Doctor in the House (franchise)

Doctor in the House is the American collective name for seven separate British and Australian television comedy series inspired by a series of cinema films, which in turn were based on and inspired by a series of books by Richard Gordon, about the misadventures of a group of medical students and their later misadventures as doctors.

Doctor in the House
StarringBarry Evans
Robin Nedwell
Geoffrey Davies
George Layton
Ernest Clark
Richard O'Sullivan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Australia
No. of series10
No. of episodes157
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Channel Seven
BBC1
Release12 July 1969 (1969-07-12) 
4 April 1991 (1991-04-04)

The first five series, Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea and Doctor on the Go, were produced by London Weekend Television between 1969 and 1977.

The sixth series, Doctor Down Under, which was filmed and based in Australia, was produced by Australia's Seven Network in 1979.

The final series, Doctor at the Top, was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.

The same theme music — "Bond Street Parade" by Alan Tew — was used for all of the "Doctor" television series, including the Australian series Doctor Down Under.

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