Doctor in Charge

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Doctor in Charge
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First series opening title, 1972
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes43
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production company London Weekend
Original release
Network ITV
Release9 April 1972 (1972-04-09) 
29 December 1973 (1973-12-29)
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Doctor in Charge is a British television comedy series, the third of seven series in a franchise that began with Doctor in the House and was inspired by the "Doctor" books by Richard Gordon. [1] [2] The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor at Large and depicts the former medical students now working as staff doctors at their alma mater St. Swithin's. It was produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV during 1972 and 1973. [3] Barry Evans, who starred in the first two series, did not return for this series, with the result that Robin Nedwell as Dr Duncan Waring became the central character of this and all remaining series in the franchise.

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Doctor in Charge was the longest of all the Doctor series, featuring 43 episodes over two series. [4] Ratings for this series were high and featured regularly in the top 10 programmes on ITV.

Writers for the Doctor in Charge episodes were David Askey, Graham Chapman, Graeme Garden, George Layton, Jonathan Lynn, Bernard McKenna, Bill Oddie, Phil Redmond and Gail Renard. [5] [6] [7] [3]

Cast

Episodes

Series 1

  1. "The Devil You Know"
  2. "The Research Unit"
  3. "The Minister's Health"
  4. "The Black and White Medical Show"
  5. "Honeylamb"
  6. "Doctor's Lib"
  7. "Which Doctor"
  8. "Climbing the Ladder"
  9. "Face the Music"
  10. "Mum's the Word"
  11. "The Fox"
  12. "A Night With the Dead"
  13. "This is Your Wife"
  14. "Honeymoon Special"
  15. "The Long, Long Night"
  16. "The System"
  17. "On the Brink"
  18. "Amazing Grace"
  19. "Shut Up and Eat What You're Given"
  20. "Yellow Fever"
  21. "The Taming of the Wolf"
  22. "An Officer and a Gentleman"
  23. "That's My Uncle!"
  24. "The Big Match"
  25. "The Rumour"
  26. "Blackmail"
  27. "Long Day's Journey into Knighthood"

Series 2

  1. "The Merger"
  2. "Men Without Women"
  3. "A Deep Depression Centred Over St. Swithin's"
  4. "The Epidemic"
  5. "The Garden Fete"
  6. "Brotherly Hate"
  7. "The Loftus Papers"
  8. "In Place of Strife"
  9. "The Pool"
  10. "The Godfather"
  11. "A Man's Best Friend is His Cat"
  12. "There's No Fire Without Smoke"
  13. "Hello Sailor!"
  14. "Any complaints?"
  15. "Watch Out – There's a Thief About!"
  16. "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?"

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