{"id":22124,"date":"2025-02-03T09:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/shortland-street-heads-to-stv-player\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:32:59","slug":"shortland-street-heads-to-stv-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/shortland-street-heads-to-stv-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortland Street Heads to STV Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand medical drama <em>Shortland Street<\/em> is slated to debut in the U.K. on the free streaming service STV Player.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shortland Street<\/em> premiered in May 1992 and has aired continuously since then on state broadcaster TVNZ. STV Player becomes the first-ever U.K. streaming service to air brand new episodes of Shortland Street in line with the New Zealand broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Three new episodes of <em>Shortland Street<\/em> will land on STV Player every Monday from February 17.<\/p>\n<p>Following its annual festive break, <em>Shortland Street<\/em> has been revamped for 2025 with a number of new characters and fresh storylines.<\/p>\n<p>The show has aired sporadically in the U.K. since its inception, but no current episodes have aired in the country since 2010. It is returning to U.K. screens as part of STV Player\u2019s new deal with All3Media International.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Galvin, who is the longest-serving soap actor in New Zealand, having played the character of Dr. Chris Warner in <em>Shortland Street<\/em> since its first episode, said: \u201cKia ora, U.K.! I\u2019m absolutely thrilled to hear that <em>Shortland Street<\/em> is coming to your shores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis little show of ours has become such a huge part of the culture here in New Zealand over the last 33 years, and to know that it\u2019s now going to be part of the British soap landscape alongside legendary shows like <em>Coronation Street<\/em> and <em>Emmerdale<\/em> is a real honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrap yourselves in because if there\u2019s one thing I can tell you about <em>Shorty<\/em>, it\u2019s that drama is never more than a heartbeat away\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand medical drama Shortland Street is slated to debut in the U.K. on the free streaming service STV Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":22127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1101,5915],"class_list":["post-22124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-shortland-street","tag-stv-player","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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