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{{Short description|Australian medical soap opera television series (1976–1983)}}
{{About|the soap opera|the 1961 film|The Young Doctors (film)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Theyoungdoctors.jpg
| caption              = 
| alt_name             = 
| genre                = [[Soap opera]]
| creator              = [[Alan Coleman]]
| based_on             = 
| developer            = [[Reg Watson]]
| writer               = [[Alan Coleman]]<br />Reg Watson<br />[[Betty Quin]]<br />Ian Coughlan<br />Ian Bradley<br />[[Patrea Smallacombe]]<br />Tom MacLennen<br />[[Michael Laurence]]<br />Brenda Little<br />[[Tony Morphett]]<br />Peter Connah<br />Cheryl McLennand<br />Ron McLean<br />Julian Halls<br />Richard Lane<br />Jeff Ashby<br />Rick Maier<br />John Misto<br />Cheridith Mok<br />Roger Hudson<br />Ben Mitchell<br />Helen Carmichael<br />John Paramor<br />[[Sue Smith (writer)|Sue Smith]]<br />[[Sue Masters]]<br />David Phillips<br />Craig Wilkins<br />[[Brian Faull]]<br />Margaret Hilton-Blundell
| director             = [[Alan Coleman]]<br />[[Reg Watson]]<br />Ian Coughlan<br />[[Max Varnel]]<br />David C. Wilson<br />[[Brian Faull]]<br />Peita Letchford<br />[[Kendal Flanagan]]<br />Chris Adshead<br />Mike Murphy<br />Chris Connelly<br />[[Michael Pattinson]]<br />Phillip Bowman<br />Rusty Buckley<br />[[Denny Lawrence]]<br />Wayne Cameron
| creative_director    = 
| starring             = (see detailed cast and character list below)
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = Alan Olivan / Brian King
| opentheme            = ''The Young Doctors'', performed by The Executives
| endtheme             = ''The Young Doctors'', performed by The Executives
| composer             = Olivan/King
| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 6
| num_episodes         = 1,397 (60 minute pilot episode and 1,396 30-minute episodes)
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = Reg Watson
| producer             = [[Alan Coleman]]<br />[[Sue Masters]]
| location             = The Film Centre, North Sydney<ref name=coleman>{{cite book|title= One Door Shuts: My Autobiography. pp. 288|first= Alan James|last= Coleman|publisher= Trafford Publishing |year= 2009|isbn= 9781426909207}}</ref>
| cinematography       = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 25 minutes
| company              = [[Reg Grundy Organisation]]
| channel              = [[Nine Network]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1976|11|8|df=yes}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1983|3|30|df=yes}}
| related              = ''[[Starting Out]]''
}}

'''''The Young Doctors''''' is an Australian early-evening [[soap opera]] originally broadcast on the [[Nine Network]] and produced by the [[Reg Grundy Organisation]], it aired from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30 March 1983. The series is primarily set in the fictional ''Albert Memorial Hospital'', as well as the restaurant/nightclub ''Bunny's Place'', and is fundamentally concerned with the romances and relations between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures.

The program was shown and exported internationally including throughout North America and Canada and Europe including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/cut-and-thrust-20061016-gdolme.html|title=Cut and thrust|date=16 October 2006}}</ref>

==Series history==
===Early years===
The series broadcast by the Nine  Network produced by the Grundy Organisation was created and devised by [[Alan Coleman]] with [[Reg Watson]] serving as Executive Producer.

Watson had been the Producer of the British TV soap opera ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from 1964 to 1973 and moved back to Australia to help set up a new drama department within the Reg Grundy Organisation, which at the time, was better known for its game and quiz shows. With Coleman producing, as well as Watson's experience of making fast-turnaround, five-days a week serial drama, ''The Young Doctors'' became the third [[soap opera]] produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation following the [[Seven Network]]'s serials ''[[Class of 74]] / 75'', and ''[[Until Tomorrow]]'', which screened briefly in 1975.

''The Young Doctors'' began in November 1976, a week earlier than another new soap opera on Network Nine, ''[[The Sullivans]]'', which was produced by [[Crawford Productions]]. The [[Nine Network]] made it clear only one of the series would be commissioned beyond the initial 13-week production run (approximately 65 episodes).

''The Sullivans'', which had a three times greater budget, after the trial period emerged as the critical success, so ''The Young Doctors'' was cancelled.

