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COLLECTION · Series · 1994

Cardiac Arrest

This series shows the workings of an English hospital through the eyes of its junior doctors. Naive and idealistic Dr Andrew Collins (Andrew Lancel), soon realises he still has much to learn. His boss, Dr Claire Maitland (Helen Baxendale) on the other hand, has seen it all. She is a competent doctor, with a cynical view, and is ready to work the system when needed, but she and Collins work well together as she guides him through the many minefields of working in the NHS.

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* 7.0 (5)Drama
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Creators
Jed Mercurio
Studios
BBC One
Runtime
30–50 min/ep
Release
21/04/1994
Score
7.0 / 10 (5)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
6 episodes · 1994
Welcome to the House of Pain
Episode 1. Welcome to the House of Pain
1994-04-21

The first scene sees Dr. Rajesh Rajah waking up in the bed with Nurse Reece after having had a skinful the night before. A fresh faced Dr. Andrew Collin arrives on the wards finding himself unprepared for the situations with which he has…

Doctors and Nurses
Episode 2. Doctors and Nurses
1994-04-28

The pressure begins to get to Monica, who starts to drink. After Dr. Mortimer sexually harasses a nurse, Claire embarrases him in front of the other staff by pretending to fancy him. Towards the end of the episode, a patient arrives who…

The Killing Season
Episode 3. The Killing Season
1994-05-05

Andrew overlooks a potassium reading and believes he is negligent over the death of an eldery lady patient, Ada Pitkin. At a hospital party, Dr. Mortimer plays a joke on Raj, and sets him up with a transvestite. This episode also…

You Can't Make an Omelette Without Breaking Legs
Episode 4. You Can't Make an Omelette Without Breaking Legs
1994-05-12

Raj takes a fancy to one of the medical students are shown around the wards with Mr. Docherty. A fake locum is rumbled. Hospital manager Alex Legg is introduced. A patient who has taken a paracetomal overdose asks Dr. Maitland to stop…

Turning Out the Light
Episode 5. Turning Out the Light
1994-05-26

Attention turns to Monica, who fails her fellowship exam. Despite appealling to management, Dr. Collin is expected to work another night when a locum cannot be found to cover. Betancourt reveals to Claire that the hospital did not even…

The Edge
Episode 6. The Edge
1994-06-02

The pressure takes its toll on Claire, Raj and Andrew. After a confrontation with her husband who says their kids will be taken away to stay elsewhere, it is all too much for Monica, who takes an insulin overdose and commits suicide.…

Season 2
8 episodes · 1995
The Shallow End
Episode 1. The Shallow End
1995-04-19

Due to a bomb scare at the General, the hospital is overrun with patients. New doctors are introduced. Phil Kirkby (played by Andrew Clover) is eager, but tries too hard to impress. Smedley (Peter O'Brien of Neighbours fame) is the new…

A Cold Heart
Episode 2. A Cold Heart
1995-04-26

This episode features a patient who has prolonged hypothermia. Claire and Dr. Mortimer provide extended resus. During the long process, Dr. Mortimer reads from a sex novel. As a result of a managerial meeting, it is decided that junior…

The Comfort Of Strangers
Episode 3. The Comfort Of Strangers
1995-05-03

In this powerful episode, the main storyline is that of Heather Parsons, a girl who brought in with flu, but later develops meningitis and dies. The blame for misdiagnosis is laid at the door of the blundering GP, Dr. Wilson, although it…

Bad Blood
Episode 4. Bad Blood
1995-05-10

Kirkby becomes attracted to a woman who is brought in with a sickle cell crisis, however it turns out she is faking some of her symptoms in order to get a ""fix"" of painkillers. Caroline is suspended after a patient dies in suspicious…

Factor 8
Episode 5. Factor 8
1995-05-17

The investigation continues in to the death of an elderly patient. Nurse Chandley is interrogated by the hospital manager Paul Tennant. Eventually Andrew finds out from a conversation with Alf Grocott that it is the patient's niece who…

The Critical Hour
Episode 6. The Critical Hour
1995-05-24

A film crew arrives at the hospital to make a promotional video. The director of the crew (played by none other than Game On's Neil Stuke) is revealed to be the boyfriend of Dr. Mortimer. Mr. Docherty is under pressure from Mr. Tennant…

Running On Vapours
Episode 7. Running On Vapours
1995-05-31

Dr. Mortimer is diagnosed with AIDS. His diagnosis is leaked, and the hospital manager Tennant tried to convince him to take a leave of absence, but he refuses. DeVries gets some blood from Sister Pereira's child whom he believes is his…

