Popular TV soap returns to UK screens with brand new episodes after a decade

A much-loved soap opera is staging its UK TV comeback aboriginal this month, with marque caller episodes connected connection for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade.

Shortland Street, which follows the unit and patients of the eponymous hospital, lands connected STV Player – the service which brought Brookside backmost to screens – connected February 17.

The aesculapian drama, acceptable successful the fictional Auckland suburb of Ferndale, is simply a nationalist instauration successful New Zealand and is the country’s longest-running series, having tally continuously since 1992.

The much-loved soap, which made a household sanction of Riverdale prima KJ Apa, has had assorted homes connected UK TV done the years, airing connected a fig of ITV regions successful the precocious nineties and aboriginal noughties, earlier enjoying a tally connected Living successful 2010.

After being dropped by some services, it was unavailable successful the UK for implicit a decennary earlier Amazon Freevee acquired the 2021 and 2022 seasons back successful 2023 earlier it unopen down.

STV, however, is the archetypal ever UK steaming work to connection marque caller episodes of Shortland Street, successful enactment with New Zealand broadcast, which means that UK fans tin bask each the Shorty play successful existent time.

Three caller episodes volition driblet each Monday, starting from February 17.

Shortland Street was somewhat revamped for 2025 pursuing its yearly festive break, which means that this is beauteous overmuch the perfect accidental for caller viewers – oregon lapsed fans wanting to commencement watching again – to leap in.

If you’re contemplating giving it a spell past cheque retired the recap video above, narrated by Cleo Atwell prima Madeline McCarthy, which volition capable you successful connected everything you request to cognize earlier Shortland Street’s accomplishment adjacent month.

Michael Galvin, the longest-serving soap histrion successful New Zealand having played Dr. Chris Warner since Shortland Street’s archetypal episode, said: ‘Kia ora, UK! I’m perfectly thrilled to perceive that Shortland Street is coming to your shores.

‘This small amusement of ours has go specified a immense portion of the civilization present successful New Zealand implicit the past 33 years, and to cognize that it’s present going to beryllium portion of the British soap scenery alongside legendary shows similar Coronation Street and Emmerdale is simply a existent honour.

‘Strap yourselves in, due to the fact that if there’s 1 happening I tin archer you astir Shorty, it’s that play is ne'er much than a heartbeat away’.

STV Player is becoming thing of a go-to for soap fans, having brought Brookside backmost to our screens aft 2 decades, with five episodes of the classical Channel 4 serial streaming each Wednesday.

Brookside, which was controversially axed successful 2003, launched connected the work backmost successful February 2023 and, aft conscionable 1 week, it became the fastest amusement to ever scope 1 cardinal streams on the service, and has since been streamed over 4 cardinal times.

In summation to Brookie, beloved Irish soap Red Rock has besides been added to STV Player successful its entirety, allowing audiences the accidental to relive each the play from the beginning.

Shortland Street arrives connected STV Player from Monday February 17, with 3 episodes streaming each Monday.

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