Bizarre ER

Bizarre ER
GenreDocumentary, Comedy, Reality
Narrated byFreema Agyeman
(series 1–3)
Sheridan Smith
(series 4)
John Barrowman
(series 5)
Tom Davis
(series 6)
Theme music composerPatrick Wolf
Opening theme"Accident & Emergency"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6 (5 in the UK, 1 in the U.S.)
No. of episodes40 (UK)
Production
Running time30 minutes (series 1–4, UK; series 5, USA)
60 minutes (series 6–, UK)
Production companyMaverick Television
Original release
NetworkBBC Three (series 1–4)
TLC/Discovery (series 5)
E4 (series 6)
Release14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) –
16 May 2017 (2017-05-16)
Related
Bizarre Animal ER

Bizarre ER is a BBC Three, and later E4, television show that deals with hospital mishaps.

Series guide

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Every episode shows a miraculous survival story and strange facts, like the woman who fell out of a plane at 35,000 ft and survived. Series 2 began airing on 21 April 2009 and consists of ten 30 minute episodes. Series 1 and 2 were filmed at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.[1]

Following the first five episodes, the show's animal counterpart Bizarre Animal ER, narrated by Kevin Bishop, aired for eight episodes on BBC Three in Bizarre ER's Tuesday slot.[2] Bizarre ER returned after for five more episodes.

Bizarre ER returned for a twelve-part third series from 10 May 2010[3] and finished on 19 July 2010.[4] The series was filmed at the Northampton General Hospital.

The series returned for a ten-part fourth series on 28 March 2011, now narrated by Sheridan Smith.[5] Filming takes place at Northampton General Hospital as well as Bradford Royal Infirmary. The series also features bizarre operations that have happened around the world.

Series 5 is set in the US with John Barrowman as narrator, it started in March 2013 and ended in May 2013. Series 6 is set at several hospitals across the UK; locations include Dudley, Warwick, Basingstoke and the Isle of Wight.

International broadcast

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Bizarre ER is now airing in the U.S. on the Discovery Life channel.[6] In Italy, it is broadcast by DMAX.[7]

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes Narrator Country of broadcast
1 14 February 2008 3 April 2008 8 Freema Agyeman United Kingdom
2 21 April 2009 14 July 2009 10
3 10 May 2010 19 July 2010 12
4 28 March 2011 30 May 2011 10 Sheridan Smith
5 19 March 2013 7 May 2013 8 John Barrowman United States
6 14 March 2017 16 May 2017 10 Tom Davis United Kingdom

Series 1 (2008)

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Overall no. Series no. Episode Original broadcast
1 1 Episode One 14 February 2008
2 2 Episode Two 21 February 2008
3 3 Episode Three 28 February 2008
4 4 Episode Four 6 March 2008
5 5 Episode Five 13 March 2008
6 6 Episode Six 20 March 2008
7 7 Episode Seven 27 March 2008
8 8 Episode Eight 3 April 2008

Series 2 (2009)

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Overall no. Series no. Episode Original broadcast
9 1 Episode One 21 April 2009
10 2 Episode Two 28 April 2009
11 3 Episode Three 5 May 2009
12 4 Episode Four 12 May 2009
13 5 Episode Five 19 May 2009
14 6 Episode Six 16 June 2009
15 7 Episode Seven 23 June 2009
16 8 Episode Eight 30 June 2009
17 9 Episode Nine 7 July 2009
18 10 Episode Ten 14 July 2009

Series 3 (2010)

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Series no. Overall no. Episode Original broadcast
19 1 Episode One 10 May 2010
20 2 Episode Two
21 3 Episode Three 17 May 2010
22 4 Episode Four 24 May 2010
23 5 Episode Five 31 May 2010
24 6 Episode Six 7 June 2010
25 7 Episode Seven 14 June 2010
26 8 Episode Eight 21 June 2010
27 9 Episode Nine 28 June 2010
28 10 Episode Ten 5 July 2010
29 11 Episode Eleven 12 July 2010
30 12 Episode Twelve 19 July 2010

Series 4 (2011)

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Series no. Overall no. Episode Original broadcast
31 1 Episode One 28 March 2011
32 2 Episode Two 4 April 2011
33 3 Episode Three 11 April 2011
34 4 Episode Four 18 April 2011
35 5 Episode Five 25 April 2011
36 6 Episode Six 2 May 2011
37 7 Episode Seven 9 May 2011
38 8 Episode Eight 16 May 2011
39 9 Episode Nine 23 May 2011
40 10 Episode Ten 30 May 2011

Series 5 (2013)

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Series no. Overall no. Episode Original broadcast
41 1 Episode One 19 March 2013
42 2 Episode Two 26 March 2013
43 3 Episode Three 2 April 2013
44 4 Episode Four 9 April 2013
45 5 Episode Five 16 April 2013
46 6 Episode Six 23 April 2013
47 7 Episode Seven 30 April 2013
48 8 Episode Eight 7 May 2013

Series 6 (2017)

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Series no. Overall no. Episode Original broadcast
49 1 Episode One 14 March 2017
50 2 Episode Two 21 March 2017
51 3 Episode Three 28 March 2017
52 4 Episode Four 4 April 2017
53 5 Episode Five 11 April 2017
54 6 Episode Six 18 April 2017
55 7 Episode Seven 25 April 2017
56 8 Episode Eight 2 May 2017
57 9 Episode Nine 9 May 2017
58 10 Episode Ten 16 May 2017

Bizarre Animal ER

Series Start date End date Episodes Narrator Country of broadcast
1 26 May 2009 5 November 2009 8 Kevin Bishop United Kingdom

References

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  1. ^ "Episode 1, Series 2, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".
  2. ^ "Episode 1, Bizarre Animal ER – BBC Three". BBC.
  3. ^ "Episode 1, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".
  4. ^ "Episode 12, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.
  5. ^ "Episode 1, Series 4, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.
  6. ^ "Discovery Life". Spectrum On Demand. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ (in Italian)Bizarre E.R. Archived 17 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, DMAX Italia
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