tlc

The story

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'.

The seasons

Season 1 Series 1 2002 · 6 episodes Season details＋

Nov. 17, 2002

A synopsis is not available yet.

Cast

R Reece ShearsmithDr Laurence Flynn A Alexander ArmstrongDr Stephen Noble R Richard GriffithsMr Benedict Ron G Georgia MackenzieNurse Judy Conway L Llewella GideonSister Charity Hope M Martin TrenamanThe Wheelchair Man B Benedict WongNurse Terry Cheung T Tim Brooke-TaylorHospital Chaplain E Erich RedmanGasman T Tom WattSid Potter P Paul PutnerChef C Chris GeereMedical Student

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S Sue Elliott-NicholsMidwife · Sperm Donation Nurse P Pip TorrensMr Copperfield C Charlotte McDougallMrs Copperfield D David SavileThe Examiner P Pooja KumarIVF Doctor A Ann WennIVF Patient S San ShellaMedical Student N Naomi TaylorMedical Student P Paul KempJunior Doctor S Shereen IbrahimJunior Doctor L Laurence HowarthJunior Doctor J Jimmy RoussounisComa Patient T Timothy MitchellComa Anaestetist S Simon ThomsonDad-to-Be G Gael JohnsonWoman in Labour A Andrea HallCleaner S Susan ScottLady in Wheelchair A Aileen GonsalvesObstetrician J Joan OliverThe Psychiatrist E Edna DoréEthel D David McKailMr Holland R Renee NylandPhotocopier Patient J John O'MahonyFather Kerrigan P Peggy ShieldsMrs Price M Mia SoteriouThe Linen Lady N Nicholas MonuDr Galton A Abi EniolaMidwife J John RapleyExterminator G Godfrey JackmanExterminator J Johanne MurdockWoman Giving Birth M Marsha MillarMrs Howard J Julie FouldsMrs Stanley C Connie M'GadzahICU Cleaner N Nicholas AmerPatient in Corridor J Jean TrendPatient in Corridor S Steve VarnomPatient in Corridor F Frank HarperFrank Briggs D David CannDI Crighton J Jay KilbeyMinder R Richard FreemanPathologist R Roger MorlidgePolice Constable V Vicki PepperdineChiropodist H Hilary SestaChiropody Patient L Lorraine Hilton'Bad News' Mother W Will Ashcroft'Bad News' Father A Adrian ScarboroughThe Phlebotomist H Hugh SachsMr Gray C Christopher BeckMr Piper F Frank CodaMr Clifford P Peter WaddingtonMr Renshaw D David Mitchell1950s Patient S Simon Godley1960s Patient T Trevor Michael Georges1970s Patient N Nigel Pratt1980s Patient J Jane Partridge1990s Patient F Flaminia CinqueGasman's Patient R Racheal JosephAudiologist R Rebecca SantosJuanita