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Health and Efficiency

Health and Efficiency

1993 - 1995

... but he never said he loved me

30th December 1993
Episode 1
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.

Brideshead Revisited

6th January 1994
Episode 2
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.

Cinderella Rockafeller

13th January 1994
Episode 3
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.

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God

20th January 1994
Episode 4
The visit of a notorious tabloid journalist intent on finding evidence of medical malpractise tests everybody's vow of silence to the full.

The Canvas

27th January 1994
Episode 5
Kate is determined that the boxing dinner due to take place in the hospital hall will not go ahead, but Michael has tickets.

Beware Young Girls of Five and Twenty

3rd February 1994
Episode 6
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.
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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.

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Roger Lloyd Pack

Rex Regis

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Victor McGuire

Dr. Phil Brooke

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Gary Olsen

Dr. Michael Jimson

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Adjoa Andoh

Sister Beth Williams

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Felicity Montagu

Dr. Kate Russell

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Deborah Norton

Diana Ewerts

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