tlc
Creator
Fintan Coyle
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'.
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Ended
Cast
Reece Shearsmith
Dr Laurence Flynn · 6 eps
Alexander Armstrong
Dr Stephen Noble · 6 eps
Richard Griffiths
Mr Benedict Ron · 6 eps
Benedict Wong
Nurse Terry Cheung · 6 eps
Georgia Mackenzie
Nurse Judy Conway · 6 eps
Martin Trenaman
The Wheelchair Man · 6 eps
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Hospital Chaplain · 6 eps
Llewella Gideon
Sister Charity Hope · 6 eps
Tom Watt
Sid Potter · 6 eps
Erich Redman
Gasman · 6 eps
Paul Putner
Chef · 3 eps
Chris Geere
Medical Student · 2 eps
Sue Elliott-Nichols
Midwife · 2 eps
Adrian Scarborough
The Phlebotomist · 1 eps
Pip Torrens
Mr Copperfield · 1 eps
David Mitchell
1950s Patient · 1 eps
David Cann
DI Crighton · 1 eps
Pooja Kumar
IVF Doctor · 1 eps
Mia Soteriou
The Linen Lady · 1 eps
Vicki Pepperdine
Chiropodist · 1 eps
Edna Doré
Ethel · 1 eps
Frank Harper
Frank Briggs · 1 eps
Hugh Sachs
Mr Gray · 1 eps
David McKail
Mr Holland · 1 eps
Andrea Hall
Cleaner · 1 eps
Simon Godley
1960s Patient · 1 eps
Jean Trend
Patient in Corridor · 1 eps
Roger Morlidge
Police Constable · 1 eps
Richard Freeman
Pathologist · 1 eps
Trevor Michael Georges
1970s Patient · 1 eps
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Trailer
Official trailer
tlc
Where to Watch
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Episode Guide
1
Staying Awake
Newly qualified junior doctor Laurence Flynn fights to stay awake during his first shift plus finds himself fearing a particular procedure.
2
Sectioned
Whilst trying to find place to sleep in the hospital, Flynn finds himself sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
3
Clean White Coat
Flynn has to get a clean white coat before the next ward round, but not before encounters with Jesus, tropical fish, the local priest and the Pet Shop Boys.
4
Three Stars
South Middlesex loses all three of its NHS stars, and Flynn and Noble are charged with restoring the hospital to its former status... with predictable results.
5
The Wrong Leg
Flynn saws off the wrong leg while operating on notorious criminal Frank Briggs, and there's a rooftop chase after a new directive is issued.
6
Agency Nurse
An agency nurse stirs things up between Judy and Flynn plus a few missed lunch breaks lead Flynn on a mission to find food.
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