- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
If there’s one man you can generally count on for a cheery demeanour it’s Big Mac. Yes, he can be touchy, yes he has a temper on him, but the slings and arrows of fortune generally bounce off that well-rounded exterior. Not this week.
The portly porter is in a sour mood from the start, not helped by the tiresome Louise calling him “fat”. It looks as if the reason for setting up a “bad day’ storyline for Mac is so that he can have his joie de vivre restored by the arrival of an old mate, played by Tom Georgeson. But it doesn’t work out that way. It ends up being a sharply turned episode with moving scenes.
About this programme
5/44. The team is put to the test when a freak storm hits Holby, while Big Mac feels isolated from his colleagues after an argument with Louise. But when an old friend is brought in and refuses to undergo vital surgery, the porter is the only one who can talk the man round - only to end up fighting for life himself. Jeff and Tamzin bring in a family whose father has a fractured skull. What happened behind closed doors - was it an accident, a case of self-defence or something more complicated? Tom Georgeson (Bleak House) and Jody Latham (Shameless) guest star.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Big Mac
- Charles Dale
- Dylan Keogh
- William Beck
- Jeff Collier
- Matt Bardock
- Tom Kent
- Oliver Coleman
- Lloyd Asike
- Michael Obiora
- Linda Andrews
- Christine Tremarco
- Adrian `Fletch' Fletcher
- Alex Walkinshaw
- Louise Tyler
- Azuka Oforka
- Noel Garcia
- Tony Marshall
- Kathleen `Dixie' Dixon
- Jane Hazlegrove
- Zoe Hanna
- Sunetra Sarker
- Charlie Fairhead
- Derek Thompson
- Tess Bateman
- Suzanne Packer
- Sam Nicholls
- Charlotte Salt
- Denise Andrews
- Kate McEvoy
- Tamzin Bayle
- Gemma Atkinson
- Finlay `Snapper' Morgan
- Tom Georgeson
- Nathan Jones
- Jody Latham
- Maria Eldon
- Caroline O'Neill
- Maddy Eldon
- Jodie Comer
- Siana Eldon
- Catherine Howe
- Gray Eldon
- Anthony Green
- Norman Burnton
- Adrian Harris
- Silver Fox
- Gilbert Wynne
Crew
- Director
- Jon Sen
- Writer
- David Bowker
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