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5.0 out of 5 stars
At Long Last There IS a Doctor In The House !,
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This review is from: Doctor In The House - Series 1 - Complete [DVD] (DVD)
Doctor in The House has finally come to DVD and its about bloody time !
It seemed only natural after its initial success through the books and the films that it would eventuate to the small screen. Strong medical foundations were formulated once two duo writing teams were recruited. Dr Graham Chapman & John Cleese wrote several episodes (including the pilot) but as they were busy creating Python asked future Goodies stars Dr Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie to handle the bulk of the writing and they were only too happy to oblige. The series centres on new Medical Students Micheal Upton (Barry Evans) & Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell), whose character would go on to take over the lead role. The Newly interned Medical Students bumble their way through many many Medical Mishaps, an Appendix Drama, A Mascot War, a 'West-Side' Ward Show, spiced-up with Love & Drama finally culminating into end of year Exams. The Writers gave a somewhat exaggerated view as to what life as a Medical Student was really like based on their own personal experiences injecting alot of fun into each story. The episodes from Series #1 originally screened between July-Oct 1969 and are as follows - Episode #1 - Why Do You Want To Be A Doctor ? Episode #2 - Settling In Episode #3 - It's All Go Episode #4 - Peace And Quiet Episode #5 - The Students Are Revolting Episode #6 - Rallying Round Episode #7 - If In Doubt,Cut It Out Episode #8 - War Of The Mascots Episode #9 - Getting The Bird Episode #10 - The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Casino Episode #11 - Keep It Clean Episode #12 - All For Love Episode #13 - Pass Or Fail What followed was an amazing series of sequels enduring some 22 years between 1969 and 1991. Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go, Doctor Down Under and the short lived Doctor at the Top. The entire Series has remained very popular to this day and is still being aired regularly on Pay TV in Australia. You'll soon warm to the characters in this timeless comedy as Mike Upton arrives at St Swithins to begin his medical career. Starring regulars Micheal Upton (Barry Evans), Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell), Professor Loftus (Ernest Clark), Huw Evans (Martin Shaw), Dick Stuart-Clark (Geoffrey Davies), The Dean (Ralph Micheal), Paul Collier (George Layton), Dave Briddock (Simon Cuff), Helga (Yutte Stensgaard) and Terry Upton (Barry Justice). This new DVD release states that it is "UNCUT" but after viewing it beg to differ, having seen the uncut version of War Of The Mascots in Australia I know that this is definately not it. But don't be put off by this as it is still a fantastic little treasure to be savoured again and again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
As funny as I remember!,
By dancingman1956 (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor In The House - Series 1 - Complete [DVD] (DVD)
I first saw series 1 on a local (US) station back in the early 70's. Fortunately the humor holds up after nearly 40 years.
College students drinking, getting drunk,smoking (and it being shown as fun) - this would almost have to be cable nowdays. Region coding can usually be dealt with by a few minutes with Mr. Google. It could be worse - at least we don't have to find a PAL VHS player and TV!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A television series of it's time,
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This review is from: Doctor In The House - Series 1 - Complete [DVD] (DVD)
I think I had seen one or two episodes of this series back in the 1970's. I didn't remember much about it, but I decided to buy it and try it out. I enjoyed the series, but it is a product of it's time. The series reflects the chauvinistic attitudes of the times. It relies on dialogue and character development to carry the series, along with the excellent writing. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys television programs of that era.
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