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This is an Australian medical drama set in the fantasy All Saints Western General Hospital. It focuses on what happens in ward 17 (affectionately known as the garbage ward) and the lives of the nurses on the ward and two doctors that spend a lot of time there. In also has the paramedic team of Bron and Ben.

Judith McGrath is the only cast member to appear throughout the entire duration of the series.

All Saints Western General Hospital is located in the fictional Sydney suburb of Clydesbridge.

Jeremy Cumpston as Connor Costello (33 episodes) is a qualified doctor in real life and spent a year (2001-2002) working as a doctor at Bourke's Aboriginal Medical Service in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.

Dr. Mitch Stevens lives at the fictional address of 51 Hillier Street, Fullers Green, New South Wales.

John Howard swears for the first time in the series history when his character is arguing with Georgie Parker's character. When he says can i make it any fu##ing clearer.

John Howard who played frank appeared in All Saints in an earlier season as a try hard or go home Laywer who ended up having a heart attack.

Tammy Macintosh, Celia Ireland and Libby Tanner would go on to work with each other again on TV drama Wentworth (2013).

Was canceled in 2009 due to growing production costs from the addition of the Medical Response Unit.

All Saints became Australia's longest running medical drama after 12 years on air.

Like many shows in Australia, All Saints had filmed many episodes in advance, this is known in season 11, after the death of one of the actors, his final scenes where filmed before he died, and his last scenes were shown 2 months later.

Season 12 of the show was re-titled "All Saints Medical Response Unit", and it is believed that it was the cause of the shows cancellation due to going from to a regular medical drama to a response unit which made the doctor characters travel to insane medical emergencies. The budget for the final season was blown on the addition of the MRU, and most of the cast thought the MRU addition was stupid.

Many guest actors who joined for one episode, were often invited back as either a doctor, relative or patient.

The series was highly popular and during its peak had 2 million viewers, when the series was cancelled in 2009 it averaged 1.175 million viewers, ranking highly in 3rd, 2nd or 5th, the series was cancelled after costs per episode went over $500,000 due to season 12's revamp which many fans still claim to this date as 'stupid, unnecessary and ruined a fantastic thing the show had going for it' . A member for the 7 Network years later said it was his one of his career regrets in cancelling the show.

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    • Author: Wat!?
    All Saints is the best. That was decided by the Logie (Australian TV award) that it won for Best Drama, over constant favorite Blue Heelers. The combination of solid characters, good writing, moving performances and fantastic actors who all work well together makes this show the delight that it is. It's also not troubled by dealing with the tough issues, as was shown by earlier episodes where they dealt with male rape and de-tox trials. Filmed in Sydney, this show may occassionally slip into the unrealistic (as do all shows on TV) but other than that, it's fantastic.
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    • Author: tref
    All Saints is a wonderful medical drama.

    Having grown up watching it, it is hard not to get attached to the people and their problems. From Nelson and his drinking to Frank and his daughter and ex-wife. Each week there is a new problem, like a drug-addicted patient, or a new plot twist that could change the series for ever.

    It is, from what I have seen in actual hospitals, very true to an Australian hospital ward.

    Hopefully this isn't a TV show that channel Seven is going to axe at the end of the year.
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    • Author: JoJoshura
    Its a great Aussie Medical Drama and is like the American TV show "ER" and is more realistic than that It has a great cast of people since Terry Sullivan left last year and is doing well. And it should be on TV for years to come.As long as it doesn't get Americanised then it will probably get canceled cause no one likes when Aussie shows get over dramatized like ER. The actors who are in the show are young and have a bright. They should keep the show going for as long as possible. Bring on another 10 years of All Saints. They just need to keep it on in its usual time slot of 8:30pm on Tuesday nights and then they wont have a problem keeping there viewers
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    • Author: Daigami
    "All Saints" is now in its fifth season on Australian television, and it continues to captivate audiences and critics alike. The show has won widespread acclaim, and it's not difficult to see why. The show makes you genuinely care about the plight of its characters, and continually delivers tense situations and riveting storylines.

    The show has everything to keep you interested, including the touching romance between paramedic Ben Markham and nurse Bronwyn Craig. The "will they, won't they" relationship between Terri Sullivan and doctor Mitch Stevens is also captivating, if slightly frustrating!

    The tense opening episodes of season five were an example of the show at its best, as Ben, Scott, Rebecca and the other paramedics worked frantically to save lives amid a terrible train wreck. The episodes, continued over a two-week period, were fantastic. Watch this show. It reminds you that it's not just Americans who can deliver a fantastic drama series.
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    • Author: Vikus
    One of the best Aussie tv medical dramas. the show was brilliant in every way, drama, heart and comedy, what this show was truly about. some great actors/actresses got their start here and some guest actors/actresses would later work together again. a true aussie drama with everything going for it.
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    • Author: Ttyr
    This new Australian drama series has captured viewers throughout Australia in its first season.

    With actors/actresses from other shows you might have seen working with new faces that you probably haven't seen or heard of until now, but they're working together to create episodes, that loyal viewers and others, tune in to every Tuesday night to watch and share in the good and bad times that happen to the characters.

    The Christmas episode for 98 won its timeslot! How did they do that? With this...

    CHRISTMAS SPICE- The 1998 season finale is packed with emotion when Ward 17 celebrates Christmas. A sick child that her wish will come true; an elderly man asks Santa for a special gift for his ailing wife; Von learns the true meaning of Christmas; a homeless man goes to great lengths to stay in All Saints for Christmas dinner and Bron is in for a surprise at the Ward 17 Christmas party.

    Now you should be able to see why they have had such a great start!!! Congratulations to the All Saints cast and crew!
  • Series cast summary:
    Judith McGrath Judith McGrath - Von Ryan / - 492 episodes, 1998-2009
    Georgie Parker Georgie Parker - Terri Sullivan 308 episodes, 1998-2005
    Martin Lynes Martin Lynes - Luke Forlano / - 253 episodes, 1998-2004
    Ben Tari Ben Tari - Jared Levine 236 episodes, 1998-2005
    John Howard John Howard - Dr. Frank Campion / - 231 episodes, 2001-2009
    Tammy Macintosh Tammy Macintosh - Dr. Charlotte Beaumont / - 224 episodes, 2002-2009
    Libby Tanner Libby Tanner - Bronwyn Craig / - 219 episodes, 1998-2003
    Brian Vriends Brian Vriends - Ben Markham 204 episodes, 1998-2003
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