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S1 E1: Now, Dr. Upton...

On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 28, 1971

Michael Upton is forced to take a job in the hectic ENT unit when his rival is appointed as junior house surgeon.

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1971

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S1 E29: A Situation Full of Promise

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1971

Dick applies for the position of chief house surgeon and thinks he has the job when he discovers that Paul, Michael and Bingham are on the interview board.

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S1 E28: Bewigged, Bothered and Bewildered

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 5, 1971

Michael takes over from an overworked Paul in the hospital's casualty department, and finds himself up on a negligence charge.

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S1 E27: The Viva

On Demand • Original Air Date: Aug 29, 1971

Paul messes up his oral exam in anatomy when he picks a fight with the examining professor.

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S1 E26: Mr. Moon

On Demand • Original Air Date: Aug 22, 1971

Michael goes to work at a health farm, where he falls foul of proprietor Mr. Moon.

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S1 E25: Things That Go Mump in the Night

On Demand • Original Air Date: Aug 15, 1971

Lawrence uses Michael as a guinea pig for his students after he is admitted to his ward with a bad case of mumps.

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S1 E24: It's the Rich Wot Gets the Pleasure

On Demand • Original Air Date: Aug 8, 1971

Dick receives an inheritance, but his celebration with the lads lands them all in jail.

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S1 E23: Pull the Other One!

On Demand • Original Air Date: Aug 1, 1971

Paul, Michael and Dick clash over their differing attitudes toward women.

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S1 E22: A Joke's a Joke

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jul 25, 1971

Dick teams up with Lawrence to take revenge on Paul and Michael.

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S1 E21: Mother and Father Doing Well

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jul 18, 1971

Michael helps a nervous friend cope with childbirth and fatherhood.

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S1 E20: Operation Loftus

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jul 11, 1971

Michael returns to St. Swithin's as a house surgeon and enjoys the relaxed regime, but the hospital's new boss threatens his idyllic lifestyle.

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S1 E19: Devon Is Lovely at This Time of Year

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jul 4, 1971

Michael is in love with Nicky Barrington, the new doctor at the practice, but rivalry at work is sure to come between them.

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S1 E18: A Little Help From My Friends

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jun 27, 1971

Michael advertises for a new doctor to join him at the practice because he is fed up with Paul, but his new associate is hardly what he is expecting.

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S1 E17: Cynthia Darling

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jun 20, 1971

Overbearing Mrs. Askey drags Michael off to her house to treat her delicate young daughter, Cynthia.

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S1 E16: It's All in the Mind

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jun 13, 1971

Michael and Paul tackle a local white witch when she starts stealing, and apparently curing, their patients.

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S1 E15: Let's Start at the Beginning

On Demand • Original Air Date: Jun 6, 1971

Michael is amazed to find Dick working at the local psychiatric hospital, and chaos ensues when Michael himself is mistaken for a patient.

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S1 E14: No Ill Feeling!

On Demand • Original Air Date: May 30, 1971

With the help of Paul and Dick, Michael plans to wreak revenge on a local comedian who embarrassed him.

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S1 E13: Students at Heart

On Demand • Original Air Date: May 23, 1971

Michael's plan to ingratiate himself with the chief surgeon at St. Swithin's goes awry when he gets seriously drunk.

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S1 E12: Where There's a Will...

On Demand • Original Air Date: May 16, 1971

One of the doctors gets in a pickle when he prescribes a health tonic for a wealthy hypochondriac whose death is eagerly awaited by his greedy relatives.

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S1 E11: Saturday Matinée

On Demand • Original Air Date: May 9, 1971

An eccentric woman, a government minister and Maxine show up when Michael is left to cover on a Saturday afternoon so Dick can go on a date.

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S1 E10: Upton Sells Out?

On Demand • Original Air Date: May 2, 1971

After receiving encouragement from Dick, Michael takes a position looking after the pampered clientele of a Harley Street clinic.

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S1 E9: Lock, Stock and Beryl

On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 25, 1971

Trouble brews for the young medics as they get involved in a job hunt and an escapade with Beryl, the nurse in the casualty ward.

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S1 E8: Trains and Notes and Veins

On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 18, 1971

Michael and Paul share a train carriage with a woman suffering with varicose veins and offer advice quite contrary to that of her own doctor.

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S1 E7: Change Your Partners

On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 11, 1971

Sue is annoyed when Michael steps in to escort Dick's date to the ballet after he gets tied up with extra duties.

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S1 E6: Congratulations, It's a Toad!

On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 4, 1971

Paul has the bright idea of using toads in his demonstration for a pregnancy advisory service.

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S1 E5: Modernizing Major

On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 28, 1971

Michael and Paul decide to update Dr. Maxwell's practice with an ECG machine that doesn't quite perform as it should, and by making Maxwell's study a second surgery.

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S1 E4: Doctor Dish

On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 21, 1971

Sue is not pleased when her father asks Michael to give a sex education talk at the local school, after which he gets a lot of attention.

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S1 E3: You Make Me Feel So Young

On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 14, 1971

Michael and Paul go for an interview with a doctor who needs two junior partners, but a number of the patients are doubtful of their qualifications.

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S1 E2: You've Really Landed Me in It

On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 7, 1971

After failing to find coverage, Paul Collier is left in charge of the surgery on the same night as his dinner engagement.

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S1 E1: Now, Dr. Upton...

On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 28, 1971

Michael Upton is forced to take a job in the hectic ENT unit when his rival is appointed as junior house surgeon.

26 Min

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TV-14

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Available with Freestream