Angels - Episode Guide

Two girls are leaving home, Maureen Morahan from Ireland and Patricia Rutherford from Bath... they are heading for St Angela's hospital in Battersea... to a new life, as student nurses...

Maureen and Patricia's first day as student nurses ... for Patricia a day of first impressions ... for Maureen - a day of problems ...

Jo makes a controversial decision regarding a patient, and has to defend it to Sister Easby ...

An average day on Female Medical-patients making demands, cleaners causing chaos, and in the middle of it all, Staff Nurse Hollis. At home she has a demanding husband....

Leisure time can be a problem for student nurses new to London. Patricia and Maureen have different ways of coping with it ...

As part of their training, nurses have to select and get to know a patient and do a case history on him. Jo Longhurst decides on a particularly difficult one...

Ruth Fullman is on night duty with an agency nurse - not a pleasant prospect for her....

Ruth Fullman is on the maternity ward, and she finds herself suddenly involved with a patient - an involvement which has definite ramifications on her private life. Meanwhile, Maureen Morahan has a different kind of problem - a problem which prompts her to seek advice from the hospital chaplain.

A distressed patient and a lingering visitor. Just two of the problems that Sita Patel has to cope with on Men's Surgical...

Some nurses are on duty and some are off-duty - which means a chance to go to a party... let off steam... find a fellah...

Maureen and Patricia celebrate their last day in the classroom.... While in Casualty Sita copes with a distraught, and peculiarly uncooperative patient...

A day of uncertainty - the day of the SRN results and Shirley is tormented by doubts... Not only about the results but about nursing itself...

A traumatic day. For Pat and Maureen their first day on the ward ... For Linda a day of decision.

An angry exchange causes a down-tools and Ruth finds her loyalties divided...

For Ruth and Shirley, a day to remember. The day they get their SRN badges. For Patricia, a day of decision.

A distressed mother in the children's ward, a truculent patient in the female ward. Sita and Shirley in trouble...

A suicide attempt ... Miss Windrup's 30th anniversary ... both disturb Nurse Sandra Ling ...

When training ends, a career opens up ... the future looks bright for Jo, Sita, Shirley and Sandra Ling ... but for Alison Salter there are other considerations ...

Shirley at home, Shirley at work and Shirley faced with herself.

Patricia makes a relationship with an old relative and Shirley is pleased to be working on the geriatric ward. But there are two accidents...

Jo gets involved again... with the brother of a patient. Patricia, Maureen and Miss Windrup have their problems too...

Shirley reluctantly leaves her work on the geriatric ward for an evening with Roland. She never felt sure about it; she was right.

Patricia, Maureen and Sandra Ling are involved in the hopes and fears of two expectant mothers ... and how it affects their lives ...

An accident in a chemical factory... Nurses Sandra Ling, Jo Longhurst and Shirley Brent all have a part to play in what follows.

Holiday time for Maureen and Patricia. A whole week to see family, friends, boyfriends again... a week of discovery...

A testing time - Patricia has a patient with a problem... Sita and Jo have exams looming...

Shirley amongst her psychiatric patients - who has the problems?

Maureen is attached to a district nurse; she's away from the nice clean hospital. She finds that nursing in unfamiliar surroundings is not a comfortable experience...

Jo's on her first day alone as a community nurse ... two comparatively simple cases of continuing treatment for injuries. But there's not only the physical side of nursing ...

Pat has a fella; a patient whom she likes ... and a background ...

Jo is committed to nursing in the community; Shirley in the hospital. Through Mrs Dawson Jo has a chance to see what both hospital and Shirley have to offer ...

For Pat , the memory of hospital and a bad night duty is erased by a couple of days on the town with Dad. But she returns to work to be confronted by a very difficult nursing situation and all her doubts return ... more strongly.

Shirley has a devious anorexic patient and a boyfriend. Both are a problem.

Maureen is on Maternity. She gets on well with nice young Evie, but mature, efficient Pamela - that's different.

Sandra and her field-work instructor have a call to make ... the Pagets have a health hazard.

Night duty is not easy at the best of times, but when Maureen's Senior Ward Nurse doesn't turn up, it all looks very bleak ...

Sandra has another day ' in the field' as a Health Visitor ... there's sad old Tommy Blackshaw and the new Khan baby ... ordinary but quite dramatic in the daily life of the Health Visitor ...

