The Good Karma Hospital

The Good Karma Hospital
Genre	Drama
Created by	Dan Sefton
Starring	Amanda Redman; Amrita Acharia; James Floyd; Neil Morrissey; Darshan Jariwala; Phyllis Logan;
Composer(s)	Ben Foster
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer(s)	Frith Tiplady; Iona Vrolyk; Will Gould
Producer(s)	Stephen Smallwood
Cinematography	Michael Snyman
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Tiger Aspect Productions
Distributor	Endemol
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 February 2017 –; present

The Good Karma Hospital is a medical drama series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV about a disillusioned doctor, Ruby Walker, who heads for South India hoping to make a fresh start. It stars Amanda Redman, Amrita Acharia, James Krishna Floyd, and Neil Morrissey.[1] The series is shot in Unawatuna in southern Sri Lanka, Thiranagama Golden Beach Restaurant and some other places in Galle District.

The Good Karma Hospital was recommissioned for a second and a third series. Filming for the second series started in August 2017 and it was broadcast from 18 March 2018.[2][3][4] Season 3 first aired in October 2019 in Australia, with a UK premiere in March 2020.[5]

Plot

A medical drama about a junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who becomes disillusioned with her life and broken relationship, and decides to leave the UK. Seeing an advertisement for a hospital job in south India, she travels there hoping to make a fresh start and finds herself working at The Good Karma Hospital, an under-resourced and overworked cottage hospital run by an eccentric English expat, Dr. Lydia Fonseca.

Cast and characters

Amanda Redman as Dr Lydia Fonseca
Amrita Acharia as Dr Ruby Walker
James Floyd as Dr Gabriel Varma
Neil Morrissey as Greg McConnell
Darshan Jariwala as Dr Ram Nair
Nimmi Harasgama as Mari Rodriguez
Phyllis Logan as Maggie Smart (Season 1; Cameo Season 2)
Phillip Jackson as Paul Smart
Ivan Rodrigues as Davinder Bakshi (Season 2)
Sue Johnston as Virginia (Guest Season 2)
Priyanka Bose as Dr Aisha Ray (Season 3)
Scarlett Alice Johnson as Tommy McConnell (Season 3)
Kenneth Cranham as Ted Dalrymple (Season 3)

Episodes

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers (millions)
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers (millions)
	1	6	5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)	7.39
	2	6	18 March 2018 (2018-03-18)	22 April 2018 (2018-04-22)	6.28
	3	6	12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) (AU) 15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) (UK)	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) (AU) 19 April 2020 (2020-04-19) (UK)	TBA

Series 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Episode 1"	Bill Eagles	Dan Sefton	5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	8.13
Junior doctor Ruby Walker has become disillusioned with her life and decides to leave the UK. She heads to South India hoping to make a fresh start, and finds a new home working in an under-resourced and over-worked cottage hospital run by an eccentric English expat, Dr Lydia Fonseca.
2	2	"Episode 2"	Bill Eagles	Dan Sefton	12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	8.02
Ruby gets to grips with her challenging new routine working at the under-resourced and overworked hospital, but tension mounts when she begins to question Gabriel's professional conduct. The doctors have a troubling mystery on their hands when an unidentified man is discovered washed up on the beach, and also face a race against the clock to find anti-venom for local snake catcher whose luck may have run out, leaving him in urgent need of treatment Guest Stars Rajendranath Zutshi
3	3	"Episode 3"[6]	Bill Eagles	Nancy Harris	19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	7.08
Ruby becomes personally involved in the case of an abandoned baby that is brought to the hospital during the Holi festival, and Lydia is reunited with an expat artist, whose unusual lifestyle may be about to catch up with him.
4	4	"Episode 4"[7]	Bill Eagles	Vinay Patel	26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)	7.30
Ram clashes with Lydia as a medical case becomes personal on the day he is due to attend a lavish wedding. Ruby treats a patient from the UK whose story does not add up, and the experience leaves her wondering where she really belongs. Guest Stars Sharon Prabhakar
5	5	"Episode 5"[8]	Jon Wright	Dan Sefton	5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)	7.07
Lydia and Ruby visit a convent to make a seemingly miraculous diagnosis, but the treatment of a young nun and the senior doctor's interfering attitude creates tension between them, which finally erupts in a fierce confrontation. Maggie and Paul join a group of pilgrims on a trek through the jungle, hoping to find the answer to their prayers. Guest Stars Madhur Jaffrey
6	6	"Episode 6"[9]	Jon Wright	Dan Sefton	12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)	6.71
The monsoon season is beginning, and as the first rains start to fall, the tension between Lydia and Ruby is reaching boiling point - driving the younger doctor to make a shocking decision. Maggie's health begins to decline dramatically, and Debbie is adamant that the family must return to the UK. However, Maggie remains determined to remain in India for the time she has left, and struggles to persuade her daughter to honour her last wishes.

