Doctor At Sea. Dr Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde). Copyright: Rank Organisation
Doctor At Sea

Doctor At Sea

  • 1955 film

Dirk Bogarde stars as a doctor who signs up to be a ship's medical man in an effort to find excitement. Also features Brenda De Banzie, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice, Maurice Denham, Michael Medwin and more.

See also

Doctor Series

A series of films, radio and television sitcoms based on the novels of Richard Gordon.

Only When I Laugh. Image shows from L to R: Dr. Gordon Thorpe (Richard Wilson), Roy Figgis (James Bolam), Norman Binns (Christopher Strauli), Archie Glover (Peter Bowles). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
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Only When I Laugh

Roy Figgis, Norman Binns and Archie Glover are long-term residents of the NHS. Despite this, they never fail to get themselves into trouble.

Don't Wait Up. Image shows from L to R: Tom Latimer (Nigel Havers), Angela Latimer (Dinah Sheridan), Toby Latimer (Tony Britton). Copyright: BBC
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Don't Wait Up

Father and son doctors, Toby and Tom Latimer, find themselves divorcing their wives and at a crossroads in their life.

Getting On. Image shows from L to R: Sister Den Flixter (Joanna Scanlan), Nurse Kim Wilde (Jo Brand), Doctor Pippa Moore (Vicki Pepperdine). Copyright: Vera Productions
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Getting On

Comedy drama which follows the daily lives of nurses as they go about their routine tasks in an NHS hospital.

Doctor At Large
 Radio

Doctor At Large

Sitcom starring Richard Briers as Richard Gordon's literary creation, Simon Sparrow.

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