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Did any one watch this last night,
I did and i thought it was brilliant, the whole cast are fab, but specially Tamzin!
Did any one watch this last night,
I did and i thought it was brilliant, the whole cast are fab, but specially Tamzin! I watched it too, I thought it was really good,the daugther is a bit naughty though,feeding the teacher her appendix via the chocolate cake: rotfl: Most people would have put ex lax in the cake.looking forward to next week.
Emma-Lou
21-04-2006, 18:51
Yeah i watched this and thought it was great Tamzin is brillant in it.I can not wait for next week's.
di marco
21-04-2006, 20:24
so people would recommend watching this then? cos i was going to watch it but forgot, though i noticed my mum recorded it so i might still watch it
i recommened you do, its really good
i thought it was really good. The daughter was a right madam, really funny. I think Tamzin was really good in it.
i thought it was brilliant. the poor son with cystic fibrosis. it must be a terrible sickness.
crazygirl
24-04-2006, 18:42
i taped it but watched it this afternoon and i thought it was great she is a very good actress isn't she! and kelly from eastenders was in it too!
the bloke who plays her husband which programme has he been in i recognise his face from somewhere?
and did tamzin sing the vocal of that song because it didn't half sound like her voice?
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 17:20
I thought it was the biggest pile of twaddle, I have ever had the misfortune to watch. There was I, believing that the programme was going to portray, an accurate account of gaining entry on such a competitive course, such as medicine. However, she managed to walk in off the street, with no further education, fill in a form, sit an entrance test, and bob's your uncle, she is on ward rounds. Sadly, this is not the case. I ended up writing th following email to ITV:
As a checkout girl with no A-Levels or medical experience, your new drama 'Vital Signs' has provided me with a lifeline in escaping a future of minimum wage obscurity.
Before witnessing this televisual prophecy, I had been falsely lead to believe that you needed a degree, or at least to get on to an arduous access course in order to be even considered by a medical school. I cannotbelieve that it took until now to realise that if you decided on a whim to be a doctor that you were actually guaranteed to become one.
I have advised my five teenage children to drop out of school now, they might as well enjoy life now, be content with a menial job or even ponce of the state. All they need to do is knock on a medical school admissions department door with a sob story in ten years' time and Bob's your uncle!
It also highlights the fraudulent activities of this so-called "UCAS" organisation that I've heard about, fleecing prospective students out of £25 a pop, when they could easily bypass their ridiculous application process altogether.
From Tesco's to ward rounds in the space of a few weeks, this programme is patronising to the medical profession, mature students and people employed in supermarkets.
I imagine next week, she'll have graduated. Probably purchase her own Harley Street consultancy in the climatic final episode?
It's supposed to highlight the struggle of a working mum from a working-class background suceeding against all odds in an elitist profession - but trust me, it's a lot harder than that! Filling in an application form might be a start!
Urmm but Rhonda did have like 11 (i think) a/o (can't remember which) Levels?!
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 17:39
She had 8 GCSE's, oooh that's really going to get her into medicine! I don't think so!
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 17:40
Maybe you should look at my forum, and read the views of medical students and doctors, on the programme. http://www.medschoolguide.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=21995
di marco
26-04-2006, 17:55
She had 8 GCSE's, oooh that's really going to get her into medicine! I don't think so!
yeh that is a bit stupid, i mean you need alevels to get into any uni and medical is very competive so youd need to have really good results
So it looks like you medics have been bluffing us all along. Wasting 5 years at Uni/Medical school, a year as a houseman working 120hrs a week when all you have to do is buy your qualifications of the shelf at Doctors R' US. Of course Im kidding although when you listen to our Health Secretary Ms Hewitt this could be the way forward.
Tamzin claims to be an expert because her son has cystic fibrosis and she knows the names of his antibiotics.
My wife had cancer and had to recieve radiotherapy. Maybe i should get a white coat and become a Consultant Oncologist
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 17:57
Thank-you, di marco! Plus, they managed to bypass the whole Ucas system.
di marco
26-04-2006, 17:59
Thank-you, di marco! Plus, they managed to bypass the whole Ucas system.
yeh and i know for a fact that you cant do that! ive been applying to unis and you cant apply directly to any uni, you have to go through ucas
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 18:00
So it looks like you medics have been bluffing us all along. Wasting 5 years at Uni/Medical school, a year as a houseman working 120hrs a week when all you have to do is buy your qualifications of the shelf at Doctors R' US. Of course Im kidding although when you listen to our Health Secretary Ms Hewitt this could be the way forward.
