Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #168471 in DVD
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Running time: 92 minutes

Customer Reviews

The prescription for fun
This is a funny movie about the trials and tribulations of med students, struggling thru the British med school of the 50s.
It's quite a culture shock to see how much has changed since the 50s (does anyone ever see the nurses in full uniform, complete with cap in hospitals anymore?). As opposed to recent medical shows, you won't learn much about medicine from this video but you will have lots of laughs.
So take this prescription and pop it in your vcr and enjoy - cheaper than your health insurance payments;)

The TV series is funnier
This popular series of comic novels was filmed twice: as a series of feature films in the early 1950s and as a British sitcom 1969-77. Having seen parts of both, I prefer the TV series (although the films are probably more faithful to the books). This is partially because more was permitted in the way of sex and scatology by the time the TV series was made. But I also think the TV show was better cast. Dirk Bogarde struck me as an odd choice for the lead role of the naive young medical student; comedy isn't really Bogarde's forte.

The very funny TV series doesn't seem to have been released on DVD, but hopefully it will be at some point. The episodes are best watched in order since they tell something of a continuing story, so DVD is the perfect medium for them.

Amazon gets it Wrong
Amazon has a picture of the MOVIE collection of Doctor In The House. This was a series of movies starring Dirk Bogard.
It is NOT the the very very funny TV series from London Weekend TV that played on PBS for a long time.
So neither Amazon.Com nor Amazon UK seem to have the TV series. They do have the movie collection.
But if your looking for the Barry Evans Doctor In the House, keep looking or maybe Amazon will correct their listing.