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A Young Doctor's Notebook

2012–2013 · 2 seasons

A wry, unsettling plunge into isolation and addiction, where grim medical reality and self-mocking wit collide in a snowbound, claustrophobic world.

Created by
Kenton Allen
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Godley
Overview
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.

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Created by
Kenton Allen
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Godley
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • hospital
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
Kenton Allen
Written by
Shaun Pye, Mark Chappell, Alan Connor
Starring
Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Godley, Vicki Pepperdine, Rosie Cavaliero, Shaun Pye, Tim Steed, Neil Edmond
Music
Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography
Simon Vickery
Length
2 seasons, 8 episodes, 23 min each
Network
Sky Arts
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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