tlc (2002)

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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Reece Shearsmith
Reece Shearsmith
as Dr Laurence Flynn
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong
as Dr Stephen Noble
Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
as Mr Benedict Ron
Georgia Mackenzie
Georgia Mackenzie
as Nurse Judy Conway
Llewella Gideon
Llewella Gideon
as Sister Charity Hope
Martin Trenaman
Martin Trenaman
as The Wheelchair Man
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong
as Nurse Terry Cheung
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor
as Hospital Chaplain
Erich Redman
Erich Redman
as Gasman
Tom Watt
Tom Watt
as Sid Potter
Paul Putner
Paul Putner
as Chef
Chris Geere
Chris Geere
as Medical Student
Sue Elliott-Nichols
Sue Elliott-Nichols
as Sperm Donation Nurse as Midwife
Pip Torrens
Pip Torrens
as Mr Copperfield
Charlotte McDougall
Charlotte McDougall
as Mrs Copperfield
David Savile
David Savile
as The Examiner
Pooja Kumar
Pooja Kumar
as IVF Doctor
Ann Wenn
Ann Wenn
as IVF Patient
San Shella
San Shella
as Medical Student
Naomi Taylor
Naomi Taylor
as Medical Student
Paul Kemp
Paul Kemp
as Junior Doctor
Shereen Ibrahim
Shereen Ibrahim
as Junior Doctor
Laurence Howarth
Laurence Howarth
as Junior Doctor
Jimmy Roussounis
Jimmy Roussounis
as Coma Patient
Timothy Mitchell
Timothy Mitchell
as Coma Anaestetist
Simon Thomson
Simon Thomson
as Dad-to-Be
Gael Johnson
Gael Johnson
as Woman in Labour
Andrea Hall
Andrea Hall
as Cleaner
Susan Scott
Susan Scott
as Lady in Wheelchair
Aileen Gonsalves
Aileen Gonsalves
as Obstetrician
Joan Oliver
Joan Oliver
as The Psychiatrist
Edna Doré
Edna Doré
as Ethel
David McKail
David McKail
as Mr Holland
Renee Nyland
Renee Nyland
as Photocopier Patient
John O'Mahony
John O'Mahony
as Father Kerrigan
Peggy Shields
Peggy Shields
as Mrs Price
Mia Soteriou
Mia Soteriou
as The Linen Lady
Nicholas Monu
Nicholas Monu
as Dr Galton
Abi Eniola
Abi Eniola
as Midwife
John Rapley
John Rapley
as Exterminator
Godfrey Jackman
Godfrey Jackman
as Exterminator
Johanne Murdock
Johanne Murdock
as Woman Giving Birth
Marsha Millar
Marsha Millar
as Mrs Howard
Julie Foulds
Julie Foulds
as Mrs Stanley
Connie M'Gadzah
Connie M'Gadzah
as ICU Cleaner
Nicholas Amer
Nicholas Amer
as Patient in Corridor
Jean Trend
Jean Trend
as Patient in Corridor
Steve Varnom
Steve Varnom
as Patient in Corridor
Frank Harper
Frank Harper
as Frank Briggs
David Cann
David Cann
as DI Crighton
Jay Kilbey
Jay Kilbey
as Minder
Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman
as Pathologist
Roger Morlidge
Roger Morlidge
as Police Constable
Vicki Pepperdine
Vicki Pepperdine
as Chiropodist
Hilary Sesta
Hilary Sesta
as Chiropody Patient
Lorraine Hilton
Lorraine Hilton
as 'Bad News' Mother
Will Ashcroft
Will Ashcroft
as 'Bad News' Father
Adrian Scarborough
Adrian Scarborough
as The Phlebotomist
Hugh Sachs
Hugh Sachs
as Mr Gray
Christopher Beck
Christopher Beck
as Mr Piper
Frank Coda
Frank Coda
as Mr Clifford
Peter Waddington
Peter Waddington
as Mr Renshaw
David Mitchell
David Mitchell
as 1950s Patient
Simon Godley
Simon Godley
as 1960s Patient
Trevor Michael Georges
Trevor Michael Georges
as 1970s Patient
Nigel Pratt
Nigel Pratt
as 1980s Patient
Jane Partridge
Jane Partridge
as 1990s Patient
Flaminia Cinque
Flaminia Cinque
as Gasman's Patient
Racheal Joseph
Racheal Joseph
as Audiologist
Rebecca Santos
Rebecca Santos
as Juanita
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Series 1

Episodes season 1

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  • 1x2

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  • 1x3

    Clean white coat

  • 1x4

    Three stars

  • 1x5

    The wrong leg

  • 1x6

    Agency nurse

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