General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital (UK TV series) General Hospital is a British daytime soap opera produced by ATV that ran on ITV from 1972 to 1979. It was not modelled after the American drama of the same name. Rather, it was an attempt to replicate the success of its predecessor, "Emergency - Ward 10". The original theme music was "Girl in the White Dress" by the Derek Scott Orchestra which was used until 1975, when it was replaced by Johnny Pearson's "Red Alert" for the 60-minute episodes. In 1972, ITV started to broadcast programmes on weekday afternoons, triggering a new wave of
Frank Hursley Frank Hursley Frank Hursley (November 21, 1902 – February 3, 1989) is an American soap opera writer. He was a writer on the Western series "Have Gun, Will Travel", but became famous in 1957 when he began writing for CBS Daytime's "Search For Tomorrow". He continued to write "Search for Tomorrow" even after the show that he co-created with his wife, "General Hospital" had premiered. Another married couple of television writer, Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, wrote the show in its early months. They created the medical drama "General Hospital", for ABC Daytime in 1963; it was the first serious effort