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]

Doctor at the Top
Starring	Robin Nedwell George Layton Geoffrey Davies Ernest Clark
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	21 February (1991-02-21) – 4 April 1991 (1991-04-04)
Related
Doctor Down Under

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]

This was the final series of the Doctor in the House television franchise.

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?"