Porters - Season 1

In the opening episode when newbie hospital porter Simon arrives for work on his first day, he stands out like a sore thumb. Because to the great amusement of his mentors Frankie and Tillman, he thinks portering is just a stepping-stone to his true calling in life – being a doctor. However, a mix-up with a dead Rabbi means Simon is forced to impersonate a real doctor and somehow escape the suspicious scrutiny of a visiting consultant neurologist.

Newbie porter Simon is still coping with his unrequited love for nurse Lucy. Seeing her swoon over the heroic Doctor McKenzie prompts Simon to impulsively offer a kidney to a young transplant patient called Lewis. When Frankie steals a recently deceased patient's winning lottery ticket, Tillman warns that karma will be out to rebalance the universe – and it looks like Simon will have to pay the price.

Deputy Chief Executive of the Hospital Trust Jane Bison is running a fast-track management scheme, which Simon sees as a way to escape the world of portering and become the type of man nurse Lucy will give a second glance to. Although his idea is a hit with the management, it angers his colleagues – not least Tillman who ends up being tasered, and Frankie who is fired. It seems Simon needs to be taken down a peg or three, and Frankie is just the woman to do it.