The read
A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10. The series ran 1 season across 6 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
tlc is a darkly surreal farce-like sitcom created and written by Fintan Coyle, set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality complex. Dr Laurence Flynn finds himself thrown in at the deep end when he gets his first job after leaving Medical School (where he failed his finals). Always the butt of jokes by other staff (being called on to revive dead people)he has to cope not only with the patients but mad colleagues too – an ex surgeon now the hospital chaplain and a German theatre assistant with a masochistic kink. The show never confirms what 'tlc' stands for, although it's presumed to be a sarcastic reference to the widely used abbreviation for 'tender loving care', but could equally refer to the alternative yet related abbreviation 'total lack of concern'.
Ratings
6 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Series 1 | 6 ep2002 |
Key crew
- Peter BaikieOriginal Music Composer
- Willie DowlingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Reece ShearsmithDr Laurence Flynn
- Alexander ArmstrongDr Stephen Noble
- Richard GriffithsMr Benedict Ron
- Georgia MackenzieNurse Judy Conway
- Llewella GideonSister Charity Hope
- Martin TrenamanThe Wheelchair Man
- Benedict WongNurse Terry Cheung
- Tim Brooke-TaylorHospital Chaplain
- Erich RedmanGasman
- Tom WattSid Potter
