"Doctor in Charge" Honeymoon Special (1972)

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Writers:

Graeme Garden (written by) &
Bill Oddie (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor in Charge" (1972)

Original Air Date:

9 July 1972 (Season 1, Episode 14)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Friendship | Nurse | Hospital | Medical

Cast

Robin Nedwell	...	Dr. Duncan Waring
Richard O'Sullivan	...	Dr. Lawrence Bingham
Helen Fraser	...	Dr. Mary Bingham
George Layton	...	Dr. Paul Collier
Geoffrey Davies	...	Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark
Christopher Sandford	...	Porter

"..one of the best episodes....."

Having watched most of the "Doctor" series while growing up, I am inclined to believe that this was by far the funniest episode ever aired. It has to do with Bingham and Mary his newly married wife and their honeymoon which has been ruined due to a prank that Dick Stuart Clark and Paul Collier play on an intoxicated Bingham. Now wearing a body cast and unable to get around, Mary enlists the aid of her old beau, Duncan Waring to drive them to their honeymoon destination in the country. Being late Duncan stays the night with plans to leave the next day. Meanwhile Clark and Collier begin to feel guilty and call Duncan and inform him of there little prank. With Bingham now informed of the fake cast, they head back to get the cast removed only to have car trouble on the way. Bingham is somehow propped in the car behind the wheel and proceeds to get the car stalled on the railroad tracks. Duncan frantically tries to free his stuck foot from the pedals which gets more desperate now that the sound of an oncoming train is heard. The complex timing and sight gags are at their finest and if you have an opportunity to catch this episode, let alone any of the others, do so! This was a great series and I only wish it was available to us on DVD in the U.S......