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Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 5,900 episodes and 23 years, and is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand.
The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week and initially receiving mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch it dropped in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 when the show's rating had picked up, and it now has long-term public enthusiasm . Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week.
After the cancellation of Gloss, Television New Zealand noticed the lack of New Zealand content on their channel and in 1990 set about creating a local equivalent of the Australian soap Neighbours.Greg McGee at South Pacific Pictures wanted to do a series about the new private clinics emerging under New Zealand's Labour government, and suggested the idea to scriptwriter Dean Parker, who declined due to a dislike of private medicine, so TV2 and South Pacific Pictures purchased a formula from Grundy Television, who get a royalty cheque for every broadcast. $10 million was given for an initial 230 episodes. Caterina De Nave was hired as the show's producer and subsequently travelled to Australia to work with Grundy Television to work out an idea for the five times a week soap. TV2 programmer Bettina Hollings suggested the setting of a hospital after reading an article detailing ideal locations of a drama, which included a hospital, a police station and a school. De Nave worked with several storyliners including Jason Daniel and they worked out an outline of the show.
A street is a public thoroughfare (usually paved) in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded with rails, or otherwise prepared to accommodate non-pedestrian traffic.
Originally the word "street" simply meant a paved road (Latin: "via strata"). The word "street" is still sometimes used colloquially as a synonym for "road", for example in connection with the ancient Watling Street, but city residents and urban planners draw a crucial modern distinction: a road's main function is transportation, while streets facilitate public interaction. Examples of streets include pedestrian streets, alleys, and city-centre streets too crowded for road vehicles to pass. Conversely, highways and motorways are types of roads, but few would refer to them as streets.
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Adam & Eve chat to Grace Palmer (Lucy Rickman) from Shortland Street about leaving the hit TV show - and reveals what's next! SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://bit.ly/theadamandeveshow - Made with the support of NZ on Air! -- Visit us on social media: FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/adamandeveshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/adamandeveshow SNAPCHAT: http://www.snapchat.com/add/adamandeveshow TWITTER: http://twitter.com/adameveshow http://theadamandeveshow.com DOWNLOAD 'THE ADAM & EVE SHOW' MOBILE APP! IT'S FREE FROM THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY! iPhone: http://appsto.re/nz/eOStab.i Android: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a14498012520898015057
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Adam & Eve chat to Grace Palmer (Lucy Rickman) from Shortland Street about leaving the hit TV show - and reveals what's next! SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://bit.ly/theadamandeveshow - Made with the support of NZ on Air! -- Visit us on social media: FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/adamandeveshow INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/adamandeveshow SNAPCHAT: http://www.snapchat.com/add/adamandeveshow TWITTER: http://twitter.com/adameveshow http://theadamandeveshow.com DOWNLOAD 'THE ADAM & EVE SHOW' MOBILE APP! IT'S FREE FROM THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY! iPhone: http://appsto.re/nz/eOStab.i Android: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a14498012520898015057
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