Doctor at the Top

Doctor at the Top is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors.^[1] With episodes written (though not jointly) by George Layton and Bill Oddie, the series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor Down Under, eleven years earlier. It was produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC1 in 1991.^[2]

In this series the lead characters have all progressed in their careers: Waring and Collier are now surgeons, and Stuart-Clark is a professor.^[3]

The series was not as well received as its predecessors and was cancelled after one series. According to Layton, it "depressed the whole nation", and Oddie dubbed it "Doctor Down The Drain".^[4]

Cast

• Robin Nedwell - Mr Duncan Waring
• George Layton - Mr Paul Collier
• Geoffrey Davies - Professor Dick Stuart-Clark
• Ernest Clark - Sir Geoffrey Loftus
• Roger Sloman - Dr Lionel Snell
• Georgina Melville - Geraldine Waring
• Chloë Annett - Rebecca Stuart-Clark
• Jill Benedict - Emma Stuart-Clark
• Andrew Powell - Crabtree
• Ben Onwukwe - Jonathan Asante
• Laura Bickford - Pushpinda
• Maria Collett - Margaret
• Paul Courtenay Hyu - Lee
• John Clegg - Dinner Guest
• Linda James - Angela
• Angus Deayton - Adrian Quint
• Jayne Irving - TV Presenter

Episodes

1. "Sins of the Father"
2. "Happy Birthday, Sir Geoffrey"
3. "The V.I.P."
4. "The Kindest Cut"
5. "Bye Bye, Bickerstaff"
6. "It's All Right, I'm a Doctor"^[5]
7. "Waring Goes Private?"

References

External links

• Doctor at the Top at British TV Comedy Guide
• Doctor at the Top at IMDb
• Doctor at the Top at British Comedy Guide