Distant Shores (TV series)

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Distant Shores
Format	Comedy/Drama
Created by	Harry Oulton Caleb Ranson
Developed by	ITV Productions
Starring	Peter Davison Samantha Bond Tristan Gemmill Emma Fildes Matthew Thomas-Davies
Opening theme	Nick Bicât
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carolyn Reynolds
Running time	60 minutes (including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original run	Wednesday January 5, 2005 – present
External links
IMDb profile

Distant Shores is a comedy-drama first shown in the UK on ITV in January 2005.

Peter Davison plays high flying London plastic surgeon Bill Shore. His marriage is on the rocks and his wife Lisa played by Samantha Bond has got a six month research job on a small Northumbrian island called Hildasay. Bill reluctantly agrees to relocate on the island with his wife, daughter and son. His son has a make-believe father (Malcom). His daughter Kate, is obsessed with "suicide", pretending her wrists are cut ("cochineal and cornflour"), and standing at the edge of the cliff edge on the island where she meets a boy who "saves" her from jumping (and who later turns out to be a homosexual).

The island's residents provide a welcoming party but despite this, Bill hates the place and can't wait to return to London. He takes the job of temporary island doctor and things go from bad to worse for him. A second series has been filmed but remains unshown in the UK as of October 2007.