''Born and Bred'' was a British light-hearted drama series aired on BBC One which ran from 21 April 2002 to 3 August 2005. It was created by

Chris Chibnall Christopher Antony Chibnall (born 21 March 1970) is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama ''Broadchurch'' and as a showrunner of the long-running BBC sci ...

and Nigel McCrery. Initially the cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French as a father and son who run a

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in Ormston, a fictitious village in

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancas ...

, in the 1950s. Bolam's and French's characters were later replaced by characters played by Richard Wilson and Oliver Milburn.

Cast

* James Bolam as Dr Arthur Gilder (series 1 to 3) * Michael French as Dr Tom Gilder (series 1 to 3) * Jenna Russell as Deborah Gilder, who chairs the parish council *

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as Helen Gilder *Ross Little as Michael Gilder *Polly Thompson as Catherine Gilder *Cameron and Jacub Earley (2002–03) and Evan Fortescue (2003–05) as Philip "Pip" Gilder *

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as Constable Len Cosgrove *

Tracey Childs Tracey Childs (born 30 May 1963) is an English actress, known for playing Lynne Howard in the 1980s drama series '' Howards' Way''. Her other television roles include Marianne Dashwood in '' Sense and Sensibility'' (1981), Linda Cosgrove in '' ...

as Nurse Linda Cosgrove *

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as Phyllis Woolf * John Henshaw as Wilf Bradshaw *

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as Jean Bradshaw (later Mills) *Samuel J. Hudson as Eddie Mills *Donald Gee as Horace Boynton * Clive Swift as the Reverend Eustacius Brewer *Shirley White and Joan Worswick as the Matthews Sisters * Richard Wilson as Dr Donald Newman (series 3 to 4) * Oliver Milburn as Dr Nick Logan (series 4) *

Kelly Harrison Kelly Harrison (born 1980) is a British actress. Initially a model for four years, she was cast in BBC's Saturday night programme, ''Casualty'', as paramedic Nikki Marshall. Harrison has also appeared in ''Born and Bred'', '' Waking the Dead'', ' ...

as Nancy Brisley (series 4)

Plot

''Born and Bred'' is set in the fictitious village of Ormston in Lancashire during the 1950s. The lead characters are Dr Arthur Gilder and his son Tom, who together run the

under the

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. Tom is married to Deborah, who is chairwoman of the parish council, and they have four children, Helen, Michael, Catherine and Philip. The hospital's nurse is Linda Cosgrove, who is married to the village policeman, PC Len Cosgrove. The local pub is run by Phyllis Woolf and the village shop by Horace Boynton. Other characters include the

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, Wilf Bradshaw; his daughter, Jean, who owns a scrapyard and later marries Eddie Mills, a

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; and the vicar, the Reverend Eustacius Brewer. Arthur and Tom leave the third series, and are replaced by Dr Donald Newman in the episodes 'And Is There Still Honey For Tea?' and Dr Nick Logan in 'The Great Leap Forward' respectively, plus Nancy Brisley, Deborah’s sister.

Episodes

''Born and Bred'' first aired on 21 April 2002. After 4 series, 1 Christmas special and 36 regular episodes it ended on 3 August 2005. Each episode is 60 minutes long and aired on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

at 8 pm on Sunday. Series 1, Series 2, Series 3 and the Christmas Special were shown on Sundays, while Series 4 was shown on Wednesdays.

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began broadcasting ''Born and Bred'' from April 2010. It was being broadcast on ITV3 and is currently being shown on the UK Free to Air TV Channel "

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". The series last aired in Australia on 7TWO late 2011, Weekdays at 1:15pm,

Locations

The exterior shots of the early series were filmed primarily in and around East Lancashire, mainly in the village of Downham, but some scenes were shot in

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and others in Settle, North Yorkshire. Two railway scenes were filmed on the East Lancashire Railway, but the main railway scenes were shot on the

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Home releases

In March 2012 the entire series was re-released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) by

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References

External links

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Born and Bred
Press Releases & Press Packs, BBC, 25 March 2002
Born and Bred fan and information site
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