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A Young Doctor's Notebook

TV·2012–2013·2 seasons, 8 episodes·Sky Arts·Drama, Comedy·30m·7.5·Created by Kenton Allen

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Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm star in a comedy drama based on Mikhail Bulgakov's experiences as an inexperienced doctor in a remote Russian village.

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  1. 01A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 7.8A 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.
  2. 02A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 7.7The inexperienced younger doctor is forced to carry out the operation of his career. His older self does little to ease his nerves.
  3. 03A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 7.3In 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...

Cast

Daniel RadcliffeDaniel RadcliffeYoung Dr. Vladimir BomgardJon HammJon HammDr. Vladimir Bomgard

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2012Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S01E01A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E01Season's bestEpisode 1December 6, 2012 7.8A doctor finds his old diary while answering to the authorities about self-prescribing morphine. He has a series of comic exchanges with his
  2. S01E02A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E02Episode 2December 13, 2012 7.7The inexperienced younger doctor is forced to carry out the operation of his career. His older self does little to ease his nerves.
  3. S01E03A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E03Episode 3December 20, 2012 7.3In 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 c
  4. S01E04A Young Doctor's Notebook S01E04Episode 4December 27, 2012 6.7Balancing a heavy workload with a developing morphine habit, the young doctor finds it increasingly difficult to conceal his burgeoning addi

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode4Episodes2013Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S02E01A Young Doctor's Notebook S02E01Season's bestEpisode 1November 21, 2013 6.8It is 1918 and as the Civil War rages through Russia, quiet Mureyvo's Young Doctor is more concerned with hiding his growing morphine addict
  2. S02E02A Young Doctor's Notebook S02E02Episode 2November 28, 2013 6.2Freshly rehabilitated, the Old Doctor is attacked aboard a train for his morphine addiction. In 1918, the Young Doctor falls in love with a
  3. S02E03A Young Doctor's Notebook S02E03Episode 3December 5, 2013 6.8Pelageya is sick with either malaria or typhus as the Young Doctor becomes more fixated with Natasha.
  4. S02E04A Young Doctor's Notebook S02E04Episode 4December 12, 2013 6.8The young Doctor delivers a self-serving eulogy at a funeral. The Bolsheviks take over. The Young Doctor is required to make a life-changing

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