Dr. David Cheriton (
Julian Ovenden) arrives at St. Aidan's Royal Free Hospital for a job interview but he's pressed into service when one emergency after another calls on his services. He also gets off to a bad start with Dr. Jill Weatherill (
Amy Robbins) when he doesn't realize she's a doctor. Dr. Weatherill needs to operate on a teen with an ovarian cyst but faces resistance from the girl's father who doesn't trust female doctors. And Claude Greengrass (
Bill Maynard) is admitted with a case of malaria.