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Trains & Notes & Veins

Comedy

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Apr 17, 1971

Michael is on a train going home to stay with his parents. He gets chatting to fellow passenger Mrs. Bentinck, a wealthy, middle-aged woman who wants his professional advice over her varicose veins.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 28 episodes

Season 1

Now Dr. Upton...,

A newly qualified Michael applies for a top job at All Saint's Hospital but finds the interviewing panel more interested in his rugby skills.

25m Feb 27, 1971

You've Really Landed Me in it This Time,

Paul Collier is in practice with elderly Dr. Neilson and asks Michael to cover his night surgery so he can go on a date.

24m Mar 6, 1971

You Make Me Feel So Young,

Michael and Paul go to work with Dr. Maxwell. Unfortunately, many of the patients refuse to be seen by Michael as they consider him too young to be a proper doctor.

25m Mar 13, 1971

Sue is not happy when her father gets Michael to give a sex education talk at a local girls' school, resulting in him being a sex fantasy object, attracting the girls' attentions.

25m Mar 20, 1971

Modernising Major,

Dick Stuart-Clark arrives and convinces Michael that the surgery is old-fashioned and needs modernizing. He provides an E.C.G. machine that explodes when used on Mrs. Baxter.

24m Mar 27, 1971

Congratulations, It's a Toad!,

Paul has an idea for a pregnancy advisory service, using toads in his demonstration. Unfortunately, the samples he brings to the surgery are frogs and not toads...and soon they are everywhere.

25m Apr 3, 1971

Change Your Partners,

Dick Stuart-Clarke is dating Dr. Caroline Cooke, but when he is called away on duty Michael steps in as her escort for a date. This annoys Sue, who subsequently ditches Michael for Dick.

24m Apr 10, 1971

Trains & Notes & Veins,

Michael is on a train going home to stay with his parents. He gets chatting to fellow passenger Mrs. Bentinck, a wealthy, middle-aged woman who wants his professional advice over her varicose veins.

23m Apr 17, 1971

Lock, Stock & Beryl,

Back at St. Swithin's, Michael and Paul are squabbling over a promotion. Michael is dating a nurse called Beryl, but when he fails to show up for their date she gets very drunk.

24m Apr 24, 1971

Upton Sells Out?,

Encouraged by Dick, Michael gets a job in Harley Street with the elderly female Dr. Whiteland. In the end, the job is a sinecure that includes such duties as walking her dogs, and he feels wasted.

24m May 1, 1971

Where There's a Will...,

Having prescribed a tonic for the elderly and seemingly well Mr. Medwin, Michael is appalled when the old gentleman dies and his greedy relatives are waiting like vultures for the will-reading.

25m May 15, 1971

Students at Heart,

Michael is pipped at the post by Bingham, whose flies are undone at an interview for a consultant surgeon's job.

24m May 22, 1971

No Ill Feeling!,

Michael is now working with Paul for Paul's uncle, hypochondriac Dr. Griffin. When Michael's room is not yet ready, he stays in a hotel run by the very rude Mr. Clifford and his domineering wife.

25m May 29, 1971

Let's Start at the Beginning,

Now that Dick is working in a psychiatric clinic, Michael seeks his help over patient Victor Bligh who twitches uncontrollably and blows raspberries.

25m Jun 5, 1971

It's All in the Mind,

At a party, Michael and Paul meet Audrey Watt, who not only claims to be a white witch but seems to be curing their patients, including Dr. Griffin, with her herbal remedies.

23m Jun 12, 1971

Cynthia Darling,

Overbearing Sybil Askey sweeps into the surgery, telling Michael he looks ill and needs help.

25m Jun 19, 1971

A Little Help from My Friends,

Dr. Griffin is in hospital and Michael is dissatisfied by the way that Paul wants to run the surgery in his absence, using cinema advertising and Rolls Royce hire.

25m Jun 26, 1971

Devon is Lovely at This Time of Year,

Michael and Nicky are planning a romantic break in Devon when Michael hears that Bingham has been sacked and there is a vacancy for a surgeon at St. Swithin's.

25m Jul 3, 1971

Operation Loftus,

Dick has been running an illicit drinks operation. The professor is about to protest when he suddenly collapses and needs an operation.

25m Jul 10, 2019

Mother and Father Doing Well,

Former medical student Huw Evans returns to St. Swithin's with his heavily pregnant wife Pippa, a former typist at the hospital.

24m Jul 17, 1971

A Joke's a Joke,

Michael and Paul decide to boost their reputations by becoming demonstrators at anatomy classes. Dick is keen to join in too, but only for the money.

25m Jul 24, 1971

Pull the Other One!,

It's time for the new intake of student nurses and the doctors are looking forward to picking their dates.

24m Jul 31, 1971

It's the Rich Wot Gets the Pleasure,

Dick's uncle has died, leaving him a small fortune. On a train travelling from Scotland, where he has been at a medical conference with Michael and Bingham, he decides to celebrate.

24m Aug 7, 1971

Things That Go Mump in the Night,

Michael is diagnosed with mumps and ends up in Bingham's ward next to the boring Mr. Gilbert, who fancies himself an amateur doctor and is visited by his even more boring brother.

24m Aug 14, 1971

In order to revise for his exams in peaceful, quiet surroundings, Michael goes to Mr. Stanley Moon's health farm, where Dick is now the resident doctor.

25m Aug 21, 1971

Michael, Paul and Bingham are due to take their viva voce, an oral exam set by Prof. Loftus and Prof. Sinnott.

24m Aug 28, 1971

Bewigged, Bothered, & Bewildered,

Michael finds himself in court for having administered penicillin to Bertram Hoyle, who ended up with an allergic reaction and is suing him for gross negligence.

25m Sep 4, 1971

A Situation Full of Promise,

The lads are jealous when a handsome American doctor arrives, but there are more pressing matters at hand as Michael, Paul and Bingham are on the interviewing panel to decide the new Senior House Officer.

24m Sep 11, 1971