Bodies

- Season 1

(2004)

Junior doctor Rob Lake starts work in a maternity unit and witnesses the negligence of an incompetent obstetrician, leaving him facing a moral dilemma about whether to take action.

Tense, gripping, darkly humorous and scarily unsettling, Bodies follows Dr Rob Lake as he begins work in a maternity unit. He soon comes to suspect that his new boss, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Roger Hurley, may be incompetent. He tries to turn a blind eye, but one of Hurley's blunders leads to a young mother being left brain-damaged and her baby stillborn. Rob watches a fellow doctor being hounded for attempting to bring the incompetence to light. He realises he must risk his career to put a stop to Hurley's negligence.

As their relationship grows progressively more difficult, Rob tries to persuade Hurley to admit to his bungled operation. However, when Hurley goes to management, Rob is forced to attend a hearing about his own mistakes...

Tense, gripping, darkly humorous and scarily unsettling, Bodies follows Dr Rob Lake as he begins work in a maternity unit. He soon comes to suspect that his new boss, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Roger Hurley, may be incompetent. He tries to turn a blind eye, but one of Hurley's blunders leads to a young mother being left brain-damaged and her baby stillborn. Rob watches a fellow doctor being hounded for attempting to bring the incompetence to light. He realises he must risk his career to put a stop to Hurley's negligence.

Tense, gripping, darkly humorous and scarily unsettling, Bodies follows Dr Rob Lake as he begins work in a maternity unit. He soon comes to suspect that his new boss, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Roger Hurley, may be incompetent. He tries to turn a blind eye, but one of Hurley's blunders leads to a young mother being left brain-damaged and her baby stillborn. Rob watches a fellow doctor being hounded for attempting to bring the incompetence to light. He realises he must risk his career to put a stop to Hurley's negligence.

Rob reaches breaking point haunted by the fact that he killed a patient. Hurley bungles another woman's care, yet remains in line for a promotion. Whitman faces a charge of sexual harrassment.