Polyoaks

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Nigel Planer

Simon Greenall

David Westhead

Polly Frame

Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Sheila Reid

David Holt

Phil Hammond

David Spicer

Frank Stirling

Polyoaks: Series 5: The Ghosts of Patients Present

The Ghosts of Patients Present

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Polyoaks, Series 5, The Ghosts of Patients Present

The staff at Polyoaks surgery fight on through the bureaucracy.  Stars Nigel Planer.

4 Extra Debut. The Polyoaks staff try to make sense of the NHS but confusion reigns supreme.  Satire with Nigel Planer and Simon Greenall.

The staff at Polyoaks continue their struggle to survive, all the while dodging the CQC, the GMC and the many other acronyms the NHS is prone to - as well as keeping their finances, computer systems and patients from collapsing.

Doctors Hugh and Roy Thornton continue to argue over who's responsible for the state of the NHS - Lansley or Hunt, Corbyn or May, Blair, Thatcher or Bevan?

Dr Jeremy struggles to understand medicine, duty of candour and fungal infections, while Staff Nurse Monica takes on the Herculean task of managing the dysfunctional Polyoaks practice - while wishing she was back in Scotland. 

Nigel Planer, Simon Greenall, Polly Frame and David Westhead star as the staff of Bristol's most dysfunctional General Practice.

Written by Dr Phil Hammond and Mr David Spicer.

Dr Roy Thornton    ......    Nigel Planer
Dr Hugh Thornton    ......    Simon Greenall
TV's Dr Jeremy    ......    David Westhead
Nurse Monica    ......    Polly Frame
Stephanie Simons    ......    Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Mrs Parriss    ......    Sheila Reid
Malcolm / Waiter    ......    David Holt

Director: Frank Stirling

A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2017.

Polyoaks: Series 5

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