Tamzin claims to be an expert because her son has cystic fibrosis and she knows the names of his antibiotics.
My wife had cancer and had to recieve radiotherapy. Maybe i should get a white coat and become a Consultant Oncologist
:clap: Bravo, Alan! What also amazed me is the day she started she was on the wards. I bet next week, she will have her own consultancy post?
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 18:01
yeh and i know for a fact that you cant do that! ive been applying to unis and you cant apply directly to any uni, you have to go through ucas
The sad thing is though, that that programme may give false hope to some.
di marco
26-04-2006, 18:02
The sad thing is though, that that programme may give false hope to some.
yeh it might which isnt good. i didnt actually see the programme, my mum recorded it though so i was thinking of watching it, but it seems that the research wasnt very well done even if the acting was good!
Dr. Tangliss
26-04-2006, 18:06
Yeap, the research is shocking!
i agree with everything thats been said, i watched it and laughed all the way through it. The acting was good but not very realistic, it was right until she was walking round the wards with her white coat after like a day and a night in the pub.
I think tomorrow night ill watch the street.
im glad im not the only one that thought this was very unrealistic. i liked the program but it doesnt have any truth in it at all
im glad im not the only one that thought this was very unrealistic. i liked the program but it doesnt have any truth in it at allIt may have been more realistic if she had decided to become a nurse, but then again thats now a degree course too I believe. It really is a shame that there was not better research into this.
The Culprits
VITAL SIGNS
Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV
Credits:
Creator: John Forte
Writers: John Forte, Chris Lang
Directors: Charles Palmer, Renny Rye
Producer: Kate Crowe
Head of drama: Greg Brenman
Executive producers: Foz Allan, John Forte
Director of photography: Mark Waters
Production designer: Andrew Purcell
Editors: Adam Recht, Alan Jones
Composer: Magnus Fiennes
Dr. Tangliss
27-04-2006, 18:32
I could write a better script then them!
Well we have had the second episode of this totally crap programme. 1nweeks trainining and Dr Rhoda knows more than a Consultant. Hats off to Bliars education system. How can we be short of doctors and nurses when medical training is so easy.
Tamzin seems to be playing the same character she played in Redcaps, a know all suercillious b***h who 'knows' more than people with years of experience. Tamzin is a fine actress but the script is S**T the storylines crap and I for one will never watch this rubbish again. Not only is it an insult to my intelligence but it is an insult to the medical profession as a whole.
Dr. Tangliss
29-04-2006, 14:36
I had to watch, Thursday episode out of interest, and I am appaulled!!!!!!! It's shocking, that after only one week at medical school, she now knows more then the consultant! I could rant on, but I'm going to bite my tongue, otherwise this thread might get closed.
crazygirl
29-04-2006, 17:03
i know it is unrealistic but I'm enjoying it
Dr. Tangliss
29-04-2006, 17:05
I'm not, I think it's a pile of rubbish, the worst medical programme I have had the misfortune to feast my eyes upon!
Good show enjoy watching it. A good bit of escapisam, who cares if it is not all that true to life - not me. It's just there to entertain, which for me it does.
I really like this program, even though its pretty unrealastic
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 13:53
Good show enjoy watching it. A good bit of escapisam, who cares if it is not all that true to life - not me. It's just there to entertain, which for me it does.
Fair enough. I care however, for obvious reasons! I hope they don't ever make another series of it, and if they do, make it more realistic, as I know for a fact, ITV have had many complaints to date.
ITV have had many complaints to date.really? ooooooooooo what have they been saying?
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 14:42
Have a look at my forum. My heated debate. Basically saying how crap it is, that it makes a mockery out of the whole admissions system, the fact it's unbelievable, etc...
