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The General (TV series)

Field	Value
genre	Reality television
director	Dave Heather
presenter	Yvette Fielding
Chris Serle
Heather Mills
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	1
num_episodes	58
location	Southampton General Hospital
runtime	30 minutes
network	BBC One
first_aired
last_aired
related	City Hospital

Chris Serle Heather Mills The General was a BBC fly-on-the-wall television series hosted by Yvette Fielding, Chris Serle and Heather Mills. Based at Southampton General Hospital, the programme tracked the progress of selected patients, including outpatients, at the hospital. The series was broadcast live every weekday on BBC One, in a daytime slot. 58 episodes of the programme aired in total. The original director of the series was Dave Heather.

As well as the presenting team tracking patients and staff in the hospital, the programme also featured Heather Mills abseiling down the side of the hospital and demonstrating various uses for her prosthesis.

The show also featured occasional celebrity guest appearances, including a visit from endurance expert Mike Stroud.

The programme was subsequently renamed City Hospital, continuing with exactly the same format, initially with the same presenters but subsequently presented by Nick Knowles and Gaby Roslin. City Hospital later moved from Southampton General Hospital to Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals in London, with the presentation team changing; subsequent presenters included Jeremy Milnes and Nadia Sawalha.

Both The General and City Hospital were produced by Topical Television.

References

(6 April 1998). "BBC Programme Index - The General".
(18 March 2008). "Text of full judgment: Heather Mills v Sir Paul McCartney". The Times.
"City Hospital: History of the programme". Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Burton, Humphrey. (21 April 2005). "Obituary: Dave Heather, Director of Glyndebourne telecasts". The Independent.
"Heather Mills:TV Appearances and Presenting".
"Dr Mike Stroud".
Woodward, Ian. (28 April 2001). "The accident prone Mr Fix-it; On TV he's calm and collected, but Nick Knowles is still in inner turmoil over the loss of his father". The Mirror.
"BBC City Hospital presenter opens Guy's cancer facility". London SE1.
"City Hospital". BBC.
"Topical Television:Our shows". Topical Television.

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