Emergency (1959 TV series) Emergency (1959 TV series) Emergency is an Australian television series produced by GTV-9 in 1959. The series was set in the busy casualty department of a major Melbourne hospital, and is notable for being one of the first-ever dramas shown on Australian television. Made by Melbourne's GTV-9 in co-operation with the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and based on Britain's "Emergency Ward 10", "Emergency" starred Brian James as Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, Syd Conabere as orderly George Rogers, and Judith Godden as Nurse Jill Adamson. Moira Carleton also featured as Matron Evans. The series was produced primarily in the GTV-9 studio, with brief
St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey included the accident & emergency department, the ITU and the orthopaedic unit was opened by Prince Edward in the summer of 1998. The Duchess of Kent Wing was extended to include two further wards in 2006. The hospital radio station, Radio Wey started broadcasting to patients and staff from St. Peters in 1965 and today also serves an area beyond the hospital's main catchment area. St Peter's Hospital is SSW of Chertsey railway station and has regular bus services to a wide range of towns. A free shuttle service is also available for patients, staff and visitors between Ashford Hospital