7.4 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin Australia No. of series 1 Running time 25 minutes Final episode date 10 May 1980 Number of episodes 13 | 7.4/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 13 First episode date 12 February 1979 Genre Comedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Robin NedwellGeoffrey DaviesFrank WilsonJohn DerumJennifer Mellet Cast Similar Doctor at the Top, Doctor on the Go, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea, Doctor at Large | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Contents
- Doctor down under ep 1 thanks for the memory
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- Plot
- Cast
- Guest stars
- Series
- Location of St Barnabas Hospital
- UK broadcast
- DVD Release
- References
Doctor Down Under is an Australian 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 on the Go, and was produced by the Seven Network in association with the Paul Dainty organization 1979.
Writers for the Doctor Down Under episodes were Bernard McKenna, Jon Watkins and Bernie Sharp. The episodes was directed by William G. Stewart and John Eastway. all episodes were produced by Stewart.
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Plot
When Dr Duncan Waring and Dr Dick Stuart-Clark take up positions at St. Barnabas hospital in Sydney, they wreak havoc for the local medical staff, especially for Professor Beaumont, who is Professor of Surgery, and Dr Maurice Griffin, a surgeon with whom they share their office. The nurses at the hospital, however, find Dr Waring and Dr Stuart-Clark charming, as the two English doctors continue their pursuit of women.
Cast
Guest stars
Series
- Thanks for the Memory — written by Bernard McKenna and Jon Watkins
- If a Job's Worth Doing — written by Bernard McKenna
- A Bird in the Hand — written by Jon Watkins
- I Gotta Horse — written by Bernie Sharp
- The Hawaiian Operation — written by Jon Watkins
- The More We Are Together — written by Jon Watkins
- It's All in the Mind — written by Bernie Sharp
- If You Can't Beat Em... — written by Jon Watkins
- Alias Clark and Waring — written by Jon Watkins
- Impatients — written by Bernard McKenna
- The Sydney Surprise — written by Jon Watkins
- The Name of the Game — written by Bernard McKenna
- Identity Crisis — written by Bernard McKenna
Location of St Barnabas Hospital
The building used as the fictional St Barnabas Hospital is Hornsby Hospital, in Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
UK broadcast
Doctor Down Under was first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV in 1980. Granada TV was the first ITV Station to broadcast the series on Saturday 5 January. Southern TV, was the second to start the series from Tuesday 12 February 1980. Anglia started the series from April broadcasting at 15.15 slot. Nearly all the other ITV Stations pick up the series during between June - July 1980, but was not fully networked: ATV and Westward broadcast it 17.15, Yorkshire broadcast it 10.30, Border, Grampian, Granada, HTV, STV, and Southern broadcast it 19.30.
Last ITV area to broadcast the series was London. Thames Television did not broadcast the series but LWT started the series from January 1981.
DVD Release
Doctor Down Under, all 13 episodes have been released as a two Disc DVD set by Umbrella Entertainment in Australia (2007).