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The Latvian Locum (Omnibus)

Series 2

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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When her surgery in Blackpool is closed, Dr Dace Zake finds herself relocating to a practice in deprived rural Cornwall.

Here she faces a whole new set of medical and personal challenges.

Ob her first working day, a patient fails to turn up. So she and District Nurse Pippa take to the roads to track him down.

Offbeat comic drama following the working life of a Latvian locum doctor in Britain.

Omnibus of five parts, written by Ben Cottam.

Dace Zake ..... Dolya Gavanski
Pippa ..... Alex Tregear
Noah ..... Gerard Horan
Jodie ..... Helen Clapp
Muriel ..... Pippa Haywood
Dylan ..... Ed Browning
Romanian woman ..... Olivia Popica
Ruth ..... Elaine Claxton
Jenny ..... Victoria Cansfield

Director: Alison Crawford

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2019. Show less

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