This is a list of episodes to the British daytime soap opera General Hospital that ran for 6 series from 1972 to 1979 for 340 episodes. The first series ran for 270 twice-weekly 30 minutes episodes, episodes from series 2 onwards ran for 60 minutes. 231 episodes are missing from series 1 as well as episode 12 "Killer at Large" from series 6, 21 surviving colour episodes now exist in black and white.
Series overview Series Episodes Premiered: Ended: 1 270 19 October 1972 28 May 1975 2 13 18 July 1975 10 October 1975 3 20 4 June 1976 15 October 1976 4 13 27 May 1977 19 August 1977 5 12 2 December 1977 24 February 1978 6 12 3 November 1978 26 January 1979
Series 2 No. overall No. in Series Original Broadcast Date Episode Title 271 1 18 July 1975"Due to Natural Causes" 272 2 25 July 1975"In the Public Interest" 273 3 1 August 1975"An Outbreak of Faith" 274 4 8 August 1975"Cry for Help" 275 5 15 August 1975"A Family Affair" 276 6 22 August 1975"The 24-Hour Man" 277 7 29 August 1975"The White Rajah" 278 8 5 September 1975"Whatever Happened to Charlie Bravo?" 279 9 12 September 1975"The Celebration" 280 10 19 September 1975"Armstrong’s Day" 281 11 26 September 1975"The Candidate" 282 12 3 October 1975"See No Evil" 283 13 10 October 1975"A Matter of Intent"
Series 3 No. overall No. in Series Original Broadcast Date Episode Title 284 1 4 June 1976"All Fall Down" 285 2 11 June 1976"Conflict" 286 3 18 June 1976"Heads You Lose" 287 4 25 June 1976"Twice Shy" 288 5 2 July 1976"Red Alert" 289 6 9 July 1976"A Life for a Life" 290 7 16 July 1976"Great Expectations" 291 8 23 July 1976"The Switch" 292 9 30 July 1976"The Needle" 293 10 6 August 1976"The Casualty" 294 11 13 August 1976"A Question of Conscience" 295 12 20 August 1976"Blackmail" 296 13 27 August 1976"Last Victory" 297 14 3 September 1976"A Matter of Concern" 298 15 10 September 1976"Stitch in Time" 299 16 17 September 1976"A Woman of Some Importance" 300 17 24 September 1976"Night Duty" 301 18 1 October 1976"Quiet Weekend" 302 19 8 October 1976"Catspaw" 303 20 15 October 1976"Another Time, Another Place"
Series 4 No. overall No. in Series Original Broadcast Date Episode Title 304 1 27 May 1977"Who’s Been Sleeping in My Chair?" 305 2 3 June 1977"Think Small" 306 3 10 June 1977"Rock Bottom" 307 4 17 June 1977"Penny Wise" 308 5 24 June 1977"Hit and Run" 309 6 1 July 1977"Loyalty Is What They Stab You With" 310 7 8 July 1977"Sons and Daughters" 311 8 15 July 1977"Serious Professional Misconduct" 312 9 22 July 1977"Unknown Quantity" 313 10 29 July 1977"Until Proved Innocent" 314 11 5 August 1977"Exits and Entrances" 315 12 12 August 1977"Past Imperfect" 316 13 19 August 1977"The Joker"
Series 5 No. overall No. in Series Original Broadcast Date Episode Title 317 1 2 December 1977"A Pound of Flesh" 318 2 9 December 1977"The Breakthrough" 319 3 16 December 1977"The Jinx" 320 4 30 December 1977"One Man’s Meat" 321 5 6 January 1978"Spectre at the Feast" 322 6 13 January 1978"A Very Public Man" 323 7 20 January 1978"Second Opinion" 324 8 27 January 1978"Last Chance" 325 9 3 February 1978"Matter of Policy" 326 10 10 February 1978"Blood and Water" 327 11 17 February 1978"The Hunted" 328 12 24 February 1978"House Call"
Series 6 No. overall No. in Series Original Broadcast Date Episode Title 329 1 3 November 1978"The Squatter" 330 2 10 November 1978"It's Cold Outside" 331 3 17 November 1978"Wheels and Deals" 332 4 24 November 1978"Square One" 333 5 1 December 1978"Instinct" 334 6 8 December 1978"Full Agenda" 335 7 15 December 1978"Life Lines" 336 8 29 December 1978"Long Weekend" 337 9 5 January 1979"The Buck Stops Where?" 338 10 12 January 1979"Pass the Parcel" 339 11 19 January 1979"Technical Hitch" 340 12 26 January 1979"Killer at Large"
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