The Clinic (TV series)
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The Clinic is an award-winning Irish
primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One
in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The show ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November 2007. The last ever episode aired on RTÉ One
on Sunday 15 November 2009 and on YLE1 in Finland
on Wednesday 25 November 2009. The commercial Irish broadcaster TV3
had indicated some interest in renewing the show for further seasons, however Leigh Arnold who appeared in The Clinic revealed on the Podge and Rodge
show on RTÉ Two
on Monday 29 March 2010 that TV3 will not be taking on the series. The complete series (Seasons 1-7) of The Clinic was released in November 2010 by RTÉ.
area of Dublin, Ireland
.
Clarence Street Clinic is a multi-disciplinary health centre which allows for an equally diverse cast. The last season, season 7 began airing on Irish television from on 27 September 2009.
Appreciation site it was stated that the show was axed.
On 23 November 2009 it was reported amongst some media outlets that RTÉ
had axed The Clinic.
This was later confirmed by RTÉ Television
on 24 November 2009.
Media reports speculated that the cancellation was due to the high costs producing the hit series.
Such claims were later denied by RTÉ, instead blame was placed on low viewing figures It is claimed that the show lost 70,000 viewers in the Season 7, though the show still received over 400,000 viewers per episode and still rated in the top 10 most watched shows on RTÉ One
.
Season 7 ended with a cliffhanger, leaving many plot-lines open and the opportunity for further development of key characters. This left many viewers confused as to what future direction the show would take as it ended abruptly. RTÉ's Steve Carson Director of Programmes claims RTÉ are committed to producing further Irish dramas in and a new show is currently in development to air in the same timeslot as The Clinic from September 2010.
TV3
had expressed interest in renewing the show for future seasons and they met with the shows producers, however these negotiations with the producers have since ended and TV3 are no longer in talks about a reformatted version of the show for their 2010/2011 season. In 2010 the series was replaced by Raw which originally started on RTÉ Two
.
As tensions run high, can Cathy and Ed’s marriage survive the pressures of running the Clinic? And will the professional and personal frailties of their staff endanger their happiness and their success?
Dan is delighted that Ed is now gone and the way is clear for him to move in on the Clinic. Cathy is heart broken but picks herself back up starting a burgeoning relationship with Dan. It takes a personal tragedy and a discovery that Dan is back to his old ways to make Cathy wake up and fight for control of the Clinic. Brendan decides to pursue his dreams of travelling leaving Clodagh who is shocked to discover her life is a lie. Richard the new GP finds it difficult to cope with his tragic personal life as Daisy’s partying finally catches up with her. To top it all off the Clinic is put in peril when they discover that Alex isn’t really who he said he was.
Cathy and Dan are at a stand off at the end of the series with Cathy hoping to push Dan out of the Clinic. Will Dan resort to anything to keep hold of his addiction, the Clinic, even if it means blackmailing Cathy?
The Clinic also follows the lives and loves of a recently qualified GP and Acupuncturist, Clodagh Delaney, who is about to take up the new GP role, a Physiotherapist, Keelin Geraghty and a Counsellor, Patrick Murray. Our new Practice Nurse, Liam Smith, is introduced in episode 3. Other staff include Practice Manager, Aine Flanagan, as well as two receptionists Daisy O’Callaghan (Cathy’s cousin) and the new addition to the front desk, Cara Madigan.
It’s a tumultuous start for the couple but they finally come together as one and looking forward to their future in the Clinic. However, their happiness is marred by the arrival of an old friend of Cathy and Ed’s who has bought half of the building from under them.
Dr. Lorcan O’Brien shakes up the Clinic by introducing a night Methodone program that brings him into conflict with the other partners, especially Dan. But despite appearances, Lorcan is hiding a devastating secret of his own that threatens to bring him undone.
Keelin returns from New York as a married woman but struggles with finding a balance between her work and personal life while Cara causes tension at the front desk with her ambitious drive that threatens her relationship with Aine who is trying to juggle the demands of being a working mother.
