The Young Doctors

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The Young Doctors
Image:Theyoungdoctors.jpg
Genre Drama
Running time 25 minutes
Creator(s) Reg Watson
Starring Michael Beecher, Cornelia Frances, Alfred Sandor, Gwen Plumb, Mark Holden, John Dommett, Peta Toppano, Chris King, Tim Page, Lyn James, Judy McBurney, Tony Alvarez, Paula Duncan, Lynda Stoner, Bartholomew John, Anne Lucas, Diana McLean, Rebecca Gilling, Alan Dale, Eric Oldfield, Brian Moll
Country of origin Australia
Original channel Nine Network
Original run 1976–1982
No. of episodes 1396
IMDb profile

The Young Doctors was an Australian, early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff. The series was particularly popular with women and teenage fans.

The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on the Nine Network from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30 March 1983. When it ended after 1396 thirty-minute episodes it held the record of Australia's longest running television drama series, having surpassed the previous record of 1218 thirty-minute episodes held by Number 96. This was later surpassed by A Country Practice and then Neighbours, which is the current record-holder of longest-running Australian series.

The Young Doctors holds the distinction, rare among long-running Australian dramas, of having never won any sort of television award ever. Alan Coleman produced the show for most of its run until being replaced by Sue Masters, shortly before the series finished production in late 1982.

The show was contemporaneous with another long-running Nine Network serial, The Sullivans, which had a budget three times higher than The Young Doctors.

Selected episodes of the serial were released on DVD in October 2006.

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[edit] International screenings

In the United Kingdom the programme was acquired by 13 of the 14 members of the ITV Network. Scottish Television never purchased the programme. Central Television pioneered the programme in their Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 slot in 1982 while all other ITV contractors were screening The Sullivans. This was then increased to a daily 15:30 screening. Central switched the programme back to the lunchtime 12:30 slot before finally reaching the end of the series in the 14:40 slot in July 1992. Most other regions initially screened the programme at their own regional pace in their 15:30 slot on Mondays and Tuesdays although Granada Television screened the programme on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays instead. Border Television followed the same format as Granada and screened their episodes via the Granada feed. Years later in 1988, Yorkshire Television had a vacant 12:30 weekday slot and filled it with The Young Doctors. Most regions eventually ended the programme at their own pace in the early 1990s. Yorkshire Television were forced to skip over 200 episodes of the programme at the end of 1992 to enable them to catch up to Tyne Tees Television. From January 1993 both regions screened exactly the same material. London based Carlton Television ended the programme within days of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees concluding the programme in December 1994. Shortland Street replaced the show in the Yorkshire and Tyne Tees regions.

The Young Doctors (under the title "Jeunes Docteurs") was scheduled in France, on the second national-wide channel Antenne 2, at 8.30, from March 21, 1986.

The Young Doctors was also one of three Australian soap operas screened in the mid to late 1980s on Sky Channel before it became Sky One in 1989 (the others being A Country Practice and The Sullivans). During the mid-to-late 1980s, it was transmitted at 17:00. From 1989 until 1992, The Young Doctors screened at 10:00. When Sky purchased newer Australian soap E Street in 1992, they dropped The Young Doctors to accommodate an afternoon repeat of E Street.

[edit] UK ITV regional scheduling

ITV Region
Programme Schedule Pattern (all end at Episode 1396 unless otherwise stated)
Start Date
Days Screened
End Date
Anglia Television Monday 3 September 1984 15:30 Mondays and Tuesdays 15:30, then changed to Wednesdays. Then Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Finally Mondays to Fridays  ???
Border Television Monday 5 September 1983 15:30 As Granada Each weekday, then from January 1984 Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 15:30 As Granada. Then the Wednesday episode was dropped temporarily for Coronation Street repeats in 1989. Wednesday 7 April 1993 15:20 As Granada
Central Television Tuesday 19 January 1982 12:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30, then in late 1982 Mondays and Tuesdays at 15:45, then January 1983 Mondays to Fridays 15:30, then Mondays and Tuesdays from mid February 1983. Slot later changed to a daily 12:30 slot before returning to the 15:25 Tuesdays to Fridays slot in January 1989. From 1991, the transmission days remained Monday-Thursday but at 14:50. First to complete in August 1992
Channel Television 1985 As TSW As TSW until September 1985 then as TVS & Meridian As TVS & Meridian
Grampian Television Monday 14 November 1983 15:30 Weekdays, then Wednesday to Friday from January 1984. The series was then taken off air in July until September 1984 when it was placed in the Monday and Tuesday slot, Then ???  ???
Granada Television Monday 5 September 1983 15:30 Each weekday, then Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 15:30 from January 1984. Then the Wednesday episode was dropped temporarily for Coronation Street repeats in 1989. Wednesday 7 April 1993 15:20
HTV West & Wales Tuesday 4 January 1983 15:30 Tuesdays at 15:30, then Mondays and Fridays at 17:15 then weekdays 15:30 from September 1983. Then Wednesdays to Fridays from January 1984. The series was then taken off air in July until September 1984 when it was placed in the Monday and Tuesday slot 15:30, then Tues/Wed at 13:50, then Mon-Fri finishing in 1994.  ???
Scottish Television (STV) Never purchased Never screened Never screened
Thames Television & Carlton Television Thursday 23 June 1983 17:15 Thursdays and Fridays 17:15. Later changed to Mondays and Tuesdays at 15:30 on Monday 3 September 1984, then changed to Wednesdays. Then Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Finally Mondays to Fridays until the end of 1992. Thames TV even screened one episode at 18:30 during the Christmas 1983 period.

