Michael risks his job!

Michael risks his job!
Michael risks his job! (Image credit: BBC)

Oh dear. Michael Spence’s spectacular downward spiral doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Following last week’s drink and drugs session with party girl Caitlin, Michael finds himself having to rush his binge buddy into hospital after she overdoses. The situation finds him risking his whole career when he attempts to perform surgery on the woman, despite being high on cocaine. Only Ric’s intervention stops Michael from performing in theatre under the influence of class A drugs. But will his reckless behaviour be his undoing professionally, and will Ric report Michael? Elsewhere, Oliver goes over Greg’s head with a patient and learns a valuable lesson. Frieda upsets a patient – can she swallow her pride and apologise?

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.