28th Feb 1971

A newly-qualified Michael Upton is released into the world of work. But finding the ideal job proves more difficult than it originally seemed.

7th Mar 1971

Michael is subjected to spending an evening in the company of a sex-starved secretary when he stands in for a skiving Paul.

14th Mar 1971

Michael and Paul become partners in Doctor Maxwell's practice. But they find getting accepted by the patients much harder than getting accepted by Doctor Maxwell...

21st Mar 1971

Michael is asked to give a talk at the local girls' school. However, he finds it isn't just his medical knowledge that finds favour with the pupils.

28th Mar 1971

Paul and Michael decide the practice is behind the times and in need of revamping.

4th Apr 1971

Paul thinks he has stumbled on a winner by using toads for quick and efficient pregnancy tests.

11th Apr 1971

Sue is left unimpressed when Dick introduces Michael to his attractive lady friend.

18th Apr 1971

Michael invites Dick and Paul home to meet his parents. But having four doctors on the premises soon gets irksome.

25th Apr 1971

Michael's invovement with a nurse called Beryl escalates - much to his displeasure.

2nd May 1971

A position becomes vacant at the private practice where Dick works, and Michael - tired of his tedious casualty job - decides to apply for it, leaving Paul unimpressed.

9th May 1971

Michael is left in charge of the practice when Dick skives off to see a girlfriend.

16th May 1971

Michael is less than delighted when one of his patients dies shortly after he treats him.

23rd May 1971

Michael continues his quest for a job in surgery. However, once again he is up against Lawrence Bingham.

30th May 1971

Paul gets Michael a job with his uncle in general practice. But Mike still longs for the surgeon's scalpel.

6th Jun 1971

Glad to get away from his G. P. job, Michael visits Dick at his psychiatric practice.

13th Jun 1971

Paul and Michael are pleased when their patients are healing well. But they soon discover it is not entirely due to their efforts...

20th Jun 1971

Michael is driven to distraction by an overbearing mother's insistence that her healthy daughter is ill.

27th Jun 1971

With Dr. Griffin admitted to hospital, Michael is left in charge of the practice. Dissatisfied with Paul's work, Mike decides to replace him.

4th Jul 1971

Michael is totally smitten with the new doctor, Nicky. And when the Dean offers Mike a new job, it looks as though he might make a mistake he'll live to regret.

11th Jul 1971

Michael's much-awaited return to St. Swithin's is cause for celebration. The festivities are quickly curtailed, however, when Professor Loftus also returns to the hospital.

18th Jul 1971

25th Jul 1971

Paul and Mike decide to get jobs as anatomy demonstrators, whilst Dick's just in it for the money. However, none of them counted on Lawrence Bingham's competition.

1st Aug 1971

Michael and Paul find they have differing attitudes to women.

8th Aug 1971

Dick finds out he has inherited £50,000 following the death of his Uncle James.

15th Aug 1971

Michael is showing all the symptoms of mumps, and is immediately admitted to Lawrence Bingham's ward.

22nd Aug 1971

Michael visits Dick at the health farm at which he is working, and makes a bet that he can stick to the patients' diet.

29th Aug 1971

The junior doctors are all preparing for their viva exams, but one of them in particular has particular trouble when it comes to taking his.

5th Sep 1971

Michael ends up in court after he injects a patient with some penicillin, to which he turns out to be allergic.

12th Sep 1971