music composer | Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson (English version) |
Composers | Ben Heneghan Ian Lawson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom France Germany |
Original languages | English French German |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Lucy Murphy Mikael Shields |
Producers | Patrick Evano Robin Lyons Mikael Shields (season 1) |
Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev Jean-Pierre Chaligne |
Running time | 10 minutes |
Production companies | Siriol Productions Folimage EVA Entertainment (season 1) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV (CITV) (United Kingdom) Canal J and France 3 (France) ZDF (Germany) |
Release | September 30, 1999 – 2003 |
The theme tune and incidental music for the English version of the series was composed by Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson who also composed the music for the original and mid-2000s Fireman Sam series and Joshua Jones.
The hospital is staffed by adult animals with mainly young animals as patients. Regular characters include:
The English-language version featured the voices of Kevin Whately (Dr. Matthews), Sally Ann Marsh (nurse Kitty), Celia Imrie (surgeon Sally), Paul Shane (the two Teds), Brian Murphy (Dr. Atticus), Julie Higginson (Clare the lab rat) and Jonathan Kydd (Arthur the lab rat). Guest voices included Dame Thora Hird as Gracey Greyshell in Gracey Greyshell's last day.
The series is co-produced by British company Siriol Productions and French companies Folimage and EVA Entertainment (season 1) for France 3, Canal J, ITV, and German network ZDF, with Buena Vista Home Entertainment handling all European video rights. The first season was pre-sold to Canal J for an air date in 1999, while France 3 would air the series in the Spring of 2000.[1]
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