The Betrayed
Episode 8. The Betrayed
1995-06-07

The teenage daughter of Sister Landers is brought in with an abcess. When trouble develops during her operation to remove it, Mortimer steps in. Maitland gets back together with DeVries. Dr. Turner and Paul Tennant try to persuade…

Season 3
13 episodes · 1996
The Body Electric
Episode 1. The Body Electric
1996-04-02

A young wife brings her husband in to the hospital with a suspected brain haemorrhage, and he is not expected to survive. The issue of organ transplant is raised. At first the wife says yes, but later changes her mind. David, a recurring…

Open And Shut
Episode 2. Open And Shut
1996-04-09

A suspected peritonitis case is brought in. After an exploratory operation, Smedley finds a tumour in the woman's abdomen, but makes a error of judgement by telling the woman that he thinks the all cancer has been taken out, however tests…

The Practice Of Privacy
Episode 3. The Practice Of Privacy
1996-04-16

Dr. Collin is told by Dr. Turner to continue with a procedure to fit a temporary pacemaker even though he has only seen one done once before. When he gets stuck, Claire who is not on call has contacted at home and brought in to help. Dr.…

The Red Queen
Episode 4. The Red Queen
1996-04-23

This is a wonderfully crafted episode, that is centered entirely around Dr. Collin in casualty. He is the sole doctor available, aside from scant help from Liz Reid, and treats several patients under difficult conditions, including a…

Trench Warfare
Episode 5. Trench Warfare
1996-04-30

A patient, a Michelle Elliot is brought in who appears to be suffering from sharp pain in her stomach. Lots of tests are performed on the woman throughout the episode, however at the end it is Maitland who establishes that she does not…

Suffer Little Children
Episode 6. Suffer Little Children
1996-05-07

This excellent episode interweaves a storyline about shaken baby syndrome with which Dr. Raj deals with, a cricket match between the junior doctors and consultants, and a behind-closed-doors meeting about how to resolve Phil Kirkby's…

The Glass Ceiling
Episode 7. The Glass Ceiling
1996-05-14

A man covers himself with flammable liquid in casualty and threatens to set himself alight. Sister Novac eventually persuades the man to stop. At the same time a criminal called Binns (accompanied by the police) is brought in with a stab…

The Way Of All Flesh
Episode 8. The Way Of All Flesh
1996-05-21

A man and his daughter are brought in after a car accident. The man survives relatively lightly, however the daughter goes on to suffer brain damage. The kidney patient (David) from episode 1 returns, and the issue of organ donation…

The Age Of Consent
Episode 9. The Age Of Consent
1996-05-28

Mr. Docherty plans on proposing to Mrs. Trimble. In a bad day for Mr. Docherty, he accompanies a patient in an ambulance over to the General, however finds that he does not have a lift to return him afterwards. A boy is admitted and an…

The Holy Triad
Episode 10. The Holy Triad
1996-06-04

Sister Pereria (from series 2) returns bringing in her son for treatment. DeVries finds out about the blood group and that the boy is his son. Dr. Mortimer tries to teach Mr. Docherty how to dance! A Wharfarin overdose patient initially…

The Oedipus Effect
Episode 11. The Oedipus Effect
1996-06-11

David the kidney patient returns again as an emergency case. They have reached end of line with dialysis and he is told that he needs a transplant fairly urgently or he will die. Liz asks Rod to phone for some results. A verbal…

Breaking Strain
Episode 12. Breaking Strain
1996-06-18

Because of staff shortage Liz hasn't slept for three nights. She is asked to turn off the ventilator of a brain-dead patient (with relatives present) and accidentally presses the wrong button, which triggers a noisy alarm. She later has…

Death Us Do Part
Episode 13. Death Us Do Part
1996-06-25

A suspicious looking doctor starts doing the rounds at the hospital. The staff hold a surprise party for Mr. Docherty who is getting married the next day. Caroline is shown to be violently vomiting, and later she tells Andrew that she is…

Cast by season
Andrew Lancel
Andrew Lancel
Dr. Andrew Collin
Helen Baxendale
Helen Baxendale
Dr. Claire Maitland
Ace Bhatti
Ace Bhatti
Dr. Rajesh Rajah
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
Mr. Ernest Docherty
Michael MacKenzie
Michael MacKenzie
Dr. Graham Turner
Peter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley
Jack Fortune
Jack Fortune
Mr. Adrian DeVries
?
Nicholas Palliser
Mr. Paul Tennant
?
Jacquetta May
Sister Julie Novac
Ellen Thomas
Ellen Thomas
Sister Jackie Landers
Pooky Quesnel
Pooky Quesnel
Dr. Monica Broome
Melanie Hill
Melanie Hill
Sister Pamela Lockley
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