The Good Karma Hospital is a medical drama series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV about a disillusioned doctor, Ruby Walker, who travels to South India hoping to make a fresh start. It stars Amanda Redman, Amrita Acharia, James Krishna Floyd, Nimmi Harasgama, and Neil Morrissey. The series is shot in Unawatuna in southern Sri Lanka, Thiranagama Golden Beach Restaurant, and some other places in Galle District.
The series was recommissioned for a second and a third seasons. Filming for the second series started in August 2017 and it was broadcast from 18 March 2018. Series 3 first aired in October 2019 in Australia, with a UK premiere in March 2020. A fourth series started airing in the UK on 23 January 2022. On 8 November 2022 it was announced that the show had been cancelled after its fourth series.
A medical drama about a junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who becomes disillusioned with her life and broken relationship, and decides to leave the UK. Seeing an advertisement for a hospital job in south India, she travels there hoping to make a fresh start and finds herself working at The Good Karma Hospital, an under-resourced and overworked cottage hospital run by a strong-willed English expat, Dr. Lydia Fonseca.
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On Rotten Tomatoes season 1 received an 80% rating based on reviews from 5 critics.
Gayle Pennington of the St. Louis Post Dispatch described the first season as âÂÂa magical combination of familiar and exotically foreignâ¦. a drama youâÂÂll remember long after you finish watching it.âÂÂ
Writing for the Indian digital news publication Scroll, Vikram Johri says: âÂÂThe seriesâ¦has its heart in the right place even if it cannot entirely avoid tone-deaf generalisations⦠Ignore these irritants and the show can be engaging, especially when it is not trying to train the viewer in Indian mores⦠It is Walker who is the showâÂÂs beating heart. Unaware of Indian customs and rituals,..she takes to her new home and assignment with gusto, quickly imbibing that all-important Indian lesson of making do with whatâÂÂs available. As a paediatrician, she finds herself performing minor surgical procedures. However, it is her deep reserves of empathy â and the gentle eyes of the actress who plays her â that make her the ideal doctor. âÂÂ
Deborah Ross for Event Magazine says that the series, âÂÂâ¦does not have an original bone in its bodyâ¦. ItâÂÂs intended as Sunday night âÂÂunchallengingâ fare but if you can sit through it without feeling so challenged you want to throw a shoe at the TV, you are made of stronger stuff than I. âÂÂ