Born and Bred

Born and Bred is a British light-hearted 1950s-set medical drama series aired on BBC One which ran from 21 April 2002 to 3 August 2005. It was created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery. Initially the cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French as a father and son who run a cottage hospital in Ormston, a fictitious village in Lancashire, in the 1950s. Bolam's and French's characters were later replaced by characters played by Richard Wilson and Oliver Milburn. Cast James Bolam as Dr Arthur Gilder (series 1 to 3) Michael French as Dr Tom Gilder (series 1 to 3) Jenna Russell as Deborah Gilder, who chairs the parish council Charlotte Salt as Helen Gilder Ross Little as Michael Gilder Polly Thompson as Catherine Gilder Cameron and Jacub Earley (2002–03) and Evan Fortescue (2003–05) as Philip "Pip" Gilder Peter Gunn as Constable Len Cosgrove Tracey Childs as Nurse Linda Cosgrove Maggie Steed as Phyllis Woolf John Henshaw as Wilf Bradshaw Naomi Radcliffe as Jean Bradshaw (later Mills) Samuel J. Hudson as Eddie Mills Donald Gee as Horace Boynton Clive Swift as the Reverend Eustacius Brewer Shirley White and Joan Worswick as the Matthews Sisters Richard Wilson as Dr Donald Newman (series 3 to 4) Oliver Milburn as Dr Nick Logan (series 4) Kelly Harrison as Nancy Brisley (series 4) Plot Born and Bred is set in the fictitious village of Ormston in Lancashire during the 1950s. The lead characters are Dr Arthur Gilder and his son Tom, who together run the cottage hospital under the National Health Service. Tom is married to Deborah, who is chairwoman of the parish council, and they have four children, Helen, Michael, Catherine and Philip. The hospital's nurse is Linda Cosgrove, who is married to the village policeman, PC Len Cosgrove. The local pub is run by Phyllis Woolf and the village shop by Horace Boynton. Other characters include the station master, Wilf Bradshaw; his daughter, Jean, who owns a scrapyard and later marries Eddie Mills, a mechanic; and the vicar, the Reverend Eustacius Brewer. Arthur and Tom depart in the third series, and are replaced by Dr Donald Newman in the episode "And Is There Still Honey For Tea?" and Dr Nick Logan in "The Great Leap Forward", plus Nancy Brisley, Deborah's sister. Episodes