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Doctor in Charge (1972)

Comedy

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, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1972-73. 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.

IMDb rating
7.3 (187 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

7.74 avg 27 episodes 8.0 → 8.0 24 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 15 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 14 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 15 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 15 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 7: 8.7 · 17 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 15 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 15 votesEp 13: 8.2 · 14 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 20 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 14 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 20: 5.1 · 14 votesEp 21: 7.4 · 16 votesEp 22: 6.8 · 14 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 14 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 25: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 26: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 13 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Devil You Know8.015
2The Research Unit8.113
3The Minister's Health7.414
4The Black and White Medical Show6.215
5Honey Lamb7.015
6Doctors' Lib7.914
7Which Doctor?8.717
8Climbing the Ladder8.214
9Face the Music8.115
10Mum's the Word8.015
11The Fox7.914
12A Night with the Dead8.315
13This Is Your Wife8.214
14Honeymoon Special8.820
15The Long, Long Night7.514
16The System7.214
17On the Brink8.014
18Amazing Grace7.915
19Shut Up and Eat What You're Given7.614
20Yellow Fever5.114
21The Taming of the Wolf7.416
22An Officer and a Gentleman6.814
23That's My Uncle!7.914
24The Big Match8.013
25The Rumour8.513
26Blackmail8.313
27Long Day's Journey Into Knighthood8.013

Season 2 (1973)

7.86 avg 16 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 25 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 14 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 13 votesEp 6: 8.8 · 13 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 12 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 13 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 12 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 12 votesEp 14: 6.6 · 12 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 11 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Merger8.413
2Men Without Women7.513
3A Deep Depression Centred Over St. Swithin's8.114
4The Epidemic8.012
5The Garden Fête7.713
6Brotherly Hate8.813
7The Loftus Papers7.512
8In Place of Strife8.411
9The Pool8.313
10The Godfather7.713
11A Man's Best Friend Is His Cat7.713
12There's No Fire Without Smoke7.612
13Hello Sailor!7.812
14Any Complaints?6.612
15Watch Out - There's a Thief About!8.211
16Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?7.411
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