I have watched “Where the Heart Is” from the very first episode, and after watching the last in the present series, I have decided to write an Op on it.
When it first started I wasn’t sure whether I would want to watch but, coming from a small village, I found that I really ... Read review
Advantages: Each episode has it's own story line, but also follows on from the previous week Disadvantages: Series are too short
...sticks in my mind is where Sister Peggy Snow, (played by Pam Ferris) who had been a nurse in the village for quite some time, had taken a “desk job” promotion out of the village and had decided to take her daughter, Lucy, with her for the first day to show Lucy that she would still be helping people.
On the way, Peggy had an accident and crashed the car, she was killed and Lucy was injured. I’ll never forget the scenes ... ...they had to turn off the life support. I admit I balled my eyes out.
There have also been a number of babies in the series, Peggy & Vic Snow’s son Steven and his girlfriend had a baby, as did a teenage patient of the medical centre, on last sundays episode Anna, the new Sister of the medical centre had her baby in the local pub, when a prolonged storm blocked the roads in and out of the village. This week another baby appeared ... more
I have watched “Where the Heart Is” from the very first episode, and after watching the last in the present series, I have decided to write an Op on it.
When it first started I wasn’t sure whether I would want to watch but, coming from a small village, I found that I really liked it.
The series is set in the fictional village of Skelthwaite in Yorkshire and the scenery against which it is shot is breathtaking. The characters are varied and believable from the “snooty” Doctor to the hardworking factory workers and District Nurses.
Looking back, the one episode that really sticks in my mind is where Sister Peggy Snow, (played by Pam Ferris) who had been a nurse in the village for quite some time, had taken a “desk job” promotion out of the village and had decided to take her daughter, Lucy, with her for the first day to show Lucy that she would still be helping people.
On the way, Peggy had an accident and crashed the car, she was killed and Lucy was injured. I’ll never forget the scenes where Vic, Peggy’s husband and Steven, her son, decided that they had to turn off the life support. I admit I balled my eyes out.
There have also been a number of babies in the series, Peggy & Vic Snow’s son Steven and his girlfriend had a baby, as did a teenage patient of the medical centre, on last sundays episode Anna, the new Sister of the medical centre had her baby in the local pub, when a prolonged storm blocked the roads in and out of the village. This week another baby appeared when another patient, Marie, told Chris, another of the nurses that the baby was his, and then decided that it wasn’t his, but she felt safe with him when her long time boyfriend, the baby’s father found out about Chris and her sleeping together and walked away.
In the fairy tale ending tonight, all’s well that ends well, and the peace and tranquillity of the small village have been restored despite all the little mishaps and arguments of the past series.
The real advantage of this series is that each weeks’ episode “stand’s alone” and if you miss one episode it doesn’t really make a lot of difference, but there is also a kind of continuity of the stories which means that if you miss too many episodes you get confused as to why someone has said, or done something.
Advantages: very moving Disadvantages: Only on once a week.
Where The Heart Is , is a great drama set in the small town of Skethwaite.
It features quite a few named characters. and has quite an addictive theme tune.I find myself humming form time to time. (stop sniggering!!)
Its set mainly around the Distict Nurses and their family and friends plus the factory and pub.(Theres always a Watering hole!!)
The Latest Episode was called Faith and was written by Adrian Mead.
It's about a boy called Robbie Callaghan ... ...healer called Sandy Wilson (Clive Russell) can heal him better than the Nurses.His Mum (Samatha Beckindale) does'nt know what to belive!!
She vists the surgery telling them that her son no longer wants the Nurses to treat him .This is after Robbie knocked some tablets out of Anna's (Lesley Dunlop) hand.
Meanwhile Henry (Andrew Knott) is still off sick from work, after having his finger cut off at work.He's playing up his symtoms a bit on his ex ...
galls 09.06.2001
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This is an excellent drama series that I think is fairly underrated compared to similar series on television. A new series began on Sunday (22/04) and will be on ITV every Sunday at 8pm for an hour for the next few months. Based in the fictional village of Skelthwaite in Yorkshire, the story follows the lives of the villagers namely the staff of the local health centre and their families. Staff Nurse Karen Buckley and Sister Anna Kirkwall (played ... ...Barnsley. Karen is married to David (Phil Middlemiss- Des from Corrie!) with a teenage daughter Jess and Anna is widowed with a son. She is dating Simon Goddard (Thomas Craig) a local factory boss whose late sister (Peggy) was the old district nurse. Her surviving husband (Vic Snow), son (Stephen) and daughter-in-law (Jacqui, who works at the health centre as well) are also main characters in the series. Vic and David work at Simon's factory and ...
charlie25 23.04.2001
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This has to be the sweetest drama ever. Whenever I watch this one I often feel like crying – it just seems to really touch my heart unlike so many shows which you sit and laugh at the stupid actions of the characters. This one is really good – in the aspect it deals with so many issues which concern a small country community. In many aspects you would never imagine so many incidents can happen in one small community – they seemed to have covered ...
LIZZIE241079 12.07.2000
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Advantages: good program Disadvantages: might be a bit boring for young veiwers
...Peggy died and all the family were making speaches around her. it was so sad. Anyway this program is set in a little town and is really about the people in the town. It mainly focused around peggy and her family and friends and the nurising place where she worked ...
steptacular 11.07.2000
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