1 9 9 3 – 1 9 9 5 (UK)
12 x 30 minute episodes
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