Doctors and Nurses (TV series)

Doctors and Nurses is a British television sitcom written by Nigel Smith and Dr. Phil Hammond, focusing on the fraught relationship between two orthopaedic surgeons, set in a hospital on the Isle of Wight.

Doctors and Nurses
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Phil Hammond Nigel Smith
Directed by	Caroline Jeffries
Starring	Joanna Scanlan Adrian Edmondson Madhav Sharma Mina Anwar David Mitchell Abigail Cruttenden Steven Alvey Susan Earl Geoffrey McGivern Audrey Ardington
Theme music composer	Nick Harvey
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Jon Plowman Jonathan Powell
Producer	Julian Meers
Production location	Carlton Studios[1]
Editor	Barry Osment
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Carlton Television
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	13 January (2004-01-13) – 17 February 2004 (2004-02-17)

It starred Adrian Edmondson, Mina Anwar and David Mitchell, and aired six episodes on BBC One from 13 January to 17 February 2004. The series was neither a critical nor commercial success, and did not return for a second series. Edmondson did go on to play a similar doctor role in the non-comic hospital drama Holby City.

Phil Hammond appeared as a neurosurgeon in episode three.

Cast

• Roy Glover – Adrian Edmondson
• George Banatwala – Madhav Sharma
• Toby Stephens – David Mitchell
• Lucy Potter – Abigail Cruttenden
• Zita Khan – Mina Anwar
• Walt – Geoffrey McGivern
• Tara Cummings – Susan Earl
• Flapper – Steven Alvey
• Stumpy Yates – Joanna Scanlan