Fans however lobbied the Nine Network, who then reversed their decision and by popular demand ''The Young Doctors'' continued in its daily 6.00 pm slot and had a successful run of six and a half years, making it one of Australia's longest running and popular serials of the time.

===Later years===
The Young Doctors long-serving cast members began to leave, so during the final season in 1982–83, many new characters were added in an attempt to modernise and refresh the long-running serial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvflashback.com.au/tv-week-young-doctors-exodus-the-young-doctors-9th-january-1982/|title = TV Week: "Young Doctors Exodus!" the Young Doctors 9th January 1982|date = 22 July 2021}}</ref>

Producer and co-creator Alan Coleman also left in early 1982, and was replaced by Sue Masters twelve months before the series finished production in late November 1982. Masters went on to produce Grundy's replacement medical soap, ''[[Starting Out]]'', for Nine, and then Grundy's stablemate, ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', from 1983.

Several cast members after the series ended production went on to have leading roles in internationally successful cult series ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]''  including [[Judy McBurney]], [[Genevieve Lemon]], [[Babs McMillan]], [[Tottie Goldsmith]] and [[Peter Bensley]].

The loss of several popular cast members had contributed to a sharp decline in ratings, and as a consequence of this, the series was cancelled in late 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyoungdoctors.com/show/history.htm |title=The Young Doctors - 1976 - 1983 |access-date=2011-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807123809/http://www.theyoungdoctors.com/show/history.htm |archive-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> 
The advent of [[one-day cricket]] had led to the Nine Network moving the show around the schedules, particularly in Sydney where it was first moved to 5pm weekdays and, after its cancellation was announced, broadcasts were reduced to a weekly hour-long episode late on Saturday afternoons from November 1982.

When the series ended after 1397 episodes, it held the then record of Australia's longest-running commercial television drama serial. This was later surpassed by ''[[A Country Practice]]'' and then ''[[Neighbours]]'', 

''The Young Doctors'' final episode aired on 30 March 1983 at 18:00 in Melbourne and on 15 October 1983 at 17:30 in Sydney.

==Stories and settings==
===Albert Memorial Hospital===
Despite the hospital setting, medical procedures rarely featured in storylines, with the majority of the stories and plots focusing more on the personal lives, romances and dramas of the staff. All scenes were played out in the various sets forming the Albert Memorial Hospital. A memorial plaque situated on the wall of the studio set of the hospital's exterior stated the hospital opened in 1889 and it is also established early in the series that the fictional Albert Memorial is located in a [[Sydney]] district, with Sydney generically referred to as 'the City'.

A "real life" Albert Memorial Hospital, commonly referred to as the '''A. M. Hospital'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132112882 |title=A. M. Hospital. |newspaper=[[Illawarra Mercury]] |volume=50 |issue=97 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 December 1906 |access-date=2 January 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was located in [[Wollongong]], and commenced operation in 1864, however closed when the Wollongong Hospital opened in 1907.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163659124 |title=Opening of the Wollongong Hospital. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |volume=LXXXIV |issue=2386 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 July 1907 |access-date=3 January 2022 |page=291 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The most regularly seen set was the large hospital's entrance lobby containing a reception desk, refreshments kiosk, a lift and stairs to the upper floors, and swinging double-doors that led into the casualty department. Various wards, offices, theatres and small medicine labs all saw an equal amount of romantic and dramatic action over the years. Alan Coleman revealed on a DVD release of the series that the various 'flats' used as sets were simply re-dressed with different hospital equipment and furniture giving the Albert Memorial a sense of monotony often associated with clinical, hospital environments.

Later in ''The Young Doctors'' run, location shooting became more frequent and viewers saw more of the hospital's exterior and grounds. Scenes filmed outside the hospital now showed modern, 1960s era buildings, presumably extensions to the original [[Victorian hospital]]. Exterior shots were filmed at the real life [[Royal North Shore Hospital]] and the former Greenwich Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, which was used for later exterior shots. There was also a Chapel located in the hospital grounds which was filmed on a few occasions, most notably when Julie Holland was shot at the [[altar]] on her Wedding day to Dr Russell Edwards. With location shooting so rare, a trip to Melbourne for a travelogue-style Wedding and tour of the city was an extravagant way to celebrate Liz Kennedy's marriage to Dr John Forrest in 1981.

