A
successful plastic surgeon, Bill has it all: a thriving practice in London,
a beautiful home, a breathtakingly expensive new car – and a family he
treats like old furniture. Now, he faces a stark choice: either get his
priorities straight, or lose the only people in the world who love him
enough to put up with him.
Bill and his family are transported for six months to the remote island of
Hildasay (population: 326). The mission: spending quality time together –
whether they want to or not.
The press release from the Canadian broadcasts reads: Peter Davison stars as
Bill Shore, a gifted surgeon and an incurable misanthrope with a brusque
bedside manner that makes Dr. Gregory House look like a fuzzy puppy.
(“People is what's killing this profession,” he tells a colleague. “If it
wasn't for people this would be a perfectly acceptable living.”)
Samantha Bond (who has co-starred as Miss Moneypenny in the last four James
Bond features) plays his long-suffering wife Lisa.
Offered a six-month veterinary research post on Hildasay, she convinces Bill
to take on the temporary role of island doctor. What neither realizes is
that the locals have no intention of letting him leave. Hildasay is a
glorious landscape of pristine beaches, rolling meadows and pure, clean sea
air. Cell phones don't work, the biggest attraction is the local fair, and
the islanders are unfailingly generous and cheery. For Bill, in other words,
it's hell on earth.
Claudia Renton and Matthew Thomas-Davies co-star as the Shore kids: Kate, a
moody, death-obsessed teenage Goth, and Harvey, a dreamy youngster who
understandably prefers his invisible imaginary dad “Malcolm” to real thing.
Emma Fildes is Laney, Bill's relentlessly sunny nurse, and Tristan Gemmill
plays her husband Duncan, a soft-spoken farmer who develops an attraction to
Lisa – much to their mutual consternation. Justin McDonald also stars as
Ben, a local teen with a big secret."
Complete Series 1 & 2
supplied as a 4 Disc Set, recorded from Satellite TV, the quality rating
compared to a retail dvd is Video 9, Audio 9 (Very Good).
DVD One Distant Shores Series 1
Episode 1,
Episode 2, Episode 3
DVD Two Distant Shores Series 1
Episode 4,
Episode 5, Episode 6
DVD Three Distant Shores Series 2
Episode 1,
Episode 2, Episode 3
DVD Four Distant Shores Series 2
Episode 4,
Episode 5, Episode 6
