DVD & BluRay

THE GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL: SERIES 4

Acorn, cert 12; DVD 2-disc set £24.99

It’s always a good idea to leave viewers wanting more of a show - it makes it difficult for TV bosses to say no.

So, fans rushed to social media as soon as The Good Karma Hospital finished screening recently, demanding another series.

Not that ITV would want to turn up their noses at a Series 5, because the lives and loves of staff and patients at the hospital by the sea in South India has become a Sunday night favourite with four million regular viewers. Impressive figures when there’s now an evergrowing number of streaming channels vying for attention. So hats off to the Good Karma crew, including star Amanda Redman as Dr Lydia Fonseca (pictured) the fiercely proud hospital boss, for providing a tropical medicine show that’s a sun-soaked tonic.

In the latest series it looked like there might not be a happy ending to Lydia’s romance with beach bar owner Greg (Neil Morrissey). Lydia is forced to confront her complicated past, and then she’s shocked to discover Greg’s facing deportation. But, if Lydia had any reservations about Greg they were resolved when he put his life on the line by confronting a distraught man who blamed the hospital staff for his wife dying in their care, and held a knife to the throat of new arrival Dr Niki Sharma (Rebecca Ablack). Greg was

the hero of the hour, the doctors were found not to blame for the tragedy, and Lydia had a solution to save Greg from being sent packing.

A feel-good and romantic ending ensured it will return.