Julia and Cathy are now monitoring Clodagh’s every step after her potentially life-threatening diagnosis and this causes tension for Clodagh. However, the experience forces Clodagh to evaluate her priorities as a Doctor.
Blackmail, betrayal and confessions lead to a sensational finale that will promise dramatic new changes to the Clinic.
Liam’s son Ian is in trouble yet again. This time he’s caught joyriding in his friend’s car and is asked to leave his school after too many warnings of bad behaviour. Liam is beside himself and now must somehow find the money to send Ian to a private school, putting a severe financial strain on the family.
Lorcan and Clodagh continue to enjoy their growing closeness as they work together to keep the Clinic afloat in the absence of two of their doctors. Everyone is under immense pressure as a result of this staff shortage, and Julia eventually agrees with Lorcan and Cara to bring in a locum to help relieve the workload.
who played the role of a new doctor and a new love interest for Dan. Alison Doody
also joined the cast, playing a middle-class woman with seedy past..
In episode 1, Dan is released by the Gardaí after questioning for the suspected murder of Niall Boylan but returns to the Clinic only to find Daisy still angry that he ripped off the Clinic by supplying cosmetic surgery supplies at inflated price. Dan secures Lorcan's (Mark Dymond) backing against Daisy by reminding him of the trump card he now holds - Lorcan's secret HIV status.
But Dan is not out of the woods yet - Boylan's brother is convinced of the doctor's guilt and is determined to make him suffer.
Daisy is left smarting by Lorcan's inexplicable backing of Dan and questions his decision to allow Dave McGinn (Thomas Farrell) back into the Clinic despite the stabbing of his partner Annie Ward (Suzy Lawlor).
Meanwhile Lorcan's daughter Madison (Sophie Jo Wasson) has come to live with him, and when Clodagh (Leigh Arnold) also agrees to move in, Lorcan feels a new family coalescing around him.
Towards the end of the season Lorcan's HIV positive status became public knowledge, initially staff at the Clinic believed that Dan exposed the truth. During this time Lorcan disappears and Clodagh tries to explain his disappearance to his daughter Madison. Meanwhile, Edel, Cara and Ruairi support Daisy and Dan is under pressure from Diarmaid and Lucille. Dan becomes involved with a Lucille played by Alison Doody and loses a game of cards that he plays with her. Dan losses his share in the clinic as Alison Doody' character bet him for his share of the Clinic during the game of cards. It later becomes exposed that Lucille and her husband are involved in human trafficking
and the drug trade
in Dublin.
By the end of the season Dan begins to pack up as he finishing up in Clarence Street. But he hasn't seen the back of Lucille (Alison Doody) and Diarmuid just yet. A scene of drama unfolds where Lucille becomes injured and is rushed to the Clinic by Diarmuid. Diarmuid holds the staff of the Clinic hostage. Ruairi becomes injured and the counsellor has a heart-attack. The season ends with great uncertainty about key characters including will Dan return to the Clinic and will Ruairi survive his injury. The season ends abruptly resulting in a cliffhanger. It was expected that the show would return for the Autumn/Winter Season in 2010, but it was later confirmed by RTÉ that the show has now been cancelled.
Nominations -
Republic of Ireland
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primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The show ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November 2007. The last ever episode aired on RTÉ One
RTÉ One
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on Sunday 15 November 2009 and on YLE1 in Finland
Finland
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on Wednesday 25 November 2009. The commercial Irish broadcaster TV3
TV3 Ireland
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had indicated some interest in renewing the show for further seasons, however Leigh Arnold who appeared in The Clinic revealed on the Podge and Rodge
Podge and Rodge
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show on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two
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on Monday 29 March 2010 that TV3 will not be taking on the series. The complete series (Seasons 1-7) of The Clinic was released in November 2010 by RTÉ.
About the Show
The drama centred on the staff of the Clarence Street Clinic in the affluent Dublin 4Dublin 4
Dublin 4 is a postal district of Dublin, Ireland including the suburbs of Sandymount, Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Ringsend and Irishtown on the South side of Dublin....
area of Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
Clarence Street Clinic is a multi-disciplinary health centre which allows for an equally diverse cast. The last season, season 7 began airing on Irish television from on 27 September 2009.
