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Practice makes Perfect
That's the advice given to the young doctor starting at The Beeches this
week
At a time when TV doctors are judged more on sex appeal then
bedside manner, the latest recruit to peak Practice would appear to have the
perfect credentials.
Yet within hours of arriving in Cardale this week, blue-eyed trainee doctor
Andrew Attwood is making waves. His first day doesn't go well when he loses the
surgery its vital tannery contract.
'He makes mistakes,' says Gary Mavers, the actor who plays him. 'He's a
working-class guy who finds himself in a middle-class profession and it's like
setting the cat among the pigeons. The only person to sympathise is Jack
Kerruish, who recalls his own experiences when training.'
Gary, who appeared in the drama series Chimera, was delighted to land the role
and is now looking forward to filming his first action emergency sequence.
'So far, the closest I've come is when Andrew is dealing with an unstable
schizophrenic man,' he says. 'I catch up with him in a toilet and have to sit on
him to administer an injection. That's what I love about acting, you get to do
things you'd never do in ordinary life!'
What's on TV, April 1995
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