Hard Rock Medical
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- Smith Corindia
- Derek Diorio
- Smith Corindia
- Derek Diorio
- Kelly Lefever
- Virginia Rankin
- Angela Asher
- Rachelle Casseus
- Mark Coles Smith
- Tamara Duarte
- Kyra Harper
- Danielle Bourgon
- Christian Laurin
- Stéphane Paquette
- Melissa Jane Shaw
- Jamie Spilchuk
- Andrea Menard
- Patrick McKenna
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| Genre | Medical drama |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
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| Production locations | Sudbury, Ontario North Bay, Ontario |
| Running time | 30 min. |
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| Network | TVOntario |
| Release | June 9, 2013 – January 30, 2018 |
Hard Rock Medical is a Canadian medical drama television series which aired on TVOntario (TVO) from 2013 to 2018. It was the first original drama series for TVO, the public television network for Ontario. The series also aired nationally in Canada on APTN beginning in 2014.[1] The series ended after a five-season run in 2018.
The series was filmed in Sudbury and North Bay, Ontario,[2] and revolves around a group of medical students attending the fictional Boréal Medical School, loosely based on the real-life Northern Ontario School of Medicine.[3]
Internationally, the series also aired on Australia's National Indigenous Television (a channel operated by the Australian Special Broadcasting Service) as of 2014.[4]
Main
- Angela Asher as Siebolski
- Jamie Spilchuk as Cameron Cahill
- Mark Coles Smith as Gary Frazier
- Melissa Jane Shaw as Melanie Truscott
- Stéphane Paquette as Charlie Rivière
- Andrea Menard as Eva Malone
- Tamara Duarte as Gina Russo
- Rachelle Casseus as Farida Farhisal
Regular
- Christian Laurin as Raymond Dallaire
- Patrick McKenna as Fraser Healy
- Danielle Bourgon as Dr Louise Helvi
- Kyra Harper as Julie Cardinal
- Eric Peterson as Dr. Kesler
- Jennifer Podemski as Bonnie
Guests
- Tony Briggs as Nick
- Jennifer Tocheri
- Marc Bendavid
- Michael Cleland
- Derek Miller
- Mike Bernier
- Jim Calarco as Jason Cahill
- Jeremy Cormier
- Megan Fahlenbock as Erica
- Ron Lea as Ray Teneli
- Jennifer Matthies
- Billy Merasty as Thompson Morris
- Atticus Mitchell as Caleb
- Greg Odjick
- Samantha Reed
- Sera-Lys McArthur as Amanda
- Julian Robino
Premise
The series focuses primarily on a core group of eight medical students at Boréal Medical School: Nancy Siebolski (Angela Asher), Cameron Cahill (Jamie Spilchuk), Gary Frazier (Mark Coles Smith), Melanie Truscott (Melissa Jane Shaw), Charlie Rivière (Stéphane Paquette), Eva Malone (Andrea Menard), Gina Russo (Tamara Duarte) and Farida Farhisal (Rachelle Casseus).
The students are learning both a traditional medical curriculum, and how to cope with the unique demands of the school's focus on rural medicine, from professors and consultants including dean Raymond Dallaire (Christian Laurin), associate dean Fraser Healy (Patrick McKenna), doctor Louise Helvi (Danielle Bourgon) and First Nations elder Julie Cardinal (Kyra Harper). In the final season, Eric Peterson joined the cast as Dr. Kesler, the head of a medical clinic where some of the students are doing their practical placements; his unpredictable performance as a doctor leads the interns to suspect that he may be suffering from the early stages of dementia, although it is eventually revealed that he is struggling with a different issue.
Supporting and guest actors appearing over the course of the series include local performers from Sudbury and North Bay.[5]
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