It's September 1970 and the local dustbin strike leads to a refuse site established outside Nonnatus House. With Rosalind unwell, Joyce takes over her rounds, including a visit to a rude patient who ...

But once the show settles into its breezy 30-minute monster-of-the-week format, it is a lot of throwaway fun. The reliable Bacon is a delight as the dead, deadpan gunslinger.