===Bunny's Place===
There was also a local bar ''Bunny's Place'' which was another venue for the staff to mingle. The bar was originally owned by, and named after, Bunny Howard, played by comedian, [[Ugly Dave Gray]], who was killed off in an early episode. ''Bunny's Place'' was said to be situated on the opposite side of the busy main road to the hospital. After Bunny died, Edna Curtis ([[Vivienne Benson-Young]]) ran the bar for a while, until Annemarie Austin ([[Judi Connelli]]) took over a year later. Dr Mike Newman ([[Peter Bensley]]) later took over the ownership of Bunny's.  Although the bar's exterior was never shown on-screen, its interior regularly featured in many episodes for the duration of the {{frac|6|1|2}}-year series, appearing in both the first and final episodes.

==Cast and characters==
===Early characters===
''The Young Doctors'' had a relatively high turnover of young cast playing the doctors and nurses who featured alongside a more stable roster of longer-running elder cast members. The serial also featured many well-known Australian actors appearing in their earliest roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2016/11/the-young-doctors-turns-40.html|title = The Young Doctors turns 40|date = 8 November 2016}}</ref>

===Cultural impact===
Although ''The Young Doctors'' was obviously low-budget and the limitations of the fast-turnaround production schedule sometimes crept into the programme, it was immensely popular during the late 1970s in Australia. One highlight episode of this period was the Wedding Day of Tania ([[Judy McBurney]]) to Tony Garcia ([[Tony Alvarez (actor)|Tony Alvarez]]) in March 1978. The producers splashed out on an [[outside broadcast|OB unit]], and a rare church wedding took place with the wedding photos gracing all of the week's TV magazine covers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2008/03/1978-march-11-17.html|title=1978: March 11-17|date=7 March 2008}}</ref> In a 2006 interview, Judy McBurney, who played Tania, commented; "I thought ''Young Doctors'' was a beautiful show. I felt it was innocent, sweet, and a good show...and I think that's why people remember it".<ref>''The Young Doctors Collection One''. ViaVision Entertainment. Disc 36. ''Reunion'' Interview with Judy McBurney.</ref>

One of the programmes most popular doctors was Ben Fielding, played by [[Eric Oldfield (actor)|Eric Oldfield]]. He was also Male Model of the Year in 1977 and became the second man to appear naked in a centre spread for [[Cleo (magazine)|Cleo]] magazine whilst appearing in the show. The actor fondly recalls the photo shoot on a reunion documentary available on both the Umbrella and ViaVision DVD releases, where he describes the pictures as "taboo" because "it wasn't acceptable back then for men to be taking all their clothes off". Oldfield also commented that the pictures have since garnered a popular [[cult]] following amongst [[gay men]].<ref>''The Young Doctors Collection One''. ViaVision Entertainment. Disc 36. ''Reunion'' Interview with Eric Oldfield.</ref>

Another notable actor, a very young [[Russell Crowe]], appeared in his first acting role in ''The Young Doctors''. In an episode originally aired in 1977, appropriately, he played a young boy called Russell.

During the 1970s, a number of actors appearing in the show also had singing careers, preempting a similar fad for "singing soap stars" a decade later with another Grundy soap opera, ''Neighbours''. Early episodes featured singers including [[Jewel Blanch]], [[Mark Hembrow]], [[Bartholomew John]], [[Mark Holden]] and [[Judi Connelli]]. Possibly due to the fast production schedule, and filming six months in advance of transmission dates, contemporary cultural references are rare in ''The Young Doctors'', however, in a very early 1977 episode, Sister Gibbs briskly remarks; "...casualty is busier than an [[ABBA]] concert today". The reference to ABBA is likely due to the fact that their 1977 film, ''[[Abba: The Movie]]'', was at the same time being produced by [[Reg Grundy Productions]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2008/11/celebrating-mr-grundy.html|title = Celebrating Mr Grundy|date = 29 November 2008}}</ref>

Also extremely popular in the United Kingdom, the success of ''The Young Doctors'' here is notable because it didn't air in Britain contemporaneously with Australian broadcasts. Most [[ITV regions]] did not start showing it until ''after'' it had ended in Australia in March 1983. It therefore looked somewhat dated compared with more recent Australian serials that were airing at the same time (namely, ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''), nevertheless, it became so popular, a fan club was formed, which was active for several years well into the 1990s.

