Health and Efficiency

30min

Comedy

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.

Episodes

Cast

... but he never said he loved me

1. ... but he never said he loved me

30min

30th Dec 1993

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

2. Brideshead Revisited

30min

6th Jan 1994

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

3. Cinderella Rockafeller

30min

13th Jan 1994

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

4. The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God

30min

20th Jan 1994

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

5. The Canvas

30min

27th Jan 1994

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

6. Beware Young Girls of Five and Twenty

30min

3rd Feb 1994

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.

First air date

30th Dec 1993

Last air date

10th Feb 1995

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks