Guest Stars Toni-Sue Burley as Claire Fuller Chris Tranchell as Orthopaedic Registrar John Hudson as Cardiothoracic Surgeon Jeff Rawle as Len Jackson Stafford Gordon as Rowland Rebecca Callard as Suzie Brennan T.P. McKenna as Arthur Jackson Pal Aron as Santa Claus Sandra James-Young as WPC Julia Paige Erika Hoffman as Helen Holloway James Blackwell as PC Tony Roberts Judy Monahan as Cressida Dorothy Tutin as Doreen Jackson Michael Melia as Mick Brennan