External links
- Noah's Ark at IMDb
| 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, UK |
| Production companies | Whitehall Films Carlton Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 8 September 1997 – 23 October 1998 |
Noah's Ark is a British television series about a country vet 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 was a family TV story of a country vet, 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.
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 6 | 8 September 1997 | 13 October 1997 | |
| 2 | 6 | 18 September 1998 | 23 October 1998 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | 2 | "Matters of Principal" | A. J. Quinn | Johnny Byrne | 15 September 1997 |
| 3 | 3 | "Paying the Price" | A. J. Quinn | Johnny Byrne | 22 September 1997 |
| 4 | 4 | "Healing Touch" | A. J. Quinn | Johnny Byrne | 29 September 1997 |
| 5 | 5 | "Live and Learn" | A. J. Quinn | Johnny Byrne | 6 October 1997 |
| 6 | 6 | "Family Matters" | A. J. Quinn | Johnny Byrne | 13 October 1997 |
| 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 |
| 8 | 2 | "Sitting Target" | A. J. Quinn | Sam Lawrence | 25 September 1998 |
| 9 | 3 | "Stormy Weather" | A. J. Quinn | Sam Lawrence | 2 October 1998 |
| 10 | 4 | "Old Dog, New Trick" | Paul Harrison | Joe Turner | 9 October 1998 |
| 11 | 5 | "Killing Time" | Paul Harrison | Sam Lawrence | 16 October 1998 |
| 12 | 6 | "Deep Waters" | Paul Harrison | Sam Lawrence | 23 October 1998 |
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