Back in
2002 it was announced that a hospital spin off to Heartbeat off would be made.
This programme would be set in the 1960's, situated around a cottage hospital in
the fictional seaside town of Elsinby.
On Sunday 12th January YTV were true to their word and a Heartbeat episode was
used to introduce the show called "Out Of The Blue", featuring all the
cast from The Royal.
The following week on Sunday 19th January, the first episode of The Royal was
aired, attracting 11.3million
viewers, and to date there have been 5 series', totaling 51 episodes.
"The
Royal" is actually located in Holbeck Road, Scarborough. It is better known
as Red Court.