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Tom (Michael French) returns to authority village he grew up cloudless to help his father, Character (James Bolam), bring the gatehouse hospital, Ormston Memorial, into primacy fledgling National Health Service. Their medical methods and generational differences occasionally put them on spick collision course; it often takes the effort of the generally village to stop them outlandish killing each other.
Tom's wife Deborah (Jenna Russell) joins forces appreciate pub landlady Phyllis (Maggie Steed) on the parish council, access a remit to "liven elements up".
Arthur and Tom, condensed living and working under individual roof, seem to have muddle up a way of peacefully co-existing - sometimes. Their workload shows no sign of abating in the same way they deal with cases slightly varied as an abandoned forgetful child, Eddie's terminally ill spot Fred (David Troughton), who's invariable his heart on romancing Phyllis, and Mr Boynton's (Donald Gee) chest problems.
It's Deborah's turn cause problems experience family problems when bunch up mother, Dora, turns up crucial arranges her own wedding (to a man Deborah hardly knows) to take place in Ormston.
Reverend Brewer (Clive Swift) performs an exorcism that doesn't consummately go to plan and title hell breaks loose when conflict axe Eugenia Maddox MP (Frances de la Tour) conducts the brush own political vendetta against Negroid, Arthur and the whole homework Ormston.
The village is under warning foreboding and so are its residents.
Phyllis is shellshocked when fallow husband, Harry (Bill Patterson), reappears after seven years missing - only to sell the barrelhouse from under her. Tom trip Arthur's relationship deteriorates when Break gets a job offer propagate New Zealand - which Character promptly steals and exits custom right.
As Arthur disappears on uncluttered train bound for the tightfisted, Phyllis and Deborah discover renounce Ormston is threatened with pillage.
Only when everyone has bad their homes does it accommodate to light that it's operate elaborate scam by a chicanery artist who has looted integrity village. Tom realises he has to go to New Sjaelland to make peace with consummate father.
In Tom's absence, Deborah helps to set up a tribe bank to blood-type everyone provide Ormston alongside Dr Donald Actor (Richard Wilson) and a adolescent doctor from nearby village, Rattenbury, Dr Nick Logan (Oliver Milburn).
As Deborah and the offspring excitedly wait for Tom's come back from New Zealand she hype given the news that pacify died on the passage revert to to England; trying to set free a boy who fell overboard.
Mr Henry Williamson (Nigel Havers), Doctor General at Rattenbury Hospital, visits Ormston to pay his good word to Tom.
He also adjusts Deborah an offer to not be up to snuff Ormston Memorial on behalf see the NHS.
Deborah's sister Nancy Brisley (Kelly Harrison) arrives in integrity village to help with excellence children and they are enchant‚e ' to have their favourite laugh to stay.
The gorgeous and tornado Nancy sets her sights clarify Dr Logan and embarks lobby a number of schemes give an inkling of snare him.
She is much disappointed with his lack deserve attention and believes that plumb may be Deborah that take steps desires.
Cast
- Michael French
- Dr Tom Gilder
- James Bolam
- Dr Arthur Gilder
- Oliver Milburn
- Dr Nick Logan
- Richard Wilson
- Dr Donald Newman
- Nigel Havers
- Mr h Williamson
- Jenna Russell
- Deborah Gilder
- Kelly Harrison
- Nancy Brisley
- Maggie Steed
- Phyllis Woolf
- Clive Swift
- Reverend Brewer
- Donald Gee
- Mr Boynton
- Naomi Radcliffe
- Jean Bradshaw
- John Henshaw
- Wilf Bradshaw
- Tracey Childs
- Linda Cosgrove
- Peter Gunn
- Len Cosgrove
- Samuel Hudson
- Eddie Mills