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Cardiac Arrest

Season 1 1994

  • 1994-04-20T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 3h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
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.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1994-04-20T23:00:00Z

1x01 Welcome To The House Of Pain

Series Premiere

1x01 Welcome To The House Of Pain

  • 1994-04-20T23:00:00Z30m

Dr. Rajesh Rajah wakes 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 to deal, including that of the asbestos patient, Albert Gray. The suited consultant surgeon Mr. Betancourt also makes his first appearance.

He is revealed to be Maitland's lover and heavy critic of SHO Monica Broome.

1994-04-27T23:00:00Z

1x02 Doctors and Nurses

1x02 Doctors and Nurses

  • 1994-04-27T23:00:00Z30m

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.

Betancourt continues his criticism against Monica.

1994-05-04T23:00:00Z

1x03 The Killing Season

1x03 The Killing Season

  • 1994-05-04T23:00:00Z30m

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.

Raj has an encounter with Nurse Whitecoat.
and forgets about taking a heart pacemaker out of someone who is being cremated.

Raj takes a fancy to one of the medical students are shown around the wards with Mr. Docherty.

A patient who has taken a paracetomal overdose asks Dr. Maitland to stop his treatment. Caroline goes on a date with Andrew. Andrew nearly falls asleep during his date! When they both get back to his place, Andrew holds back going any further than the basics because he is a Christian.

1994-05-25T23:00:00Z

1x05 Turning Out The Light

1x05 Turning Out The Light

  • 1994-05-25T23:00:00Z30m

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 attempt to find cover, and that because Andrew has worked an illegal number of hours, he cannot be paid.
During Andrew's long night, the hospital manager Alex Legg is brought in suffering from a heart attack.

Season Finale

1994-06-01T23:00:00Z

1x06 The Edge

Season Finale

1x06 The Edge

  • 1994-06-01T23:00:00Z30m

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.

Mr. Docherty confronts Betancourt about his behaviour towards Monica.

Lucy Buxton is brought in with a chest injury sustained from an accident on a merry-go-round. The doctor treating her initially is hesitant about what to do, and the nurse contacts Claire who rushes to deal with the patient.

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