The Royal

The Royal is a British medical drama series produced by ITV that ran from 2003 to 2011. The show comprised one-hour episodes which were normally first aired on ITV in the Sunday early evening slot.

The title of the series refers to the fictional "St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital", located in Elsinby, a fictional rural seaside town, portrayed as being close to Aidensfield, the fictional setting of the UK TV series Heartbeat. The series was shot in Whitby and Scarborough, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Royal is an NHS hospital serving the local town, countryside and visitors. The show was set in the 1960s. It began as a spin-off from another popular ITV show set in North Yorkshire, Heartbeat.

Stars of the show included Ian Carmichael, Wendy Craig, Robert Daws, and Amy Robbins. The last episode of the show aired at 7.00 pm on Sunday, 31 July 2011 on ITV.

Overview

The Royal was introduced in the 14th episode of the 12th series of Heartbeat entitled 'Out Of The Blue' and The Royal benefited from this connection to the extremely popular parent series; several Heartbeat characters appeared in the first couple of series of The Royal, most notably Bill Maynard as a bed-ridden Claude Greengrass, but as the series progressed it generally dropped its character crossovers with Heartbeat to become its own entity.

The Royal Concept

The Royal Concept is a pop rock band founded in Sweden in 2010, composed of David Larson (vocals, guitar and keyboard), Filip Bekic (guitar), Robert Magnus (bass) and Frans Povel (drums).

Career

2010–2012: The Royal Concept EP

Originally billed as The Concept, in 2010 they released their first single, "Damn", which has a mixture of sunny-pop and electronic elements. The following year they released "D-D-Dance" and "Gimme Twice". After getting support from the Swedish national radio channel P3, they soon made an impression on the Swedish live music scene, peaking in the summer of 2011 at the Peace & Love festival.

In early 2012, the band changed its name to The Royal Concept, signing to Lava Records and releasing their self-titled EP in June. They also released their tracks "World on Fire" and "Naked and Dumb", followed by a fall tour in the US opening for The Wombats, then Wolf Gang before returning to Sweden to finish recording their studio album. Their single "Goldrushed" was included in the soundtrack of FIFA 13, and also in NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, while "World on Fire" was featured on the soundtrack of MLB 13: The Show.