{{EngvarB|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Drama | creator = {{Plainlist| * Rachel Lang * Gavin Strawhan }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Sara Wiseman * Jeffrey Thomas * Craig Parker * Alison Bruce * Tim Balme * Tamati Te Nohotu * Renato Bartolomei * Miriama Smith * Dwayne Cameron * Angela Vint }} | composer = Joel Haines | country = New Zealand | language = English | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 60 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * John Barnett * Rachel Lang * Sally Campbell * Steven Zanoski }} | producer = John Laing | editor = {{Plainlist| *Allanah Milne *Nicola Smith *Nigel Cope }} | location = | cinematography = Mark Olsen | camera = | runtime = 60 minutes | company = South Pacific Pictures | channel = TV One | first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2001|07|25}} | last_aired = {{end date|2004|3|19|df=y}} }}
'''''Mercy Peak''''' is a New Zealand television series that ran for three seasons on local network TV One, between 2001 and 2004. The series rated well in New Zealand (especially in its second series) and won multiple awards for its cast. Though an ensemble show, ''Mercy Peak'' centres on a doctor (played by Sara Wiseman) who leaves the city to work at a hospital in the small town of Bassett. She works alongside stuffy but caring doctor William Kingsley (Jeffrey Thomas from ''Shark in the Park''). The series was produced by Auckland company South Pacific Pictures; a number of those who worked on the show would have a big hand in South Pacific Pictures hit ''Outrageous Fortune'', including co-creator Rachel Lang, directors Mark Beesley and Simon Bennett, and producer John Laing.
==Cast== *Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville *Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley *Craig Parker as Alistair Kingsley *Alison Bruce as Louise Duval *Tim Balme as Ken Wilder *Tamati Te Nohotu as Cliff Tairoa *Renato Bartolomei as Kieran Masefield *Miriama Smith as Dana McNichol *Dwayne Cameron as Gus Van der Velter *Angela Vint as Helen Blakemore
==Episodes== ===Series 1 (2001–02)=== {{Episode table|background=#00A0DF|overall=|series=|title=|director=|writer=|airdate=|episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = What She Least Expected | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|7|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Her Secret Passion | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|1|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Some Kind of Madness | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|8|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = For the Greater Good | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Paternal Feeling | DirectedBy = Mark Piper | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = More Things in Heaven and Earth | DirectedBy = Mark Piper | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang and Niki Caro | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|8|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Crime, Punishment and Everything in Between | DirectedBy = Andrew Merrifield | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|5|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Bassett Confidential | DirectedBy = Andrew Merrifield | WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = All's Fair | DirectedBy = Mark Piper | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|9|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Lazy Sunday Afternoon | DirectedBy = Mark Piper | WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|10|3|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Most Deserving | DirectedBy = Ian Mune | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|6|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Lost and Found | DirectedBy = Ian Mune | WrittenBy = Gavin Strawhan | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Undue Influence | DirectedBy = Mark Beesley | WrittenBy = Niki Caro | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Patience | DirectedBy = Mark Beesley | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = Do the Right Thing | DirectedBy = Richard Sarell | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|4|3|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = The Best Laid Plans | DirectedBy = Richard Sarell | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|4|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Revelations | DirectedBy = Peter Sharp | WrittenBy = Jan Prettejohns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|4|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Chickens, Roosting | DirectedBy = Peter Sharp | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|4|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Live and Let Live | DirectedBy = Andrew Merrifield | WrittenBy = Judith van Trigt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|5|2|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Blame | DirectedBy = Andrew Merrifield | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|5|8|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} }}
===Series 2 (2002–03)=== {{Episode table|background=#00A0DF|overall=|series=|title=|director=|writer=|airdate=|episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Maiden | DirectedBy = Ian Mune | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|9|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Stand by Your Man | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|2|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Making of Him | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang, Jan Prettejohns and Judith van Trigt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|9|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Put Away Childish Things | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Death and Taxes | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Fear and Loathing | DirectedBy = Richard Sarell | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Festival of Romance | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|6|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Desire and Its Undoing | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = David Geary | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Cruel to be Kind | DirectedBy = Norma Bailey | WrittenBy = Kirsty McKenzie | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = To Kill a Minah Bird | DirectedBy = Norma Bailey | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|11|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = The Day That the Rain Came Down | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Jan