Fourteen years after the final ITV series, and ten after the Australian, Richard Gordon's Doctor stories returned to the small-screen - this time courtesy of the BBC.

A lot had obviously happened in the interim: Waring had become a paediatrician at St Swithin's and was married with five daughters; Collier was a consultant at St Swithin's and also had a Harley Street practice; and Stuart-Clark was the hospital's Professor of Surgery. NHS under-funding and bed shortages were obviously issues to be tackled, and there was less emphasis on the female anatomy as the butt of all jokes.

CAST

Robin Nedwell - Duncan Waring

Geoffrey Davies - Dick Stuart-Clark

George Layton - Paul Collier

Ernest Clark - Sir Geoffrey Loftus

Jill Benedict - Emma Stuart-Clark

Chloe Annett - Rebecca Stuart-Clark

Roger Sloman - Dr Lionel Snell

Georgina Melville - Geraldine Waring