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River City

2002–, English, on BBC One & BBC Scotland. Created by Stephen Greenhorn.

River City is a television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow. The series primarily centres around the residents of Shieldinch, their houses, flats and apartments and its neighbouring streets, namely Montego Street and which encompasses a pub, bistro, community centre, café and various small businesses, in addition to a subway station and basketball court. The series was originally screened as two half-hour episodes per week. Today, one hour-long episode is broadcast each week - usually Tuesday evenings on BBC One Scotland, repeated Sunday afternoons on either BBC One Scotland or BBC Two Scotland. In Australia, River City is screened 11:00am weekdays on Seven's British-oriented multichannel 7TWO.

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Seasons
16
Episodes
43
Episode length
30 min
Status
Still running

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S24 E49: January 30, 2023

Aired 30 January 2023

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First aired
24 September 2002
Network
BBC One, BBC Scotland, BBC One Scotland
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
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River City has 16 seasons and 43 episodes, about 30 minutes each.

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If you liked River City, try Brookside, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives.

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River City was created by Stephen Greenhorn and stars Paul Luebke, Shobna Gulati, Kriss Dosanjh.

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