Springhill (TV series)

Springhill was a British soap opera created by Paul Abbott, produced by Granada Television, and broadcast from 1 October 1996 to 18 June 1997 on the Sky One satellite channel, and later on Channel 4.^[1] It consisted of 2 series, each containing 26 episodes.

Springhill
Genre	Black comedy Fantasy drama Soap opera
Created by	Paul Abbott Frank Cottrell Boyce Russell T Davies
Starring	Gilly Coman Katharine Rogers Christine Tremarco Sharon Byatt Judy Holt Crissy Rock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4 Sky One
Release	1 October 1996 (1996-10-01) – 18 June 1997 (1997-06-18)

Set in Liverpool, Springhill based its main theme on the battle between good and evil, entwined around a complex family drama.^[2] Issues covered included adoption revelation, genetic sexual attraction, bigamy, homosexuality, infertility, surrogacy and murder.^[3] Aside from this there was a supernatural aspect, which included elements of religion, Angels, apparitions, witchcraft, time travel and the Second Coming of Christ.^[4][5]

Cast

• Gilly Coman as Liz Freeman^[6]
• Jonathan Barlow as Jack Freeman^[7]
• Katharine Rogers as Eva Morrigan^[8]
• Scot Williams (series 1) and Stephen Donald (series 2) as Nick Freeman^[9]
• Sharon Byatt as Sue Freeman^[4]
• Christine Tremarco as Trish Freeman^[8]
• Kevin Knapman as Anthony Freeman^[8]
• Paul Culshaw as John Paul Freeman^[10]
• Stephen Walters (series 1) and Matthew Dunster (series 2) as Jamie Johnson^[11]
• Bill Speed as Father Peter McGinley^[8]
• Vickie Gates as Meryl Cartlege^[12]
• Crissy Rock as Anita Cartlege^[7]
• Samantha Lavelle as Pat Lombard^[13]
• Paul Warriner as Greg Metcalfe
• Emma Lucy Vaudrey as Greta Mullaney^[7]
• Claire Robinson as Debbie Nixon^[7]
• Judy Holt as Marian (series 2)

DVD releases

The first series of Springhill was released on Region 1 DVD on 18 June 2013.^[4] The second season has not had any official release.