Doctor in Charge

Doctor in Charge
Starring	Robin Nedwell Richard O'Sullivan Geoffrey Davies George Layton Ernest Clark
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	43
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	9 April 1972 – 29 December 1973

Doctor in Charge Was a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor at Large. It was produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV during 1972-73.

Doctor in Charge was the largest of all the Doctor Series, featuring 43 episodes over two series. 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.

Cast

• Robin Nedwell - Dr Duncan Waring
• Richard O'Sullivan - Dr Lawrence Bingham
• George Layton - Dr Paul Collier
• Geoffrey Davies - Dr Dick Stuart-Clark
• Ernest Clark - Professor Geoffrey Loftus

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?

DVD Releases

On 13 August 2007 Network DVD brought out the Doctor in Charge Season One DVD box set in the UK. Season Two followed three months later, on 12 November. They both are available in the Region 2 format currently and there's no word on when they'll be released in Region 1 in the U.S.

External links

• Doctor in Charge at British TV Comedy Guide
• Doctor in Charge at Nostalgia Central
• Doctor in Charge at IMDb