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More medical train wreck telly

Bizarre ER, broadcast regularly on weekdays on BBC Three, is certainly one of the strangest things to be shown this year, and is certainly not for the easily queased.

The series starts of fairly tamely, with a toddler having a small piece of Lego removed from his nose; later we hear of a story about removing an aubergine from an arsehole, a chap driving a golf ball into his girlfriend’s mouth, and an unfortunate gearbox-scrotum combination.

The Beeb camped out at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for five months, where amazingly, they managed to get an interview with Circus of Horrors star Captain Dan. You may remember the story of this seasoned performer last year; Captain Dan, who specialises in doing things with his body, had to go to A+E when he got a Henry vacuum cleaner permanently attached to ‘Little Dan’.

The narration is inexplicably provided by Freema Agyeman, star of the BBC’s family friendly Saturday evening sci-fi Doctor Who. Who’d have ever thunk that a Doctor’s assistant would ever utter the phrase “jizz fridge” on national telly?

As well as the more humours stories, there are some more moments of pathos; a boy who loses his fingers after a freak bouncy castle accident has his toes sewn onto his hands, and a man who lost all his limbs in a cement mixer bravely recounts his tale. Both puerile, retch inducing and sad, Bizarre ER is not recommended post-evening meal viewing. Especially if your meal included aubergines.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 9:32 am and is filed under BBC. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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