Jo has had enough of Sandra's untidiness; and she leaves the flat to go home - to more trouble, returning to the hospital unexpectedly.

Jo has a seemingly straightforward diabetic patient. Shirley simply has a straightforward disagreement with the ward sister.

Sandra is on another day's field work instruction. She observes something at the Butlers' and is able to put theory into practice ...

Jo has the case of a nice old Mrs Rudolfs and Sandra has the endearing Vera... but the two patients come between them.

Maureen has a bad time with Nurse Gade. Jo and Sandra have a good time with Bob and Mike. Between the two is Kev Bailey. This time... well, he's in hospital.

Shirley invites Dorothy home for lunch to meet her father. They don't get on; and what's more Shirley is in trouble with Sister.

Shirley tries to duck a challenge, so does her blind patient, but she offers to accept hers if he will accept his. With Sandra, Maureen and Jo she is in the Christmas show and expects to be a disaster.

While Anna tries to sort out her marital problems over lunch with her disapproving father, Sarah and Katy are assigned to St Angela's in the Intensive Care Unit - they are soon to admit a new patient.

Jean and Anna arrive for their first day at St Angela's hospital. Jean, the new young casualty sister, soon discovers that life there is more explosive than she had imagined, whilst for Anna there is an unexpected arrival.

Katy's on night duty in charge of a noisy female surgical ward. When the day staff leave there are still two empty beds - one of them soon to be occupied by a fellow member of St Angela's nursing staff.

Sarah's problems are twofold; the Sister in charge of her ward and her depressed isolated patient. She decides to ask her father, the Senior Heart Consultant of the hospital, for help ...

Sarah and Jean just can't agree on a flat and life at the hospital is demanding, but then Sarah receives an exciting and tempting invitation.

Brenda finds her feet on Maternity but Anna down in Casualty discovers that as a nurse she must keep her thoughts to herself.

It's moving day for Sarah, Jean and the patients in male geriatric. Anna, too, makes an unexpected journey but Jay finds herself left behind.

An error is made - a ' human error ' - Sarah finds it almost impossible to sort out her loyalties - are they to the hospital or to her patient?

It is just another night at St Angela's for everybody, except for Jay, that is. Then news comes through that involves everyone.

Brenda befriends a new member of the St Angela's staff, much to the concern of Miss Windrup, who thinks he's a troublemaker. Katy has other reservations about him.

With Katy and Jay on ' days', Sandra Ling and Brenda on ' nights '. All would be plain sailing except for visiting . . .

Another Saturday - another football match which means hard work for the police, for Jean and all on duty at St Angela's. Katy's plans for her free afternoon are changed with startling results.

Anna. on nights, goes home to face a final battle for independence. Brenda, Jay and Katy are with Sister Easby on Male Medical. For Jean and Sarah it's far from domestic bliss.

St Angela's Hospital, Battersea... some familiar faces... several new ones... young people thrown in at the deep end - in conflict with each other and senior staff and sometimes even with patients!

Mr Coral notices something in Sarah that makes her different from the other nurses. Would she bend the rules? Would she break them ... ?

Can Anna stay a nurse and be a mother? Night duty... Mr Hedge has a real emergency. An urgent phone-call to Merril about Emily. Coral gets worse - and Sarah must make up her mind...

The morning after the night before.... Is young Emily strong enough to survive? Can Mrs Hedge find the strength to go it alone? And Sarah faces the toughest decision of her career...

New nurse Ron Frost is working in 'Casualty' at the weekend. What is it about Saturday nights that makes everybody so uptight ...?

Drunks ... drugs ... prostitution ... As if Katy Betts didn't have enough to cope with! For cast sec page 

For some people - like Sister Jean and her boyfriend - Sunday is a day of rest. In the hospital, it's business as usual. And with Marigold on Sister Mabey*s ward, business means trouble ...

Anna's party. A chance to forget the tensions at work - if that's possible. Sandra Ling gives Jean some surprising news. And an unexpected guest shows up ...

Pat Banks is in hospital for an ' investigation', all very routine ... But, Jay Harper soon begins to wonder.

Sarah's last day as a nurse. And she's not the only one to depart - as Anna Newcross finds out to her cost...

