

Medics
1990-11-14 · 60 min / episode · ★ 6.0
Medics was a British medical drama series first broadcast on ITV on 14 November 1990. The show ran for five series with a total of 40 episodes. The show came to end on 24 November 1995. It follows the everyday lives and loves, trials and tribulations of the doctors, nurses, patients and administrative staff of a large teaching hospital in the north-west of England near the city of Manchester.
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Sue Johnston
Tom BakerProf. Geoffrey Hoyt, general surgeon
James Gaddas
Edward Atterton
Hugh Quarshie
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