Noah's Ark (British TV series)

Noah's Ark is a British television series about a country veterinarian and his family, aired on ITV. The first series of six episodes was broadcast in September to October 1997. A second series, also of six episodes, aired a year later.

Noah's Ark
Genre	Drama
Developed by	Johnny Byrne
Written by	Johnny Byrne Sam Lawrence Joe Turner
Starring	Anton Rodgers Peter Wingfield Angela Thorne Orla Brady Kate Alderton
Composer	Colin Towns
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Jonathan Powell
Producers	Sue Bennett-Urwin Michael Whitehall
Production locations	Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
Production companies	Whitehall Films Carlton Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	8 September 1997 (1997-09-08) – 23 October 1998 (1998-10-23)

Overview

Noah's Ark was a family TV story of a country veterinarian, 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 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 Clare Somers, the local wildlife vet, is there.

Cast

Main cast

• Peter Wingfield as Tom Kirby
• Anton Rodgers as Noah Kirby
• Angela Thorne as Val Kirby
• Orla Brady as Clare Somers
• Kate Alderton Anna Lacey
• Paul Burgess

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	6		8 September 1997 (1997-09-08)	13 October 1997 (1997-10-13)
2	6		18 September 1998 (1998-09-18)	23 October 1998 (1998-10-23)

Series 1 (1997)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Two of a Kind"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	8 September 1997 (1997-09-08)
2	2	"Matters of Principal"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	15 September 1997 (1997-09-15)
3	3	"Paying the Price"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	22 September 1997 (1997-09-22)
4	4	"Healing Touch"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	29 September 1997 (1997-09-29)
5	5	"Live and Learn"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	6 October 1997 (1997-10-06)
6	6	"Family Matters"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	13 October 1997 (1997-10-13)

Series 2 (1998)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"Free as a Bird"	A. J. Quinn	Johnny Byrne	18 September 1998 (1998-09-18)
8	2	"Sitting Target"	A. J. Quinn	Sam Lawrence	25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
9	3	"Stormy Weather"	A. J. Quinn	Sam Lawrence	2 October 1998 (1998-10-02)
10	4	"Old Dog, New Trick"	Paul Harrison	Joe Turner	9 October 1998 (1998-10-09)
11	5	"Killing Time"	Paul Harrison	Sam Lawrence	16 October 1998 (1998-10-16)
12	6	"Deep Waters"	Paul Harrison	Sam Lawrence	23 October 1998 (1998-10-23)

Production

Filming was done around Worcester. The surgery was at a farmhouse Bed & Breakfast opposite the Leigh & Bransford Memorial Hall about 6 miles West of Worcester. The mountains often seen in the background are the Malvern Hills.

External links

• Noah's Ark at IMDb