Noah's Ark (UK TV series)
Encyclopedia
Noah's Ark is a British television
series, which aired on ITV
. It was first broadcast on 8 September 1997. The final episode was aired on 13 October 1997. There were 6 episodes in the first series. A second series aired in 1998.
, Noah Kirby, his wife Valerie, son Tom and his girlfriend, Noah’s assistant, Clare. Noah and Tom Kirby, father and son, are both vets.
Noah has a country practice, and is still running it much as he did when Tom was a child. He wants Tom to join the practice, but Tom has other, and bigger, ideas. He has just quit his job with a large multi-national company, and has returned home for what he intends to be a flying visit: disillusioned, but a lot richer. But while he is there, his father has a car crash brought on by a dizzy spell. It is clear that he badly needs full time help.
Tom is reluctantly drawn into helping, temporarily of course, while his father recovers. But then there is Clare Somers, the local wildlife vet, to consider: is she enough to tempt Tom to stay?
It was written by Johnny Byrne and the producers were Sue Bennett-Urwin and Michael Whitehall.
British television
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series, which aired on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
. It was first broadcast on 8 September 1997. The final episode was aired on 13 October 1997. There were 6 episodes in the first series. A second series aired in 1998.
Overview
Noah's Ark was a family TV story of a country vetVeterinarian
A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
, Noah Kirby, his wife Valerie, son Tom and his girlfriend, Noah’s assistant, Clare. Noah and Tom Kirby, father and son, are both vets.
Noah has a country practice, and is still running it much as he did when Tom was a child. He wants Tom to join the practice, but Tom has other, and bigger, ideas. He has just quit his job with a large multi-national company, and has returned home for what he intends to be a flying visit: disillusioned, but a lot richer. But while he is there, his father has a car crash brought on by a dizzy spell. It is clear that he badly needs full time help.
Tom is reluctantly drawn into helping, temporarily of course, while his father recovers. But then there is Clare Somers, the local wildlife vet, to consider: is she enough to tempt Tom to stay?
Main cast
- Tom Kirby played by Peter WingfieldPeter WingfieldPeter Wingfield is a Welsh born television actor, well known for his television roles as Dan Clifford in Holby City, Dr. Robert Helm in Queen of Swords and Inspector Simon Ross in Cold Squad...
- Noah Kirby played by Anton RodgersAnton RodgersAnton Rodgers was an English actor and occasional director. He performed on stage, in film and in television dramas and sitcoms.-Life and career:...
- Val Kirby played by Angela ThorneAngela ThorneAngela Thorne is an English actress who is best known for her roles in To the Manor Born and Anyone for Denis?-Early life:Angela Thorne was born in Karachi, British India, , in 1939...
- Clare Somers played by Orla BradyOrla Brady-Early life and career:The second of four children born to Dublin publican Patrick Brady and his wife Catherine who had appeared in amateur productions at the Gate Theatre, Brady first became interested in an acting career after reading works by Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.Brady drifted...
- Anna Lacey played by Kate Alderton
It was written by Johnny Byrne and the producers were Sue Bennett-Urwin and Michael Whitehall.