Doctor on the Go is a British

United Kingdom

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 television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor at Sea

Doctor at Sea (TV series)

Doctor at Sea is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of Doctors at sea. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in Charge, and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1974.Writers for the Doctor at Sea episodes...

and was produced by London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television was the name of the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties including south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Warwickshire, east Dorset and...

 in 1975-77.

Writers for the Doctor on the Go episodes were Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...

, Rob Buckman

Rob Buckman

Robert Alexander Amiel "Rob" Buckman was a British-Canadian doctor of medicine, comedian and author, and president of the Humanist Association of Canada...

, Richard Laing, George Layton

George Layton

George Layton is an English actor, director, screenwriter and author. He was educated at Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School in Bradford and later studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where he won the Emile Littler award. He went on to leading parts at Coventry and Nottingham and...

, Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn is an English actor, comedy writer and director. He is best known for being the co-writer of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.-Personal life:...

, Bernard McKenna

Bernard McKenna (writer)

Bernard McKenna is a Scottish writer/producer who has written, or co-written, many hours of British television comedy. He is most noted for his work with Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame as well as his collaborations with Peter Cook and Douglas Adams...

, Steve Thorn and Paul Wolfson.

Cast

• Robin Nedwell
  Robin Nedwell
  Robin Nedwell was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Duncan Waring in the television comedy series Doctor in the House and its sequels...
  
   - Dr Duncan Waring
• Geoffrey Davies
  Geoffrey Davies
  Geoffrey Davies is a British actor. The son of an accountant, he was educated at Grammar School and studied at Art College to be a commercial artist before becoming an actor...
  
   - Dr Dick Stuart-Clark
• Ernest Clark
  Ernest Clark
  Ernest Clark was a British actor of stage, television and film.-Early life:Clark was the son of a master builder in Maida Vale, and was educated nearby at St Marylebone Grammar School. After leaving school he became a reporter on a local newspaper in Croydon...
  
   - Professor Geoffrey Loftus
• Andrew Knox - Dr James Gascoigne
• John Kane
  John Kane
  John Kane was an American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art.He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum...
  
   - Dr Andrew MacKenzie
• Jacquie-Ann Carr - Dr Katherine Wright

Episodes

Series 1

1. Keep Your Nose Clean
2. When a Body Meets a Body
3. It's the Thought That Counts
4. Radio Activity
5. A Run for Your Money
6. Learning by Heart
7. It's Just the Job
8. What's Up Doc?
9. Room for Change
10. A Heart in the Right Place
11. What's your Problem?
12. Clunk Clink
13. The Course of True Love

Series 2

1. When Did You Last See Your Father?
2. I Love Paris... When I Get There
3. Money Spasms
4. What's in a Name?
5. The War of the Wards
6. For Your Own Good
7. Bunny Makes the World Go Round
8. Loftus the Terrible
9. A Turn for the Nurse
10. M*A*T*C*H
11. California Girl
12. Sunday Bleeping Sunday
13. Happy Ever After

Cultural and social impact

Jamaican reggae group The Upsetters

The Upsetters

The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am The Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd....

 recorded a song called "Doctor on the Go" containing sound clips from the show for their 1975 album Revolution Dub

Revolution Dub

Revolution Dub is an album by Lee Perry & The Upsetters, released in Jamaica in 1975 in very small quantities. It features radical, groundbreaking drum & bass mixes, sound effects , heavy bass, vocals by Perry himself, and an early use of a drum machine in reggae....

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External links

• Doctor on the Go at British TV Comedy Guide
• Doctor on the Go at Nostalgia Central