The Young Doctors
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The Young Doctors was a lightweight Australian early evening soap opera aimed at a teenage (largely female) audience. The series was set in a hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff.
Produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and screened on Channel Nine from 1976 to 1982. 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 drama series.
The Young Doctors holds the distinction, rare among long-running Australian dramas, of having never won any sort of television award ever.
Principal cast members included: Alan Dale, Rebecca Gilling, Cornelia Frances, John Walton, Delvene Delaney, Lynda Stoner, Paula Duncan, Judy McBurney, Mark Holden, Alfred Sandor, Gwen Plumb and Michael Beecher.
Alan Coleman produced the show for most of its run until being replaced by Sue Masters, shortly before the series ended in 1982.
External links
- Aussie Soap Archive: The Young Doctors (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/doctors.html) — Overview and review