Cancellation and Future
On 21 November 2009 on the FacebookFacebook
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Appreciation site it was stated that the show was axed.
On 23 November 2009 it was reported amongst some media outlets that RTÉ
RTE
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had axed The Clinic.
This was later confirmed by RTÉ Television
RTÉ Television
RTÉ Television is a department of Ireland's state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann.The first channel to broadcast was Telefís Éireann which began broadcasting on 31 December 1961...
on 24 November 2009.
Media reports speculated that the cancellation was due to the high costs producing the hit series.
Such claims were later denied by RTÉ, instead blame was placed on low viewing figures It is claimed that the show lost 70,000 viewers in the Season 7, though the show still received over 400,000 viewers per episode and still rated in the top 10 most watched shows on RTÉ One
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
.
Season 7 ended with a cliffhanger, leaving many plot-lines open and the opportunity for further development of key characters. This left many viewers confused as to what future direction the show would take as it ended abruptly. RTÉ's Steve Carson Director of Programmes claims RTÉ are committed to producing further Irish dramas in and a new show is currently in development to air in the same timeslot as The Clinic from September 2010.
TV3
TV3 Ireland
TV3 is a free-to-air commercial television network in the Republic of Ireland. Launched on 20 September 1998 it was Ireland's first commercial broadcaster. The channel is owned by TV3 Group a subsidiary of Doughty Hanson & Co.-The TV3 Group:...
had expressed interest in renewing the show for future seasons and they met with the shows producers, however these negotiations with the producers have since ended and TV3 are no longer in talks about a reformatted version of the show for their 2010/2011 season. In 2010 the series was replaced by Raw which originally started on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
.
Cast and characters
| Actor | Character | Season(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Dominic Mafham Dominic Mafham Dominic Mafham is an English actor. He was born on 11 March 1968.He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.Dominic began his career at The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990. He was with the RSC for four years.... |
Mr. Dan Woodhouse | all |
| Gary Lydon | Mr. Patrick Murray | all |
| Amy Huberman Amy Huberman Amy O'Driscoll, professionally known as Amy Huberman, is an Irish actress and writer who has starred in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.-Early life:... |
Daisy O'Callaghan | all |
| Colin O'Donoghue Colin O'Donoghue -Early life:O'Donoghue was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Roman Catholic family. He initally attended Dundalk Grammar School, and then the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. When he was 16, O'Donoghue went to Paris for a month to learn French.... |
Conor Elliott | 4–6 |
| Gertrude Montgomery | Aine Flanagan | 1–5 |
| Rachael Pilkington | Keelin Geraghty | 1–6 |
| Geraldine Plunkett | Mrs. Fleming | 1–3 |
| Gemma Craven Gemma Craven Gemma Craven is an award-winning Irish actress.She is possibly best known for her role in the Irish TV drama The Clinic as Dr... |
Dr. Julia Brady | 4–6 |
| Leigh Arnold Leigh Arnold Leigh Arnold is an Irish-born actress. A native of Foxrock, County Dublin, Arnold is known for her role of Dr Cloadagh Delaney in Irish TV series The Clinic.-Early life:... |
Dr. Clodagh Delaney | 2-7 |
| Aidan Turner Aidan Turner Aidan Turner is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Dante Gabriel Rossetti on Desperate Romantics, Ruairí McGowan on The Clinic, and John Mitchell on the supernatural drama series Being Human. He will be playing Kíli in the upcoming two-part fantasy film The Hobbit.-Early life:Aidan... |
Ruairí McGowan | 6 & 7 |
| Tanya Moodie | Dr. Grace Sefate | 6 & 7 |
