tlc

tlc

Ended First aired 17/Nov/2002 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
Comedy
tlc is a darkly surreal farce-like sitcom created and written by Fintan Coyle, set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality complex.

Dr Laurence Flynn finds himself thrown in at the deep end when he gets his first job after leaving Medical School (where he failed his finals). Always the butt of jokes by other staff (being called on to revive dead people)he has to cope not only with the patients but mad colleagues too – an ex surgeon now the hospital chaplain and a German theatre assistant with a masochistic kink.

The show never confirms what 'tlc' stands for, although it's presumed to be a sarcastic reference to the widely used abbreviation for 'tender loving care', but could equally refer to the alternative yet related abbreviation 'total lack of concern'.
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Season 1 · Series 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 17/Nov/2002
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S1E5
The Wrong Leg
Air date: 09/Dec/2002 · Time: 21:30 · Runtime: 30 min
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Flynn saws off the wrong leg while operating on notorious criminal Frank Briggs, and there's a rooftop chase after a new directive is issued.

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Flynn saws off the wrong leg while operating on notorious criminal Frank Briggs, and there's a rooftop chase after a new directive is issued.

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S1E4
Three Stars
Air date: 02/Dec/2002 · Time: 21:30 · Runtime: 30 min
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South Middlesex loses all three of its NHS stars, and Flynn and Noble are charged with restoring the hospital to its former status... with predictable results.

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South Middlesex loses all three of its NHS stars, and Flynn and Noble are charged with restoring the hospital to its former status... with predictable results.

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S1E3
Clean White Coat
Air date: 25/Nov/2002 · Time: 21:30 · Runtime: 30 min
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Flynn has to get a clean white coat before the next ward round, but not before encounters with Jesus, tropical fish, the local priest and the Pet Shop Boys.

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Flynn has to get a clean white coat before the next ward round, but not before encounters with Jesus, tropical fish, the local priest and the Pet Shop Boys.

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Staying Awake
Air date: 17/Nov/2002 · Time: 21:30 · Runtime: 30 min
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Newly qualified junior doctor Laurence Flynn fights to stay awake during his first shift plus finds himself fearing a particular procedure.

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Newly qualified junior doctor Laurence Flynn fights to stay awake during his first shift plus finds himself fearing a particular procedure.

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Reece Shearsmith
Reece Shearsmith
Dr Laurence Flynn
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong
Dr Stephen Noble
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Mr Benedict Ron
Georgia Mackenzie
Georgia Mackenzie
Nurse Judy Conway
Llewella Gideon
Llewella Gideon
Sister Charity Hope
Martin Trenaman
Martin Trenaman
The Wheelchair Man
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong
Nurse Terry Cheung
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Hospital Chaplain
Erich Redman
Erich Redman
Gasman
Tom Watt
Tom Watt
Sid Potter
Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens
Mr Copperfield
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Charlotte McDougall
Mrs Copperfield
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David Savile
The Examiner
Pooja Kumar
Pooja Kumar
IVF Doctor
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Ann Wenn
IVF Patient
San Shella
San Shella
Medical Student
Chris Geere
Chris Geere
Medical Student
Naomi Taylor
Naomi Taylor
Medical Student

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Les Stephenson
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Rob Kitzmann
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Mark Southworth
Mark Southworth
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Geoff Posner
Geoff Posner
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Mark Wybourn
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Jed Leventhall
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Tracey Gillham
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David Tyler
Producer
Peter Baikie
Peter Baikie
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Willie Dowling
Original Music Composer
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Fintan Coyle
Writer

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