Cardiac Arrest Breaking Strain (Season 3, Episode 12)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Cardiac Arrest

Breaking Strain (Season 3, Episode 12)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Liz has to be dragged from the ward, after verbally assaulting a patient but is close to a mental breakdown. Paul Tennant makes it clear, to Julie, that Scissors, future at the hospital, was down to her ending their relationship.

Director

Peter Mullan

Writer

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

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 18, 1996

Release date

Jun 18, 1996 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 6 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 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)
Caroline Trowbridge Dr. Liz Reid Dr. Liz Reid See fewer	Four O'Clock Flowers (2022)
Gabrielle Cowburn Sister Debbie Pereira Sister Debbie Pereira See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Anita Kapoor Mrs. Kulwinder Kaur Mrs. Kulwinder Kaur See fewer	It Was an Accident (2000)
Kaleem Janjua Gurdeep Singh Bharma Gurdeep Singh Bharma See fewer	The Fifth Element (1997)
Jacquetta May Sister Julie Novac Sister Julie Novac See fewer	Get Real (1998)
Peter Biddle CN Patrick Garden CN Patrick Garden See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Lisa Harkus Student Nurse Kirsty Student Nurse Kirsty See fewer	Cardiac Arrest (1994)
Mandy Matthews SN Pam Charnley SN Pam Charnley See fewer	Ratcatcher (1999)
Chris Woodger Steven Pereira (as Christopher Woodger) Steven Pereira (as Christopher Woodger) See fewer	Finney (1994)
Susan Tordoff GU Sister GU Sister See fewer	Sparkhouse (2002)
Richard Conway Difficult Patient Difficult Patient See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Nicholas Palliser Mr. Paul Tennant Mr. Paul Tennant See fewer	Bodies (2004)
Angela Douglas Mrs. Isobel Trimble Mrs. Isobel Trimble See fewer	Carry on Up the Khyber (1968)