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Doctors + Nurses. Image shows from L to R: Toby Stephens (David Mitchell), Zita Khan (Mina Anwar), Tara Cummings (Susan Earl), Roy Glover (Adrian Edmondson), Flapper (Steven Alvey), Lucy Potter (Abigail Cruttenden), George Banatwala (Madhav Sharma)
Doctors + Nurses

Doctors + Nurses

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2004
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom focusing on the fraught relationship between two orthopaedic surgeons. Stars Adrian Edmondson, Madhav Sharma, Mina Anwar, David Mitchell, Geoffrey McGivern and more.

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