Doctor in the House (franchise)

Doctor in the House is a collective name for seven separate British and Australian television comedy series inspired by the "Doctor" books of English author Richard Gordon. The books had also previously been adapted as a series of cinema films. The television versions were less directly based on the Gordon books than was the film series, but were instead half-hour sitcoms chronicling the misadventures of a group of medical students, and their later checkered careers as doctors.

The first five series, Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor at Sea and Doctor on the Go, were produced by London Weekend Television between 1969 and 1977. The sixth series, Doctor Down Under, which was filmed and based in Australia, was produced by Australia's Seven Network in 1979. The final series, Doctor at the Top, was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1991. The series were broadcast under their individual titles in the U.K. and in some British Commonwealth countries. In the U.S. and Canada, where the Richard Gordon books were less well-known, episodes from the first five series were all syndicated under the original Doctor in the House title.

The same theme music — "Bond Street Parade" by Alan Tew — was used for all of the "Doctor" television series, including the Australian series Doctor Down Under.