A Very Peculiar Practice A Very Long Way from Anywhere (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

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A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Long Way from Anywhere (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Stephen Daker, a fresh-faced young GP, joins the medical practice at Lowlands University. He is soon disillusioned by his new colleagues, but is fortunate to be rescued from drowning by a nice research student named Lyn Turtle.

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Editor

Mike Houghton (film segments)

Production Designer

Gavin Davies

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Edit Released

Updated May 21, 1986

Release date

May 21, 1986 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Davison Dr. Stephen Daker Dr. Stephen Daker See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Graham Crowden Dr. Jock McCannon Dr. Jock McCannon See fewer	Calendar Girls (2003)
Barbara Flynn Dr. Rose Marie Dr. Rose Marie See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
David Troughton Dr. Bob Buzzard Dr. Bob Buzzard See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
John Bird Vice Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway Vice Chancellor Ernest Hemmingway See fewer	Rory Bremner, Who Else? (1993)
Lindy Whiteford Maureen Gahagan Maureen Gahagan See fewer	Official Secrets (2019)
Amanda Hillwood Lyn Turtle Lyn Turtle See fewer	Die Hard 2 (1990)
Derek Beard Harrap Harrap See fewer	Yellow Dog (1973)
Eliza Buckingham Woolf Woolf See fewer	The Saint (1962)
Trevor Cooper Ackerman Ackerman See fewer	Star Cops (1987)
Liz Crowther Antonia Antonia See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Michael Cule Gillespie Gillespie See fewer	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Alexander Doré Bickerton Bickerton See fewer	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Haydn Gwynne Donizetti Donizetti See fewer	Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)
Sonia Hart Nun Nun See fewer	A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
Takashi Kawahara Chen Sung Yau Chen Sung Yau See fewer	The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984)
Sarah Lam Chinese Girl Chinese Girl See fewer	Hamlet (1996)
Gillian Raine Mrs. Kramer Mrs. Kramer See fewer	My Friend Charles (1956)
Harriet Reynolds Deirdre Hemmingway Deirdre Hemmingway See fewer	Are You Being Served? (1972)
Elaine Turrell Nun Nun See fewer	A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
Clive Willbond-Hill Actor (as Clive Hill) Actor (as Clive Hill) See fewer	Robin Hood (1984)