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29 Episodes 1971 - 1971
British comedy series about a group of newly qualified doctors as they try to make a start in their profession. Stars Barry Evans, Geoffrey Davies, George Layton and Ernest Clark.
Episode 1
Sun, Feb 28, 1971 30 mins
The newly qualified Dr. Michael Upton is forced to accept an unsatisfactory---but temporary---position. Michael: Barry Evans.
Episode 2
Sun, Mar 7, 1971 30 mins
Left temporarily in charge of surgery, Paul (George Layton) passes the buck to Michael. Michael: Barry Evans.
Episode 3
Sun, Mar 14, 1971 30 mins
Michael and Paul accept live-in positions with a former military doctor. Michael: Barry Evans.
Episode 4
Sun, Mar 21, 1971 30 mins
Michael (Barry Evans) is swarmed by lovesick schoolgirls after giving a lecture on sex.
Episode 5
Sun, Mar 28, 1971 30 mins
Michael and Paul (Barry Evans, George Layton) persuade the Major to update their time-honored equipment. Dick: Geoffrey Davies.
Episode 6
Sun, Apr 4, 1971 30 mins
Paul is in hot water for stashing frogs in the operating room. Paul: George Layton. Michael: Barry Evans.
Episode 7
Sun, Apr 11, 1971 30 mins
Comic animation highlights an episode about Michael's romantic problems. Michael: Barry Evans. Caroline: Amanda Reiss. Sue: Madeline Smith. Dr. Maxwell: Arthur Lowe.
Episode 8
Sun, Apr 18, 1971 30 mins
Something's different in the series beginning with this episode: the trouble-prone med students are now trouble-prone doctors. Michael: Barry Evans. Dr. Upton: Peter Brathurst. Mrs. Bentinck: Jean Kent.
Episode 9
Sun, Apr 25, 1971 30 mins
Double trouble for the new Dr. Upton, who must find a hospital position and fight off an enamored nurse. Michael: Barry Evans. Beryl: Phillipa Markham. Dr. Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan. Paul: George Layton. Dick Stuart-Clark: Geoffrey Davies.
Episode 10
Sun, May 2, 1971 30 mins
Qualms of conscience strike Michael after he accepts an easy job in a posh London practice. Michael: Barry Evans. Dick: Geoffery Davis. Dr. Whiteland: Fabia Drake.
Episode 11
Sun, May 9, 1971 30 mins
All about a nervous young doctor trying to keep his cool on a Saturday alone in the office. Michael: Barry Evans. Cabinet Minister: Basil Henson. Maxine: Maureen Lipton.
Episode 12
Sun, May 16, 1971 30 mins
The battle over an old man's will is raging---and at the center is Michael, who thinks he killed the patient. Michael: Barry Evans. Medwin: Arthur Hewlett. Miss Medwin: Sylvia Coleridge. Solicitor: Jeffrey Segal.
Episode 13
Sun, May 23, 1971 30 mins
Can Michael stay out of trouble long enough to win a surgery post at St. Swithin's Hospital? Michael: Barry Evans. Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan. Rivers: Frank Middlemass. Paul: George Layton. Dean: Ralph Michael.
Episode 14
Sun, May 30, 1971 30 mins
How to get rid of a practical joker. Davidson: Roy Kinnear. Michael: Barry Evans. Paul: George Layton. Dr. Griffin: Brian Oulton.
Episode 15
Sun, Jun 6, 1971 30 mins
A humorous poke at psychiatry, as Michael becomes an analyst. Michael: Barry Evans. Dr. Griffin: Brian Oulton.
Episode 16
Sun, Jun 13, 1971 30 mins
A dig at the occult as Michael meets a self-proclaimed witch (Patricia Routledge). Michael: Barry Evans. Dr. Griffin: Brian Oulton.
Episode 17
Sun, Jun 20, 1971 30 mins
House calls for a healthy patient get Michael in trouble. Michael: Barry Evans. Cynthia: Moira Foot. Mrs. Askey: Hattie Jacques. Askey: Michael Godfrey. Paul: George Layton.
Episode 18
Sun, Jun 27, 1971 30 mins
Women's lib hits the clinic when a woman doctor wins a key job---and Michael's heart. Michael: Barry Evans. Dr. Barrington: Tess Wyatt. Paul: George Layton.
Episode 19
Sun, Jul 4, 1971 30 mins
It's romance vs. career goals as Michael and his girl friend vie for the same job. Michael: Barry Evans. Nicky: Tessa Wyatt. Dean: Ralph Michael. Mrs. Molett: Molly Sugden.
Episode 20
Sun, Jul 11, 1971 30 mins
Nostalgia for Michael as he returns to St. Swithin's for more battles against the Establishment. Michael: Barry Evans. Loftus: Ernest Clark. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Dean: Ralph Michael. Paul: George Layton.
Episode 21
Sun, Jul 18, 1971 30 mins
A jittery expectant father (Martin Shaw) has the hospital in an uproar. Pippa: Ursula Barclay. Michael: Barry Evans. Loftus: Ernest Clark. Paul: George Layton. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Dean: Ralph Michael.
Episode 22
Sun, Jul 25, 1971 30 mins
Mike's bid to become anatomy instructor gets him more than he bargained for. Michael: Barry Evans. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Loftus: Ernest Clark. Bishop: Colin Cunningham. Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan.
Episode 23
Sun, Aug 1, 1971 30 mins
The sexual double standard gets a ribbing as wolfish Paul tries to keep his sister from dating. Paul: George Layton. Susan: Janina Faye. Michael: Barry Evans. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Rosemary: Maggie Henderson.
Episode 24
Sun, Aug 8, 1971 30 mins
A celebration that gets out of hand may put Stuart-Clark and company in the clink. Michael Upton: Barry Evans. Dick Stuart-Clark: Geoffrey Davies. Lawrence Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan. Sergeant Rowley: Norman Mitchell. Inspector Baker: Rupert Davies.
Episode 25
Sun, Aug 15, 1971 30 mins
An ailing Michael is at the mercy of an insufferable fellow doctor. Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan. Michael: Barry Evans. Alison: Angela Douglas. Loftus: Ernest Clark.
Episode 26
Sun, Aug 22, 1971 30 mins
A dig at health farms, as Michael visits a posh establishment that specializes in starving its guests. Moon: John le Mesurier. Michael: Barry Evans. Maggie: Jacqueline Clarke. Mr. Pest: Bill Wallis. Dick: Geoffrey Davies.
Episode 27
Sun, Aug 29, 1971 30 mins
The doctors suffer through nightmarish fellowship exams. Michael: Barry Evans. Prof. Loftus: Ernest Clark. Paul: George Layton.
Episode 28
Sun, Sep 5, 1971 30 mins
The charge is medical negligence, and Michael is the shaken defendant. Michael: Barry Evans. Hoyle: Jack Smethurst. Loftus: Ernest Clark. Holcroft: Lookwood West. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Dean: Ernest Clark.
Episode 29
Sun, Sep 12, 1971 30 mins
Competition for promotion threatens the doctors' friendship. Dick: Geoffrey Davies. Michael: Barry Evans. Nicky: Tessa Wyatt. Bingham: Richard O'Sullivan. Dean: Ralph Michael. Harley: Harry Shacklock.