Out of Hours

{{short description|GP focused mini drama series}}

{{Distinguish|Out-of-hours service}}

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| genre = Medical drama

| creator =

| based_on =

| developer =

| writer = {{Plainlist|

• Sam Wheats
• Amanda Coe
• Matthew Hall
• Rob Heyland
• Timothy Prager

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| director = {{Plainlist|

• Douglas Mackinnon
• Robin Sheppard

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| creative_director =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Lindsey Coulson
• John McArdle
• Dominic West
• Linda Bassett
• Toby Jones
• Sally Rogers
• Nisha K. Nayar
• Gabrielle Reidy

}}

| theme_music_composer =

| composer = Julian Nott

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 6

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Mal Young

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Simon Passmore
• Eileen Quinn

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| editor = Chris Risdale

| location =

| cinematography = Grant Cameron

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| runtime = 50 minutes

| company = BBC Worldwide

| channel = BBC One

| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|05|20|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1998|06|24|df=yes}}

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Out of Hours is a six-part British television medical drama series,{{cite web |title=Not even a doctor can save this ailing drama; OUT OF HOURS, BBC1. |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60564462.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209165218/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60564462.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2018 |publisher=Daily Record |accessdate=7 December 2018}}{{cite web |title=BADGER's Docs Take over out of Hours |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60749114.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209125125/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60749114.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2018 |publisher=Sunday Mercury |accessdate=7 December 2018}} first broadcast on BBC One on 20 May 1998. Set in the fictional city of Haventry in Birmingham, the series focuses on the lives of three "out of hours" GPs, Dr. Cathy Harding (Lindsey Coulson),{{cite web |title=Lindsey's New Job on Doctor's Orders; EastEnders' Carol Is Now a Feisty Medic. Rob Driscoll Reports |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60784362.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517031941/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60784362.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2011 |publisher=The Birmingham Post |accessdate=7 December 2018}} Dr. Daniel Laing (John McArdle){{cite web |title=Soap actor John McArdle taking a 'couple of days |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/soap-actor-john-mcardle-taking-a-couple-of-days-rest-following-collapse-on-stage-36283566.html |website=The Independent |publisher=The Independent |accessdate=7 December 2018}} and Dr. Paul Featherstone (Dominic West).

For the premiere episode, the Radio Times ran a double-page spread on the series, entitled "the surgery is now closed".{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9d6e8a3dc54f4ff4815449a78acede5a|title=Out of Hours - BBC One London - 20 May 1998|work=BBC Genome|accessdate=6 December 2018}} A single series of six episodes were broadcast, with the concluding episode broadcasting on 24 June 1998. Episodes broadcast at 21:30 on Wednesdays. The series has yet to be released on DVD.