Doctor at Large (TV series)

Doctor at Large
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StarringBarry Evans
Richard O'Sullivan
Geoffrey Davies
George Layton
Ernest Clark
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes29
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companyLondon Weekend
Original release
NetworkITV
Release28 February (1971-02-28) –
12 September 1971 (1971-09-12)
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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.[1] The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in the House, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971.[2]

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 (under the pseudonym of "Oliver Fry").[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Barker, Dennis (15 August 2017). "Richard Gordon obituary". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Barry Evans". The Independent. 13 February 1997.
  3. ^ "Doctor At Large | Nostalgia Central". 27 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Devon Is Lovely at This Time of Year (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Bewigged, Bothered and Bewildered (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Pull the Other One! (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.