Doctor at Large Season 1, Episode 5: Modernising Major

Now, Dr. Upton

A newly-qualified Michael Upton is released into the world of work. But finding the ideal job proves more difficult than it originally seemed.

30 min

You've Really Landed Me In It This Time

Michael is subjected to spending an evening in the company of a sex-starved secretary when he stands in for a skiving Paul.

30 min

You Make Me Feel So Young

Michael and Paul become partners in Doctor Maxwell's practice. But they find getting accepted by the patients much harder than getting accepted by Doctor Maxwell...

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Doctor Dish

Michael is asked to give a talk at the local girls' school. However, he finds it isn't just his medical knowledge that finds favour with the pupils.

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Congratulations, It's A Toad

Paul thinks he has stumbled on a winner by using toads for quick and efficient pregnancy tests.

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Change Your Partners

Sue is left unimpressed when Dick introduces Michael to his attractive lady friend.

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Trains And Notes And Veins

Michael invites Dick and Paul home to meet his parents. But having four doctors on the premises soon gets irksome.

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Lock, Stock And Beryl

Michael's invovement with a nurse called Beryl escalates - much to his displeasure.

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Upton Sells Out

A position becomes vacant at the private practice where Dick works, and Michael - tired of his tedious casualty job - decides to apply for it, leaving Paul unimpressed.

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Saturday Matinee

Michael is left in charge of the practice when Dick skives off to see a girlfriend.

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Where There's A Will

Michael is less than delighted when one of his patients dies shortly after he treats him.

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Students At Heart

Michael continues his quest for a job in surgery. However, once again he is up against Lawrence Bingham.

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No Ill Feeling!

Paul gets Michael a job with his uncle in general practice. But Mike still longs for the surgeon's scalpel.

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Let's Start At The Beginning

Glad to get away from his G. P. job, Michael visits Dick at his psychiatric practice.

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It's All In The Mind

Paul and Michael are pleased when their patients are healing well. But they soon discover it is not entirely due to their efforts...

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Cynthia Darling

Michael is driven to distraction by an overbearing mother's insistence that her healthy daughter is ill.

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A little Help From My Friends

With Dr. Griffin admitted to hospital, Michael is left in charge of the practice. Dissatisfied with Paul's work, Mike decides to replace him.

30 min

Devon Is Lovely at This Time of Year

Michael is totally smitten with the new doctor, Nicky. And when the Dean offers Mike a new job, it looks as though he might make a mistake he'll live to regret.

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Operation Loftus

Michael's much-awaited return to St. Swithin's is cause for celebration. The festivities are quickly curtailed, however, when Professor Loftus also returns to the hospital.

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Mother And Father Doing Well

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A Jokes A Joke

Paul and Mike decide to get jobs as anatomy demonstrators, whilst Dick's just in it for the money. However, none of them counted on Lawrence Bingham's competition.

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Pull The Other One

Michael and Paul find they have differing attitudes to women.

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It's The Rich Wot Gets The Pleasure

Dick finds out he has inherited £50,000 following the death of his Uncle James.

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Things That Go Mump In The Night

Michael is showing all the symptoms of mumps, and is immediately admitted to Lawrence Bingham's ward.

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Mr Moon

Michael visits Dick at the health farm at which he is working, and makes a bet that he can stick to the patients' diet.

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The Viva

The junior doctors are all preparing for their viva exams, but one of them in particular has particular trouble when it comes to taking his.

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Bewigged, Bothered And Bewildered

Michael ends up in court after he injects a patient with some penicillin, to which he turns out to be allergic.

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A Situation Full Of Promise

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