Springhill (TV series)

Springhill
Genre	Drama/Soap opera
Created by	Paul Abbott Frank Cottrell Boyce
Starring	Gilly Coman Katharine Rogers Christine Tremarco Sharon Byatt Judy Holt Crissy Rock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Granada Television
Release
Original network	Channel 4 Sky One
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	1 October 1996 (1996-10-01) – 18 June 1997 (1997-06-18)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Springhill was a British soap opera/drama, 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. 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. Issues covered included adoption revelation, genetic sexual attraction, bigamy, homosexuality, infertility, surrogacy and murder. Aside from this there was a supernatural aspect, which included elements of religion, Angels, apparitions, witchcraft, time travel and the Second Coming of Christ.

Cast

• Gilly Coman as Liz Freeman
• Jonathan Barlow as Jack Freeman
• Katharine Rogers as Eva Morrigan
• Scot Williams as Nick Freeman (season 1 only)
• Sharon Byatt as Sue Freeman
• Christine Tremarco as Trish Freeman
• Kevin Knapman as Anthony Freeman
• Paul Culshaw as John Paul Freeman
• Bill Speed as Fr Peter McGinley
• Claire Robinson as Debbie Nixon
• Emma Lucy Vaudrey as Greta Mullaney

DVD releases

Springhill was released on Region 1 DVD on 18 June 2013.

External links

• Springhill at IMDb
• School hosts TV film crew