Series 2 (2018)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
7	1	"Episode 1"	Alex Winckler	Dan Sefton	18 March 2018 (2018-03-18)	6.90
Ruby encounters new challenges as a blistering heatwave hits Kerala, while Lydia decides she is ready for her first solo night shift. But when a storm hits Barco, Ruby faces an agonising test that stretches her medical skills to the limits.
8	2	"Episode 2"	Alex Winckler	Ben Edwards	25 March 2018 (2018-03-25)	6.58
Lydia tries to regain the trust of a former patient who has turned to a herbal doctor for medical care. Gabriel reveals something about his past as he and Ruby treat a patient with a mysterious condition.
9	3	"Episode 3"	Alex Winckler	Nicola Wilson	1 April 2018 (2018-04-01)	6.05
Gabriel joins Ruby on an outreach programme to a tea plantation, but discovers that she has not been completely honest about her reasons for wanting to go there. Back at the clinic, Lydia tries to help a patient who she believes is a victim of domestic abuse.
10	4	"Episode 4"	Lisa Clarke	Gabbie Asher & Dan Sefton	8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)	6.05
Ruby is still reeling from her discoveries at the tea plantation, and must decide whether she can forgive past mistakes. Meanwhile, Mari goes head to head with Lydia when a surrogate mother gives birth in the hospital.
11	5	"Episode 5"[10]	Lisa Clarke	Ben Edwards	15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)	6.05
The clinic is pushed to its limits when a building collapses in Barco and the doctors face a desperate struggle to save the injured survivors. Ruby's objectivity is put to the test when she discovers a secret concerning one of her patients, and Ram helps a woman whose husband is missing.
12	6	"Episode 6"[11]	Lisa Clarke	Dan Sefton	22 April 2018 (2018-04-22)	6.06
The staff of the hospital come together to celebrate Ram and Mala's wedding. Ruby and Gabriel intervene in a dispute that has erupted between two fishermen, while a heart to heart at the wedding ceremony brings the two doctors closer together. Meanwhile, Lydia is confronted with a difficult dilemma when she receives a visit from her former mentor, who has come to the hospital seeking her help.

Series 3 (2019)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
13	1	"Episode 1"	Philip John	Dan Sefton	12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) (AU) 15 March 2020 (2020-03-15) (UK)	6.07
After months away with her family, Ruby returns to the hospital for her pregnant sister to give birth. A life-and-death medical crisis unfolds, forcing Ruby to see where her loyalty lies. Greg has a surprise family visitor.
14	2	"Episode 2"	Philip John	Kelly Jones	19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) (AU) 22 March 2020 (2020-03-22) (UK)	5.60
A medical train rolls into in town providing miracle operations, and carrying a surprise for Gabriel—a glamorous older surgeon from his past. One of the team is viciously attacked, leaving Lydia reeling.
15	3	"Episode 3"	Philip John	Ben Edwards	26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) (AU) 29 March 2020 (2020-03-29) (UK)	5.85
Gabriel and Aisha get closer when they work on an operation together, threatening Ruby and Gabriel's blossoming relationship. Ruby and Ram fall out over a patient's care, and Edmund's search for his lost love hits a dead end.
16	4	"Episode 4"	John McKay	Dan Sefton	2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)(AU) 5 April 2020 (2020-04-05) (UK)	5.95
AJ returns home from medical school to assist at the hospital on his break, while Greg discovers his daughter, Tommy, is hiding a shocking secret. Lydia sends Ruby to investigate a possible case of dengue fever at a nearby mission.
17	5	"Episode 5"	John McKay	Glen Laker	9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) (AU) 12 April 2020 (2020-04-12) (UK)	5.88
It's Diwali, and revelers cause chaos throughout the town. Lydia tries to help a deaf runaway teenager, while Gabriel and Aisha are thrown together in a festival clinic.
18	6	"Episode 6"	John McKay	Nicola Wilson	16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) (AU) 19 April 2020 (2020-04-19) (UK)	5.87
As Lydia and Mari disagree about how to support Jyoti, AJ helps a patient with mysterious abdominal pain. Still reeling from what happened with Gabriel, Ruby struggles to return to her normal duties at the hospital.

DVD releases

	Number of discs	Year	Number of episodes	UK Release date
Series 1	2	2017	6	20 March 2017
Series 2	2	2018	6	23 April 2018
Series 3	2	2019	6	20 April 2020

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References

"ITV Media - The Good Karma Hospital". ITV Media. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
Louise McCreesh (13 March 2017). "ITV's The Good Karma Hospital is coming back for a second series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
"ITV orders a second series of The Good Karma Hospital" (Press release). ITV. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Ben Dowell (12 March 2017). "The Good Karma Hospital is coming back for a second series on ITV". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
https://www.bbcbenelux.com/programmas/the-good-karma-hospital/
"Series 1 – Episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
"Series 1 – Episode 4". Radio Times. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Jane Rackham. "The Good Karma Hospital". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Jane Rackham. "The Good Karma Hospital". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
"Series 2 − Episode 5". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
"Series 2 − Episode 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

External links

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[1] "ITV Media - The Good Karma Hospital". ITV Media. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

[2] Louise McCreesh (13 March 2017). "ITV's The Good Karma Hospital is coming back for a second series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[3] "ITV orders a second series of The Good Karma Hospital" (Press release). ITV. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[4] Ben Dowell (12 March 2017). "The Good Karma Hospital is coming back for a second series on ITV". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[5] ttps://www.bbcbenelux.com/programmas/the-good-karma-hospital/

[6] "Series 1 – Episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[7] "Series 1 – Episode 4". Radio Times. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[8] Jane Rackham. "The Good Karma Hospital". Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[9] Jane Rackham. "The Good Karma Hospital". Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[10] "Series 2 − Episode 5". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[11] "Series 2 − Episode 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 April 2018.