Health and Efficiency

Victor McGuire

Dr. Phil Brooke

Gary Olsen

Dr. Michael Jimson

Adjoa Andoh

Sister Beth Williams

Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

Premiered Dec 30, 1993

Season 2

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 1995

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

... but he never said he loved me

Dec 30, 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.

Ep 2

Brideshead Revisited

Jan 6, 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.

Ep 3

Cinderella Rockafeller

Jan 13, 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.

Ep 4

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God

Jan 20, 1994

The visit of a notorious tabloid journalist intent on finding evidence of medical malpractise tests everybody's vow of silence to the full.

Ep 5

The Canvas

Jan 27, 1994

Kate is determined that the boxing dinner due to take place in the hospital hall will not go ahead, but Michael has tickets.

Ep 6

Beware Young Girls of Five and Twenty

Feb 3, 1994