| Mark Dymond Mark Dymond Mark Dymond is an English actor of Irish descent. In addition to appearances in films, he is known as Dr. Lorcan O'Brien, a major character in the 2007–2009 seasons of the TV drama series The Clinic, among other TV shows... |
Lorcan O'Brien | 5–7 |
| Victoria Smurfit Victoria Smurfit -Early life:She is part of the Smurfit family, one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsor a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in U.C.D.... |
Dr. Edel Swift | 7 |
| Aisling O'Sullivan | Dr. Cathy Costello | 1–6 |
| David Wilmot David Wilmot (actor) David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor.Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End... |
Dr. Ed Costello | 1 & 2 |
| Tomas O'Suilleabhain Tomas O'Suilleabhain Tomas O'Suilleabhain is an Irish actor. He regularly appears on Irish television and in film roles. O'Suilleabhain regularly contributes to the Irish Language arts.-Film:*Fifty Dead Men Walking - RUC Officer*Studs... |
Detective Ronan Donaghue | 2–6 |
| Dawn Bradfield | Cara Madigan | 5–7 |
| Sam Corry | Alex Walsh | 1–3 |
| Sophie Jo Wasson | Madison | 7 |
| Chris O'Dowd Chris O'Dowd Chris O'Dowd is an Irish comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Roy Trenneman in British sitcom The IT Crowd... |
Brendan Davenport | 1–3 |
| David Herlihy David Herlihy David Herlihy was an American historian who wrote on medieval and renaissance life. Particular topics include domestic life, especially the roles of women, and the changing structure of the family... |
Nurse Liam Smith | 4–6 |
| Norma Shehan | Fiona McColgan | 1–4, 6 |
| Tommy Fitzgerald Tommy Fitzgerald Tommy Fitzgerald was an Irish soccer player during the 1990s.Tommy was brought up in the School Street area of South Dublin and served his time in schoolboy football with the likes of OLV and Lourdes Celtic before going cross-channel to join Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 16 as a trainee.Tommy... |
Fergus Mitchell | 6 & 7 |
Storyline
The first two seasons consist of eight episodes; all subsequent seasons run for ten episodes.Season 1 and Seasons 2
In a Clinic where the healers often need healing more than the patients themselves. resident owners Cathy and Ed Costello try to patch up their troubled marriage while working side by side. Dan Woodhouse, the slick plastic surgeon with a shadowy past, struggles with his addictions to women and drugs. Physiotherapist Keelin Geraghty is tormented by her one-night stand with a married man. Long serving receptionist Fiona develops an obsession with her boss that seems to be leading her to ruination. Resident counsellor, Patrick, is struggling to stay off the booze as his interests in Cathy extend beyond the professional.As tensions run high, can Cathy and Ed’s marriage survive the pressures of running the Clinic? And will the professional and personal frailties of their staff endanger their happiness and their success?
Season 3
Tensions between Cathy and Ed culminated at the end of series 2 when Cathy discovered Ed’s infidelity with Physiotherapist Keelin. When Ed found out that Cathy was thinking of doing business with Plastic Surgeon, Dan Woodhouse behind his back, he decided their marriage was over and left.Dan is delighted that Ed is now gone and the way is clear for him to move in on the Clinic. Cathy is heart broken but picks herself back up starting a burgeoning relationship with Dan. It takes a personal tragedy and a discovery that Dan is back to his old ways to make Cathy wake up and fight for control of the Clinic. Brendan decides to pursue his dreams of travelling leaving Clodagh who is shocked to discover her life is a lie. Richard the new GP finds it difficult to cope with his tragic personal life as Daisy’s partying finally catches up with her. To top it all off the Clinic is put in peril when they discover that Alex isn’t really who he said he was.
Cathy and Dan are at a stand off at the end of the series with Cathy hoping to push Dan out of the Clinic. Will Dan resort to anything to keep hold of his addiction, the Clinic, even if it means blackmailing Cathy?
