Medics (Polish TV series)

Last updated
Medics
Lekarze cast.jpg
Medics cast
Also known asLekarze
Szpital Alicji (production title)
Genre Medical Drama
Written byAndrzej Staszczyk
Justyna Stefaniak
Marek Kreutz
Directed byFilip Zylber
Marcin Wrona
Starring Magdalena Różczka
Paweł Małaszyński
Danuta Stenka
Jacek Koman
Katarzyna Bujakiewicz
Agnieszka Więdłocha
Szymon Bobrowski
Piotr Polk
Marcin Perchuć
Wojciech Zieliński
Composer Łukasz Targosz
Country of originPoland
Original languagePolish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDariusz Gąsiorowski
ProducerDorota Chamczyk
Production locations Toruń, Poland
Cinematography Jan Holoubek
Tomasz Dobrowolski
EditorsKrzysztof Boroń
Piotr Kmiecik
Running time45 minutes
Production company TVN
Original release
Network TVN
Release3 September 2012 (2012-09-03) –
30 November 2014 (2014-11-30)

Medics (Polish : Lekarze) is a Polish medical drama which aired fromSeptember 3, 2012 to November 30, 2014 on TVN.

Contents

Plot

The series follows Alicja Szymańska (Magdalena Różczka), a young and ambitious surgeon, who starts to work in a fictional Copernicus hospital in Toruń. She meets a group of charismatic doctors, who fight for the life and health of their patients, forgetting their own weaknesses and everyday problems.

Production

On October 10, 2011, it was announced that TVN was working on a medical drama and the series would be shot in Toruń. [1] The first series consisted of 13 episodes, and began filming in October 2011 under the production title Szpital Alicji (Alicja's Hospital) and ended on April 3, 2012 in Toruń. The title was changed on March 12, 2012 to Medics. [2] The series premiered on September 3, 2012.

On June 19, 2012, it was announced that Medics had been renewed for a second season after receiving positive reviews. [3]

Filming of the second season began on July 17, 2012 in Toruń, even before the first series' television premiere.

The final scene was filmed on November 20, 2012 in Warsaw. [4] On

On November 9, 2012, Medics was renewed for a third season, and the cast returned to set in late April. [5]

On March 6, 2013, the medical series was renewed for one more season.

The fourth season of the Medics consisted of 13 episodes and premiered in spring 2014 [6] .

Cast

Series synopsis

Series One

Young and ambitious surgeon Alicja Szymańska (Magdalena Różczka) leaves Warsaw and moves to Toruń, where she begins a job in a fictional hospital Copernicus managed by Elżbieta Bosak (Danuta Stenka). The posting gives her the opportunity to develop her career and meet a group of passionate doctors, who fight for the life and health of their patients, forgetting their own weaknesses and everyday problems. [7]

Series Two

The second series was announced on June 19, 2012 after Medics received positive reviews. The filming began on July 17, 2012 in Toruń and ended on November 20, 2012 in Warsaw. [3] Season two started on February 25, 2012.

Series Three

On November 9, 2012 series Medics was renewed for another season. The filming started on April 15, 2013 and ended on July 31, 2013. Third season started on September 2, 2013, and ended on November 25, 2013. [8] Season finale marks the first appearance of Wojciech Mecwaldowski. and his character Michał Karkoszka

Series Four

Medics was renewed for fourth season, with 13 episodes to TVN in spring 2014. The cast returned on the set on October 1, 2013 and final scene was filmed on February 26. [6] The season premiere was on March 2, and the finale aired May 25. Paweł Małaszyński left the show in season premiere. Wojciech Mecwaldowski became a series regular and Anna Polony became recurring.

Series Five

On December 17, 2013 Medics were renewed for fifth season for 13 all-new episodes. The filming started on May 14, and ended on September 2. The season premiere was on September 7. Borys Szyc joined the cast as Przemysław Karski and Olga Bołądź joined as a series regular in 5x07 as new neurosurgeon Anna Bogna Zaniewska. In the final minutes of the series finale Bartosz Porczyk made an appearance as mysterious ex-boyfriend of Olga Bołądź character Anna. His character would be a series regular in season 6.

Cancellation

On November 8, 2014 it was announced that series would not return for season six due to low ratings. Probably Olga Bołądź and Borys Szyc stayed as series regulars for series six. Bartosz Porczyk was added as series regular as a mysterious ex-boyfriend Marcin.

Ratings

Medics premiered on TVN on Monday, September 3, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. and attracted the audience of 2.94 million. It reached the share of 24.2% in group "16-49" and 23.6% among all viewers. It was the most watched program in its time slot. [9]

List of ratings by series
SeriesEpisodesTimeslotSeries premiereSeries finaleTV seasonViewers
(millions)		Average share
(4+)		Average share
(16-49)
1 13Monday 9:30 p.m.3 September 201226 November 2012Autumn 20123.05 [10] 23.1% [10] 23.9% [10]
21325 February 201327 May 2013Spring 20132.77 [11] 20.3% [11] 21.2% [11]
3132 September 201325 November 2013Autumn 20132.72 [12] 20.1% [12] 21.3% [12]
413Sunday 8 p.m.2 March 201425 May 2014Spring 20142.34 [13] 13.8% [13] 15.4% [13]
513Sunday 9 p.m.7 September 201430 November 2014Autumn 2014TBATBATBA

References

  1. ↑ "TVN szykuje serial medyczny "Szpital Alicji"". wirtualnemedia.pl. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ↑ ""Lekarze" zamiast "Szpitalu Alicji" na TVN". Media2.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "TVN już zdecydował: będzie drugi sezon serialu "Lekarze"". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ruszyły zdjęcia do drugiej serii "Lekarzy"". TVN Advertising Office. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "TVN pracuje nad trzecim sezonem serialu "Lekarze"". wirtualnemedia.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Kolejne serie "Lekarzy" są już pewne. TVN nakręci trzeci i czwarty sezon serialu". pomorska.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. ↑ ""Lekarze" już jesienią - jaki będzie nowy serial TVN?". Ofemin.pl. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "TVN pracuje nad trzecim sezonem serialu "Lekarze"". wirtualnemedia.pl. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Serial "Lekarze" hitem TVN". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 ""Lekarze" hitem telewizji TVN, 29 mln zł z reklam". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 ""Lekarze" wygrali z Tomaszem Lisem, 26 mln zł z reklam". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 ""Lekarze" pokonali konkurencję i przynieśli 30 mln zł z reklam". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 ""Lekarze" z 2,4 mln widzów. TVN wiceliderem rynku". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.