New girl Beverley Slater arrives at St Angela's. Jay visits Pat's husband and discovers there's no furniture in the house.

Jay won't be warned. She's stubborn, moody and ready for a fight.

Sister Jean goes home to Glasgow to face up to her father. Anna Newcross returns to St Angela's to face the music ...

Sandra Ling 's secret is out. And Jay Harper finds it hard to disguise her ' problem '...

Jay is suspended from duty. Jean and her brother fall out over Dad. Anna gives Keith an answer about the divorce ...

The day of Katy's assessment. And a day of reckoning for Sister Jean and Anna ...

Jay is allowed back on the ward. But her troubles aren't over yet . , . is she jumping from the frying pan into the fire?

Dave is putting pressure on Sister Jean. Or is it really blackmail - because she's a woman?

Anna's late again. And as far as Rose is concerned, enough is enough.

Anna must prove herself. Katy sits her 'finals"' .. , she knows she's a good nurse - but can she get it on paper?

Jay Harper starts on Casualty. Ken Hastings asks Jean to keep an eye on her. Everyone's keeping an eye on Jay ...

Anna takes an interest in Mrs Carr. Well-she's so independent. But then so is Anna ... Poor old Ron!

Katy Betts is being shunted from ward to ward. One patient she doesn't want to run into is her own gran.

Wiil Anna and Ron finally get it together? Or is she just leading him on? 

One thing Fleur Barrett has to cope with is a foster-mum. One thing a barmaid has to cope with is amorous drunks.

Fleur's in Court....

The GNC inspector arrives ... Ron and Anna have a date.... and Katy has 'her board'.

Rumours at St Angela's ... will someone in authority have the courage to confirm or deny them?

Non-stop night-shift in Casualty. Where will all those patients go if the rumours about 'closure' are true?

' They warned me about Gynae at the Nurses' Home. It's all that emotion. It's putting me right off women! '

Katy finds out if she's passed or failed her ' finals ', and Rose's past catches up with her ...

'If we're not careful, they'll dismantle the health service brick by brick... " Will St Angela's Casualty Department be spared ...?

The office fire stretches Casualty to its limits. Will the demonstrators help out in the emergency?

Jean MacEwen 's ex-boyfriend Dave is still in intensive care-meanwhile Fleur should be studying for her State Finals but her mind is on other things .. 

Fleur now sees Ron in a new light after his rescue at the party. Will Jean get involved with Dave again? And how will Rose accept Norman Pollard's peace offering?

Rose and Norman go off for their ' weekend' together. But is she reading more into the relationship than is actually there?

Jean MacEwen is pulled down from cloud nine, just as Rose learns the truth about her bloke ...

A dramatic set-back in the campaign to save Casualty... Mr Rivers, on Male Surgical, contracts a nasty infection... - And in the kitchens an unofficial strike.

Will the nursing staff get blamed for the spread of infection on Male Surgical? The kitchen strike becomes 'official'. And, for Anna Newcross , the fright of her life ...

Bevan still won't apologise, so the kitchen strike goes on. Fleur has a tricky meeting with Ron's parents. Anna confronts her ex-husband. And someone on Male Surgical is the ' carrier' of the infection ...

The protest meeting is the last chance to save Casualty ... The hospital administrator kills two birds with one stone: sorting out Mr Rivers , and the strike. The riddle of the infection is solved. And Fleur takes her final assessment ...

Russell Potter has a rival for the job in Casualty ... on Sister Price's ward, the staff have to deal with a ' private' patient....

It's Sister Jean's last day and her department is not a happy one. Russell Potter has annoyed Beverley - and she wants out.

Someone from Anna's past turns up at the hospital - as a patient ..

Anna has to cope with the lot. Patients ... staff.... and gossip ...

Mrs Claudia Hughes is terrified and refuses to consent to a vital emergency operation... Can young Beverley change her mind? Is there time...?

Russell and Kevin have their interviews for the casualty job. And Beverley has to listen to some difficult home-truths ...

Katy's husband Roger doesn't want much. Just the impossible ...

Terry is driving Rose round the bend. Is blood really thicker than water?

Katy learns it's hard being a nurse and a policeman's wife.

Bonfire night. 'Fireworks for three couples ...

' Welcome to the operating theatre, Nurse Barrett! In this department we play it by the book ...'

