
Hugh Grant made one of his first television appearances as an evangelical preacher Kathy Burke also had a bit part. Stephen Daker's predecessor is said to have left in dubious circumstances.Ī leitmotif is the commercialisation of higher education in Britain following the government cuts of the early 1980s, with the Vice-Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway ( John Bird) trying to woo Japanese investors in the face of resistance from the academic old guard. These include the bisexual, ultra-feminist Rose Marie ( Barbara Flynn), scheming to advance her career brash, unempathetic Bob Buzzard ( David Troughton), with his latest get-rich-quick scheme and their leader, the genial but decrepit Scot Jock McCannon ( Graham Crowden), with his ever-present bottle of whisky. The series is a black comedy with surreal elements about an idealistic young doctor, Stephen Daker ( Peter Davison), joining a university medical centre staffed by an ill-assorted group of doctors. In 2010, The Guardian ranked the serial at number 5 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".

It was one of only two original television series that he wrote. It was written by Andrew Davies and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick, and it has been interpreted as a commentary on contemporary trends in education.



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