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Series 2 (1987)
15 Episodes, 12/9/87 - 19/12/87 watch the opening titles

Major Incidents
An IRA bomb blast; Sandra's killed; Ewart suffers a heart attack; Duffy has an HIV scare.

Series Overview
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  • Baz leaves a farewell note with Charlie.
  • Elizabeth's brutal management style clashes with Ewart's but their fighting leads eventually to a torrid affair.
  • Ewart persuades the board to re-open the night shift.
  • Duffy comes face to face with her rapist in A&E and he dies.
  • Charlie sleeps with Karen on the rebound.
  • Sandra's stabbed to death by a drunk patient. watch the clip
  • The team attend Sandra's funeral.
  • Duffy starts seeing Peter.
  • Mary gets meningitis.
  • Megan and Ted's marriage is struggling.
  • Charlie wins £5,000 and spends it on his mum.
  • At Ewart's and Roz's divorce hearing, he's left with nothing.
  • Peter breaks the news to Duffy he's HIV positive and leaves her. Duffy's concerned she has HIV but her test results are negative.
  • Ewart's admitted after a mild heart attack.
  • Peter returns but is depressed as the virus has lost him his job.
  • There's an internal investigation after a woman dies from falling off a trolley. Megan's cleared.

  • The Patients
    Victims of a bomb exposion; assorted glue sniffers; a dozy snake-charming artiste; a group of cavers and a male transvisite posing as a prostitute.

    Guest Stars
    Dee Sadler (Derek Thompson's wife) plays an epileptic called Maggie.
    Pam Ferris (The Darling Buds of May) plays Shirley's neighbour, Linda.
    Tony Selby plays Leon, a photographer.

    Regular Characters
    Ewart Plimmer (Consultant), Charlie Fairhead (Charge Nurse), Megan Roach (State Enrolled Nurse), Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin (Staff Nurse) and Kuba Trzcinski (Porter).

    Characters Joining
    Ep1: Elizabeth Straker (General Manager) Mary Tomlinson (Senior House Officer), Ep2: Cyril James and Karen O'Malley (Student Nurses), Ep7: Shirley Franklin and Keith Cotterill (Paramedics).

    Characters Leaving
    Ep4: Sandra Mute, Ep6: Andrew Ponting, Ep 10: Karen O'Malley, Ep 15: Elizabeth Straker, Mary Tomlinson and Susie Mercier.

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