I hope they don't ever make another series of it, and if they do, make it more realistic
Its too late now!!! The show is a farce. It started off with the premise that a checkout girl could within a couple of weeks be out performing a consultant. So with that as the supposed basis to the story how can we believe any of the rest of it. ITV have scrapped better programmes than this :sick:
Fair enough. I care however, for obvious reasons! I hope they don't ever make another series of it, and if they do, make it more realistic, as I know for a fact, ITV have had many complaints to date.
Well for obvious reasons i enjoy it, nice piece of escapisum.
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 19:30
Well, if you want to escape via medical drama, I advise something more realistic!
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 19:34
Either that, or I recommend the Tweenies, more entertaining, lol! ;)
Well for obvious reasons i enjoy it, nice piece of escapisum.
For what obvious reasons could you like this programme
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 19:36
Its too late now!!! The show is a farce. It started off with the premise that a checkout girl could within a couple of weeks be out performing a consultant. So with that as the supposed basis to the story how can we believe any of the rest of it. ITV have scrapped better programmes than this :sick:
Agree!:cheer: I guarentee she will have her own Harley Street clinic by the end of the series! :lol:
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 19:39
For what obvious reasons could you like this programme
:searchme: Not sure. Surely there are better medical dramas out there? House, ER, Holby....
Dr. Tangliss
30-04-2006, 19:40
Might I add, Vital Signs, makes the comical medical series, Scrubs, look serious!
samantha nixon
05-05-2006, 14:07
i think vital signs is really good and ive watched all of the eps that have been on i think theres been 3
also is the song thats at the begining a real song if so who sings it
and out of interest if you dont like it why do you bother watching it?
crazygirl
05-05-2006, 17:28
i think vital signs is really good and ive watched all of the eps that have been on i think theres been 3
also is the song thats at the begining a real song if so who sings it
and out of interest if you dont like it why do you bother watching it?the song is quite good do you think she sounds a bit like tamzin?
i have not seen this weeks yet but i have recorded it!
~*~Leanne~*~
05-05-2006, 17:52
i love the show and i agree the song does sound like tamzin
samantha nixon
05-05-2006, 18:02
the song is quite good do you think she sounds a bit like tamzin?
i have not seen this weeks yet but i have recorded it!
yeah she does sound a bit like her and do you know who sings it
edit - dont worry i know who sings it now
crazygirl
05-05-2006, 19:50
yeah she does sound a bit like her and do you know who sings it
edit - dont worry i know who sings it nowwho because i want to know too :)
samantha nixon
05-05-2006, 20:08
hiya
its alexis strum but its not out you have to download it from i tunes as its not being released on single at the minute, so ive gotta set up an account
crazygirl
05-05-2006, 20:32
cheers for that :) i love that song :cheer:
samantha nixon
05-05-2006, 20:41
its called go my own way the lyrics are on here site
This without doubt has to be the worst programme on television. Nothing wrong with Tamzin she isnt a bad actor but the script is woeful. The character and her premise is an insult to anyones intelligence. Why on earth did ITV not research this idea more thoughourly. SO CRAP its funny
Jessie Wallace
06-05-2006, 00:34
Love the show, really enjoying watching it. Tamzin great as always. Don't like her friend very much, but you can't win them all!!
Dr. Tangliss
15-05-2006, 12:13
I don't like any of them very much!
The crap medical drama:rolleyes: Vital Signs is set to be dropped by ITV following its disasterous ratings fall. Just over 3 million people tune it to watch this half baked medical drama startring Tamzin Outhwaite. There are two mor episodes left in the series and an ITV spokesman has confirmed it has a weak pulse and will soon pass away.
Yipee:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Dr. Tangliss
16-05-2006, 12:45
Alan, you have made my day!:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheer:
Alan, you have made my day!:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :cheer: It was in the SUN today. No doubt your colleagues and other medical professionals will be delighted
Dr. Tangliss
16-05-2006, 12:58
I'm sure they will! I have posted it up in my forum!:) Just proves how crap the programme is, it can't even make it through it's first series!:moonie:
crazygirl
16-05-2006, 13:23
well i think its fab! and its getting juicy
Dr. Tangliss
16-05-2006, 13:24
Not for much longer though!:clap:
crazygirl
16-05-2006, 13:29
theres about 3 more i think but the story is getting good
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