Shortland Street - 20th Anniversary Special

Since a spectacular truck crash just before the Christmas 1995 episode, Shortland Street has often pulled out the stops at Christmas time. The 90 minute 20th anniversary special — which won acclaim in May 2012 — was no exception. The full special included a helicopter crash which injured nurse Nicole Miller, a P addict loose in the building, a missing heart, and the return of at least six former cast members. In this excerpt, the hospital is having a busy night, Ula (Frankie Adams) reveals depressing truths at a party, and Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) is arrested for murder in his hospital bed.

Whatever mistakes your Dad has made, he's never been violent, and there's a long string of discarded exes that would tell you the same. No matter how badly he dumped on them or how much he used and abused them, he never turned into a vindictive little nutbar like Hayley.

– Rachel McKenna (Angela Bloomfield) defends Chris Warner to his son Phoenix (Geordie Holibar)

Key Cast & Crew

Michael Galvin

As: Chris Warner

Sally Martin

As: Nurse Nicole Miller

Kim Harrop

Head Writer

Angela Bloomfield

As: Rachel McKenna

Frankie Adams

As: Ula Levi

Robbie Magasiva

As: Doctor Maxwell Apia