Healing and Drama: Medical Series to Binge-Watch on SCETV Passport

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Ty Moody

November 21, 2024

If you’re a fan of medical dramas like Grey’s Anatomy, Chicago Med, or The Good Doctor, you’ll find that PBS offers its own unique take on this genre. PBS’s medical dramas often dive into diverse settings and time periods, blending the technical challenges of medicine with rich historical, cultural, and emotional narratives. Whether set in a small-town clinic like Doc Martin or a mid-century maternity ward like Call the Midwife, these series provide a fresh perspective on the medical field.

The latest medical drama The Good Karma Hospital is getting rave reviews and a lot of watch hours. Let's check out the new series along with some other medical dramas on SCETV Passport.

The Good Karma Hospital

THE GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL tells the story of junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine, the palm trees and picture-perfect beaches. What she doesn't expect are the realities of work, life and even love at an under-resourced and over-worked cottage hospital.

You can binge-watch the two seasons now on SCETV Passport or catch the episodes on:

Saturday at 8:00 pm on ETVHD
Tuesday at 5:00 pm on ETVHD
Wednesday at 11:00 pm on SC Channel

Doc Martin

Martin Clunes (Manhunt) stars as the abrasive and tactless Dr. Martin Ellingham, a successful London surgeon who begins working as a General Practitioner in the seaside Cornish village of Portwenn after developing a problematic phobia of blood. Doc Martin soon finds he needs all the allies he can get as he tries to negotiate his way around village life with hilarious consequences.

You can binge-watch seasons 6-10 on SCETV Passport.

Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)

Based on remarkable real-life stories, this gripping drama series follows the modern-day heroes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service as they navigate private lives as turbulent and profound as the heart-stopping emergencies they attend to across some of the most beautiful and inhospitable places in the Australian outback.

Binge-watch two seasons on SCETV Passport.

Mercy Street

Mercy Street is a six-part PBS original series from Executive Producer Ridley Scott. Based on real events, Mercy Street takes viewers beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.

Binge-watch two seasons on SCETV Passport.

All Creatures Great and Small

This is not your typical medical drama, but this series does offer a look behind the scenes of animal healthcare. James Herriot’s adventures as a veterinarian in 1930’s Yorkshire get adapted in this series based on his books.

Season 5 premieres January 12, 2025. You can binge-watch the first four seasons on SCETV Passport.

Call the Midwife

Going strong for thirteen seasons, Call the Midwife follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of Poplar, providing the poorest women with the best possible care.

The last four Holiday Specials will be available to watch with SCETV Passport from November 25, 2024 to January 24, 2025.
Season 13 will stream on SCETV Passport from February 1 to March 31, 2025. All episodes will be available at the same time.

RECAP: Medical Series on SCETV Passport

SCETV Passport allows members access to an on-demand library of PBS and SCETV programs on their smart TV, computer, tablet or smartphone. Join our ETV Endowment at the $75 level or higher to help provide programs on SCETV and you can enjoy the 1600 episodes available on SCETV Passport as a benefit of your membership! Join to Watch