Vital Signs (TV series)

Vital Signs
Genre	Medical
Created by	John Forte Chris Lang
Directed by	Charles Palmer Renny Rye
Starring	Tamzin Outhwaite Steven Waddington Anton Lesser Beth Goddard Claudie Blakley Eve Best William Beck Ruth Sheen
Theme music composer	Alexis Strum
Opening theme	"Go Your Own Way"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Foz Allen
Producer	Kate Crowe
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Tiger Aspect Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	20 April (2006-04-20) – 25 May 2006 (2006-05-25)

Vital Signs is a medical British television drama series, which first aired on ITV on 20 April 2006. The series stars Tamzin Outhwaite as Rhoda Bradley, a supermarket check-out operator who decides to become a doctor after her son is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The series follows Rhoda's experiences going through training at medical school, to coping with real life or death situations in a hospital environment. ^[1]

Alongside Outhwaite, Steven Waddington plays her husband, Tony, with Anton Lesser, William Beck, Eve Best, Claudie Blakley, Lucinda Dryzek, Beth Goddard and Ruth Sheen all appearing in prominent roles. The series was commissioned in August 2005, ^[2] with filming taking place in a number of London hospitals, but most prominently St George's Hospital; scenes were also filmed at St George's University Medical School.^{[ citation needed ]}

The theme to the series, "Go My Own Way" by Alexis Strum, was produced by Magnus Fiennes and taken from Strum's second album Cocoon. The series was released on Region 2 DVD on 15 January 2007. ^[3]

Cast

• Tamzin Outhwaite as Rhoda Bradley
• Steven Waddington as Tony Bradley
• Anton Lesser as Dr. Lindsay
• Beth Goddard as Sister Maddy McCartney
• Claudie Blakley as Nurse Jules Chapman
• Eve Best as Sarah Cartwright
• William Beck as Billy Britten
• Ruth Sheen as Valerie McCabe
• Harry Lloyd as Jason Bradley
• Alfie Hunter as Rory Bradley
• Lucinda Dryzek as Lexie Bradley
• Fraser Ayres as Vinnie Delaney
• Steve Nicolson as Merv Chapman
• Daniel Percival as Will Massey
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Eve

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	UK [4] viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Charlie Palmer	John Forte	20 April 2006 (2006-04-20)	5.17
2	"Episode 2"	Charlie Palmer	John Forte	27 April 2006 (2006-04-27)	4.55
3	"Episode 3"	Charlie Palmer	John Forte	4 May 2006 (2006-05-4)	4.20
4	"Episode 4"	Renny Rye	Chris Lang	11 May 2006 (2006-05-11)	3.98
5	"Episode 5"	Renny Rye	John Forte	18 May 2006 (2006-05-18)	3.04
6	"Episode 6"	Renny Rye	John Forte	25 May 2006 (2006-05-25)	3.34

External links

• Vital Signs at IMDb

References

1. Simon, Jane (19 April 2006). "VITAL SIGNS". The Mirror.
2. Conlan, Tara (18 August 2005). "Outhwaite set for ITV1 family drama" – via The Guardian.
3. "Vital Signs (DVD): Amazon.co.uk: Tamzin Outhwaite, Lucinda Dryzek, Harry Lloyd, Beth Goddard, William Beck, Anton Lesser, Steven Waddington, Ruth Sheen, Alfi Huner, Tamzin Outhwaite, Lucinda Dryzek: DVD & Blu-ray". www.amazon.co.uk.
4. "BARB - Weekly Top 30 Programmes". BARB. Retrieved 23 February 2025.