The Royal Today (2008): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2008, The Royal Today is a drama and soap series.

What it’s about. The Royal Today is a British medical soap opera, a spin-off of the similarly themed drama, The Royal. The concept is that whilst The Royal is set in the late 1960s, The Royal Today featured the same hospital in the present day, with a new set of characters working in the same location. Each episode followed the events of a single day, and the show was broadcast daily, so the series could be said to progress in real time. The first series of 50 half-hour episodes began on 7 January 2008 on the ITV network airing from 4pm-4.30pm. Although there were a number of running storylines, the series generally eschewed the use of cliffhangers. The series was axed in March 2008 after poor ratings, on an average of 1.175 million viewers.

Who’s in it. The Royal Today stars Ben Hull as Adam Fearnley, Andrew Scarborough as Dr. Jonathan Ormerod, Steve Huison as Norman Dunstan and Fiona Dolman as Miss Pamela Andrews, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.8/10, The Royal Today has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Britbox Apple TV Channel , BritBox and BritBox Amazon Channel. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Royal Today page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Royal Today tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.