Monroe - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set ( Monroe ) ( Monroe - Season One )

Monroe - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Monroe
Alternate Title: Monroe - Season One
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
273 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Paul McGuigan
David Moore

Written By:
Peter Bowker

Actors:
James Nesbitt ..... Gabriel Monroe (6 episodes, 2011)
Tom Riley ..... Lawrence Shepherd (6 episodes, 2011)
Sarah Parish ..... Jenny Bremner (6 episodes, 2011)
Manjinder Virk ..... Sally Fortune (6 episodes, 2011)
Luke Allen-Gale ..... Daniel Springer (6 episodes, 2011)
Christina Chong ..... Sarah Witney (6 episodes, 2011)
Andrew Gower ..... Andrew Mullery (6 episodes, 2011)
Thomas Morrison ..... Bradley (6 episodes, 2011)
Michelle Asante ..... Kitty Wilson (6 episodes, 2011)
Susan Lynch ..... Anna Monroe (6 episodes, 2011)
Liz Hume Dawson ..... Wickens (6 episodes, 2011)
Perry Millward ..... Nick Monroe (4 episodes, 2011)
Carolin Stoltz ..... Tatiana (3 episodes, 2011)
Andrea Lowe ..... Mrs. Chadwick (3 episodes, 2011)
Mona Hammond ..... Mrs. Graves (2 episodes, 2011)

Synopsis:

New medical drama series about brilliant neurosurgeon Gabriel Monroe. At work, Monroe has the courage to perform cutting-edge brain surgery but at home, he is afraid to admit that his life is falling apart. When Alison Bannister is admitted with a brain tumour, Monroe has to help her make a frightening decision. To go ahead with an operation could leave Alison paralysed or unable to speak, yet without surgery, she is likely to die within a few years. Does she want to survive if surgery might change who she is? And can Monroe get her through this crisis as his own life starts to spiral out of control?

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1
Original Air Date-10 March 2011
Gabriel Monroe,blunt neurosurgeon at St. Matthew's hospital,is not noted for courtesy to colleagues,of whom only heart surgeon Jenny Bremner stands up to him. Bank clerk Alison Bannister has a brain tumour,currently mild but lethal if left for too long. However there is an outside chance of side effects if operated on and Monroe mixes honesty and flippancy in persuading Alison and husband Lee of the need for surgery. When Alison slips briefly into a post-op coma a distraught Lee turns on Monroe but shows contrition when she successfully recovers and Monroe tells him that his own daughter died on the operating table. After taking their son Nick to university Monroe's wife Anna announces that she is leaving him,citing an affair he has six years earlier.Monroe also tells his pushy junior Daniel Springer that he reckons he is not cut out for neurosurgery.
Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2
Original Air Date-17 March 2011
Monroe operates on 14-year old James Chadwick,who shot himself in the head after shooting his brother Danny,a patient of Jenny. The boys' parents are separated,the father aggressive and demanding,the mother grateful and pious,putting prayers for successful operations in the hospital chapel. She bonds with Jenny who explains that she must be objective and not sentimental in her work. Quizzed by Monroe James admits that the gun was given him by his father to protect his mother and brother as they live in a rough area and its discharge was an accident. Both boys pull through and no charges are made. Nick tries top reconcile his parents but the attempt is a failure and when Monroe tells him that he had had an affair it alienates the boy from his father.
Season 1, Episode 3: Episode #1.3
Original Air Date-24 March 2011
Young ex-soldier David Foster is admitted with a blood clot caused when he fell off a wall whilst stoned. Monroe decides against surgery as he feels the clot could disappear but David's parents are anxious for an operation. David himself,unmarried and unoptimistic about his future,has no opinions and is not keen to see his parents. Jenny surprises her team by deciding to operate on Judith,a very elderly patient though the outcome is uncertain. Monroe and Jenny trade insecurities as they stay up all night but David's clot disappears and he is reconciled with his parents whilst Judith's operation appears to be a success. Monroe enjoys taunting Springer,who has temporarily lost a patient, but is drawn to Tatiana,an Eastern European biochemist now working as a hospital tea lady.
Season 1, Episode 4: Episode #1.4
Original Air Date-31 March 2011
After spending the night with Tatiana, Monroe meets Brendan,a middle-aged family man whose tumour is giving him epileptic fits. Supported by his teen-aged daughter Phoebe,Brendan believes that the fits bring him closer to God though he eventually agrees to surgery,to Phoebe's dismay. However Springer has his doubts as to the operation's success. Jenny has two very different patients,James,an orphan with Downs' Syndrome and cocky ladies' man Alex though they hit it off through their mutual love of computer games. Jenny and Laurence do not thank Monroe for gloating over the collapse of their affair but at least they give it another go whereas all he has is his poker club,having been accused by Anna of finding a new partner too soon and by Tatiana of using her to hit out at his wife.
Season 1, Episode 5: Episode #1.5
Original Air Date-7 April 2011
Sally Fortune,one of Monroe's team,collapses during an operation and is revealed to have a life-threatening aneurysm requiring immediate surgery. It is successful and even brings Monroe closer to Springer. Nick believes his father should fight harder to save his marriage, which leads to their also becoming closer. Mullery rejoices at sally's recovery whilst Jenny and Lawrence agree to carry on their relationship.
Season 1, Episode 6: Episode #1.6
Original Air Date-14 April 2011
Laurence surprises Monroe with the news that he is thinking of leaving to work elsewhere but changes his mind after a talk with Jenny,where she tells him why she shies away from relationships. Despite their nerves and some subterfuge on the part of some of them the trainees all pass their evaluations but there is bad news when thirteen year old Natasha Fraser is admitted with brain damage after a car accident and Monroe,after an unsuccessful operation,has to turn off her life support machine. It brings back memories of his own daughter's death and provides a shared moment with Anna,making the divorce less painful.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 05 November, 2011.