Bizarre ER

*Bizarre ER*
Bizarre ER
Genre	Documentary, Comedy, Reality
Narrated by	Freema Agyeman ; (series 1–3); Sheridan Smith; (series 4); John Barrowman ; (series 5); Tom Davis; (series 6)
Theme music composer	Patrick Wolf
Opening theme	"Accident & Emergency"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6 (5 in the UK, 1 in the U.S.)
No. of episodes	40 (UK)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (series 1–4, UK; series 5, USA); 60 minutes (series 6–, UK)
Production company	Maverick Television
Original release
Network	BBC Three (series 1–4); TLC/Discovery (series 5); E4 (series 6)
Release	14 February 2008 –; 16 May 2017
Related
	Bizarre Animal ER

Bizarre ER is a BBC Three, and later E4, television show that deals with hospital mishaps.

Series guide

Every episode shows a miraculous survival story and strange facts, like the woman who fell out of a plane at 35,000 ft and survived. Series 2 began airing on 21 April 2009 and consists of ten 30 minute episodes. Series 1 and 2 were filmed at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.^[1]

Following the first five episodes, the show's animal counterpart Bizarre Animal ER, narrated by Kevin Bishop, aired for eight episodes on BBC Three in Bizarre ER's Tuesday slot.^[2] Bizarre ER returned after for five more episodes.

Bizarre ER returned for a twelve-part third series from 10 May 2010^[3] and finished on 19 July 2010.^[4] The series was filmed at the Northampton General Hospital.

The series returned for a ten-part fourth series on 28 March 2011, now narrated by Sheridan Smith.^[5] Filming takes place at Northampton General Hospital as well as Bradford Royal Infirmary. The series also features bizarre operations that have happened around the world.

Series 5 is set in the US with John Barrowman as narrator, it started in March 2013 and ended in May 2013. Series 6 is set at several hospitals across the UK; locations include Dudley, Warwick, Basingstoke and the Isle of Wight.

International broadcast

Bizarre ER is now airing in the U.S. on the Discovery Life channel.^[6] In Italy, it is broadcast by DMAX.^[7]

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Narrator	Country of broadcast
1	14 February 2008	3 April 2008	8	Freema Agyeman	United Kingdom
2	21 April 2009	14 July 2009	10
3	10 May 2010	19 July 2010	12
4	28 March 2011	30 May 2011	10	Sheridan Smith
5	19 March 2013	7 May 2013	8	John Barrowman	United States
6	14 March 2017	16 May 2017	10	Tom Davis	United Kingdom

Series 1 (2008)

Overall no.	Series no.	Episode	Original broadcast
1	1	Episode One	14 February 2008
2	2	Episode Two	21 February 2008
3	3	Episode Three	28 February 2008
4	4	Episode Four	6 March 2008
5	5	Episode Five	13 March 2008
6	6	Episode Six	20 March 2008
7	7	Episode Seven	27 March 2008
8	8	Episode Eight	3 April 2008

Series 2 (2009)

Overall no.	Series no.	Episode	Original broadcast
9	1	Episode One	21 April 2009
10	2	Episode Two	28 April 2009
11	3	Episode Three	5 May 2009
12	4	Episode Four	12 May 2009
13	5	Episode Five	19 May 2009
14	6	Episode Six	16 June 2009
15	7	Episode Seven	23 June 2009
16	8	Episode Eight	30 June 2009
17	9	Episode Nine	7 July 2009
18	10	Episode Ten	14 July 2009

Series 3 (2010)

Series no.	Overall no.	Episode	Original broadcast
19	1	Episode One	10 May 2010
20	2	Episode Two	10 May 2010
21	3	Episode Three	17 May 2010
22	4	Episode Four	24 May 2010
23	5	Episode Five	31 May 2010
24	6	Episode Six	7 June 2010
25	7	Episode Seven	14 June 2010
26	8	Episode Eight	21 June 2010
27	9	Episode Nine	28 June 2010
28	10	Episode Ten	5 July 2010
29	11	Episode Eleven	12 July 2010
30	12	Episode Twelve	19 July 2010

Series 4 (2011)

Series no.	Overall no.	Episode	Original broadcast
31	1	Episode One	28 March 2011
32	2	Episode Two	4 April 2011
33	3	Episode Three	11 April 2011
34	4	Episode Four	18 April 2011
35	5	Episode Five	25 April 2011
36	6	Episode Six	2 May 2011
37	7	Episode Seven	9 May 2011
38	8	Episode Eight	16 May 2011
39	9	Episode Nine	23 May 2011
40	10	Episode Ten	30 May 2011

Series 5 (2013)

Series no.	Overall no.	Episode	Original broadcast
41	1	Episode One	19 March 2013
42	2	Episode Two	26 March 2013
43	3	Episode Three	2 April 2013
44	4	Episode Four	9 April 2013
45	5	Episode Five	16 April 2013
46	6	Episode Six	23 April 2013
47	7	Episode Seven	30 April 2013
48	8	Episode Eight	7 May 2013

Series 6 (2017)

Series no.	Overall no.	Episode	Original broadcast
49	1	Episode One	14 March 2017
50	2	Episode Two	21 March 2017
51	3	Episode Three	28 March 2017
52	4	Episode Four	4 April 2017
53	5	Episode Five	11 April 2017
54	6	Episode Six	18 April 2017
55	7	Episode Seven	25 April 2017
56	8	Episode Eight	2 May 2017
57	9	Episode Nine	9 May 2017
58	10	Episode Ten	16 May 2017

Bizarre Animal ER

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Narrator	Country of broadcast
1	26 May 2009	5 November 2009	8	Kevin Bishop	United Kingdom

References

^ "Episode 1, Series 2, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".
^ "Episode 1, Bizarre Animal ER – BBC Three". BBC.
^ "Episode 1, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".
^ "Episode 12, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.
^ "Episode 1, Series 4, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.
^ "Discovery Life". Spectrum On Demand. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ (in Italian)Bizarre E.R. Archived 17 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, DMAX Italia

External links

Bizarre ER at BBC Online
Bizarre ER at IMDb

[1] "Episode 1, Series 2, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".

[2] "Episode 1, Bizarre Animal ER – BBC Three". BBC.

[3] "Episode 1, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three".

[4] "Episode 12, Series 3, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.

[5] "Episode 1, Series 4, Bizarre ER – BBC Three". BBC.

[w218-6] "Discovery Life". Spectrum On Demand. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

[7] (in Italian)Bizarre E.R. Archived 17 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, DMAX Italia

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