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A trio of very different patients play a never-ending game of sickbed one-upmanship in a hectic NHS hospital.

Comedy · 1979 · 25 min

Starring James Bolam , Peter Bowles , Christopher Strauli

Director Vernon Lawrence , Graeme Muir

EPISODE 1

A Bed with a View

Young Norman Binns is admitted to Dr. Thorpe's hospital ward.

24 min · Jan 8, 2007
EPISODE 2

Operation Norman

Norman's nerves get the best of him before surgery when Figgis scares him with doom-laden talk.

24 min · Jan 9, 2007
EPISODE 3

The Rumour

Dr. Thorpe tells Gupte that "Victor" is at death's door and the nurse believes he's talking about his son.

23 min · Jan 10, 2007
EPISODE 4

The Man with the Face

Glover has a tryst with a woman named Anna, but her fiancé Nico arrives at the hospital for revenge.

23 min · Jan 11, 2007
EPISODE 5

Let Them Eat Cake

The patients decide to go on a hunger strike to protest the abysmal hospital food.

24 min · Jan 12, 2007
EPISODE 6

Tangled Web

Norman forms a crush on the new nurse Sally but faces stiff competition from Glover, Dr. Thorpe and Gupte.

24 min · Jan 15, 2007

James Bolam

Roy Figgis
Peter Bowles

Archie Glover
Christopher Strauli

Norman Binns
Richard Wilson

Gordon Thorpe
Derrick Branche

Gupte
Vernon Lawrence

Director
Graeme Muir

Director
Vernon Lawrence

Producer
Eric Chappell

Writer