In Doctor In The House (1954) junior doctor Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) gains a position at St Swithin's Hospital in London and ends up sharing 'digs' with a bunch of slightly older young medics, all of whom have failed the...
As a black doctor working on the front line of the NHS, Matt Hutchinson hears these words all too often. In this book, he offers a compelling glimpse into the unvarnished reality of working in healthcare as a member of an ethnic minority.
The BBC Radio 2 comedy inspired by every shopping channel you've ever seen, and every product you never wanted.
Buy Me Up TV is a live, 24-hour cable channel, described by its CEO, Jacky Tanner, as 'the crop of the top of the television shops'. Its perky presenters Angela and...
Baddiel And Ripley's Buy Leave It Or Not is the comedy/consumer-advice podcast from old friends and comedy heroes David Baddiel and Fay Ripley.
Listen in as they sort out your shopping trolley - unboxing and reviewing the products you didn't even know you wanted. From full English breakfast-makers to vagina...
Inspired by real events, The Indian Doctor is the award-winning BBC One drama that is a warm and humorous fish out of water story of a high flying doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London surgery, only to find himself in a small...
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Mad Men's Jon Hamm are to star in a comedy drama about the Russian revolution on Sky Arts.
The pair play the same doctor at different stages of his life in the four-part series based on stories by Russian doctor-turned-playwright Mikhail Bulgakov. Hamm play...
The complete classic 1960s comedy starring Richard Briers, the sequel to Doctor In The House, about a newly qualified young doctor and his two best friends, Taffy Evans and Tony Benskin.
When Simon Sparrow lands his first job as a ship's doctor, he soon realises life on the seas is...
Richard Briers stars as student doctor Simon Sparrow who has just started at St Swithin's hospital...how hard can it be?
Based on his own experiences as a medic, Richard Gordon's hospital comedy Doctor In The House was a huge hit when first published in 1952. It spawned a series of...
At last Doctor Evadne Hinge emerges from the shadow of her former colleague and oldest friend, world-renowned soprano Dame Hilda Bracket, to tell her own story. And it's not the story you might imagine.
Against a lovingly-drawn background of music and theatre, Doctor Hinge speaks frankly about her personal life....
You'll never need to buy another self-help book - Nobody Panic is the essential guide to being a fully functioning adult without screaming.
Useful, funny and life-affirming, Nobody Panic will give you all the skills necessary to at least convince people you're bossing life. From the useful, such as how...
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms.
Regularly maligned as the nadir of British film production and marginalised as a last resort for the financially-bereft industry during the 1970s, this study demonstrates that the...
Inspired by real events, The Indian Doctor is the award winning BBC One drama that is a warm and humorous fish out of water story of a high flying doctor who moves to the UK with ambitions to work in a top London surgery, only to find himself in a...
Troubles befall Dr Burke (Leslie Phillips) when he stows away on an ocean liner and poses as a female photographer. Once more the young doctor runs into the authorative figure of a Spratt, but this time it...
This is a self help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.
When James quit all forms of social media in 2019 he felt like he'd been born anew, but he was worried he'd suffer withdrawal and get lured back online to...
The only British comedian named after a Lincolnshire market town, Boothby Graffoe has won a cult following (and a Time Out Comedy Award) for his surreal stand-up...
During his career as an award winning comedian, Dominic Holland has fearlessly confronted thorny and controversial subjects. Posing hard questions such as:
- When is an onion actually peeled? - When is the right time to wash a towel? - And how many of us can genuinely claim to have more than...