
| Names given in Italics were credited on the opening titles | |
| Greg Wise | Dr Jim Nightingale |
| Bob Peck | Harley Benson |
| Hywel Bennett | Dicky |
| Celia Imrie | Sister |
| Haydn Gwen | Dr Vicky Barking |
| Mark Heap | Dr Ralph Crosby |
| Suzannah Doyle | Alison |
| Ian Sharrock | Father |
| Lucy Akrill | Catherine |
| Hermione Norris | Helen |
| Ashley Collishaw | Simon |
| Ben Clarke | Himself |
| Lorretta Parnell | Nurse Michelle |
| Joanne Farrell | Nurse Ursula |
| Tilly Edwards | Nancy Beaumont |
| Joanna Brookes | Maid of Honour |
| Felicity Montagu | Sally |
| Martin Clunes | Isolation Paitent |
| Julian Clary | Jock |
| Claire Rayonr | Herself |
| Alexi Sayle | X-Ray Operator |
| Nicholas Parsons | Wheelchair Man |
| Emma Thompson | Elephant Woman |
| June Brown | Cleaner |
| Philip Pope | Pianist |
| Clive Anderson | U-Boat Commander |
| Gregor Bolcs | Allerton Barking |
| Caprice Bourret | Cheryl Chandler |

| Written by | Laurie Rowley |
| Casting Directors | John & Ros Hubbard |
| Casting Assistant | Greg Kyle |
| Stunt Co-Ordinator | Richard Hammatt |
| Lion Tamer | Senor Juan Arm |
| 1st Assistant Director | Cordelia Hardy |
| Unit Manager | Mitch Davies |
| Script Supervisier | Carol Thompson |
| Production Midwife | Jane Butterfingers SRN |
| Production Manager | Fiona McGuire |
| 2nd Assistant Director | Toby Sherborne |
| Production Secretary | Cass Burnham |
| Art Director | Jane Tomblin |
| Production Buyer | Alison MacMillan |
| Props | Sam Stokes, Richard Field, Will Cann |
| Make-up Assistant | Pebbles |
| Costume Assistant | Jane Batt |
| Cod Pieces | Ivor Bulge |
| Steadicam Opperator | Peter Robertson |
| Focus Puller | Leigh Gold |
| Clapper Loader | Jamie Sewell |
| Grip | Nick Pearson |
| Sound Recordist | Ian Voigt |
| Boom Opperator | Steve O'Brien |
| Gaffer | Wick Finch |
| Assistant Editor | Alastair Grimshaw |
| Dubbing Mixer | Rob Butler-Biggs |
| Line Producer | Nick Mortimer |
| Music Composed by | Philip Pope |
| Film Editor | Avid Yardley |
| Make-Up & Hair Design | Anne Oldham |
| Costume Designer | Pennie Robertson |
| Production Designer | Alison Riva |
| Director of Photography | Tim Spence |
| Executive Producer | Charles Brand |
| This film was made entirely on location in Hawaii, Mustique and Mauritius | |
| Producer | Sue Vertue |
| Director | John Henderson |
| A Tiger Aspect Production for Channel 5 | |
| © Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd. 1997 | |
![]() | 30 March 1997 |

| A bridegroom collapses on his wedding day and is rushed into Hospital. The Groom's Father-in-law, Dicky is one of the owners of Hospital and threatens to close it, knock it down and turn the site into a mega supermarket if his son-in-law does not pull through. Harley Benson, head of Hospital realizes that the only man who can save Dicky's son-in-law and therefore Hospital is Dr Jim Nightingale. However, Nightingale is on his last day at work before leaving with his girlfriend for a new life running an Emu farm in Australia. Will Nightingale be able to do the operation in time to catch the plane...? |
![]() | Episode Guide compiled by Richard Spurr Posted: 22 November 1999 | ![]() |