- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jane Rackham
A coach crash involving 30 teenagers and their teachers means the four student nurses who arrive for the first day of work placement in the ED have to embark on the steepest learning curve imaginable. In one shift they learn about patient confidentiality, death, bereaved relatives and organ donation as well as mopping up bucketloads of blood and vomit, while trying not to put their foot in it.
Seeing the work of the ED through the eyes of the novices works incredibly well while the newcomers do a good job of portraying their characters’ naivety without smothering their personalities.
About this programme
17/44. Student nurses Ally, Aoife, Jamie and Robyn arrive for their first day at the ED, but no sooner have they walked through the door than news comes in that 30 children and their teachers have been involved in a coach crash on the Holby ring road. There is just enough time to partner them with their mentors - Charlie, Linda, Fletch and Lloyd - before they are thrown in at the deep end, helping to treat the constant influx of accident victims. Can they remember their training and keep a level head?
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ally Hunter
- Rebecca Newman
- Robyn Miller
- Amanda Henderson
- Jamie Collier
- Daniel Anthony
- Aoife O'Reilly
- Gemma-Leah Devereux
- Charlie Fairhead
- Derek Thompson
- Tess Bateman
- Suzanne Packer
- Lloyd Asike
- Michael Obiora
- Adrian `Fletch' Fletcher
- Alex Walkinshaw
- Linda Andrews
- Christine Tremarco
- Jeff Collier
- Matt Bardock
- Zoe Hanna
- Sunetra Sarker
- Kathleen `Dixie' Dixon
- Jane Hazlegrove
- Sam Nicholls
- Charlotte Salt
- Tom Kent
- Oliver Coleman
- Louise Tyler
- Azuka Oforka
- Noel Garcia
- Tony Marshall
- Big Mac
- Charles Dale
- Steven Green
- Gordon Kennedy
- Vicky Heaton
- Deborah Moore
- Daniel Heaton
- Oscar Dunbar
- Carrie Malin
- Jenna Boyd
- Lucy Amson
- Lesley Anne Webb
- Joe (Joseph) Cunningham
- Joshua Hayes
- Holly Watson
- Emily Haigh
- Amy Amson
- Frankie Mae Taylor
- Mrs Morris
- Patricia Leventon
- Ella Amson
- Baely Saunders
- Reece's dad
- David Lyndon
- Ellie Malin
- Jenny Davies
Crew
- Director
- Jon Sen
- Executive Producer
- Johnathan Young
- Series Producer
- Nikki Wilson
- Writer
- Sasha Hails
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