Hilltop Hospital facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hilltop Hospital |
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| Genre | Animated television series |
| Based on | Hilltop Hospital books 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) |
| Composer(s) | Ben Heneghan Ian Lawson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom France Germany |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Mikael Shields |
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| Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev Jean-Pierre Chaligne |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Millimages Siriol |
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| Original network | ITV Network (CITV) (United Kingsom) ZDF (Germany) France 3 (France) |
| Original release | 27 September 1999 – 2001 |
Hilltop Hospital is a British-French-German claymation television series 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), Swiss German (Dokter Fieberbei) 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. 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 Fireman Sam series and Joshua Jones.
It was released by Disney Videos for 1 volume in 2000 and Maverick Entertainment in 2006 in the UK.
List of characters
The hospital is staffed by adult 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 appears not to 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 Jonathan Kydd (Arthur the lab rat). Guest voices included Dame Thora Hird as Gracey Greyshell in Gracey Greyshell's last day.
Series 1: 1999
- Heart Trouble
- Easter Bunnies
- Blood Bank
- The Big Event
- Rag Week at Hilltop
- The Big Match (Le Grand Match)
- Gracey Greyshell's Last Day
- Fire Alert
- Happy Birthday, Dr Matthews!
- The Mystery Illness
- Radio Hilltop
- Nurse Kitty's a Star
- The Ghost of Hilltop
- Blind as a Bat
- Accidents Will Happen
- Lift-off at Hilltop
- A Perfect Wedding
- Flower-Power
- Dogs Dinner
- Weasel Kneasal
- Mouth-to-Mouth
- All Creatures Great and Small
- Butterflies in My Tummy
- The Bear Who Wouldn't Share
- Press-ups and Bunny Hops
- Pamela's Secret
Series 2: 2001
- Secret Beds
- Saving Your Bacon
- Teething Trouble
- The Hyper Hedgehog
- Lazy Eye
- Laughter is the Best Medecine
- Bully For You
- Hot and Bothered
- Nits
- Nightmare at Hilltop
- A Good Sketch
- Fond Memory
- C-C-Caspar
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Safety First
- Wee Trouble
- Testing Time
- Earache at Hilltop
- Larger Than Life
- Smile
- New Talent
- Skin Deep
- An Extra Pair of Hands
- Siamese Twins
- Cold Feet
- The Blues
