Shortland Street cast sings 'Anchor Me' (2013 Christmas episode)

Television (Excerpts) – 2013

Continuing the Shortland Street tradition of packing surprises into its Christmas cliffhangers, the 2013 finale featured kidney transplants, mad doctors, marriage talk for Chris and Rachel, and this unexpected antidote to all the drama: a cast singalong of Mutton Birds classic 'Anchor Me', led by Chris on guitar. Actor Michael Galvin was hardly new to matters musical. In 1990 he won acclaim for a singing/acting role in play Blue Sky Boys. Being Shortland, this moment of tentative bonding as the sun set on the Warner family bach was unlikely to last. Downstairs, a bomb was ticking...

...damn it, there is something exciting about a Shortland Street Christmas cliffhanger ... Shorty has always done a good job with these large scale season finales, and last night's was no exception.
– Chris Philpott in his review of this episode, The NZ Herald, 12 December 2013