It opens with two nuns rummaging around in a skip and describes the shenanigans taking place in a modern British university (reputed to be Keele) in the 1980s. The characters in the student health service are all neurotic. There's Old Jock, a burnt out Scot who diagnoses a young student as "missing her mother". In fact she has appendicitis and almost dies. Another is a horny lesbian, who despises the career go-getter in the practice. Our hero, the main character (played by Peter Davidson, who later went on to play Dr. Who and now is The Last Detective) is the newest arrival and spends much of his time trying to figure out just what he has got himself into. This is a gentle and unique comedy and subtle satire on the decay of the university system under Margaret Thatcher.
Review of A Very Peculiar Practice