===Awards{{refn|The Young Doctors has the distinction, rare among popular series, to have no award wins from any major media institutions, despite high ratings, magazine and media covers, and VHS and DVD campaigns. However, it received numerous nominations as a series, as well as nominations for its stars.}}===
{|class="wikitable"
! Organisation
! Category
! Year
! Results
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and Television Awards
| Best Drama Award 
| 1978
| {{nominated}}
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and Television Awards
| Best Actor in a TV Series
| 1978 
| {{nominated}} [[Tim Page (actor)|Tim Page]] for portrayal of Dr. Graham Steele
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and Television Awards 
| Best Actress in a TV series
| 1978
| {{nominated}} [[Joanne Samuel]] for portrayal of Jill Gordon 
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Sammy Awards
| Gold Sammy
| 1978
| {{nominated}} [[Cornelia Frances]] for portrayal of Sister/Matron Grace Scott
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Sammy Awards
| Gold Sammy 
| 1978
| {{nominated}} [[Delvene Delaney]] for portrayal of Jo Jo Adams
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and Television Awards
| Best Drama 
| 1979
| {{nominated}}
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and Television Awards
| Best Actor in a TV Series 
| 1979
| {{nominated}} [[Peter Lochran]] for portrayal of Dr. Peter Holland
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Sammy Awards
| Golden Sammy 
| 1979
| {{nominated}} [[Diana McLean]]
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Sammy Awards
| Golden Sammy
| 1979
| {{nominated}} Peter Lochran 
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Sammy Awards
| Golden Sammy
| 1979
| {{nominated}} Joanne Samuel
|-bgcolor=yellow
| Australian Film and TV Awards 
| Best Drama Series
| 1980
| {{nominated}}
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2008/10/1978-october-7-13.html|title = 1978: October 7-13|date = 4 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://televisionau.com/2009/10/1979-october-13-19.html|title = 1979: October 13-19|date = 10 October 2009}}</ref>

Cornelia Frances on the DVD release audio commentary for episode 325 titled, ''Classic Cliffhangers'', that she lost out on the [[Logie Award]] for Best Actress for two consecutive years to [[Lorraine Bayly]], who played Grace Sullivan in ''[[The Sullivans]]'', which also beat ''The Young Doctors'' as Best Drama in 1978, 1979 and 1980.

===Regular cast informations===
There was consistently a core cast of 16 regular characters in ''The Young Doctors'', with all cast members contracted to appear in three out of a block of five episodes each week. Sometimes, a regular character would not be seen on-screen for several weeks and there is an obvious rotation of recurring characters whom came and went as script requirements permitted. More often than not, a departing regular character would simply disappear from the screen, but their presence in the serial would be maintained by regular scripted references to the character being elsewhere in the hospital, or, as [[Cornelia Frances]] described it, "stuck in a cupboard for weeks", but, always off screen.

