Malpractice

Medical drama 'Malpractice' has been put together by some of the same team that wored on 'Line of Duty', and it shows: it features a tricksy plot, sustained dramatic tension, and a lot of high-pressure interviews. But it's not quite as successful. While I don't know exactly how allegations of medical malpractice are actually conducted, I found the aggressivley confrontational approach shown here, with doctors treated as if they were criminal suspects, unconvincing. Moreover, there's a reason why so many dramas feature the police: even if a normal individual is caught up in some horrible plot, they don't investigate it themselves. And there's a level of coincidence that at times strains credibility that the story relies upon to repeatedly put its protagonist into the tightest of tight spots. It still has plenty of gripping moments, but as a whole it feels contrived. I still enjoyed it, and Niamh Algar is good as the central character, even if she can't entirely escape the limitations of the script.

Look, this didn't send frissons of excitement up my spine but it was reasonably tense at times. The thing is not to take everything at face value or there wouldn't be a TV series.

How anyone in charge, no matter what class of work - could have access to such detailed personal information about one of their employees is mind boggling, admittedly.

At any rate, I did enjoy it and even rooted for the main character even though I found her to be rather unlikable. There were other unpleasant characters too, I guess none of them really covered themselves in glory.

Still, in the end it was a good watch. The only guy I vaguely recognised, still not sure from where, turned out to be the baddy!!!

I enjoyed this and binged it over two evenings. Most of the cast, except Brian Bovell, are unknown to me. But all seem to me to be convincing.

Bit puzzled by the reviewer who asked ' where's the men'. Did this person watch a different programme? Let me see. The A&E consultant: a man. One out of the two investigators: male. One out of the two juniors: male (and not a nurse as erroneously mentioned. Strong hints that it's a 'women good, men bad' show. Apart form the husband who's not written as bad. The junior doctor, Oscar, not written as bad. The investigator Dr Adjei, again not written as bad. The barrister Sir Anthony Owusu, again, not an evil character at all. On the other hand, the 'strong female lead' character could be considered morally dubious at the very least. So matey your argument doesn't stand up. But I guess those who feel their tv shows should mainly feature straight white men of noble character then you might feel a bit miffed. Still I say the husband's a good'un.

One or two things I'd query. Bit surprised the police weren't involved a lot earlier on. And yes, how did the MIU people get hold of phone record?

Apart from that worth a watch if you like thrillers involving a big conspiracy going right to the top.

Doctor Lucinda Edwards faces a huge decision, whether to treat an overdose victim or a young gunshot victim, as she chooses the other is left to a Junior colleague, but dies, Lucinda is grilled.

I'll be honest, after recent medical drama Maternal, my expectation were quite low for this, but this was altogether a different kind of medical drama.

When you hear that The Line of Duty team are involved, you get an idea of what to expect, and despite essentially being a hospital set melodrama, the whole thing is full of tension, twists and turns and intrigue.

It's one of those shoes that's easy to binge watch, as there are several things going on. One thing you come to realise, is that Doctors do essentially have to make some pretty huge choices, I'm not saying it's always life or death, but their decisions do have consequences.

Each episode offers something, and leaves you with more questions, I liked that it was just five episodes long. This one is worth your time.

Very well produced, it looks great and moves by at a pace. Very well acted also, Niamh Algar is excellent as Lucinda, strong performances all round.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, 8/10.

I loved series 1 (majorly helped by the always-excellent Niamh Algar) but S2 falls into the realm of ludicrous. Tom Hughes (excellent individually) plays a doctor who has such bad luck it's a wonder that he didn't choose to take a few days off.

Affairs, bullying, drugs, mother/daughter drama and lying senior staff makes this feel a bit 'naff'. There's several solid acting performances but the material limits them.

It's actually a concern if 'real doctors' ever have this level of poor judgement...I also think s2 would put anyone off having a baby again on an NHS ward.

The whole of series 2 beckons the question 'Why didn't anyone think it was getting a bit silly?!' I don't recommend. In a world where there's lots of good T. V Dramas on various platforms, I'd avoid...in fact I'd go and watch Casualty instead.