About this season
Comedy set in an English Tuberculosis sanatorium in 1947.
Episodes (6)
1. The New Arrival
Aired 2 November 1997 • 30 min
Roy Osborne is admitted to a TB sanatorium in Surrey. His roommate is fellow Londoner Brian Clapton. Roy begins to realise just how bleak his future is.
2. Snowbound
Aired 9 November 1997 • 30 min
As a terrible winter takes hold, the patients are told to keep their windows open.
3. Tucker's Gambit
Aired 16 November 1997 • 30 min
Roy and Brian are forced to share a cubicle with the irritating Norman Tucker.
4. Sons, Mothers, Lovers and Others
Aired 23 November 1997 • 30 min
Roy's mother tries to lure him away from Mrs Howell.
5. The Whist Drive
Aired 30 November 1997 • 30 min
Dr Ruggles allows Brian and Tucker to attend a whist drive, but Roy is only well enough to spectate.
6. Poison Ivy
Aired 7 December 1997 • 30 min
Bernard Walpole is so in love with Ivy Osborne that he plans to get rid of his wife.