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Surgical Spirit
GenreSitcom
Created byPeter Learmouth
Written byAnnie Bruce
Raymond Dixon
Graeme Garden
Peter Learmouth
Paul McKenzie
Annie Wood
Directed byDavid Askey
John Kaye Cooper
StarringNichola McAuliffe
Duncan Preston
Marji Campi
Theme music composerDavid Cullen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producersHumphrey Barclay
Andy Harries
David Liddiment
Al Mitchell
David Shanks
Antony Wood
ProducerHumphrey Barclay
Production locationsLister Hospital,
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Running time30 minutes
(including commercials)
Production companiesHumphrey Barclay Productions
Granada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release14 April 1989 –
7 July 1995

Surgical Spirit is a British television sitcom starring Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston that aired from 14 April 1989 to 7 July 1995. It was written by Annie Bruce, Raymond Dixon, Graeme Garden, Peter Learmouth, Paul McKenzie and Annie Wood. It was made for the ITV network by Humphrey Barclay Productions for Granada Television. In January 2022, Forces TV started showing all 50 episodes of Surgical Spirit, while the first two series were made available on BritBox in April 2022.[1]

The series was based around Sheila Sabatini, a senior surgeon at the Gillies Hospital, whose verbal skills have most people running for cover as her tongue is as sharp as her scalpel. She dominated the operating theatre, while at home she was divorcing her Italian husband, Remo, with whom she had a son, Daniel. Sheila was also a gossip, often gossiping with her best friend, theatre administrator Joyce Watson.

One of the major themes in the programme was her developing relationship with Jonathan Haslam, the anaesthetist. At the end of the sixth series, they married and she had become director of surgery, while her son had become a medical student at the hospital, much to her annoyance.

The outside shots were of Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Additional filming locations were in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Granada Television decided to decommission the programme after the conclusion of the seventh series.

All seven series of Surgical Spirit have now been released on DVD. An 8-disc set of the complete series has also been released.

DVD Year(s) Release date
(Region 2)		 Release date
(Region 4)
The Complete Series 1 1989 28 May 2007 3 November 2011[52]
The Complete Series 2 1990 4 May 2009
The Complete Series 3 1991 17 August 2009 TBA
The Complete Series 4 1992 18 January 2010 TBA
The Complete Series 5 1993 19 April 2010 TBA
The Complete Series 6 1994 5 July 2010 TBA
The Complete Series 7 1995 23 August 2010 TBA
The Complete Series 1989-1995 4 October 2010 TBA
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