{"id":25425,"date":"2022-11-09T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1734708"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:33:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:33:51","slug":"good-karma-hospital-axed-after-4-seasons-on-itv","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/good-karma-hospital-axed-after-4-seasons-on-itv\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Karma Hospital \u2018axed after 4 seasons\u2019 on ITV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 09 November 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>It has been confirmed that ITV drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-good-karma-hospital-season-5-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Good Karma Hospital<\/a>, which starred Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey, won\u2019t be returning for a fifth season.<\/p>\n<p>An ITV spokesperson told <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that \u201cthere are no current plans for any more series\u201d of the show. <a href=\"\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/20364953\/itv-axe-much-loved-sunday-night-drama\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a> previously reported that ITV believes the show has \u201crun its course\u201d and therefore cancelled it following its fourth season, which aired earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>This news will come as a blow to fans after series creator Dan Sefton told <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press earlier this year that a fifth season would be made <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/good-karma-hospital-future-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u201cas long as people want to watch it\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sefton said at the time: \u201cI think we\u2019ll continue to evolve it gradually as seasons go by but we don\u2019t need to reinvent everything, I think that\u2019s the trick with TV, it needs to be a slow evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/the_good_karma_hospital_4_ep1_05-a3ad22f.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=43px%2C66px%2C5308px%2C3536px&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Amanda Redman in The Good Karma Hospital<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Chris Burgess \/ \u00a9 Tiger Aspect<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI think this is the case with this show, it has the potential to keep going and to continue to be entertaining because that\u2019s the ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series\u2019 fourth season saw Redman\u2019s Dr Lydia Fonseca get married to Morrissey\u2019s Greg McConnell, despite some last minute cold feet.<\/p>\n<p>The show followed junior doctor Ruby Walker, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-good-karma-hospital-cast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">played by Amrita Acharia<\/a>, who left her life in the UK to take a job in The Good Karma Hospital in India, which she found was run by Redman\u2019s eccentric expat Lydia.<\/p> <p>The series also starred Darshan Jariwala, Nimmi Harasgama, Harki Bhambra, Rebecca Ablack and Raquel Cassidy and first started airing on ITV in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Sefton, who has also written for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/death-in-paradise-season-12-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Death in Paradise<\/a> and created both Trust Me and The Mallorca Files, wrote for <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong> earlier this year about why TV, including medical dramas, is <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/good-karma-hospital-dramas-tv-pandemic-comment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">important during difficult times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Good Karma Hospital seasons 2-4 are available to stream now on the ITV Hub. <\/strong><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. or more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Wednesday, 09 November 2022 at 12:00 am It has been confirmed that ITV drama The Good Karma Hospital, which starred Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey, won\u2019t be returning for a fifth season. 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