TLC
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2002
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Surreal sitcom set inside a dysfunctional London NHS hospital following a neurotic, bumbling, shy junior house surgeon. Stars Reece Shearsmith, Alexander Armstrong, Richard Griffiths, Georgia Mackenzie, Llewella Gideon and more.
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Series 1, Episode 1 - Staying Awake
A newly qualified junior doctor fights to stay awake during his first shift
Further details
It's Laurence's first day and his heavy anxiety is giving him nightmares. He still has the shame of his failed finals, due to the tension pnenumothorax procedure he messed up in his practical exam.
When he gets his first patient Mr Copperfiled, a coffee salesman, he becomes convinced that he will need the operation that he previously failed on, and it's not long before this obsession makes him a laughing stock among the rest of the staff.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 11th November 2002
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Reece Shearsmith | Dr. Laurence Flynn |
| Alexander Armstrong | Dr. Stephen Noble |
| Richard Griffiths | Mr. Benedict Ron |
| Georgia Mackenzie | Nurse Judy Conway |
| Llewella Gideon | Sister Charity Hope |
| Erich Redman | Gasman |
| Benedict Wong | Terry Cheung |
| Martin Trenaman | The Wheelchair Man |
| Tom Watt | Sid Potter |
| Tim Brooke-Taylor | Reverend |
| Pip Torrens | Mr. Copperfield |
| David Savile | The Examiner |
| Pooja Kumar | IVF Doctor |
| Ann Wenn | IVF Patient |
| Gael Johnson | Woman in Labour |
| Simon Thomson | Dad-To-Be |
| Jimmy Roussounis | Coma Patient |
| Tim Mitchell (as Timothy Mitchell) | Coma Anaesthetist |
| Paul Kemp | Junior Doctor |
| Shereen Ibrahim | Junior Doctor |
| Laurence Howarth | Junior Doctor |
| Andrea Hall | Cleaner |
| Susan Scott | Lady in Wheelchair |
| Charlotte McDougall | Mrs Copperfield |
| Aileen Gonsalves | Obstetrician |
| Chris Geere | Medical Student |
| Naomi Taylor | Medical Student |
| San Shella | Medical Student |
| Fintan Coyle | Writer |
| Geoff Posner | Director |
| Geoff Posner | Producer |
| David Tyler | Producer |
| Jed Leventhall | Associate Producer |
| Mark Wybourn | Editor |
| Les Stephenson | Production Designer |
| Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
| Anna Stubley | Costume Designer |
| Rob Kitzmann | Director of Photography |
| Diane Chenery-Wickens | Make-up Designer |
| Pete Baikie | Composer |
| Willie Dowling | Composer |
| Martine Cooper | Costume Designer |
| Xanthia White | Make-up Designer |
| Nick Rae | 1st Assistant Director |