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The Compassionate Society

When Jim learns that a brand new hospital still has no medical staff, but hundreds of civil servants working there, he proposes that half of the civil servants be sacked and use the money saved to open wards with medical staff.
Aired: Feb 23, 1981 Genre: Comedy War & PoliticsCasts: Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne Derek FowldsCreated By: Jonathan Lynn Antony JayProducers: Antony Jay Jonathan Lynn Peter Whitmore Peter WhitmoreDuration: 30m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production: BBC