The Royal Today is a British medical soap opera, and a spin-off of the similarly themed drama, The Royal. The concept is that whilst The Royal is set in the late 1960s, The Royal Today featured the same hospital in the present day, with a new set of characters working in the same location. Each episode followed the events of a single day, and the show was broadcast daily, so the series could be said to progress in real time. The first series of 50 half-hour episodes began on 7 January 2008 on the ITV network airing from 4 pm-4.30 pm. Although there were a number of running storylines, the series generally eschewed the use of cliffhangers. The series was axed in March 2008 after poor ratings, on an average of 1.175 million viewers.
| Genre | Medical drama |
| Created by | Ken Horn |
| Written by | Sarah Bagshaw, Darren Fairhurst, Mark Holloway, Patrick Melanaphy, Chris Parker, Jonathan Rich |
| Starring | Andrew Scarborough, Paul Nicholas, Kirsty Mitchell, Fiona Dolman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Productions |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Related shows | The Royal, Heartbeat |
About The Royal Today
A reboot of the 1960s series The Royal, The Royal Today follows the lives and cases of the doctors and nurses of St. Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.
Achievement of The Royal Today
Actor Andrew Scarborough stars in the Emmy winning series, Downton Abbey.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About The Royal Today
Television shows set in Yorkshire.. Television series by Yorkshire Television.
Latest information about The Royal Today updated on July 28 2021.
