| The Young Doctors | |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Alan Coleman |
| Developed by | Reg Watson |
| Written by | Alan Coleman Reg Watson Betty Quin Ian Coughlan Ian Bradley Patrea Smallacombe Tom MacLennen Michael Laurence Brenda Little Tony Morphett Peter Connah Cheryl McLennand Ron McLean Julian Halls Richard Lane Jeff Ashby Rick Maier John Misto Cheridith Mok Roger Hudson Ben Mitchell Helen Carmichael John Paramor Sue Smith Sue Masters David Phillips Craig Wilkins Brian Faull Margaret Hilton-Blundell |
| Directed by | Alan Coleman Reg Watson Ian Coughlan Max Varnel David C. Wilson Brian Faull Peita Letchford Kendal Flanagan Chris Adshead Mike Murphy Chris Connelly Michael Pattinson Phillip Bowman Rusty Buckley Denny Lawrence Wayne Cameron |
| Starring | (see detailed cast and character list below) |
| Theme music composer | Alan Olivan / Brian King |
| Opening theme | The Young Doctors, performed by The Executives |
| Ending theme | The Young Doctors, performed by The Executives |
| Composer | Olivan/King |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 1,397 (60 minute pilot episode and 1,396 30-minute episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Reg Watson |
| Producers | Alan Coleman Sue Masters |
| Production locations | The Film Centre, North Sydney[1] |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | Reg Grundy Organisation |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 8 November 1976 – 30 March 1983 |
| Related | |
| Starting Out | |
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The Young Doctors is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30 March 1983. The series is primarily set in the fictional Albert Memorial Hospital, as well as the restaurant/nightclub Bunny's Place, and is fundamentally concerned with the romances and relations between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures.
The program was shown and exported internationally including throughout North America and Canada and Europe including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Spain.[2]
- ^ Coleman, Alan James (2009). One Door Shuts: My Autobiography. pp. 288. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781426909207.
- ^ "Cut and thrust". 16 October 2006.