Health and Efficiency
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.
It's Phil's birthday and he has two wishes: to get promotion and to have a date with Nurse Mandy. Kate and Michael's attempts to get both of these for him result in a macabre situation.
Diana's announcement that everyone is to take a personality test worries Kate, but provides Rex with an evil plan to get rid of her once and for all.
When Virginia Bottomley announces a surprise visit to the hospital, Michael foolishly makes a bet with Kate he can get her to kiss him.
Can Michael and Kate stop Rex dispensing dangerous drugs to helpless patients in order to get a free holiday from the drugs company?
Away from the hospital on an weekend training session in a remote hotel, all the tensions below the surface of the medical team bubble to the top.
A dialysis patient is about to have his number of treatments on the kidney machine reduced by Diana, when an opportunity for transplant occurs. Unhappily, in their haste to gain his wife's permission a series of events is set in motion that could mean the end of the unit.
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.
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.
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 visit of a notorious tabloid journalist intent on finding evidence of medical malpractise tests everybody's vow of silence to the full.
Kate is determined that the boxing dinner due to take place in the hospital hall will not go ahead, but Michael has tickets.
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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| Language | English |
| Release | 1993-12-30 |
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