Comedy set in an English Tuberculosis sanatorium in 1947.
Network
BBC One
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First Aired
1997-11-02
Last Aired
1997-12-07
Matthew Cottle
Roy Osborne
Hugh Bonneville
Norman Tucker
Michael Troughton
Padre
Patsy Rowlands
Mrs Clapton
Samantha Beckinsale
Mrs Howell
Anita Dobson
Mrs Osborne
Robert Bathurst
Squadron Leader Fielding
Kate O'Toole
Sister Shelley
1. The New Arrival
30m
Roy Osborne is admitted to a TB sanatorium in Surrey. His roommate is fellow Londoner Brian Clapton. Roy begins to realise just how bleak his future is.
2. Snowbound
1997-11-09
As a terrible winter takes hold, the patients are told to keep their windows open.
3. Tucker's Gambit
1997-11-16
Roy and Brian are forced to share a cubicle with the irritating Norman Tucker.
4. Sons, Mothers, Lovers and Others
1997-11-23
Roy's mother tries to lure him away from Mrs Howell.
5. The Whist Drive
1997-11-30
Dr Ruggles allows Brian and Tucker to attend a whist drive, but Roy is only well enough to spectate.
6. Poison Ivy
Bernard Walpole is so in love with Ivy Osborne that he plans to get rid of his wife.
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