Cardiac Arrest Open and Shut (Season 3, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Cardiac Arrest

Open and Shut (Season 3, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

James Mortimer illness causes the hospital to contact patients who he has had contact with. Patient Linda Hawkins has a reputation of crying foul, when her husbands leaves her, but now discovers she has an aggressive form of cancer.

Director

Audrey Cooke

Writer

Jed Mercurio (created by) (as John MacUre) (written by) (as John MacUre)

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 9, 1996

Release date

Apr 9, 1996 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 6 nominations

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Andrew Lancel Dr. Andrew Collin Dr. Andrew Collin See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Helen Baxendale Dr. Claire Maitland Dr. Claire Maitland See fewer	Anonymous (I) (2011)
Ace Bhatti Dr. Rajesh Rajah (as Ahsen Bhatti) Dr. Rajesh Rajah (as Ahsen Bhatti) See fewer	Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Jo Dow Dr. James Mortimer Dr. James Mortimer See fewer	The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Peter O'Brien Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley See fewer	X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Tom Watson Mr. Ernest Docherty Mr. Ernest Docherty See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Michael MacKenzie Dr. Graham Turner Dr. Graham Turner See fewer	The Railway Man (2013)
Jack Fortune Mr. Adrian DeVries Mr. Adrian DeVries See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Selina Cadell Dr. Sarah Hudson Dr. Sarah Hudson See fewer	Wild Child (2008)
Jacquetta May Sister Julie Novac Sister Julie Novac See fewer	Get Real (1998)
Caroline Trowbridge Dr. Liz Reid Dr. Liz Reid See fewer	Four O'Clock Flowers (2022)
Helena Little Linda Hawkins Linda Hawkins See fewer	I Capture the Castle (2003)
Andrew Clover Dr. Phil Kirkby Dr. Phil Kirkby See fewer	Outlaw (2007)
Jayne Charlton McKensie SN Caroline Richards (as Jayne MacKenzie) SN Caroline Richards (as Jayne MacKenzie) See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Brian Edwards Anticoagulated Patient Anticoagulated Patient See fewer	Sins (1986)
Nicholas Palliser Mr. Paul Tennant Mr. Paul Tennant See fewer	Bodies (2004)
Ron Blass Complicated Patient Complicated Patient See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Paul Gabriel Tom Hawkins Tom Hawkins See fewer	Cold Blood (2005)
Peter Biddle CN Patrick Garden CN Patrick Garden See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Alison Darling Sharon Sharon See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Dorothy Vernon Mrs. Le Guin Mrs. Le Guin See fewer	Crown Court (1972)
Clare Clifford Dr. Horton Dr. Horton See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
Terry Sue-Patt SN Luke (as Terry Sue Patt) SN Luke (as Terry Sue Patt) See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Ellen Thomas SR Jackie Landers SR Jackie Landers See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
Mason Robinson Daniel Hawkins Daniel Hawkins See fewer	Re-Evolution (2011)
Joe Fagan Newspaper Man On Ward (uncredited) Newspaper Man On Ward (uncredited) See fewer	The Last Bus (2021)