' Welcome to the children's ward! It's total honesty here ...'

Fleur assists at an operation. Russell and Kevin hear about the casualty job. And a member of staff is taken ill ...

Two's company, three's a crowd ... as Elizabeth and Adnenne discover. And watch out - there s a thief about!

Still no trace of Leilah's mum. And Adrienne spends Sunday with her London relatives ... a day she'd rather forget!

After three years of training, Fleur Barrett gets the results of her finals....

The wedding's off, so Ron tries to get into Fleur's good books...

Katy leaves St Angela 's ... and her last patient is a nurse.

Elizabeth and Dr Drew are alone-at last! Beverley Slater 's condition is diagnosed ...

Beverley's father makes a confession. And everything points to one person being the St Angela's thief .. 

The thief is caught in the act! A surprise visitor turns up on intensive care. The carol-singing ends in tragedy ...

Everyone tries to carry on as if the awful events of last night hadn't happened. Good news for Beverley. Bad for Michelle's mother. And Ron and Fleur wonder if they're marrying each other, or their parents!

Ron and Fleur's wedding day ... and Anna is still unconscious.

Christmas at St Angela's, and old friends turn up for the show. And a child is born ...

There are big changes as some of the ' Angels' are on the move.... from run down St Angela's in London to bright, new Health teen Hospital in Brimingham ancient and modern ....

St Angela 's behind her, Beverley settles into her new home. And Rose has a good reason for not wanting to return to London.

At Heath Green Hospital in Birmingham - Beverley starts on the ' Unit' and Tracey spends her first day on the ward.
In London - Anna's night out is cancelled because of tragic news for Elizabeth Fitt ...

Elizabeth returns to work too soon. She goes about like a ' 'zombie', refusing to cry. Anna knows that Elizabeth must ' break ', or she'll never be able to accept the situation.

Den visits Rose in London. Elizabeth has a rough time on the ' unit'. And Katy gets home to a surprise that could wreck her marriage.

Katy and Roger ... the morning after. Being married is like playing a game where no one knows the rules ... the same goes for Ron and Fleur.

Katy and -.Valerie begin to break the ice, and Roger hears some unpleasant home-truths. It's honesty all round - as Anna tackles Elizabeth about her future...

Rose Butchins leaves St Angela 's for the last time. And Fleur is rushed to Maternity -twice!

Rose arrives in Birmingham to start her SRN course at Heath Green Hospital. Back to school! Rules and regulations! Will she have second thoughts?

The 'arrangement' between Katy, Roger and Sister Price reaches boiling-point. Who'll explode first?

Rose's first day on the ward at Heath Green Hospital, Birmingham. And she's dreading it ...

Will Katy let Roger back into the flat? Anna and Ron sit their State Final exams. Beverley and Tracey have' a night out - and get more than they bargained for ...

Katy states the terms under which she'd have Roger back. Terry tells his girlfriend what it's like being diabetic. And Fleur's baby-blues reach rock bottom ... 

Relationships... Katy and Roger sort things out. Terry and his girlfriend get to crisis point. Rose and Den fall out. And, a christenings if mum and dad can agree on name!

At the Birmingham hospital: Rose gives everyone a really bad time. In London: Ron gives Fleur an ultimatum...

Mendel, the voluntary worker, seems too good to be true. Whereas Mr Marrit , the patient, isn't quite the fake he appears to be ..

Den doesn't get to his sparringsession in London after all. Instead, he and Fleur are involved in a different kind of punch-up. At Heath Green: Tracey's convinced that the voluntary-worker, Mendel, is a liar ..

Anna accepts an invitation from Dr Kidd, and Ron and Fleur plan their future. In Birmingham, Marrit and Mendel have to face facts. And why is Rose so "good at sorting out other people-yet is such a mess herself .

Beverley Slater is nearly halfway through her renal course at Heath Green. And it's in the kidney unit that the story of Brian Sykes continues. Back in September he was new to dialysis ... and he found that his condition seriously affected his relationship with fiancee, Sue. But a lot can happen in two months ...

Is Dr Noman being helpful to Beverley because he fancies her?

In Birmingham, Brian and Sue get married. In London, Rose turns up to surprise Den. Only thing is, she's the one to get a surprise. A nasty one - like a kick in the teeth.

