Island Medics is a fly-on-the-wall documentary programme based around the day-to-day running of the NHS services in Shetland, Scotland and aired on BBC One. The majority of the filming shows the treatment of patients admitted to the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick, but it also features other aspects of the medical profession and emergency services that take place in other locations in Shetland, as well as other aspects of island life.[3]

Island Medics
Island Medics title card
GenreFly on the wall documentary[1][2]
Directed by
  • Steven Todd
  • Iain Robson
  • Carol Hanlon
  • Katrina Inkster
  • Emma Olver
  • Roshan Samarasinghe
  • Thomas MacNab
Narrated byKevin Whately
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
Production
Executive producers
  • Helen Munson
  • Jane Rogerson
  • Ross Harper
Cinematography
  • Iain Robson
  • Steven Todd
Editors
  • Dan Simmonds
  • Michelle Lord
  • Chris Travis
  • Adam Mitchell
  • Joe Murphy
  • Cassie Durham
Production companyRed Sky Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release4 December 2017 (2017-12-04) –
present

The programme has subsequently been used as a promotional platform by Promote Shetland to encourage those in the medical profession to consider moving to and working in Shetland.[4]

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Sources

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  • Guest, Adam (4 December 2017). "Impressive debut for Island Medics documentary". The Shetland Times. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  • "Just what the doctor ordered". HeraldScotland. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  • "Island Medics. Work in the NHS and emergency services in Shetland | Shetland.org". Promote Shetland. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  • "Island Medics to return". Shetland News. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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