Let The Blood Run Free

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Let The Blood Run Free was an anarchic Australian spoof soap opera set in St Christopher's Hospital and created by comedy collective, The Blood Group. Its 26 episodes aired in Australia from August 20, 1990 to January 22, 1994 and in the UK on Channel 4 from August 29, 1992 to January 7, 1995. The show featured Kath & Kim actor Peter Rowsthorn in the early role of hospital orderly Warren Cronkshonk. It is thought to be the first interactive comedy ever made - at the end of each episode the viewers could vote to decide the direction the storylines would take. The stories were as over-the-top as the acting; Pam and Ray discovering they are brother and sister - just after they get married and Pam announces her pregnancy; Effie being run over by St Christopher in a VW campervan and squashed flat, only to be brought back from the dead in Series 2 by Ray and her boyfriend Warren.

[edit] Characters names

In keeping with the spoof nature of the series each character had a name that was either a pun or extreme.

Nurse Pam Sandwich - who became Pam Good-Sandwich on marrying Ray - as played by Jean Kittson
Dr. Ray Good as played by Brian Nankervis
Dr. Richard Lovechild as played by David Swann
Matron Dorothy Conniving-Bitch as played by Lynda Gibson
Warren Cronkshonk as played by Peter Rowsthorn
Inspector Slabb - pronounced Slab-ub, because of the double "b" - as played by Mark Cutler
Nurse Effie Shunt as played by Helen Knight