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And that word is rubbish. If you want an engaging hospital show that shows it as it is, watch Scrubs. If you want a show which maybe is dramatised, but is at least entertaining, watch House. If you want a badly miscast show (only Sandra Oh looks like she might be a doctor: Ellen Pompeo looks at least 3 years OLDER than everyone else), with overdramatised turgid plot lines, all about how dreadful the life of the special person who becomes a surgeon is, watch this.

Surgeons have little contact with conscious patients: this rubbish that surgeons give up their life to save others is insulting to nurses, allied health professionals and the other specialists who actually deal with patients. Would that there be justice: shows like this wouldn't get made.

This was a game show in Australia, based on the old radio (then TV) format of Pick-A-Box. The premise was essentially that you'd answer questions, and qualify to either pick money, or pick a box with a mystery prize. The prize ranged from a ball of string to a new car, with the typical spoils of Australian TV game shows - new kitchens, holidays, appliances and the like.

Bert Newton, an Australian TV legend, gave a zest and sparkle to this tired format, which lifted it to a higher level to what a lesser host would have given. Patti, his popular and bubbly wife, co-hosted. I've given it a five, as it was worth a 10 if you liked gameshows, and a zero if you didn't.