Doctor At Large

Michael Upton is forced to take a job in the hectic ENT unit when his rival is appointed as junior house surgeon.

After failing to find coverage, Paul Collier is left in charge of the surgery on the same night as his dinner engagement.

Michael and Paul go for an interview with a doctor who needs two junior partners, but a number of the patients are doubtful of their qualifications.

Sue is not pleased when her father asks Michael to give a sex education talk at the local school, after which he gets a lot of attention.

Michael and Paul decide to update Dr. Maxwell's practice with an ECG machine that doesn't quite perform as it should, and by making Maxwell's study a second surgery.

Paul has the bright idea of using toads in his demonstration for a pregnancy advisory service.

Sue is annoyed when Michael steps in to escort Dick's date to the ballet after he gets tied up with extra duties.

Michael and Paul share a train carriage with a woman suffering with varicose veins and offer advice quite contrary to that of her own doctor.

Trouble brews for the young medics as they get involved in a job hunt and an escapade with Beryl, the nurse in the casualty ward.

After receiving encouragement from Dick, Michael takes a position looking after the pampered clientele of a Harley Street clinic.

An eccentric woman, a government minister and Maxine show up when Michael is left to cover on a Saturday afternoon, so Dick can go on a date.

One of the doctors gets in a pickle when he prescribes a health tonic for a wealthy hypochondriac whose death is eagerly awaited by his greedy relatives.

Michael's plan to ingratiate himself with the chief surgeon at St. Swithin's goes awry when he gets seriously drunk.

With the help of Paul and Dick, Michael plans to wreak revenge on a local comedian who embarrassed him.

Michael is amazed to find Dick working at the local psychiatric hospital, and chaos ensues when Michael himself is mistaken for a patient.

Michael and Paul tackle a local white witch when she starts stealing, and apparently curing, their patients.

Overbearing Mrs. Askey drags Michael off to her house to treat her delicate young daughter, Cynthia.

Michael advertises for a new doctor to join him at the practice because he is fed up with Paul, but his new associate is hardly what he is expecting.

Michael is in love with Nicky Barrington, the new doctor at the practice, but rivalry at work is sure to come between them.

Michael returns to St. Swithin's as a house surgeon and enjoys the relaxed regime, but the hospital's new boss threatens his idyllic lifestyle.

Michael helps a nervous friend cope with childbirth and fatherhood.

Dick teams up with Lawrence to take revenge on Paul and Michael.

Paul, Michael and Dick clash over their differing attitudes toward women.

Dick receives an inheritance, but his celebration with the lads lands them all in jail.

Lawrence uses Michael as a guinea pig for his students after he is admitted to his ward with a bad case of mumps.

Michael goes to work at a health farm, where he falls foul of proprietor Mr. Moon.

Paul messes up his oral exam in anatomy when he picks a fight with the examining professor.

Michael takes over from an overworked Paul in the hospital's casualty department, and finds himself up on a negligence charge.

Dick applies for the position of chief house surgeon and thinks he has the job when he discovers that Paul, Michael and Bingham are on the interview board.