Malpractice (TV series)

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Malpractice
Genre Medical drama
Created byGrace Ofori-Attah
Written byGrace Ofori-Attah
Directed by Philip Barantini
Starring
Composers
  • Aaron May
  • David Ridley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
  • Philip Barantini
  • Simon Heath
ProducerSophie Reynolds
CinematographyMatthew Lewis
Running time50 mins. approx
Production company World Productions
Original release
Network ITV
Release23 April 2023 (2023-04-23) 
present

Malpractice is a British medical drama television series, created and written by Grace Ofori-Attah. [1] [2] It stars Niamh Algar as a doctor embroiled in a medical scandal. It began airing on 23 April 2023 on ITV and ITVX. It has been commissioned for a second series. [3]

Contents

Plot

While the respected Dr. Lucinda Edwards was treating an opioid-overdose patient, an alarm is sounded, prompting the hospital's staff rush to reception where a man is waving a gun around. Dr. Edwards tries to calm him and offers to help the person on the floor with a gunshot wound. The gunshot patient is moved to A&E but to locate a bed, someone else must be moved. Dr Edwards nominates the overdose patient and sends a young doctor with her to continue her care.

Meantime Dr Edwards returns to the gunshot patient who is being prepped for surgery. Then Dr Harris arrives and takes over. The gunshot patient survives but the overdose patient does not. The young doctor had misheard or misinterpreted the instructions Dr Edwards gave, but when the overdose patient's influential barrister father makes a complaint and the General Medical Council decide to take the case to court, it is Dr Edwards whose job appears under most threat. Though she wins the lawsuit, her personal problems come to light and her position and life are both jeopordised as a major pharmaceutical conspiracy starts to unravel.

Cast

Production

Prior to writing, Ofori-Attah had worked as a doctor in the NHS. The first series was filmed in West Yorkshire. [4]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
1"Episode 1"Philip BarantiniGrace Ofori-Attah23 April 2023 (2023-04-23)5.31
2"Episode 2"Philip BarantiniGrace Ofori-Attah30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)4.54
3"Episode 3"Philip BarantiniGrace Ofori-Attah7 May 2023 (2023-05-07)3.60
4"Episode 4"Philip BarantiniGrace Ofori-Attah14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)3.70
5"Episode 5"Philip BarantiniGrace Ofori-Attah21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)3.78

Reception

Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the first episode four stars out of five, praising the writing and topicality of the series. [5] Anita Singh in The Telegraph also gave it four stars out of five, highlighting the quality of the acting. [6] Sean O'Grady from The Independent gave the first episode three out of five stars, commending the fusion of hospital drama with a style of police procedurals, but found Lucinda Edwards unengaging as a protagonist. [7]

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References

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  2. "Malpractice: Release date, cast and news for ITV medical thriller". Radio Times.
  3. https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/itv-recommissions-medical-thriller-malpractice-world-productions
  4. Bentley, David (February 20, 2023). "ITV teases new Malpractice medical drama from same producers as Line of Duty". BirminghamLive.
  5. Mangan, Lucy (2023-04-23). "Malpractice review – a beautifully written drama about the NHS's hidden dangers". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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