A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice
Written byAndrew Davies
Directed byDavid Tucker
StarringPeter Davison
Graham Crowden
David Troughton
Barbara Flynn
Amanda Hillwood
John Bird
Michael J. Shannon
Joanna Kanska
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerKen Riddington
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release21 May 1986 (1986-05-21) –
6 September 1992 (1992-09-06)
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A Very Peculiar Practice is a surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a British university, produced by the BBC, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. The two series were followed by a 90-minute made-for-television film, A Very Polish Practice (1992), following some of the characters to a new setting in Poland.

It was written by Andrew Davies and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick, and it has been interpreted as a commentary on contemporary trends in education. It was one of only two original television series that he wrote.[1]

In 2010, The Guardian ranked the serial at number 5 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".[2]

  1. ^ Sarah Cardwell (22 July 2005). Andrew Davies. Manchester University Press. pp. 56–61. ISBN 978-0-7190-6492-0.
  2. ^ "The top 50 TV dramas of all time: 2-10". TheGuardian.com. 12 January 2010.