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 | |
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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 locations | Lenton Lane Studios Nottingham, England, UK |
Editor | Barry Osment |
Running time | 30:00 |
Production company | Carlton Television for BBC |
Distributor | ITV Studios |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 16:9 576i |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 13 January – 17 February 2004 |
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
External links
- Doctors and Nurses at IMDb
- Doctors and Nurses at British Comedy Guide
- Doctors and Nurses at TV.com
- Doctors and Nurses at BBC Online Comedy Guide