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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 Sep 1, 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
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.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Shaun Pye, Tim Steed, Neil Edmond, James Grogan, Charlie Coletta
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.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Shaun Pye, Tim Steed, Janine Duvitski, Rebecca Gethings, Colin Hoult, Amara Mountford, Steve Speirs
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...
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Tim Steed, Jenny Galloway, Christopher Godwin, Cara Horgan, Rhianna Hosmer, Susy Kane, Tim Key, Tayler Marshall
Episode 4
Balancing a heavy workload with a developing morphine habit, the young doctor finds it increasingly difficult to conceal his burgeoning addiction from his colleagues. After one humiliation too many, he resolves to make a clean start and a dedicated effort to combat the syphilis epidemic. But a blizzard-bound journey to visit a dying patient proves to be his toughest test yet.
Directed by Alex HardcastleWritten by Shaun Pye, Alan Connor, Mark ChappellGuest stars Shaun Pye, Tim Steed, Karina Fernandez, Christopher Godwin, Miles Jupp, Joshua McGuire
Episode information updated Sep 16, 2026
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Vicki PepperdineAnna
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