Staying Alive (TV series)

Staying Alive
Genre	Medical drama
Written by	Neil McKay Sam Snape Helen Slavin
Directed by	David Skynner Joanna Hogg
Starring	Jessica Hynes Amanda Royle Susannah Wise Scott Ransome Elizabeth Berrington Sean Blowers Paul Higgins Sophie Okonedo Jenny Bolt Ian Fitzgibbon Susan McArdle Rupert Procter
Opening theme	"Coming Around Again" by Carly Simon
Ending theme	"Coming Around Again" by Carly Simon
Composer(s)	Warren Bennett
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Sally Head
Producer(s)	Louise Berridge
Location(s)	London, England, UK
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	LWT
Distributor	ITV Studios
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	14:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1 November 1996 (1996-11-01) – 3 August 1997 (1997-08-03)

Staying Alive is a British television medical drama series about several people whose lives are impacted by the HIV. It was produced by LWT, first broadcast on ITV from 1 November 1996 to 3 August 1997. The show stars Alice Timpson (Jessica Hynes), Sue McPherson (Amanda Royle), Michaela Lennox (Susannah Wise) and Philip Curtis (Scott Ransome). A total of twelve episodes aired over the course of ten months. Co-produced and partly filmed in London, it was one of the first ITV dramas to be co-produced with an international production company. Written and created by acclaimed scriptwriter Neil McKay.

The series was ended after two series.

Cast

Jessica Hynes as Dr. Alice Timoson
Amanda Royle as Dr. Sue McPherson
Susannah Wise as Dr. Michaela Lennox
Scott Ransome as Dr. Philip Curtis
Elizabeth Berrington as Leah Howes
Sean Blowers as Gordon Naylor
Jenny Bolt as Cassie Naylor
Ian Fitzgibbon as Martin Roebuck
Paul Higgins as Alan
Sophie Okonedo as Kelley Booth
Susan McArdle as Nikki Salvani
Lance Hill as D.S. Oxley
Rupert Procter as Danny Collins
Mike Eastman as Hospital Porter

Episodes

Series 1 (1996)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)^[1]
1	"The Good Doctor"	Keith Boak	Neil McKay	1 November 1996 (1996-11-01)	N/A
2	"Dark Virus"	Keith Boak	Neil McKay	8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)	N/A
3	"Maddening Revenge"	James Hawes	Neil McKay	15 November 1996 (1996-11-15)	N/A
4	"Curing the Health"	James Hawes	Neil McKay	22 November 1996 (1996-11-22)	N/A
5	"The Blood that Flows"	David Skynner	Neil McKay	29 November 1996 (1996-11-29)	N/A
6	"Bad Medicine"	David Skynner	Neil McKay	6 December 1996 (1996-12-06)	N/A

Series 2 (1997)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)^[1]
1	"The Return"	David Skynner	Neil McKay	29 June 1997 (1997-06-29)	N/A
2	"Placebo is Bigger than Before"	David Skynner	Sam Snape	6 July 1997 (1997-07-06)	N/A
3	"To Heal the Demon"	Joanna Hogg	Helen Slavin	13 July 1997 (1997-07-13)	N/A
4	"The High Artery"	Joanna Hogg	Neil McKay	20 July 1997 (1997-07-20)	N/A
5	"Be Clear on Cancer"	David Skynner	Helen Slavin	27 July 1997 (1997-07-27)	N/A
6	"The End of Life"	David Skynner	Neil McKay and Louise Berridge	3 August 1997 (1997-08-03)	N/A

References

1 2 "BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board". Retrieved 15 April 2017.

External links

Staying Alive on IMDb
Staying Alive at TV.com

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