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 seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 minutes
Production companies	Millimages, Siriol
Original release
Network	ITV Network (CITV), France 3, ZDF, Rai Uno

Hilltop Hospital is a claymation children's television programme made in 1999. It consists of 52 ten minute shorts. The series is directed by Pascal Le Nôtre and produced in English, French (Hôpital Hilltop), German (Klinik Hügelheim) and Dutch (Heuvellandziekenhuis). The series is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name. ZDF started broadcasting the shorts in 2003.

It was released by Buena Vista Home Video in 2000 and Maverick Entertainment in 2006 in the UK.

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. Heart Trouble (Troubles cardiaques)
2. Easter Bunnies (Lapins de Pâques)
3. Blood Bank (Banque de sang)
4. The Big Event (Le Grand Evénement)
5. Rag Week at Hilltop (Rag semaine à Hilltop)
6. The Big Match (Le Grand Match)
7. Gracey Greyshell's Last Day (Dernier Jour Greyshell Gracey)
8. Fire Alert
9. Happy Birthday, Dr Matthews! (Joyeux anniversaire, le Dr Matthews!)
10. The Mystery Illness (La mystérieuse maladie)
11. Radio Hilltop
12. Nurse Kitty's a Star
13. The Ghost of Hilltop (Le fantôme de Hilltop)
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