Carlton Television replaced Thames on 1 January 1993. Carlton did not screen the programme until July 1993, when it aired a daily 15:20 slot. Then switched to Mondays to Wednesdays at 14:50 with the last episode played on a Friday. Replaced with half episodes of Blue Heelers on Tuesday 3 January 1995

 Final three episodes screened as an 80minute special from 13:55 on Friday 30 December 1994.
Television South (TVS) & Meridian Broadcasting Monday 9 April 1984 15:30 Mondays and Tuesdays 15:30, then Mondays to Wednesdays 17:15 for summer 1984, then Thursdays and Fridays 15:30 from September 1984, then Mondays to Wednesdays from January 1985, then ???  ???
Television South West (TSW) & Westcountry Television 1985  ???, Mondays, ???  ??? Possibly never completed but were still screening at the end of 1994
Tyne Tees Television Monday 1 October 1984 15:30 Mondays and Tuesdays 15:30, then Tuesdays and Wednesdays 13:50. Then Mondays to Fridays 15:30 From January 1993, Tyne Tees and Yorkshire screened the programme daily at 15:20. Thursday 15 December 1994 14:50
Ulster Television Thursday 5 January 1984 15:30 Thursdays and Fridays at 15:30 until episode 24 on 30 March 1984. Series then dropped for a very long period and replaced with regionally made programmes from other ITV regions starting with Its a Vets Life and Clegg's People from Yorkshire. Still showing around episode 100 in February 1989. Never completed - screened around 300 episodes before dropping in 1992
Yorkshire Television (YTV) Monday 6 June 1988 12:30 Mondays to Fridays at 12:30, Then from September 1989 15:30, Then Wednesday episode dropped, Then Monday and Tuesday episodes dropped. Daily episodes resumed, then Monday and Friday episodes dropped. At the end of December 1992 Yorkshire had to abandon over 200 episodes from approximately episode 750 as they were showing all programmes simultaneously with Tyne Tees from 1 January 1993. Tyne Tees were considerably ahead in the series. From January 1993, they resumed a daily airing. For the first week in January, The Yorkshire region screened a 4 minute potted version of the missing episodes. The 4 minute episode began with a YTV continuity announcer informing "Things have changed since our last visit to the Albert Memorial". Thursday 15 December 1994 14:50

[edit] Cast

Dr Raymond Shaw Alfred Sandor
Dr Brian Denham Michael Beecher
Dr Graham Steele Tim Page
Dr John Forrest Alan Dale
Nurse / Dr Liz Kennedy Rebecca Gilling
Dr Craig Rothwell John Walton
Dr Mike Newman Peter Bensley
Dr Tony Garcia Tony Alvarez
Dr Ben Fielding Eric Oldfield
Dr Gail Henderson Peta Toppano
Dr Jim Howard John Dommett
Dr Chris Piper Bartholomew John
Dr Peter Holland Peter Lochran
Dr Greg Mason Mark Holden
Dr Robyn Porter Joy Chambers
Dr Susan Richards Judy Lynne
Dr Russell Edwards Peter Cousens
Dr Lance Wilkinson Michael Gow
Dr Matt Blake Nick Holland
Dr David Henderson Graham Harvey
Dr Vicki Daniels Sally Tayler
Dr Rod Langley Chris Orchard
Dr Nick Barrett Adrian Van Den Bok
Dr Vincent Snape Brian Moll
Dr Andrew Baxter Andrew Sharp
Ian Parrish Serge Lazareff
Sister Vivienne Jeffries Diana McLean
Sister Suzanne Gibbs Susanne Stuart
Sister Erin Cosgrove Babs McMillan
Sister Eve Turner Anne Lucas
Sister / Matron Grace Scott Cornelia Frances|-
Nurse / Sister Tania Livingston Judy McBurney
Nurse Kate Rhodes Ros Wood
Nurse JoJo Adams Delvene Delaney
Nurse Kim Barrington Lynda Stoner
Nurse Maggie Gordon Jackie Woodburne
Nurse Sherry Andrews Karen Pini
Nurse Jill Gordon Joanne Samuel
Nurse Jody Carter Julie Wilson
Nurse Julie Holland Lisa Aldenhoven
Nurse Lisa Brooks Paula Duncan
Nurse Dolly Davis Christine Harris
Nurse Linda Wilson Julie Nihill
Nurse Zelda Baker Genevieve Lemon
Nurse Virginia Mason Rosie Bailey
Nurse Genevieve Ridgeway Susan Stenmark
Ada Simmonds Gwen Plumb
Helen Gordon Lyn James
Dennis Jamieson Chris King
Mark Holland Robert Leys
Toni Sheffield Tottie Goldsmith
"Flint" Stone Robert Korosy
Hilary Templeton Abigail
Caroline Jamieson Kim Wran
Laura Denham Joanne Moore-Smith
Ken Hansen Joe Hasham
Heinrik Smeaton Joseph Furst
Bunny Howard Ugly Dave Gray
Anne-Marie Austin Judi Connelli
Sir Clifford Langley Mike Dorsey

[edit] Deceased cast members

[edit] External links

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