TV series

Life Support

1999 · 1 season

A thoughtful, talk-heavy medical drama that weighs ethical dilemmas with quiet seriousness and a Glasgow accent.

Overview: Life Support is a 1999 British medical drama series aired across six episodes on BBC Scotland. Katherine Doone works as a clinical ethicist at Glasgow's Caledonian hospital. Her job is to make the big decisions about what's best for the patient's long-term treatment.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Morality, death, guilt, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: morality
death
guilt
family
work
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild