Porters

30min

Comedy

Deluded Simon Porter, dreams of becoming a doctor - but he has to start from the bottom and be a porter. His plan? Work his way up to be the best porter the NHS has ever seen.

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

30min

20th Sep 2017

Deluded Simon Porter dreams of passing his medical exam and becoming a doctor - but by starting at the bottom, and becoming the best porter the NHS has ever seen. All he has to do is survive a few months grafting in a hospital basement and try not to kill any of the patients. How hard can that be? Ed must work alongside the cynical, self-styled "Queen of the Porters" Frankie, and naïve nurse Lucy.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

30min

27th Sep 2017

A top British cast - plus the legend that is Rutger Hauer - star in this original hospital comedy. Simon offers a kidney to a transplant patient in order to impress Lucy.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

30min

4th Oct 2017

The Hospital Trust is running a fast-track management scheme, which Simon sees as a way to become the type of man nurse Lucy will give a second glance to.

First air date

20th Sep 2017

Last air date

18th Apr 2019

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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