The Syndicate

- Season 2

(2013)

A syndicate of workers at St Anthony's hospital buys a lottery ticket every week and nurse Mandy Atkinson asks her daughter,trainee Becky, to buy this week's ticket having obtained subs from porter Alan,auxiliary Rose and nurse Tom - who,with his wife Natalie,is hoping to be accepted for adoption. Becky is a single mother and sweet-natured Mandy and her gruff husband Steve feel she relies on them overly. Whilst Becky is at a dance where she meets a boy called Luke, Helen,one of the original syndicate members,tells Mandy that they have won the lottery but Becky cannot ...

Prior to his big win Tom and Natalie are desperately trying for a baby but IVF is not working and Tom argues with the adoption agency. Following an apparent small lottery win Tom is hopeful they can pay for treatment but discovers that Helen never bought the winning ticket as she could not afford it,the resultant row leading to her withdrawal from the syndicate. Come the good news of the big win Tom and Natalie attend a private clinic and are asked if there are any health problems in the family. Tom then tracks down the father who deserted him and his mother nearly ...

With a house already full of daughters Rose finds herself having to accommodate her useless son Sean and his baby after he rows with his partner. To escape the chaos she goes to bingo with Helen and Mandy,whom she tells of her youth when she was an enthusiastic dancer - before her knees went. Afterwards she chills out with a joint at Alan's and actually has sex with him on the night the lottery win is announced. When the publicity breaks a fraud investigator calls her in since she has been working and claiming benefits for nine years. Fortunately for her she is not ...

Becky takes her parasitic friend Tamsen on a clothes shopping spree before visiting Rose,under siege from tabloid reporters after being shamed as a benefits cheat. It is apparent that Helen informed on her. Becky and Luke go to a night-club where he introduces her to professional rugby player Matt Greco. Luke has a younger brother Jonathan,who has suffered brain damage after an accident for which Luke blames himself and has the mind of a child but when Luke mentions taking him on holiday Becky assumes he is after her money like Tamsen and they row. On the rebound she ...

Having won the lottery Alan bumps into his ex-wife who rebukes him for missing his estranged son Kieran's birthday. Alan returns to his old drunken ways,missing AA meetings and finally getting sacked. Feeling lonely he decides to go online for a Thai wife and meets Sulim,who flies to England to see him.He takes her to London,showering her with gifts and they meet up with Kieran,who accuses his father of neglect and refuses to acknowledge him whilst he is still drinking. Sulim offers to help Alan stay dry but then makes a startling revelation which ends the ...

Mandy's violent and jealous husband Steve reacts angrily when he learns that she is attending college for a degree without his knowledge. He hits her and though he apologizes it is apparent this is a pattern of behaviour and it preys on her mind when she goes for a promotion interview,which she fails. Following another assault Steve falls down the cellar steps and breaks his leg.To control him Mandy gives him drugs stolen from the ward and ties him up but makes the mistake of telling Helen,who wants money to keep quiet. After Becky releases him Steve goes to hospital ...