![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/itv-axe-popular-drama-after-fourth-series-saying-show-has-run-its-course/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/file-photo-dated-20-01-341486242.jpg&description=MUCH-LOVED Sunday night drama The Good Karma Hospital has been axed. I can reveal ITV chiefs believe the show has 'run its course' after the fourth series earlier this year saw stars Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey, who play Dr Lydia Fonseca and bar owner Greg McConnell, finally tie the knot. ITV chiefs believe The Good Karma Hospital has 'run its course'Credit: Rex However, the show's brutal culling will come as a shock to fans, especially after creator Dan Sefton said in March that a fifth season 'will be made'. A TV insider said: 'The show ended with a storyline which delighted viewers — marriage between two people who clearly loved each other very much. 'Plus, audience figures had been slipping of late, almost three million down from the show's debut series, which isn't a great sign. 'It felt like the right time to end the story.' 'Slow evolution' The medical drama featured 24 episodes over the four series. Set in a hospital in southern India, it peaked at eight million viewers and fans were ecstatic when long-term partners Dr Fonseca and Greg married. Show creator Dan had hinted a fifth season could involve mixing up the cast and introducing new characters to keep things fresh. He said: 'I think that's the trick with TV, it has to be a slow evolution, new characters come, favourite characters move on. 'And if the show is strong, if the tone of the show is strong, everybody knows what it is, then it can grow with that and get better and better. 'And I think this is the case with this show, that it has potential to just to keep going, and to continue to be entertaining, because that's the ultimate goal, really." However, ITV clearly decided Karma couldn't carry on. A channel spokesman said: 'There are no current plans for any more series.' Well, it had a good run. TCHEKY'S SPIT PART FRENCH actor Tcheky Karyo won't be eating in Greggs. The Baptiste star was on the set of new BBC drama Boat Story when he was given a pastry from a fast-food van – and spat it out af){kind=link}
MUCH-LOVED Sunday night drama The Good Karma Hospital has been axed.
I can reveal ITV chiefs believe the show has “run its course” after the fourth series earlier this year saw stars Amanda Redman and Neil Morrissey, who play Dr Lydia Fonseca and bar owner Greg McConnell, finally tie the knot.
However, the show’s brutal culling will come as a shock to fans, especially after creator Dan Sefton said in March that a fifth season “will be made”.
A TV insider said: “The show ended with a storyline which delighted viewers – marriage between two people who clearly loved each other very much.
“Plus, audience figures had been slipping of late, almost three million down from the show’s debut series, which isn’t a great sign.