Carry on Doctors

FEELING a little poorly? Under-the-weather? Don't worry! Sit back for a dose of your favourite medical drama and you'll feel much better. Anyone would think the Brits were a nation of hypochondriacs looking at the TV schedules. There is daytime fare from Doctors, ITV's Always & Everyone and real-life drama with Children's Hospital. ER and Chicago Hope have even been imported from America to help cut the TV waiting lists. Now three of the UK's biggest medical dramas are back for the autumn. TV writer MARION McMULLEN makes an appointment with some of the top docs on the box

PEAK PRACTICE

BACKGROUND NOTES: ITV's long-running favourite is just the tonic for Tuesday nights. The 13-parter marks the 10th series of the medical drama set in The Beeches surgery in the Peak District. Since beginning back in 1993, the drama created by Soldier Soldier writer Lucy Gannon has been a consistent ratings winner. …

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