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 ...