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Cardiac Arrest - Complete Collection [1994]
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Fantastic!
Review date: 2008-11-10 Rating: 10 out of 10
I have just finished watching this again having made a point of watching all of it the first time it was broadcast. I was delighted to find it available again as a boxset as I had seen it offered many times in home recorded form on Ebay and avoided it hoping that one day it would become available as an official release.
I was also delighted to find like other reviewers here, that it was just as good ten years on as it was when it was first shown.
Many of the other reviewers have already covered the strengths of this programme - I would like particularly to highlight the fantastic Jed Mercurio/John MacUre scripts and the uniformly excellent cast which means that there isn't a single episode that lets the series down in any way - they are all terrific.
Of course the principals - Andrew Lancel, Helen Baxendale etc. merit the praise they have received but I had fogotten how good Jo Dow was as the anaesthetist and Peter O'Brien as 'Scissors' Smedley.
I would recommend this to anyone who has seen 'Bodies' - as for me although that is very good, this is better - in fact I'd recommend it to anyone who likes high quality, superbly acted television.
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Reviews
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Review date: 2008-07-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
Dated only slightly by the onset of New Labour's NHS reform, this remains the most true to life hospital drama I've ever seen - forget Holby City and ER, this tells you about life in a DGH as it really was in the mid 1990s, right down to little subtleties like the interaction of the staff. Well worth a watch for anybody who's interested in what doctors and nurses really get up to!
Hauntingly real
Review date: 2008-07-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
It's stunning. Just buy it. It's compulsory viewing for any new doc about to step foot on the wards.
So good.
Review date: 2008-05-31 Rating: 10 out of 10
This is so good. I loved it first time round when I was at university, I cannot believe how much it influenced me. Words cannot describe how fantastic this is.
Brilliant......
Review date: 2008-04-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
Still packs a huge kick as the most accurate, gut -wrenching, black medical drama ever. Should be compulsory watching for everyone in the NHS ( including managers and medical students) and the politicians meddling with the health service. Very sharp script and great cast.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Andrew Lancel
Helen Baxendale
Creators:
Andrew Lancel (Primary Contributor)
Helen Baxendale (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138305956
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 5
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-04-16
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 807 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1994
Language: English (Original Language)