''Doctor in Charge'' is 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

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and broadcast on

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during 1972 and 1973. Barry Evans was unable to return for this series. ''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,

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, Bernard McKenna,

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and Gail Renard.

Cast

Robin Nedwell Robin Courteney Nedwell (27 September 1946 – 1 February 1999) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Duncan Waring in the television comedy series ''Doctor in the House'' and its sequels; he also featured in other televisio ...

– Dr Duncan Waring *

Richard O'Sullivan Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944) is an English comedy actor, who is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and '' Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) and as the title character in the period fa ...

– Dr Lawrence Bingham *

– Dr Paul Collier *

Geoffrey Davies Geoffrey Davies (born 15 December 1942 in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor. Biography The son of an accountant, Davies was educated at grammar school and studied at art college to be a commercial artist before becoming an ...

– Dr Dick Stuart-Clark *

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– Professor Geoffrey Loftus *

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– Dr. Mary Bingham *

Sammie Winmill Sammie Winmill (born Janice Winmill, 28 November 1948) is a British actress who had a number of roles in the 1970s, and is best known for portraying Carol in the Sci-fi series ''The Tomorrow People''. Career Her first noted appearance was alo ...

– Nurse Sandra Crumpton *

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– Mrs. Elizabeth Loftus

Episodes

Series 1

# "The Devil You Know" # "The Research Unit" # "The Minister's Health" # "The Black and White Medical Show" # "Honeylamb" # "Doctor's Lib" # "Which Doctor" # "Climbing the Ladder" # "Face the Music" # "Mum's the Word" # "The Fox" # "A Night With the Dead" # "This is Your Wife" # "Honeymoon Special" # "The Long, Long Night" # "The System" # "On the Brink" # "Amazing Grace" # "Shut Up and Eat What You're Given" # "Yellow Fever" # "The Taming of the Wolf" # "An Officer and a Gentleman" # "That's My Uncle!" # "The Big Match" # "The Rumour" # "Blackmail" # "Long Day's Journey into Knighthood"

Series 2

# "The Merger" # "Men Without Women" # "A Deep Depression Centred Over St. Swithin's" # "The Epidemic" # "The Garden Fete" # "Brotherly Hate" # "The Loftus Papers" # "In Place of Strife" # "The Pool" # "The Godfather" # "A Man's Best Friend is His Cat" # "There's No Fire Without Smoke" # "Hello Sailor!" # "Any complaints?" # "Watch Out – There's a Thief About!" # "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?"

DVD releases

On 13 August 2007, Network brought out the ''Doctor in Charge'' Season One

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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.

References

External links

''Doctor in Charge''
at British TV Comedy Guide

at Nostalgia Central * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doctor in Charge 1972 British television series debuts 1973 British television series endings 1970s British sitcoms Doctor in the House English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States 1970s British medical television series ITV sitcoms London Weekend Television shows Television shows set in London