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A Young Doctor's Notebook And Other Stories - Season 1

Series: Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories

3.7

(208)

Episodes

Rating

TVMA

Year

2012

Language

English

Publisher

BBC Studios

About

Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe star in this wry comedy drama about a young doctor's fledgling career as he begins his new life in a small, backwards Russian village.

Related Subjects

Comedy

Episodes

1. 01-Episode 1

25m

Straight out of medical school, a young doctor is sent to a remote village in the middle of nowhere to run a small hospital. The young doctor soon discovers that the realities of his profession bear no resemblance to his training and learns that textbooks are no help to him now...

2. 02-Episode 2

25m

The young doctor's effort to fight a syphilis epidemic falters in the face of uneducated, hostile peasants. His spirit and sense of purpose remains unbroken though, until he discovers how brutal day-to-day surgery can be.

3. 03-Episode 3

25m

In spite of his success in the operating theatre, life in the snow-bound hospital begins to take its toll on the young doctor. His efforts to combat his feelings of boredom and isolation are defeated and he wonders how much longer he can last.