Season 4
Cathy and Dan are still at loggerheads at the start of series 4 waiting for Cathy’s father, Paul O’Callaghan’s will to be read. Cathy is convinced that her father’s share of the Clinic will be left to her and with majority power she will finally be able to oust Dan. However, the late Paul O’Callaghan had other ideas and leaves his remaining share to his longtime lover, Julia Brady. Cathy and Julia are immediately pitted against each another as Cathy tries to come to terms with the legacy her father left behind. Julia’s arrival also gives Dan a second lease of life – who was close to leaving the Clinic for good. With equal power however, Dan decides he’s not going anywhere.The Clinic also follows the lives and loves of a recently qualified GP and Acupuncturist, Clodagh Delaney, who is about to take up the new GP role, a Physiotherapist, Keelin Geraghty and a Counsellor, Patrick Murray. Our new Practice Nurse, Liam Smith, is introduced in episode 3. Other staff include Practice Manager, Aine Flanagan, as well as two receptionists Daisy O’Callaghan (Cathy’s cousin) and the new addition to the front desk, Cara Madigan.
Season 5
With another year full of surprises and challenges for the practitioners in Dublin’s Clarence Street Clinic. When we last saw Dan he was being wheeled into the operating theatre for a harrowing operation while an emotional Cathy watched on helplessly. Now Dan is back with a second chance but his life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers Cathy is pregnant.It’s a tumultuous start for the couple but they finally come together as one and looking forward to their future in the Clinic. However, their happiness is marred by the arrival of an old friend of Cathy and Ed’s who has bought half of the building from under them.
Dr. Lorcan O’Brien shakes up the Clinic by introducing a night Methodone program that brings him into conflict with the other partners, especially Dan. But despite appearances, Lorcan is hiding a devastating secret of his own that threatens to bring him undone.
Keelin returns from New York as a married woman but struggles with finding a balance between her work and personal life while Cara causes tension at the front desk with her ambitious drive that threatens her relationship with Aine who is trying to juggle the demands of being a working mother.
Julia and Cathy are now monitoring Clodagh’s every step after her potentially life-threatening diagnosis and this causes tension for Clodagh. However, the experience forces Clodagh to evaluate her priorities as a Doctor.
Blackmail, betrayal and confessions lead to a sensational finale that will promise dramatic new changes to the Clinic.
Season 6
Daisy returns from her trip abroad with Conor to be by her stricken cousin’s side and to provide some comfort to Dan, who has been keeping a constant vigil by Cathy’s bedside since the accident, willing her to live. New receptionist Ruairi is introduced to us as he balances working in the Clinic with his other life as a DJ in a trendy Dublin nightclub, while Practice Manager Cara bumps up her status by overseeing the building of her new office.Liam’s son Ian is in trouble yet again. This time he’s caught joyriding in his friend’s car and is asked to leave his school after too many warnings of bad behaviour. Liam is beside himself and now must somehow find the money to send Ian to a private school, putting a severe financial strain on the family.
Lorcan and Clodagh continue to enjoy their growing closeness as they work together to keep the Clinic afloat in the absence of two of their doctors. Everyone is under immense pressure as a result of this staff shortage, and Julia eventually agrees with Lorcan and Cara to bring in a locum to help relieve the workload.
Season 7
In the seventh and last season of the Clinic it introduced new characters and which were played by some of Ireland's leading female actors this included Victoria SmurfitVictoria Smurfit
-Early life:She is part of the Smurfit family, one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsor a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in U.C.D....
who played the role of a new doctor and a new love interest for Dan. Alison Doody
Alison Doody
-Early life:The youngest of three children, she was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her mother, Joan, was a beauty therapist, and her father, Patrick, worked in the property business and farmed...
also joined the cast, playing a middle-class woman with seedy past..
In episode 1, Dan is released by the Gardaí after questioning for the suspected murder of Niall Boylan but returns to the Clinic only to find Daisy still angry that he ripped off the Clinic by supplying cosmetic surgery supplies at inflated price. Dan secures Lorcan's (Mark Dymond) backing against Daisy by reminding him of the trump card he now holds - Lorcan's secret HIV status.
But Dan is not out of the woods yet - Boylan's brother is convinced of the doctor's guilt and is determined to make him suffer.
Daisy is left smarting by Lorcan's inexplicable backing of Dan and questions his decision to allow Dave McGinn (Thomas Farrell) back into the Clinic despite the stabbing of his partner Annie Ward (Suzy Lawlor).
