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*Springhill*
Springhill
Genre	Black comedy; Fantasy drama; Soap opera;
Created by	Paul Abbott; Frank Cottrell Boyce; Russell T Davies;
Starring	Gilly Coman; Katharine Rogers; Christine Tremarco; Sharon Byatt; Judy Holt; Crissy Rock;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4; Sky One;
Release	1 October 1996 –; 18 June 1997

Springhill was a British soap opera created by Paul Abbott, produced by Granada Television, and broadcast from 1 October 1996 to 18 June 1997 on the Sky One satellite channel, and later on Channel 4.^[1] It consisted of 2 series, each containing 26 episodes.

Set in Liverpool, Springhill based its main theme on the battle between good and evil, entwined around a complex family drama.^[2] Issues covered included adoption revelation, genetic sexual attraction, bigamy, homosexuality, infertility, surrogacy and murder.^[3] Aside from this there was a supernatural aspect, which included elements of religion, Angels, apparitions, witchcraft, time travel and the Second Coming of Christ.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Gilly Coman as Liz Freeman^[6]
Jonathan Barlow as Jack Freeman^[7]
Katharine Rogers as Eva Morrigan^[8]
Scot Williams (series 1) and Stephen Donald (series 2) as Nick Freeman^[9]
Sharon Byatt as Sue Freeman^[4]
Christine Tremarco as Trish Freeman^[8]
Kevin Knapman as Anthony Freeman^[8]
Paul Culshaw as John Paul Freeman^[10]
Stephen Walters (series 1) and Matthew Dunster (series 2) as Jamie Johnson^[11]
Bill Speed as Father Peter McGinley^[8]
Vickie Gates as Meryl Cartlege^[12]
Crissy Rock as Anita Cartlege^[7]
Samantha Lavelle as Pat Lombard^[13]
Paul Warriner as Greg Metcalfe
Emma Lucy Vaudrey as Greta Mullaney^[7]
Claire Robinson as Debbie Nixon^[7]
Judy Holt as Marian (series 2)

DVD releases

The first series of Springhill was released on Region 1 DVD on 18 June 2013.^[4] The second season has not had any official release.

References

^ Encyclopedia of television. Newcomb, Horace., Museum of Broadcast Communications. (2nd ed.). New York: Fitzroy Dearborn. 2004. pp. 3–4. ISBN 1579583946. OCLC 54462093.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Springhill: Series One : FilmMonthly". www.filmmonthly.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Davies, Russell T. (15 September 2003). "Russell T Davies on Queer As Folk". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "DVD Review: Springhill (Series One) | Inside Pulse". insidepulse.com. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "DVD Review: 'Springhill - Series One' | Blogcritics". blogcritics.org. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Hayward, Anthony (18 July 2010). "Gilly Coman obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Springhill (1996)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d TV.com. "Springhill". TV.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "Scot Williams". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Collinson, Dawn (11 June 2015). "I came out as gay - and people tried to have me exorcised". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "Meet the cast and characters of Shetland". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "Vickie Gates". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "Samantha Lavelle". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.