Doctor at Large

Being a newly qualified Bachelor of Medicine, Michael Upton now has to find himself a job. He dreams of being a house surgeon and attends an interview for All Saints Hospital, but it does not go well. In the meantime, he takes a temporary appointment at St. Swithin's.

When Dr. Upton goes to Wimbledon to visit Paul Collier's practice, he finds himself looking after the patients for a couple of hours. He also has to be wary of the attentions of the receptionist, Liz, who has more than just answering the phones on her mind.

Upton and Collier have taken up jobs in a practice run by the eccentric Dr. Maxwell and his young daughter, Sue. The problems start for Upton when people begin to question his age and the patients want to be seen by a "proper doctor."

Upton is assigned the task of visiting Stacks Lane School to give a sex education lesson. It's an all-girls school and his students are almost women, so the experience proves embarrassing for Upton when they tease him. When he meets the schoolmistress, he realizes his problems are far from over.

When Dick Stuart-Clark visits Upton and Collier, he is shocked at their working conditions and encourages his friends to modernize the practice. When they attempt to update the filing system and install a new EKG machine, they create havoc among the patients.

Paul Collier has started a pregnancy-testing service, with Dr. Maxwell's approval, and toads are at the heart of the scheme. When complaints are made, the doctors try to deny all knowledge and cover their tracks.

Is Upton guilty of improper conduct? It looks that way to Dr. Maxwell when he catches Mike in the surgery room with a glamorous patient. The situation takes some explaining, not only to Maxwell but to Sue as well.

Having left the Major's practice, Upton takes Collier and Stuart-Clark to his parents' home for a weekend away from the daily slog of medicine. However, they meet a lady on the train - and does she have problems!

Mike is on the lookout for a better job, and when Collier leaps in and nabs the first one that comes up - it's war!

Upton goes against his principles when he joins Stuart-Clark in a plush Harley Street practice. He is immediately at odds with the kind of medicine Dr. Whiteland dispenses.

Left to mind the practice, Dr. Upton has to deal with a government minister, an upset girl jilted by Dick Stuart-Clark and three toy bears.

Dr. Upton is the primary suspect in Mr. Medwin's sudden death, despite the fact that Medwin's vicious family is greedy for the money he left behind.

Upton returns to St. Swithin's in the hope of a surgery job. Unfortunately, his return coincides with a rugby victory, and winning the cup leads to some noisy and boisterous celebrations - with disastrous results.

Upton takes a new job with Collier's uncle, Dr. Griffin. He is put up at a local hotel and encounters the resident funny man, Mr. Davidson - the life and soul of the party!

Dr. Upton ventures into the field of psychiatry. He discovers that with time and patience most people can be helped - even psychiatrists!

Still at Dr. Griffin's practice, Upton and Collier have problems with the local folk doctor who seems to provide better care to some of their own patients.

Mrs. Askey, a possessive mother, calls Michael Upton out at all hours to look at her daughter.

When Upton suddenly finds himself in sole charge of Dr. Griffin's practice, Collier and Stuart-Clark are only too willing to help out. But their well-intended efforts drive Upton to advertise for a replacement.

Upton is enjoying general practice, especially now that he works with a beautiful young assistant.

Professor Loftus returns to St. Swithin's at the same time as Upton, and is appalled at the way in which the hospital is being run.

Exuberant Welsh medic Huw Evans makes a surprise return visit to St. Swithin's when his wife has her first baby. But as it turns out, he needs more attention than she does!

With his fellowship exams looming, Upton decides to get extra experience - and money - by becoming an anatomy demonstrator. But at the sound of money, Stuart-Clark pricks up his ears, too - and that's when the trouble starts.

Mike and Dick go after the new intake of student nurses.

Drunken celebrations on a train over an inheritance lead Upton, Stuart-Clark and Bingham to an overnight stay in police cells.

Even doctors need a doctor sometime, but when Upton falls ill, he needs Lawrence Bingham like a hole in the head. Added to his problems is the unbearable patient in the next bed. There is only one compensation - in the delectable shape of Nurse Parker!