# All Saints (TV series)
**All Saints** is an Australian medical drama television series that first aired on the [Seven Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/seven-network) in February 1998 and ran until 27 October 2009, following the professional and personal lives of the doctors and nurses of the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital.[1](https://www.scirp.org/pdf/ojpsych_2015060813270890.pdf) • [2](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/) Across 12 seasons and 493 episodes it became one of Australia's longest-running dramas, beginning in a hospital ward and later moving to a busy inner-city Emergency Department.[2](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/) • [3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original run | 24 February 1998 to 27 October 2009, on the Seven Network[2](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/) • [4](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/all-saints/xG1yPbm2pckrxF4azXhQG6/where-to-watch/) |
| Scale | 12 seasons, 493 episodes of roughly 45 to 60 minutes[2](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/) • [5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints) |
| Original setting | Ward 17 of the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital, Sydney[6](https://cdn2.f-cdn.com/files/download/14159212/zXJAyUTV-sample.pdf) • [3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) |
| Lead character | Sister Terri Sullivan, a nun and Nursing Unit Manager, played by Georgie Parker[3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) • [5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints) |
| Later format | Shift to a fast-paced Emergency Department, with a medical response unit added[3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) |
| Final season | Series 12 (2009), 37 x 60 minute episodes, produced by Bill Hughes[7](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/all-saints-series-12-27781/) |
| International reach | Aired in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Iran, among other countries[8](https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=osu1555644696812012&disposition=inline) |
## Premise and setting
The series opens in Ward 17 of the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital in Sydney, following the staff of a surgical ward as they deal with the ethical and emotional challenges of frontline nursing.[6](https://cdn2.f-cdn.com/files/download/14159212/zXJAyUTV-sample.pdf) • [3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) The early years center on Sister Terri Sullivan (Georgie Parker), a nun serving as Nursing Unit Manager, and her team.[3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/)
**A change of setting.** In later seasons the show moved to the hospital's Emergency Department, described as a busy inner-city front line, and added a medical response unit.[3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) • [7](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/all-saints-series-12-27781/) Screen Australia's synopsis for series 12 describes the drama as focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses on that front line at All Saints Hospital.[7](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/all-saints-series-12-27781/)
## Cast and production
The long-running cast included Georgie Parker as Terri Sullivan, Judith McGrath as Von Ryan, Martin Lynes as Luke Forlano, Erik Thomson as Mitch Stevens, Tammy MacIntosh as Charlotte Beaumont, and [John Howard](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-howard) as Frank Campion.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints) Bill Hughes produced the series and also directed episodes; John Holmes served as executive producer in the final season, and the production company was Seven Network Operations Limited, with international sales handled by Southern Star International Pty Ltd.[9](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2014/03/05/can-medical-dramas-save-lives) • [7](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/all-saints-series-12-27781/)
Season lengths stayed remarkably stable for a commercial network drama: 41 episodes in season 1, 43 in seasons 2 and 4 through 6, and 40 in seasons 7, 9 and 11, declining to 37 for the final season.[2](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/) • [5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints)
## Reception and international reach
The series was described in 2007 as one of the Australian medical melodramas rating off the charts, alongside imported shows such as *Grey's Anatomy*.[10](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/medical-tv/3237454) It also achieved popularity overseas in many countries including the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Iran.[8](https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=osu1555644696812012&disposition=inline)
**Research use.** All Saints has served as a subject in studies of how medical drama shapes perceptions of healthcare. A 2011 survey of 199 Iranian medical staff, including doctors, nurses, interns and paramedics, found that participants most often noticed the supportive and non-blaming working relationships among the treatment team, their respect for patients, the strong teamwork, and the accuracy and precision of the medical information presented; most considered the depicted model of healthcare delivery efficient but believed it could not be applied in Iranian hospitals, mainly because of cultural differences and current Iranian regulations.[1](https://www.scirp.org/pdf/ojpsych_2015060813270890.pdf) In Australia, the series was one of six main programs, alongside *[House](https://www.edgepedia.org/house-tv-series)*, *Grey's Anatomy*, *Scrubs*, *ER* and *[Private Practice](https://www.edgepedia.org/private-practice-tv-series)*, in a survey of 386 medical students at a [New South Wales](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-south-wales) university on professionalism and ethics in medical television.[11](https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1472-6920-11-50)
## Accuracy and intent
Producer Bill Hughes said the show was not intended as medical instruction: "We weren't really doing a show (All Saints) about how to do an operation or a defibrillation. We were doing a show about characters and how they were affected by their medical state."[9](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2014/03/05/can-medical-dramas-save-lives) In the same interview Hughes acknowledged he had been unaware that defibrillators are used to stop the heart in the hope it restarts in a regular rhythm, rather than to revive a flatlined heart, one of the most common inaccuracies in the genre.[9](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2014/03/05/can-medical-dramas-save-lives)
## Availability
After the series concluded in 2009, it became available for free streaming on Australia's 7plus service.[3](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/) Internationally, it streams on Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Tubi and other ad-supported services, and can be purchased as a download on Amazon Video.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints)
## References
1. [Iranian Medical Staff's Perception of the All Saints TV Series, Open Journal of Psychiatry (2015)](https://www.scirp.org/pdf/ojpsych_2015060813270890.pdf)
2. [All Saints, mytvspace catalog](https://mytvspace.com/catalog/tv/2167/)
3. [All Saints, Story Room Productions project page](https://storyroomproductions.com.au/project/)
4. [All Saints (1998): Where to Watch & Stream, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/tv-shows/all-saints/xG1yPbm2pckrxF4azXhQG6/where-to-watch/)
5. [All Saints (1998) - watch tv show streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/all-saints)
6. [Un-Dead TV entry on All Saints, 7 Network Australia/Red Heart](https://cdn2.f-cdn.com/files/download/14159212/zXJAyUTV-sample.pdf)
7. [All Saints series 12, Screen Australia Screen Guide](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/all-saints-series-12-27781/)
8. [The Stimuli, OhioLINK ETD (thesis excerpt on All Saints)](https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=osu1555644696812012&disposition=inline)
9. [Can medical TV dramas save lives?, The New Daily (2014)](https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2014/03/05/can-medical-dramas-save-lives)
10. [Medical TV, Radio National Breakfast, ABC (30 May 2007)](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/medical-tv/3237454)
11. [Australian medical students' perceptions of professionalism and ethics in medical television programs, BMC Medical Education (2011)](https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/1472-6920-11-50)
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