Instead of turning on the water-works, Rose turns hard. So brittle in fact that if she's not careful - she'll snap.

The police believe that the man who attacked Cllr Skelton will seek medical help. Maybe he has already-at Heath Green Hospital? Det Sgt Coles interviews Tracey: has she seen anyone fitting the attacker's description ...?

After what she has been told about him, how can Tracey possibly nurse Councillor Skelton ...?

Tracey's Mum gives the police information they need in order to arrest Tamara's father. Rose breaks down and tells Beverley and Linda exactly what happened in London...

Rose is sent off to the ' Eye Ward '. It is the one place she's squeamish about. Squeamish....? Rose Butchins? 

After talking to Rose about her fear of hospitals, Evelyn Shaw refuses to sign the ' consent-for-operation' form. The doctor is furious and reports Rose to the ward sister.

A beautiful young girl hires Jim Rockford to find out who she is. But there are one or two details the lady has neglected to tell him about-which Rockford discovers the hard way....

Den makes no progress with his patient, Tessa. Rose's patient gets worse when his father turns up. How long can Den keep Anna hidden from Rose ... ?

Darryn goes to the same school as Tracey's brother. Could he be in trouble as well? Rose gets an unwelcome visitor at the nurses' home.

Anna decides whether or not to have the baby. Rose forms a good nurse/patient relationship with young Darryn. But Mr Daley , Darryn's dad, is not so easy to get along with.

Having been refused permission to see his son, Mr Daley takes it out on Rose. Anna makes up her mind about marriage. Brian Sykes is offered a donor-kidney.

Brian has had his kidney transplant, but will his body reject it? Rose Butchins is in court on an assault charge, and the verdict could wreck her career....

A familiar face from St Angela's in London turns up at Heath Green Hospital in Birmingham to take-charge of a lot of new Angels.

Are 'mixed' wards a mixed blessing?

The financial situation in the Willoughby household is so desperate that Dick is forced to consider drastic methods of raising cash.

Are patients Kathy and Pete getting too friendly on the ward?

Kathy Stone says 'sorry'. Mr Willoughby is interviewed for a job. Vicky Smith goes to meet her 'real' mother....

For Tracey and Alison, a busy shift in Accident and Emergency. It all starts when the Mobile Accident Unit is called out to a factory.

Tracey and Mike go out together. Vicky welcomes two new patients to gynae. Alison pays back a debt....

Tensions at home are bad enough for Tracey. Nasty phone-calls at work she could do without....

Vicky has to cope with an angry patient. 'It's my body and no one's going to tell me what to do with it!' The Willoughbys' weekend is a disaster. Except Tracy gets a pleasant surprise ...

Jenny decides whether or not to have the operation. Linda and Nargis start on gynae. Dick Wil loughby hears about the possibility of a job from an unexpected source....

New students Dave and Janet are excited about meeting the patients on their very first ward. Linda Mo wouldn't mind if she never met another patient again!

Sister sends Alison off the A and E Unit for incompetence. Dick Willoughby has his interview for the ambulance service.

A patient tries to help Vicky find her mother. Linda goes to London to see her father, who never wanted his daughter to be a nurse. Janet and Dave have their first emergency ...

Ambulanceman Chris Carr delivers his first baby ... Dave gets a surprise when a familiar face turns up on his ward as a patient.

The premature baby is still on the danger list, and Alison has a tough job coping with the young mother
She also has another job thats nothing to do with nursing.

The consultant tells Mr Coombs that he can go home only if he takes things easy. Dave realising there's no chance of that, gives his patient some surprising advice - Moonlighting Alison gets an unexpected customer.

Linda Mo pays her first visit to the Pathology Department. Vicky Smith gets some bad news.

On Medical, Janet and Dave have a problem patient. In Path., Linda gets a few shocks. At the Nurses Home, Nargis breaks the good news....

Vicky goes to London for her mother's funeral. Alison finds a ward she can enjoy. Linda Mo gets too nosey on ' Path '.

After being reprimanded by the Chief of the Pathology Lab, Linda is sure they won't want her in the department permanently. It seems she's failed again...

The hospital decides to appoint a new permanent vso over Mrs Willoughby's head. Is that the only reason for her feeling so ill?

Mrs Willoughby sees the consultant Afterwards, even a supportive husband and daughter can't cheer her up.

