Health and Efficiency (TV series)

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Health and Efficiency
Genre Sitcom
Written by Andrew Marshall
Directed by Richard Boden
Starring Gary Olsen
Felicity Montagu
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Deborah Norton
Victor McGuire
Adjoa Andoh
Jennifer Gibson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerRichard Boden
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC1
Picture format 4:3
Audio format Stereo
Original release30 December 1993 (1993-12-30) 
10 February 1995 (1995-02-10)
Chronology
Related shows 2point4 Children

Health and Efficiency is a British sitcom that was originally broadcast from 30 December 1993 to 10 February 1995 on BBC1 for a total of 12 episodes over 2 series. It was written by Andrew Marshall, writer of the sitcom 2point4 Children .

Contents

The show starred Gary Olsen and Roger Lloyd-Pack who both starred in 2point4 Children , as well as Victor McGuire and Deborah Norton.

The setting was a hospital and each episode was 30 minutes in length.

Cast

Episodes

Series One

#TitleOriginal air date
1"But He Never Said He Loved Me"30 December 1993 (1993-12-30)
2"Brideshead Revisited"6 January 1994 (1994-01-06)
3"Cinderella Rockafella"13 January 1994 (1994-01-13)
4"The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God"20 January 1994 (1994-01-20)
5"The Canvas"27 January 1994 (1994-01-27)
6"Beware of Young Girls of Five and Twenty"3 February 1994 (1994-02-03)

Series Two

#TitleOriginal air date
1"Doctor Death"6 January 1995 (1995-01-06)
2"Not Tested on Rabbits"13 January 1995 (1995-01-13)
3"You Bet Your Life"20 January 1995 (1995-01-20)
4"The Old Dope Peddler"27 January 1995 (1995-01-27)
5"Five Have Plenty of Fun"3 February 1995 (1995-02-03)
6"Finders Keepers"10 February 1995 (1995-02-10)

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