Hilltop Hospital

Hilltop Hospital
Also known as	Hôpital Hilltop Klinik Hügelheim Heuvellandziekenhuis
Genre	Animated television series
Written by	Nicholas Allan
Directed by	Pascal Le Nôtre
Voices of	Kevin Whately Sally Ann Marsh Celia Imrie Paul Shane Brian Murphy Julie Higginson Jonathan Kydd Dame Thora Hird
Theme music composer	Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson (English version)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 minutes
Production company(s)	Millimages, Siriol
Release
Original network	ITV Network (CITV), France 3, ZDF, Rai Uno
First shown in	1999
Original release	1999 – 2001
External links
Production website

Hilltop Hospital is a claymation children's television programme made in 1999. It consists of 52 ten-minute shorts. The series is directed by Pascal Le Nôtre and produced in English, French (Hôpital Hilltop), German (Klinik Hügelheim) and Dutch (Heuvellandziekenhuis). The series is adapted from a series of books by Nicholas Allan of the same name. ZDF started broadcasting the shorts in 2003. The theme tune and incidental music for the English version of the series was composed by Ben Heneghan and Ian Lawson who also composed the music for the original Fireman Sam series and Joshua Jones.

It was released by Disney Videos for 1 volume in 2000 and Maverick Entertainment in 2006 in the UK.

List of characters

It was about a hospital staffed by animals with mainly young animals as patients. Regular characters include:

• Dr. Matthews, a dog, who seeks the romantic attention of Surgeon Sally.
• Nurse Kitty, a cat, who seeks the romantic attention of Dr. Matthews, who for the most part does not notice.
• Surgeon Sally, a hippo, a workaholic surgeon who has no time for Dr Matthews' attention.
• Clare and Arthur, two rats, who provide technical and laboratory services.
• Dr Atticus, a tortoise, the anesthetist who often is sleeping.
• The two Teds, two identical twin bears, who drive the hospital ambulance and work as orderlies.

The English-language version featured the voices of Kevin Whately (Dr. Matthews), Sally Ann Marsh (nurse Kitty), Celia Imrie (Surgeon Sally), Paul Shane (the two Teds), Brian Murphy (Dr. Atticus), Julie Higginson (Clare the lab rat) and Jonathan Kydd (Arthur the lab rat). Guest voices included Dame Thora Hird as Gracey Greyshell in Gracey Greyshell's last day.

Series 1: 1999

1. Heart Trouble
2. Easter Bunnies
3. Blood Bank
4. The Big Event
5. Rag Week at Hilltop
6. The Big Match (Le Grand Match)
7. Gracey Greyshell's Last Day
8. Fire Alert
9. Happy Birthday, Dr Matthews!
10. The Mystery Illness
11. Radio Hilltop
12. Nurse Kitty's a Star
13. The Ghost of Hilltop
14. Blind as a Bat
15. Accidents Will Happen
16. Lift-off at Hilltop
17. A Perfect Wedding
18. Flower-Power
19. Dogs Dinner
20. Weasel Kneasal
21. Mouth-to-Mouth
22. All Creatures Great and Small
23. Butterflies in My Tummy
24. The Bear Who Wouldn't Share
25. Press-ups and Bunny Hops
26. Pamela's Secret

Series 2: 2001

1. Secret Beds
2. Saving Your Bacon
3. Teething Trouble
4. The Hyper Hedgehog
5. Lazy Eye
6. Laughter is the Best Medecine
7. Bully For You
8. Hot and Bothered
9. Nits
10. Nightmare at Hilltop
11. A Good Sketch
12. Fond Memory
13. C-C-Caspar
14. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
15. Safety First
16. Wee Trouble
17. Testing Time
18. Earache at Hilltop
19. Larger Than Life
20. Smile
21. New Talent
22. Skin Deep
23. An Extra Pair of Hands
24. Siamese Twins
25. Cold Feet
26. The Blues

External links

• Hilltop Hospital at itv.com/citv
• Hilltop Hospital at IMDb
• Episode list
• Hilltop Hospital