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Doctor at Large
1971 4.3 (3 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
ITV1

Doctor at Large

Overview

Doctor at Large is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in the House, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971. Writers for the Doctor at Large episodes were Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Bernard McKenna, Geoff Rowley, Andy Baker, Jonathan Lynn and David Yallop, as well as George Layton.

Top Cast

Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark

Professor Loftus

Robin Nedwell
Robin Nedwell

Dr. Waring

George Layton
George Layton

Dr. Collier

Geoffrey Davies

Dr. Stuart Clark

Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan

Dr. Bingham

Fabia Drake
Fabia Drake

Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

No overview available.

29 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Now, Dr. Upton
1971-02-28

A newly-qualified Michael Upton is released into the world of work. But finding the ideal job proves more difficult than it originally seemed.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: You've Really Landed Me In It This Time
1971-03-07

Michael is subjected to spending an evening in the company of a sex-starved secretary when he stands in for a skiving Paul.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: You Make Me Feel So Young
1971-03-14

Michael and Paul become partners in Doctor Maxwell's practice. But they find getting accepted by the patients much harder than getting accepted by Doctor Maxwell...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Doctor Dish
1971-03-21

Michael is asked to give a talk at the local girls' school. However, he finds it isn't just his medical knowledge that finds favour with the pupils.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Modernising Major
1971-03-28

Paul and Michael decide the practice is behind the times and in need of revamping.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Congratulations, It's A Toad
1971-04-04

Paul thinks he has stumbled on a winner by using toads for quick and efficient pregnancy tests.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Change Your Partners
1971-04-11

Sue is left unimpressed when Dick introduces Michael to his attractive lady friend.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Trains And Notes And Veins
1971-04-18

Michael invites Dick and Paul home to meet his parents. But having four doctors on the premises soon gets irksome.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Lock, Stock And Beryl
1971-04-25

Michael's invovement with a nurse called Beryl escalates - much to his displeasure.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Upton Sells Out
1971-05-02

A position becomes vacant at the private practice where Dick works, and Michael - tired of his tedious casualty job - decides to apply for it, leaving Paul unimpressed.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Saturday Matinee
1971-05-09

Michael is left in charge of the practice when Dick skives off to see a girlfriend.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Where There's A Will
1971-05-16

Michael is less than delighted when one of his patients dies shortly after he treats him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Students At Heart
1971-05-23

Michael continues his quest for a job in surgery. However, once again he is up against Lawrence Bingham.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: No Ill Feeling!
1971-05-30

Paul gets Michael a job with his uncle in general practice. But Mike still longs for the surgeon's scalpel.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Let's Start At The Beginning
1971-06-06

Glad to get away from his G. P. job, Michael visits Dick at his psychiatric practice.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: It's All In The Mind
1971-06-13

Paul and Michael are pleased when their patients are healing well. But they soon discover it is not entirely due to their efforts...

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Cynthia Darling
1971-06-20

Michael is driven to distraction by an overbearing mother's insistence that her healthy daughter is ill.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: A little Help From My Friends
1971-06-27

With Dr. Griffin admitted to hospital, Michael is left in charge of the practice. Dissatisfied with Paul's work, Mike decides to replace him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Devon Is Lovely at This Time of Year
1971-07-04

Michael is totally smitten with the new doctor, Nicky. And when the Dean offers Mike a new job, it looks as though he might make a mistake he'll live to regret.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Operation Loftus
1971-07-11

Michael's much-awaited return to St. Swithin's is cause for celebration. The festivities are quickly curtailed, however, when Professor Loftus also returns to the hospital.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Mother And Father Doing Well
1971-07-18

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: A Jokes A Joke
1971-07-25

Paul and Mike decide to get jobs as anatomy demonstrators, whilst Dick's just in it for the money. However, none of them counted on Lawrence Bingham's competition.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Pull The Other One
1971-08-01

Michael and Paul find they have differing attitudes to women.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: It's The Rich Wot Gets The Pleasure
1971-08-08

Dick finds out he has inherited £50,000 following the death of his Uncle James.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: Things That Go Mump In The Night
1971-08-15

Michael is showing all the symptoms of mumps, and is immediately admitted to Lawrence Bingham's ward.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: Mr Moon
1971-08-22

Michael visits Dick at the health farm at which he is working, and makes a bet that he can stick to the patients' diet.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 27: The Viva
1971-08-29

The junior doctors are all preparing for their viva exams, but one of them in particular has particular trouble when it comes to taking his.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 28: Bewigged, Bothered And Bewildered
1971-09-05

Michael ends up in court after he injects a patient with some penicillin, to which he turns out to be allergic.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 29: A Situation Full Of Promise
1971-09-12

Runtime: 30 min

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