Gary Olsen (from 2 Point 4 Children) starred as Dr Michael Jimson, the genial Registrar in the surgical ward of the newly independent (but crisis-torn) St James General Hospital.
The ward was run by “unit manager” Diana Ewerts (Deborah Norton) who was a dead ringer for Baroness Hacksaw. Her regime was cordially detested by Dr Jimson and a bunch of good-hearted, well-meaning, old-style NHS types but much approved of by Rex (Roger Lloyd Pack), a crazed and cold-hearted surgeon straight out of Central Casting.
The situations were sometimes funny but the dialogue was often crass. For example, Rex said to Michael: “Why don’t you put on spiked gloves and give yourself a rectal examination?” Even BBC1 audiences deserved better.
Dr Michael Jimson
Gary Olsen Dr Kate Russell
Felicity Montagu Rex Regis
Roger Lloyd Pack Diana Ewerts
Deborah Norton Dr Phil Brooke
Victor McGuire Sister Beth Williams
Adjoa Andoh Nurse Mandy
Jennifer Gibson Dr Bob Graham
Stephen Brigden Porter
Sean Sloan
Episodes
But He Never Said He Loved Me | Brideshead Revisited | Cinderella Rockafeller | The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God | The Canvas | Beware Young Girls of Five and Twenty || Doctor Death | Not Tested on Rabbits | You Bet Your Life | The Old Dope Peddler | Five Have Plenty of Fun | Finders Keepers
