What the doctored ordered:
From Shortland Street to M*A*S*H, medical shows have won the hearts of TV viewers. But can you sort out your Dr Kildare from your Dr Fleischman, your ER (above) from your Casualty? See how you fare in our medical quiz.
How well do you know your TV medical dramas? Test your skills in our bumper quiz.
1. Which Sopranos star became Nurse Jackie?
2. This actor, who played a doctor, shares her name with a wife of Henry VIII.
3. Which hospital was the setting for ER?
4. What year did the first Shortland Street episode air?
5. And did the classic line “You’re not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata” feature in that episode?
6. Which actor hasn’t appeared in Call The Midwife – Miranda Hart, Helen Mirren, Pam Ferris?
7. How many episodes did Emergency – Ward 10 run for: 516, 1016 or 2016?
8. Who plays Dr Meredith Grey in Grey’s Anatomy?
9. Which war was the setting for the long-running series M*A*S*H?
10. And what does M*A*S*H stand for?
11. JD, Turk and Elliott were characters in which TV show?
12. What branch of surgery did the series Nip/Tuck focus on?
13. This grumpy doctor wasn’t behaving badly, he just had haemophobia.
14. Felicia Jones Scorpio is a character in which long-running soap?
15. The BBC show Casualty is set in a fictional city which gives its name to another medical drama.
16. Sara Wiseman starred in which New Zealand medical drama?
17. The Knick is set in The Knickerbocker Hospital. Did it actually exist?