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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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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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.
Directed by Robert McKillopWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Andy Apollo, Daniel Cerqueira, Daniel Fearn, Adam Harley, Jake Mann, Gareth Mason, Geoffrey McGivern, Adam McSorley
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.
Directed by Robert McKillopWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Daniel Cerqueira, Margaret Clunie, Charles Edwards, Tom Forbes, Peter Svatik
Episode 3
Pelageya is sick with either malaria or typhus as the Young Doctor becomes more fixated with Natasha.
Directed by Robert McKillopWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Daniel Cerqueira, Margaret Clunie, Charles Edwards, Tom Forbes, Mat Ruttle
Episode 4
The young Doctor delivers a self-serving eulogy at a funeral. The Bolsheviks take over. The Young Doctor is required to make a life-changing decision when a train is derailed.
Directed by Robert McKillopWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Daniel Cerqueira, Margaret Clunie, Charles Edwards, Tom Forbes, Paul Popplewell
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Jon HammOlder Doctor
Daniel RadcliffeYoung Doctor
Adam GodleyThe Feldsher
Vicki PepperdineAnna
Rosie CavalieroPelageya
Shaun PyeYegorych
Tim SteedNKVD Agent Kirill
Neil EdmondProfessor of Obstetrics
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