Series synopsis
A Young Doctor's Notebook is a British comedy drama television series that premiered on Sky Arts on December 6, 2012. It ended on December 12, 2013. It was created by Kenton Allen. It stars Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Godley and Vicki Pepperdine.
A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.
Premise
A young doctor who has graduated at the top of his class from the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry is thrust out into an isolated and impoverished country side as the village's only doctor. As he learns to adapt to his new lifestyle, he develops a morphine addiction to stay his sanity while realizing what being a doctor in the real world means.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jon Hamm as Older Doctor
- Daniel Radcliffe as Young Doctor
- Adam Godley as The Feldsher
- Vicki Pepperdine as Anna
- Rosie Cavaliero as Pelageya
Guest cast
- Shaun Pye as Yegorych
- Tim Steed as NKVD Agent Kirill
- Neil Edmond as Professor of Obstetrics
- James Grogan as Private Erik
- Charlie Coletta as Katya
- Janine Duvitski as Belladonna Zbinka
- Rebecca Gethings as Margarita (Mother)
- Colin Hoult as Aleksandr (Father)
- Amara Mountford as Little Natasha
- Steve Speirs as Syphilitic Mikhail
- Jenny Galloway as Lidka's Grandmother
- Cara Horgan as Klara
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 9 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | December 12, 2013 | December 12, 2013 |
| Season 1 | 4 | December 6, 2012 | December 27, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 4 | November 21, 2013 | December 12, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Series Two: Behind The Curtain Scrub up! We're taking you for an exclusive look behind the scenes of our favourite Russian hospital, and Daniel Radcliffe reveals how he was almost tricked into recording opera vocals for the new series. |
December 12, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A doctor finds his old diary while answering to the authorities about self-prescribing morphine. He has a series of comic exchanges with his young and inexperienced self, mocking him for his youthful looks and guiding him through his early difficulties on the job. |
December 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The inexperienced younger doctor is forced to carry out the operation of his career. His older self does little to ease his nerves. |
December 13, 2012 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 In spite of his success in the operating room, 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. Nursing abdominal pains and two harrowing cases, the young doctor is tempted by the allure of morphine... |
December 20, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 It is 1918 and as the Civil War rages through Russia, quiet Mureyvo's Young Doctor is more concerned with hiding his growing morphine addiction from an inspection. |
November 21, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Freshly rehabilitated, the Old Doctor is attacked aboard a train for his morphine addiction. In 1918, the Young Doctor falls in love with a beautiful aristocrat. |
November 28, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Pelageya is sick with either malaria or typhus as the Young Doctor becomes more fixated with Natasha. |
December 5, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Sky Arts |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 6, 2012 |
| Last aired | December 12, 2013 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |