About this programme
8/12. Dr Burnett is called out to a dilapidated farmhouse, where a teenager is running a high fever and his family seems to be struggling to cope. As the staff try to diagnose the youngster's illness, his pregnant mother is rushed to the hospital with the same symptoms and is left fighting for her life. Meanwhile, Ormerod and Rose attend to Sir Edward Fawcett, an eccentric explorer who wants to hike around Mexico, despite having a condition that means his days of adventure are over. Medical drama, guest starring Brian Blessed and Phyllis Logan.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Nurse Marian McKaig
- Kari Corbett
- Matron
- Wendy Craig
- Dr Gordon Ormerod
- Robert Daws
- Jack Bell
- Gareth Hale
- Lizzie Hopkirk
- Michelle Hardwick
- Dr Nick Burnett
- Damian O'Hare
- Mr Rose
- Denis Lill
- Susie Dixon
- Sarah Beck Mather
- Dr Jill Weatherill
- Amy Robbins
- Alun Morris
- Andy Wear
- Malcolm Watts
- David Birrell
- Simon Watts
- James Baxter
- Mary Watts
- Angela Simpson
- Sir Edward Fawcett
- Brian Blessed
- Bobby Sheridan
- Christopher Coghill
- Sister Brigid
- Linda Armstrong
- Lady George Fawcett
- Phyllis Logan
- Inspector
- David Beckford
- Farmer
- Mark Montgomerie
- Adam Carnegie
- Robert Cavanah
Crew
- Executive Producer
- Keith Richardson
- Producer
- Ken Horn
- Writer
- Jonathan Critchley
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