Airdate: The Good Karma Hospital

UK-produced series The Good Karma Hospital, set in India, begins on ABC later this month.

The 6 part series, filmed in Sri Lanka, tells the story of junior doctor, Ruby Walker (Amrita Acharia), who arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak.

She anticipates the sunshine, the palm trees, picture-perfect beaches, sacred cows, and Delhi-belly. What she doesn’t expect are the realities of work, life and even love at an under-resourced and over-worked cottage hospital.

The series also features Amanda Redman, Neil Morrissey, James Floyd, Darshan Jariwalla, Phyllis Logan, Sagar Radia, Nimmi Harasgama, Philip Jackson & Leanne Best.

This aired in the UK in February, where a second season has been green lit.

Run by a gloriously eccentric Englishwoman, Doctor Lydia Fonseca (Amanda Redman), The Good Karma Hospital is the beating heart of the local community. Held together by a hand-picked team of British and Indian medics, the Good Karma turns no-one away – locals, ex-pats and tourists are all welcomed through its doors. The series follows the lives and loves of a team of hard working medics as they travel the red dirt roads to patients staying in five-star beach resorts or inland – through lush green jungles – to help local villagers. Back at the hospital, literally any story can walk through the door – and often it does. Life affirming and optimistic, this contemporary series mixes the heart-breaking with the humorous, and as Doctor Ruby Walker adjusts to life in India, she realises that the Good Karma Hospital is more than just a rundown medical outpost – it’s a home.

8:15pm Saturday June 24 on ABC.