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Take When Needed

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Take When Needed game quiz
"Take when needed is the instruction given with painkillers, offered by the medical staff in charge of your treatment. Medical dramas have proved a major source of material for television. How many of these British medical dramas can you recognise?"

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1. One of the earliest medical dramas on British television ran from 1957 until 1967. Set in the fictional Oxbridge General Hospital, it featured the emergencies on, and was named after, which ward number?
    Eight
    Two
    Ten
    Four


2. The daytime series 'Doctors' began on BBC television in 2000. Which actor, who made his name playing a veterinary surgeon, starred as Dr. Brendan McGuire?
    Peter Davison
    Christopher Timothy
    Simon Ward
    John Alderton


3. Starring Max Beesley and Patrick Baladi, a much blacker medical drama appeared on British television between 2004 and 2006. What was it called?
    Maternity Ward
    Obstetrics
    Bodies
    Operations


4. 'The District Nurse' starred Nerys Hughes in the title role. In which region of the UK was the series set?
    Northern Ireland
    South Wales
    Merseyside
    London


5. 'Casualty' has been running regularly on British television since 1986. Derek Thompson appeared in the first, and many subsequent episodes, playing which role?
    Charlie
    Adam
    Big Mac
    Josh


6. First broadcast in March 2011, the television series 'Monroe' starred which actor in the title role?
    Hermione Norris
    John Thomson
    James Nesbitt
    Robert Bathurst


7. The television series 'Dr. Finlay's Casebook' was based on the novel 'Country Doctor' written by which Scottish author?
    Muriel Spark
    Eric Linklater
    A. J. Cronin
    Alistair MacLean


8. First appearing in 1999 as a spin-off of 'Casualty', which show is based on the wards of the same hospital?
    The Royal
    Holby City
    General Hospital
    Angels


9. 'Peak Practice' began in May 1993 when it starred which actor as Dr. Jack Kerruish?
    John Thaw
    Tim Healy
    Jimmy Nail
    Kevin Whateley


10. Set in the 1890s, the medical drama 'Bramwell' starred a member of which acting dynasty in the title role?
    Mills
    Redgrave
    Fox
    Cusack


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