Season 3 poster

Season 3

(1981)

Cast

James Bolam as Roy Figgis
James Bolam

as Roy Figgis

Peter Bowles as Archie Glover
Peter Bowles

as Archie Glover

Christopher Strauli as Norman Binns
Christopher Strauli

as Norman Binns

Richard Wilson as Gordon Thorpe
Richard Wilson

as Gordon Thorpe

Derrick Branche as Gupte
Derrick Branche

as Gupte

Episodes

A Day in the Life Of poster

A Day in the Life Of 0.0

September 2, 1981

A TV crew arrive to shadow Thorpe for a day. He has primed Norman to give a glowing report but Norman keeps fluffing hi…

Adam's Rib poster

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September 9, 1981

When new doctor Amy Glossop starts on the ward, Thorpe is initially hostile due to her gender, though both Glover and N…

The Right Honourable Gentleman poster

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September 16, 1981

Extreme right-wing MP Sir Julian Briggs is admitted to the ward, angering socialist Figgis, though Thorpe is anxious to…

Postman's Knock poster

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September 23, 1981

Believing that Glover is lonely, Figgis writes an anonymous letter in character as Glover to agony aunt Clare Butterfie…

Accident poster

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September 30, 1981

Norman witnesses an accident outside the hospital gates involving Thorpe and young speed freak Ronnie, though it is the…

Dear Diary poster

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October 7, 1981

Norman has been keeping a diary and Figgis and Glover are anxious to see what he's written about them. Upon stealing th…

These You Have Loved poster

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October 14, 1981

Figgis takes exception to the hospital radio run by Nurse Victoria and, when she accidentally leaves her recording equi…

Away for Christmas poster

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December 24, 1981

On Christmas Eve, the ward gets a new patient, eight-year-old elected mute Danny, a known arsonist whose parents are ab…