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The Royal is, in the 1960s, the local hospital for the North Yorkshire town of Elsinby. Its administrator T.J. Middleditch is a benevolent figure whilst the elderly matron is firm but fair with her nursing staff. Surgeon Mr. Rose is likely to light up his pipe whilst performing an operation and Dr. Jill Wetherill is a highly confident practitioner, though she does come unstuck on a home visit and Ken the hospital porter comes a cropper trying to fit an aerial on the roof. Young doctor David Cheriton turns up for his first day at the Royal and is surprised not only at how ill-equipped it seems to be but because no one was expecting him so early.—don @ minifie-1

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.