''The Surgeon'' is a 2005 Australian television medical drama. It screened at 9:30pm on Thursdays on Network Ten and in Ireland early morning on

RTÉ One RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís ...

. The show was based at a fictional hospital named Sydney General Hospital. The first season consisted of eight half-hour episodes. The show was nominated for two Logie Awards (Most Outstanding Drama Series & Most Outstanding Actress) as well as two AACTAs (Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama and Best Telefeature or Mini Series).

Cast

Justine Clarke Justine Clarke (born 16 November 1971) is an Australian actress, singer, musician, author and television host. She has been acting since the age of seven and has appeared in some of Australia's best-known TV shows. She is best known as a presen ...

as Dr. Eve Agius *

Sam Worthington Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in ''Avatar'' and its sequel, ''Avatar: The Way of Water''; Marcus Wright in ''Terminator Salvation'', and Perseus in '' Clash o ...

as Dr. Sam Dash *

Nicholas Bell Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 20 years. He works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably th ...

as Dr. Julian Sierson *Christopher Morris as Dr. Abe Morris *

Katie Wall Katie Wall is an Australian actress who has appeared in various television and film roles. Filmography Film Television External links * Katie Wall at Channel Nine's Underbelly Site Katie Wall's first novel will be published by Scribe in M ...

as Siobhan Kerry *

Matthew Newton Matthew Joseph Newton (born January 22, 1977) is an Australian actor, writer, and director, and son of TV personalities Bert Newton, Bert and Patti Newton. His acting career was interrupted by treatment in a psychiatric unit for bipolar disor ...

as Dr. Nick Steele * Matthew Zeremes as Dr. Lachie Hatsatouris *Khalid Malik as Dr. Rob Singh *Chum Ehelepola as Dr. Ravi Jayawardener

Episodes

(Episode information retrieved from Australian Television Information Archive).

Credits theme

"Kid You're A Dreamer" by Perth band

The Panics The Panics are an indie rock band originally from Perth, Western Australia, and currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. History 2000–2006: Band formation and LittleBigMan Records The band started out while Jae Laffer (then known by his actu ...

from their first album ''

A House on a Street in a Town I'm From A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

'' was used as the opening credits theme music for the series.

References

External links

The Surgeon at the National Film and Sound Archive
* 2005 Australian television series debuts 2005 Australian television series endings Australian medical television series Network 10 original programming Television series by Endemol Australia Television shows set in New South Wales {{Australia-tv-prog-stub