BREATHTAKING: S01E02 - DELAY

Breathtaking - Delay
Series 1/Episode 2
Tuesday 20 February 2024
ITV1 / STV / ITVX / STV Player
21:00

Writer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Writer: Jed Mercurio
Writer: Prasanna Puwanarajah
Director: Craig Viveiros​
Executive Producer: Dr. Rachel Clarke
Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio
Executive Producer: Prasanna Puwanarajah

During the first lockdown, Abbey moves away from her family to protect them.

The team struggle between government policy and best patient care as COVID-19 patients - including Divina a Health Care Assistant on Abbey's team - continue to deteriorate and Sally a cancer patient worries she won't survive.

Abbey is forced to discharge a Care Home patient without proper testing.

Despite best efforts, the team endures heartache and an emotional goodbye.

But emotion and challenges only push staff to work harder to save patients and reduce the spread of CoronaVirus, celebrating the small wins in the process.

CAST

Joanne Froggatt as Dr. Abbey Henderson
Bhav Joshi as Dr. Ant Vyas
Thom Petty as Dr. Neil Westland
Stephanie Street as Dr. Joanne Alba
Philip Arditti as Dr. Metin Ozkul
Donna Banya as Emma Mutamba Irungu
George Georgiou as Dr. Huw Shelby
Tamer Doghem as Yussuf Ahmad
Naomi Denny as Chantelle Gregory
Lucy Montgomery as Clare Boxall
Joseph Charles as Archie Williams
Christopher Hatherall as Nick Henderson
Eleanore-Beatriz Viveiros as Robyn Henderson
Mark Dexter as Mr. Mike Prentiss
Georgia Goodman as Divina Aquino
Henry Meredith as Tommy Henderson
Tammy Heath as Alison Frampton
Mary Woodvine as Cressida Frost
Afro Parsie as Dr. Rossi
Roxanne Scrimshaw as Mrs. Ahmad
Stacey Gregg as HCA June
Tadgh Snodgrass as ITU Junior Doctor
Gerard Gilroy as Paramedic 1
Alice McCarthy as Paramedic 2
Mark Weinman as ED Nurse
Amber Muldoon as Fit Tester