Call Red
Encyclopedia
Call Red is a British drama
television series created by J. C. Wilsher
. The series premiered 8 January 1996, on ITV
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said that the series is composed of "wooden acting" and "cardboard dialogue", and that "the wiser viewer will realise it shows no vital signs at all". Jim White of The Independent stated that "all the characters were ludicrously gung-ho, self-important and convinced they were the only people capable of administering medical assistance; typical doctors then, but not much fun to spend 60 minutes with".
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
television series created by J. C. Wilsher
J. C. Wilsher
Dr. John Charles Wilsher is an English television writer best known for dramas relating to the police and law enforcement. His highest profile work was as creator of Between the Lines, which screened in the UK between 1992 and 1994. He was a researcher at Lancaster University before taking up his...
. The series premiered 8 January 1996, on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
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Cast
- Allie ByrneAllie ByrneAllie Byrne is a British stage, film and television actress.Her first major television role was in the Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1990. She has since appeared in episodes of The Bill, Goodnight Sweetheart, Men Behaving Badly, A Touch of Frost and Van...
as Alyson Butler - Michael Carter as Phillip Tulloch
- Vincent ReganVincent Regan-Career:Regan was born in Swansea on 16 May 1965, the son of Irish immigrants. As a youth he moved to Ireland with his parents, but returned to Britain and attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich in Suffolk....
as Captain Ray Sidley - Seamus Gubbins as Sean
- Claire Benedict as Jude Patton
- Kelle Spry as pilot Clare Waddington
- Peter McGrath as Ryan
Reception
Thomas Sutcliffe of The IndependentThe Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
said that the series is composed of "wooden acting" and "cardboard dialogue", and that "the wiser viewer will realise it shows no vital signs at all". Jim White of The Independent stated that "all the characters were ludicrously gung-ho, self-important and convinced they were the only people capable of administering medical assistance; typical doctors then, but not much fun to spend 60 minutes with".