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.[1] 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 and broadcast in 1979.[2]
Writers for the Doctor Down Under episodes were Bernard McKenna, Jon Watkins, and Bernie Sharp.[3] The episodes were directed by William G. Stewart and John Eastway; all episodes were produced by Stewart.[4]
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.
Border, Grampian, Granada, HTV, STV, and Southern aired it in a peak-time slot at 7.30pm.
The last ITV region to screen the series was in London - London Weekend Television, which produced the previous series in the Doctor franchise, screened Doctor Down Under from January 1981.
DVD release
All 13 episodes of Doctor Down Under have been released as a two Disc DVD set by Umbrella Entertainment in Australia (2007).
