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Distant Shores

Distant Shores

Description: Distant Shores is a comedy-drama first shown in the United Kingdom on ITV in January 2005. Like the similar fish out of water dramedies, Northern Exposure and Doc Martin, it focuses on the difficulties of an unwillingly-transplanted metropolitan doctor who is forced to adjust to a rural environment. Wikipedia
Genre: TV program
Number of episodes: 12
First episode air date: January 5, 2005
Program Creator: Caleb Ranson
Networks: ITV, STV, UTV
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