The Indian Doctor
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One / BBC One Wales
- 2010 - 2013
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Period comedy drama starring Sanjeev Bhaskar as an Indian doctor who finds work in a South Wales mining village in the 1960s. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Matthew Aubrey, Sion Pritchard, Ceri Murphy, Ayesha Dharker and more.
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Series 1, Episode 4 - The Van
The new doctor, Prem Sharma, comes up with a cunning plan to diagnose the miners' health problems.
Further details
When a rather unusual van arrives in the village, the driver, a well-known rugby player, creates a real stir and it looks like the doctor's luck is changing for the better.
However, Richard Sharpe, the mine manager, is furious and does his best to turn the locals against the doctor and his X-ray van - although his wife, Sylvia Sharpe, is rather taken with the new driver.
Meanwhile, Gina gets some shocking news and the crucial green leather diary belonging to Dr Elwyn goes missing...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 18th November 2010
- Time
- 2:15pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | Dr. Prem Sharma |
| Ayesha Dharker | Kamini Sharma |
| Mali Harries | Megan Evans |
| Ifan Huw Dafydd | Owen Griffiths |
| Jacob Oakley | Dan Griffiths |
| Erica Eirian | Sian Davies |
| Naomi Everson | Gina Nicolli |
| Mark Williams | Richard Sharpe |
| Beth Robert | Sylvia Sharpe |
| Alexander Vlahos | Tom Evans |
| Gareth Bale | Alun |
| Lee Mengo | Bryn |
| Kyle Rees | Trystan |
| Clare Hingott | Beryl |
| Gareth Jewell | Rhys Stephens |
| Anwen Carlisle | Cate |
| Bill Armstrong | Writer |
| Tim Whitby | Director |
| Tom Ware | Executive Producer |
| Deep Sehgal | Executive Producer |