Seasons & Episodes
A Bed with a View
Young Norman Binns is admitted to Dr Thorpe's ward and is tricked by pessimistic Roy Figgis into swapping beds so that F
Operation Norman
Norman has to have an appendectomy but Figgis' doom-laden description of operations and Thorpe's wariness do not give hi
The Rumour
Thorpe is telling Gupte that his dog Victor is unwell but Gupte misunderstands and thinks he's talking about his son. Th
The Man with the Face
Glover has been seeing a Greek girl and panics when her violent boyfriend comes looking for him so Figgis wraps his head
Let Them Eat Cake
Fed up with the quality of the hospital buffet, the patients go on strike but are soon defeated. However, server Clegg d
Tangled Web
Norman is reading a hospital romance, when he sees new nurse Sally, who is exactly like the fictional heroine. He wants
Is There a Doctor in the House?
When Glover is discharged, an unhappy Figgis, without someone to quarrel with, goes to the pub, pretending to be a docto
Whatever Happened to Gloria Robins?
Glover is thrilled when glamourous starlet Gloria Robins is admitted to a woman's ward and is before long romancing her
Where There's a Will
Glover does not take kindly to eccentric new patient Joe Perkins – with his invisible dog – due to his lack of hygie
It Can Damage Your Health
Norman has recently taken up smoking but long-term smokers Glover and Figgis are feeling the ill-effects of the habit an
The Cosmic Influence
When Figgis becomes obsessed with tabloid astrology, the others are sceptical — that is, until Norman's luck at cards
The Visitors
Norman's overbearing, hypochondriac mother comes to visit and he's initially scared to tell her he is romancing Nurse Je
The Lost Sheep
When the vicar comes to discuss Norman and Jenny's impending nuptials, agnostic Figgis gets into a religious argument bu
Last Tango
Feeling wistful that they're unable to attend the staff dance with its majority of females, the patients decide to have
A Day in the Life Of
A TV crew arrive to shadow Thorpe for a day. He has primed Norman to give a glowing report but Norman keeps fluffing his
Adam's Rib
When new doctor Amy Glossop starts on the ward, Thorpe is initially hostile due to her gender, though both Glover and No
The Right Honourable Gentleman
Extreme right-wing MP Sir Julian Briggs is admitted to the ward, angering socialist Figgis, though Thorpe is anxious to
Postman's Knock
Believing that Glover is lonely, Figgis writes an anonymous letter in character as Glover to agony aunt Clare Butterfiel
Accident
Norman witnesses an accident outside the hospital gates involving Thorpe and young speed freak Ronnie, though it is the
Dear Diary
Norman has been keeping a diary and Figgis and Glover are anxious to see what he's written about them. Upon stealing the
These You Have Loved
Figgis takes exception to the hospital radio run by Nurse Victoria and, when she accidentally leaves her recording equip
Away for Christmas
On Christmas Eve, the ward gets a new patient, eight-year-old elected mute Danny, a known arsonist whose parents are abr
Blood Brothers
Thorpe believes that Glover needs a blood transfusion and Figgis is the same blood group but Glover, being a snob, is no
Conduct Unbecoming
Thorpe becomes an unlikely sex object when nymphomaniac patient Fiona demands they run off together and has written a co
All in the Mind
Having borrowed a book on psychiatry, Figgis takes it upon himself to analyse his fellow patients, alleging that Glover
In Sickness & in Health
A most reluctant Norman is to marry the dull and plain Deirdre, rather than Jenny. Glover decides to flatter Deirdre in
Escape
Glover is charmed by new admission Harry Bridgewater - until it transpires that he is a prisoner who has come in for an
When Did You Last See Your Father?
An elderly drunk named Charlie arrives, claiming to be looking for his son, from whom he has long been estranged. The as
The Reunion
The patients are discharged on the same day – somewhat reluctantly given their lengths of stay – and decide to have
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