Meanwhile Lorcan's daughter Madison (Sophie Jo Wasson) has come to live with him, and when Clodagh (Leigh Arnold) also agrees to move in, Lorcan feels a new family coalescing around him.
Towards the end of the season Lorcan's HIV positive status became public knowledge, initially staff at the Clinic believed that Dan exposed the truth. During this time Lorcan disappears and Clodagh tries to explain his disappearance to his daughter Madison. Meanwhile, Edel, Cara and Ruairi support Daisy and Dan is under pressure from Diarmaid and Lucille. Dan becomes involved with a Lucille played by Alison Doody and loses a game of cards that he plays with her. Dan losses his share in the clinic as Alison Doody' character bet him for his share of the Clinic during the game of cards. It later becomes exposed that Lucille and her husband are involved in human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
and the drug trade
Illegal drug trade
The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.A UN report said the...
in Dublin.
By the end of the season Dan begins to pack up as he finishing up in Clarence Street. But he hasn't seen the back of Lucille (Alison Doody) and Diarmuid just yet. A scene of drama unfolds where Lucille becomes injured and is rushed to the Clinic by Diarmuid. Diarmuid holds the staff of the Clinic hostage. Ruairi becomes injured and the counsellor has a heart-attack. The season ends with great uncertainty about key characters including will Dan return to the Clinic and will Ruairi survive his injury. The season ends abruptly resulting in a cliffhanger. It was expected that the show would return for the Autumn/Winter Season in 2010, but it was later confirmed by RTÉ that the show has now been cancelled.
Ratings
| Season | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Viewer Rank (#) |
Viewers (in '000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | October 2003 | December 2003 | 2003–2004 | #18 | 339 |
| Season 2 | October 2004 | 5 December 2004 | 2004–2005 | #14 | 402 |
| Season 3 | October 2005 | November 2005 | 2005–2006 | #11 | 450 |
| Season 4 | October 2006 | 3 December 2006 | 2006–2007 | #4 | 500 |
| Season 5 | 30 September 2007 | 2 December 2007 | 2007–2008 | #4 | 500 |
| Season 6 | October 2008 | November 2008 | 2008–2009 | #4 | 497 |
| Season 7 | October 2009 | November 2009 | 2009–2010 | #7 | 405 |
International distribution
The show also airs on a number of television channels in other countries:| Country | Date of Premiere | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
2003 | YLE 1 |
| Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... |
2003 | RUV RÚV Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio... |
| Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
2010 | M2 M2 (TV channel) m2 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.-Transmission Hours throughout the years:... |
| Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans... |
2010 | TV Košava TV Košava TV Košava is a former Serbian television station with national licence. It broadcasted across Serbia in time-sharing with children's channel Happy TV, and then merged into this TV, and now bears the name of Happy TV.... |
| New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
2010 | TVNZ 6 |
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2010 | ABC1 ABC1 ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on... |
DVD release
| DVD Name | Release Date |
|---|---|
| The Clinic - The Complete Series 1-7 | November 2010 |
Awards
Winners -- IFTA Awards 2007 - Best Drama Series
- IFTA Awards 2007 - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in TV - Gary Lydon
- IFTA Awards 2008 - Best Actress - Aisling O'Sullivan
- IFTA Awards 2010 - Best Drama Series
Nominations -
- IFTA Awards 2008 - Actress in a Supporting Role Television - Amy HubermanAmy HubermanAmy O'Driscoll, professionally known as Amy Huberman, is an Irish actress and writer who has starred in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.-Early life:...
- IFTA Awards 2008 - Actor in a Supporting Role Television - Gary Lydon
- IFTA Awards 2009 - Actor in a Leading Role Television - Dominic MafhamDominic MafhamDominic Mafham is an English actor. He was born on 11 March 1968.He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.Dominic began his career at The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990. He was with the RSC for four years....
- IFTA Awards 2009 - Best Drama Series
- IFTA Awards 2010 - Best Drama Series
- IFTA Awards 2010 - Actress in a Supporting Role Television - Amy HubermanAmy HubermanAmy O'Driscoll, professionally known as Amy Huberman, is an Irish actress and writer who has starred in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.-Early life:...
External links
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