Hilltop Hospital

Hilltop Hospital
Genre	Animated television series
Written by	Nicholas Allan
Directed by	Pascal Le Nôtre
Voices of	Kevin Whately Sally Ann Marsh Celia Imrie Paul Shane Brian Murphy Julie Higginson Jonathon Kydd Dame Thora Hird
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 minutes

Hilltop Hospital was an claymation childrens television programme made in 1999. It consisted of 52 ten minute episodes. The series was directed by Pascal Le Nôtre and produced in English, French (Hôpital Hilltop), German (Klinik Hügelheim) and Dutch (Heuvellandziekenhuis). The series was adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name.

List of Characters

It was about a hospital staffed by animals with mainly young animals as patients. Regular characters include:

• Dr. Matthews, a dog, who seeks the romantic attention of Surgeon Sally
• Nurse Kitty, a cat, who seeks the romantic attention of Dr. Matthews who for the most part does not notice
• Surgeon Sally, a hippo, a workaholic surgeon who has no time for Dr Matthews attention
• Clare and Arthur, two rats, who provide technical and laboratory services
• Dr Atticus, a tortoise, the anesthetist who often is sleeping
• The two Teds, two identical twin bears, who drive the hospital ambulance and work as orderlies

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 Jonathon Kydd (Arthur the lab rat). Guest voices included Dame Thora Hird as Gracey Greyshell in Gracey Greyshell's last day.

Series 1: 1999

1. September 6 1999
2. September 7 1999
3. September 8 1999
4. September 9 1999
5. September 10 1999
6. September 13 1999
7. September 14 1999
8. September 15 1999
9. September 16 1999
10. September 17 1999
11. September 20 1999
12. September 21 1999
13. September 22 1999
14. November 1 1999
15. November 2 1999
16. November 3 1999
17. November 4 1999
18. November 5 1999
19. November 8 1999
20. November 9 1999
21. November 10 1999
22. November 11 1999
23. November 12 1999
24. November 13 1999
25. November 14 1999
26. November 15 1999

Series 2: 2001

1. September 3 2001
2. September 4 2001
3. September 5 2001
4. September 6 2001
5. September 7 2001
6. TBA...

Sponsors

• Nestle Milkybar (2000-2002)

External links

• Hilltop Hospital at itv.com/citv
• Hilltop Hospital at IMDb
• Episode list
• Hilltop Hospital