A surfeit of storylines makes this first of two seasonal episodes far from ideal for Christmas Day
Zephryn Taitte as Cyril Robinson, Georgie Glen as Millicent Higgins, Megan Cusack as Nancy Corrigan, Helen George as Trixie Franklin, Jenny Aggtter as Sister Juliene, Stephen McGann and as Dr Patrick Turner aren’t at their most alert. Digesting unusually large meals and possibly onto a second bottle of whatever, concentration is not at its sharpest. However, this year’sPinballing between a surfeit of storylines was not the most relaxing hour of television.
For Reggie, who has Down’s syndrome and is now in residential care, home meant Poplar, Fred Buckle arranging to meet him off his bus. However, the escaped prisoners led to police road blocks which in turn led to Fred missing Reggie’s bus. For the fairground worker, home meant an on-site caravan, to which an officious hospital administrator had prematurely discharged her with an alarmingly jaundiced newborn. The evicted family meanwhile tried to do their best in rat-infested temporary accommodation, their lot worsened by the father contracting flu. Happy Christmas everybody.The usual round of labour and childbirth was as unblinkingly realistic as ever – the cast of newborns having only recently themselves been delivered.
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