Prettejohns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|2|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Reality Bites | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|2|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Pride and Prejudice | DirectedBy = Peter Sharp | WrittenBy = Peter Allison | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|2|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Light My Fire | DirectedBy = Peter Sharp | WrittenBy = Rebecca Hobbs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|7|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = One Wedding and a Funeral | DirectedBy = Randy Bradshaw | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = An Angel at My Wash House | DirectedBy = Randy Bradshaw | WrittenBy = Kate McDermott | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = Fork in the Road | DirectedBy = Eleanore Lindo | WrittenBy = Judith van Trigt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|3|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Saturday Night Fever | DirectedBy = Eleanore Lindo | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|4|4|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = Great Escape | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Jan Prettejohns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|4|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Do It for Love | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = David Geary and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|4|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} }}
===Series 3 (2003–04)=== {{Episode table|background=#00A0DF|overall=|series=|title=|director=|writer=|airdate=|episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Oversexed, Overpaid and Over Here | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|8|1|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Survival of the Fittest | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Maxine Fleming | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|8|8|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = For Better, For Worse | DirectedBy = Niki Caro | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|8|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Rules of the Game | DirectedBy = Niki Caro | WrittenBy = Kate McDermott and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|8|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Destiny in Motion | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Judith van Trigt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|8|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Something in the Water | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|9|5|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = When Ken Met Wendy | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|9|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Good, Bad, Ugly | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Rebecca Hobbs and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|9|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Uses of Pork | DirectedBy = Vanessa Alexander | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|9|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Suspicious Minds | DirectedBy = Vanessa Alexander | WrittenBy = Maxine Fleming and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|10|3|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Instinct | DirectedBy = Michael Bennett | WrittenBy = Michaela Rooney | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|1|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = The Woodpile | DirectedBy = Michael Bennett | WrittenBy = Judith van Trigt | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|1|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Like the Nuns love Jesus | DirectedBy = Mark Beesley | WrittenBy = Margot McCrae and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|1|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = The Company of Pigs | DirectedBy = Mark Beesley | WrittenBy = Alberta Knight | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|2|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Book I Read | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|2|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = History Lessons | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Lois Booton and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|2|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = The Fruit of Good Works | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|3|5|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = Honour Thy Father | DirectedBy = Geoffrey Cawthorn | WrittenBy = Judith van Trigt and Rachel Lang | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|3|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = May the Force Be with You | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = James Griffin | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|3|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Love from Bassett | DirectedBy = Simon Bennett | WrittenBy = Rachel Long | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|3|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 00A0DF }} }}
==Reception== The show won three awards at the 2002 New Zealand Television Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Tim Balme), Best Supporting Actress (Alison Bruce), and Best Script.<ref>{{cite news |title=Awards celebrate the best on the box |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2049206 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=29 June 2002 |accessdate=18 August 2009}}</ref> It won a further two awards at the following year's ceremony: Best Actor (Jeffrey Thomas) and Best Supporting Actress (Alison Bruce).<ref>{{cite news |title=Public chooses Campbell at NZ Television Awards |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3519481 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=22 August 2003 |accessdate=18 August 2009}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0294146}} *{{URL|https://southpacificpictures.com/productions/details/339/Mercy-Peak|''Mercy Peak''}} on South Pacific Pictures *{{URL|https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mercy-peak-2001/series|''Mercy Peak''}} on NZ on Screen
Category:2001 New Zealand television series debuts Category:2004 New Zealand television series endings Category:New Zealand drama television series Category:Television shows funded by NZ on Air Category:Television shows set in New Zealand Category:TVNZ 1 original programming Category:Television series by South Pacific Pictures Category:Long stubs with short prose
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