Roger Lloyd Pack
Health and Efficiency (1993)
Season 1
Health and Efficiency is a British situation comedy that was originally broadcast from 30 December 1993 to 10 February 1995 on BBC1 for a total of 12 episodes over 2 series. It was written by Andrew Marshall, writer of the sitcom 2point4 children. The show starred Gary Olsen and Roger Lloyd Pack who both starred in 2point4 children, as well as Victor McGuire and Deborah Norton. The setting was a hospital and each episode was 30 minutes in length.
Released Dec. 30, 1993
Episode 30 min
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Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.hospital, tmdb.doctor, imdb.sitcom, imdb.hospital, imdb.doctor, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - ... but he never said he loved me
Starting the series with an episode whose title draws on a quote from Cole Porter's song ""The Physician"" we meet the staff of General and Surgical ""B"", learn of the jilted romance between Michael and Kate, of Diana's cost cutting obsessions, Phil's non-existent love life and Rex's bizarre love of blood and cutting. Rex wants to amputate the leg of a patient, but Kate and Michael want to save it. Unfortunately, Diana has deemed keeping him in for treatment too expensive.
Dec. 30, 1993, midnight
S1E2 - Brideshead Revisited
It's the anniversary of when Michael jilted Kate at their wedding, and she has vowed he'll never sleep with another woman on that day ever.
Jan. 6, 1994, midnight
S1E3 - Cinderella Rockafeller
Diana and Rex have quarrelled about the forthcoming hospital dance, resulting in Diana's banning the use of expensive pain killers. The one chance of relieving the pain is to find someone else to take her to the ball.
Jan. 13, 1994, midnight
S1E4 - The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God
The visit of a notorious tabloid journalist intent on finding evidence of medical malpractise tests everybody's vow of silence to the full.
Jan. 20, 1994, midnight
S1E5 - The Canvas
Kate is determined that the boxing dinner due to take place in the hospital hall will not go ahead, but Michael has tickets.
Jan. 27, 1994, midnight
S1E6 - Beware Young Girls of Five and Twenty
An attractive new nurse causes a further complication to the wheel of relationships, particularly when Diana's plans for abolishing the Nurse's Home to build a multi-story car park become apparent.
Feb. 3, 1994, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Dec. 30, 1993
Last Air Date: Feb. 10, 1995, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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