Virgin River

The exterior of Jack's Bar was filmed at The Watershed Grill (41101 Government Rd, Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada).

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The series shares a similar plot with Hart of Dixie (2011), and one actor appears in both stories. In Hart of Dixie (2011), Tim Matheson's character is a doctor forced to share his medical practice with a new doctor in town whom he dislikes (Rachel Bilson); in this series, he must work with a medical professional in town whom he also dislikes (the Dixie doctor was a doctor and the VR one is a nurse practitioner) (Alexandra Breckenridge).

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Virgin River is based on a book series by Robyn Carr.

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The series was filmed in British Columbia, Canada.

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The exterior of Mel's cabin is the same as Jack O'Neill's cabin in Stargate SG-1 (1997). The cabin is the caretaker's lodge in Murdo Frazer Park.

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The first season was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, over a period of about four months. The series is set in Northern California.

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Alexandra Breckenridge has many tattoos in real life, but they are all hidden for the series.

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Virgin River is not actually a town in California. According to Wikipedia, the Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River located in the US states of Utah, Nevada and Arizona. The river is about 162 miles (261 km) long.[2] In 2009, during the centennial celebrations of Zion National Park, it was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river.

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Both Alexandra Breckenridge and Tim Matheson have recurring roles in This Is Us (2016).

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Daniel Gillies (Mark) and Martin Henderson (Jack) appeared together in the film Bride and Prejudice (2004).

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Therese Plummer narrated all the Virgin River audiobooks. She also played Caroline in S1E4.

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Lexa Doig (Paige) and Michael Shanks (Wes 1) are married in real life, and both played characters in Stargate SG1. They met when he was cast as a guest actor in the first season of Andromeda as the love interest of her character Rommie.

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Lexa Doig and Teryl Rothery played doctors in the SyFy series Stargate SG-1 (1997).

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Tim Matheson, who plays Dr Vernon Mullins, once played college student Eric Stratton, the antagonist of Dr. Dean Vernon Wormer, played by the late John Vernon in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). The funny coincidence that Matheson's character's first name is Vernon is most likely not a coincidence, but a nod to the great raunchy college film of the '70s.

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Annette O'Toole and Tim Matheson both appeared as guest actors in the 1960s series My Three Sons (1960), but at different times (Tim in 1962-1963 and Annette in 1967).

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Born on New Year's Eve 1947, Tim Matheson (Dr. Vernon Mullins) is the oldest person in the full cast of this series. The next oldest actor is Christina Jastrzembska, born in 1948, who plays Lydie (Ricky's grandmother).

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The plot of this series. A doctor from the city moving to a small town is similar to Hart of Dixie, and just like in that series, the new doctor falls in love with a heartbroken bartender.

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Martin Wood and Andy Mikita directed episodes of the SyFy series Stargate SG-1 (1997).

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The role of Wes is played by two different actors. Michael Shanks played the role in two episodes in 2019, and in 2020 Steve Basic took over the role.

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