Nargis Khan's engagement party. The squash tournament ... both Janet and Dave are determined to win.

Vicky finds out why the orthopaedic ward is known as ' frisky '. Tracey gets her engagement ring. Alison's nursing is very much appreciated by two new patients, but her ' other' job leads her into danger....

Vicky Smith gets the results of her State finals.

On the day trip to Boulogne Linda's all over Dave Alison becomes sick.

The end of Vicky Smith's obsessive search for her real mother.

Alison's patient, Reg, has an illness that won't go away. Alison believes she has a similar problem.

A pile-up on the motorway. And an unexpected accident victim.

Vicky's behaving like a zombie. Charge Nurse notices that some pills are missing.

Exam results for Tracey and Alison. Linda and Dave split up. The culprit who stole the pills is discovered.

Linda Mo says her goodbyes. Dave has the tables turned on him for once. Nargis gets married. But what future now for the Willoughbys?

Josh Jones, a new student nurse at Heath Green Hospital, causes quite a stir when he starts on the wards; a homeless girl is admitted for glue sniffing.

Susan Willoughby tries hard to turn Alison into a presentable bridesmaid for Tracey's wedding, and Janet heads for a showdown with Vicky.

Chris and Tracey get some bad news before their wedding, and a young cancer patient demands to know the truth about her chances.

Chris and Tracey's wedding day finally arrives.

Chris and Tracey's wedding night isn't quite what Tracey expected, and Alison plays detective.

While a young football star is in hospital with torn ligaments, a far more serious problem is discovered. Janet and Dave have their own problems with a patient who isn't quite what she claims to be.

Dave is puzzled by Alison's reluctance to start on obstetrics. Janet and Vicky's landlady runs into some serious danger.

Jean MacEwen suddenly has a lot of money to spend, and Vicky s temper erupts on the ward.

Alison and Dave are accused of breaking hospital confidence, but who could have overheard them, and what did they hear?

Vicky refuses to tell Janet where she's going for an interview and Edward has some trouble with an older patient about to have her first baby.

Edward finds out why Alison hasn't wanted to talk to him.

Vicky goes to work in the enemy camp, to the disgust of her friends.

Dave passes some disturbing information on to Janet, and the entrance of a new Angel, Ayo Ladipo , leaves the others feeling rather taken aback.

Janet's mother arrives to counsel Janet on her anti-vivisection campaign, but Janet doesn't get quite the help she expects.

On a visit to the hospital laundry, Jean MacEwen's students are amazed by the scale of it all.

Alison secretly plans her future, and Tracey is rushed to hospital.

Josh and Ayo do a very unusual favour for a friend, and Chris and Mrs Willoughby fall but Spectacularly in front of some patients.

Vicky goes unwillingly to her father's engagement party...

Vicky gets adventurous with her CB, and picks up more than she bargained for. Ayo receives an ultimatum from her father.

Chris needs every ounce of his special training when he arrives at the scene of a serious accident.

Will Tracey really refuse to nurse one of the patients on A and E?

Mr Willoughby comes to a patient's rescue, and Alison volunteers for an experiment.

Tracey is worried about her mother's strange behaviour, and wonders what Mrs Willoughby is up to when she comes home very late one night.

The anti-vivisection demo meets some unexpected opposition outside the Russett drugs factory.

Dick shows a new porter the ropes, and Josh hears from a long-lost friend who's a nurse in the navy.

Tracey follows Chris down to London to patch up their differences; a case of food poisoning hits the hospital - could it be the canteen?

Alison gets the results of her finals, and Steve Gunner has been taken ill while on duty and the chicken he ate in the canteen comes under suspicion. Dick Willoughby is checking to ensure that other people who had the chicken are still all right while the canteen manageress, Mrs Gates, is insulted by the suggestion that anyone could have been made ill her food.

Chris and Tracey move into their new flat

Janet learns a few home truths at work and the silence is deafening at the Willoughbys.

Ayo suspects a wrong diagnosis in a Nigerian patient which could mean his death, and Janet finds out what 'PINC' is....

The time comes for Vicky's favourite patient to be discharged from hospital, and Alison drags the reluctant Edward to dinner with Chris and Tracey.

Difficult decisions face Vicky, Dave. Ayo and Janet. Is it the end of an era at Heath Green?