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Born and Bred first aired on 21 April 2002. After 4 series, 1 Christmas special and 36 regular episodes it ended on 3 August 2005. Each episode is 60 minutes long and aired on BBC One at 8 pm on Sunday. Series 1, Series 2, Series 3 and the Christmas Special were shown on Sundays, while Series 4 was shown on Wednesdays.
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Nov 1, 2005 · BORN and Bred, the TV drama set in the Ribble Valley, has been axed by the BBC. Bosses confirmed the drama, which was partly filmed in Downham, would not return for a fifth series.
This is a list of episodes for the light-hearted British period drama Born and Bred, set in the 1950s. It aired from 21 April 2002 to 3 August 2005. There are 36 episodes in total: 35 in all 4 series including 1 Christmas special.
Episode NumberTitleAirdateOverview (ratings)7 (2-1)" Lost Souls"20 April 2003Alec suffers a heart attack (5.88m)8 (2-2)" Home to Roost "27 April 2003Deborah’s mother Dora arrives unannounced ...9 (2-3)" Blood Relations "11 May 2003Eddie’s uncle, Fred, the drayman, suffers ...10 (2-4)" Fertility Rites "18 May 2003Edie McClure’s eldest daughter Joanne ...Born and Bred: Created by Nigel McCrery, Chris Chibnall. With Jenna Russell, Maggie Steed, Clive Swift, Naomi Radcliffe. A 1950s set, British drama series about life in the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston.
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was a BBC programme that aired from 2002-2006. Although completely unrelated in theme to Doctor Who, it had many production connections to the then-upcoming BBC Wales revival of the programme. Co-created and largely written by future Torchwood and Doctor Who head writer, Chris Chibnall, Born and Bred was a fairly typical "fish out of water" drama about a medical doctor who'd returned to the English village of his youth only to discover and be charmed by its colourful inhabitants.
Its twist — in a time when the schedule was crowded with "fish out of water" dramas like Dervla Kirwan's Ballykissangel, Peter Davison and Samantha Bond's Distant Shores and Martin Clunes and Ian McNeice's Doc Martin — was that it was set in the 1950s.
The show was produced in its first season by Phil Collinson, who would leave to go to Sea of Souls the next year, and then Doctor Who in 2004. He would therefore have had responsibility for hiring Ray Holman and Barbara Southcott as two of his heads of department —people he would take with him to Sea of Souls and ultimately to Doctor Who and Torchwood. Similarly, Born's production manager, Debbi Slater, would go on to work on The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and Doctor Who. Then-future Dalek writer, Rob Shearman, wrote a script for the show.
A number of the regulars and key guest stars would also go on to parts in Doctor Who —mostly concentrated in the first two series. Female lead, Jenna Russell was featured in the series 1 finale. Annette Badland would become a recurring Slitheen. Roger Lloyd Pack eventually became John Lumic. And Clive Swift would, soon after production wrapped on Born, co-star as Mr Copper in Voyage of the Damned. David Troughton, about four years in advance of his turn in Midnight was the main guest star in an episode in which his character dealt with the complications of leukemia.
The show also had connections to the 1963 version of the programme. Its latter seasons were produced by ex-director, Chris Clough, Donald Gee was a part of the regular cast, and Julian Glover was once a special guest star.
In addition to the television connections, a number of the regulars, like James Bolam and Maggie Steed are connected to Doctor Who through voice work for Big Finish or AudioGo.
Feb 8, 2007 · Born and Bred. Set in the Lancashire village of Ormston in the 1950s, Born and Bred centres on the relationship between city doctor Tom Gilder and his village GP father, Arthur Gilder.
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Jun 25, 2017 · Firmly in the feel good tradition of Heartbeat and Ballykissangel, Born and Bred follows the residents of a close knit Lancashire village called Farnborough in the early 1950s.
