Westway (soap opera)
Encyclopedia
Westway was a radio
soap opera
broadcast twice a week on the BBC
World Service
from 1997 to October 2005. It focused on life in and around the fictional Westway Health Centre in west London
, and was named after the main route into London from the north west
.
BBC7 repeated the series, with the final episode being broadcast in March 2008.
The principal actors were Jillie Meers, as Dr. Margaret Sampson, head of the health centre, Nigel Carrington as Dr. David Boyce, and Abi Eniola as Dr. Joy Onwukwe.
Radio programming
Radio programming is the Broadcast programming of a Radio format or content that is organized for Commercial broadcasting and Public broadcasting radio stations....
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
broadcast twice a week on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
from 1997 to October 2005. It focused on life in and around the fictional Westway Health Centre in west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and was named after the main route into London from the north west
Westway (London)
The Westway is a long elevated dual carriageway section of the A40 route in west London running from Paddington to North Kensington. The road was constructed between 1964 and 1970 to relieve congestion at Shepherd's Bush caused by traffic from Western Avenue struggling to enter central London on...
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BBC7 repeated the series, with the final episode being broadcast in March 2008.
The principal actors were Jillie Meers, as Dr. Margaret Sampson, head of the health centre, Nigel Carrington as Dr. David Boyce, and Abi Eniola as Dr. Joy Onwukwe.