Call Red

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{{Infobox television

| image = CallRedintertitle.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Intertitle

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| genre = Action • Drama

| creator = J. C. Wilsher

| developer =

| writer = Peter Jukes
Michael Jenner
Brian McGill
Alan Whiting

| director = Peter Barber-Fleming
Christopher King
Ian Knox

| creative_director =

| presenter =

| starring = Michael Carter
Seamus Gubbins
Allie Byrne
Adam Levy
Claire Benedict
Maria McAteer
Ken Drury
Vincent Regan
Kelle Spry
Morgan Jones
Charlie Caine

| judges =

| voices =

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme = "Guardian Angel" by Marcella Detroit

| endtheme =

| composer = Francis Haines
Stephen W. Parsons

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 7

| executive_producer = Antony Root{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249282/fullcredits#cast|title = Call Red (TV Series 1996– ) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}

| producer = Gillian Gordon{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249282/fullcredits#cast|title = Call Red (TV Series 1996– ) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}

| editor = Martin Sharpe

| location = London, England, UK

| cinematography = Peter Middleton

| camera =

| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = Thames Television
Meridian Television

| channel = ITV

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|1996|1|8}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|1996|2|19}}

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Call Red is a British television action drama series created by J. C. Wilsher that premiered on 8 January 1996 on ITV. The series follows the adventures of an Air Ambulance squad, captained by Phillip Tulloch (Michael Carter). The series draws upon a documentary-style feel, including hand-held camera work for helicopter-based scenes, and detailed outlines of the procedures carried out by the medics themselves.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-5413112.html The Independent] Just a single series of seven episodes was produced. The complete series has been earmarked for release on DVD by Network Distributing, although no set date has been given for the release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Red-Complete-DVD/dp/B003UPCNY8/|title = Call Red: The Complete Series|website = Amazon UK}}

Early reception of the series was critical. Thomas Sutcliffe of The Independent said that the series is composed of "wooden acting" and "cardboard dialogue", and that "the wiser viewer will realise it shows no vital signs at all".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-1317641.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103175716/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-1317641.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Review|last=Sutcliffe|first=Thomas|date=6 February 1996|work=The Independent|accessdate=13 July 2009}} Jim White of The Independent stated that "all the characters were ludicrously gung-ho, self-important and convinced they were the only people capable of administering medical assistance; typical doctors then, but not much fun to spend sixty minutes with".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-1323200.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103175634/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/review-1323200.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Review|last=White|first=Jim|date=9 January 1996|work=The Independent|accessdate=13 July 2009}}