==Cast==
===Doctors===
{|class="wikitable" 
! Actor
! Doctor
! Duration 
|- 
| [[Tim Page (actor)|Tim Page]] || Dr. Graham Steele || 1976–1983 (original cast)
|-
| [[Alfred Sandor]] || Dr. Raymond Shaw || 1976–1983 (original cast)
|- 
| [[Michael Beecher (actor)|Michael Beecher]] || Dr. Brian Denham || 1976–1983 (original cast)
|- 
| [[John Dommett]] || Dr. Jim Howard || 1976–1979 (original cast)
|-
| [[Mark Holden]] || Dr. Greg Mason || 1976–1977, 1981 (original cast)
|- 
| [[John Walton (actor)|John Walton]] || Dr. Craig Rothwell || 1976–1977 (original cast)
|- 
| [[Peta Toppano]] || Dr. Gail Henderson || 1976–1978 (original cast)
|- 
| [[Robert Coleby]] || Dr. Paul Barratt || 1977
|- 
| [[Judy Lynne]] || Dr. Susan Richards || 1977–1980
|- 
| [[Barry Creyton]] || Dr. John Somerville || 1977
|- 
| [[Brian Moll]] || Dr. Vincent Snape || 1977–1979
|- 
| [[Tony Alvarez (actor)|Tony Alvarez]] || Dr. Tony Garcia || 1977–1979
|- 
| [[Bartholomew John]] || Dr. Chris Piper || 1977–1979
|-
| Paul Mason || Dr. Mike Neilson || 1977
|- 
| Andrew Sharp || Dr. Andrew Baxter || 1977–1978
|- 
| [[Veronica Lang]] || Dr. Lesley Collins || 1978
|- 
| [[Gordon McDougall]] || Dr. Crewe || 1978–1979
|- 
| Tim Elliot || Professor William Hume || 1978
|- 
| Kevin Wilson || Dr. David Meredith || 1978
|- 
| [[Eric Oldfield (actor)|Eric Oldfield]] || Dr. Ben Fielding || 1978–1982
|- 
| [[Peter Lochran]] || Dr. Peter Holland || 1978–1982 
|- 
| Chris Orchard || Dr. Rod Langley || 1978–1980
|- 
| [[Rebecca Gilling]] || Dr. Liz Kennedy || 1979–1981
|- 
| [[Alan Dale]] || Dr. John Forrest || 1979–1983
|-
| [[Serge Lazareff]] || Dr. Ian Parrish || 1979
|- 
| [[Peter Bensley]] || Dr. Mike Newman || 1979–1983
|- 
| Eileen Colocott || Dr. Marion Stoddard || 1979
|- 
| [[Mike Dorsey]] || Dr. Clifford Langley || 1979
|- 
| [[John Hamblin]] || Dr. Dan Wheatley || 1979, 1981
|- 
| [[Peter Cousens]] || Dr. Russell Edwards || 1980–1981
|- 
| [[Joy Chambers]] || Dr. Robyn Porter || 1980–1981
|-
| [[Carole Skinner]] || Dr. Judith Anne Napier (aka Dr. Hall) || 1980–1981
|- 
| [[Vince Martin (actor)|Vince Martin]] || Dr. Richard Quinlan || 1981–1982
|-
| Raina McKeon || Dr. Martha Ahmed || 1981–1982 
|- 
| [[Adrian Van Den Bok]] || Dr. Nick Barratt || 1982–1983
|- 
| [[Michael Gow]] || Dr. Lance Wilkinson || 1982
|- 
| [[Nick Holland (actor)|Nick Holland]] || Dr. Matt Burke || 1982
|- 
| [[Graham Harvey (actor)|Graham Harvey]] || Dr. David Henderson || 1982–1983
|- 
| John O’Brien || Dr. Ian Mitchell || 1982–1983
|- 
| [[Sally Tayler]] || Dr Vicki Daniels || 1982–1983
|-
| [[Carole Skinner]] || Dr Judith Ann Napier || 1980
|}

===Sisters===
{|class="wikitable" 
! Actor 
! Sister
! Duration 
|- 
| [[Cornelia Frances]] || Sister/Matron Grace Scott || 1976–1979 (original cast)
|-
| Susanne Stuart || Sister Suzanne Gibbs || 1976 (extra) 1977–1983 (regular)
|- 
| [[Jeanie Drynan]] || Sister Margaret Evans || 1977
|- 
| [[Judy McBurney]] || Sister/Nurse Tania Livingstone || 1977–1983
|- 
| [[Anne Lucas]] || Sister Eve Turner || 1977–1980
|- 
| Sheila D'Union || Spinal Unit Sister || 1977
|-
| [[Diana McLean]] || Sister Vivienne Jeffries || 1978–1982
|- 
| [[Babs McMillan]] || Sister Erin Cosgrove || 1982–1983
|- 
| [[Helen Scott (actress)|Helen Scott]] (as Helen Hough)|| Sister Norma Campbell || 1981
|-
| [[Doug McGrath]] || Matron Duncan Love || 1981
|- 
|}

===Nurses===
{|class="wikitable"
! Actor
! Nurse
! Duration 
|- 
| [[Delvene Delaney]] || Jo Jo Adams || 1976–1977 (original cast)
|- 
| [[Margaret Nelson]] || Julie Warner || 1976–1977 (original cast)
|- 
| [[Joanne Samuel]] || Jill Gordon || 1976–1979 (original cast)
|- 
| Kathryn Dagher || Kelly Jones || 1977
|-
| [[Gregory Apps]] || Martin Price || 1977, 1978–1979
|- 
| [[Paula Duncan]] || Lisa Brooks || 1977–1978
|- 
| [[Louise Howitt]] || Deborah Kendall || 1977
|-
| Ros Wood || Kate Rhodes || 1977–1982
|- 
| [[Lynda Stoner]] || Kim Barrington || 1977–1979
|- 
| [[Lisa Aldenhoven]] || Julie Holland || 1978–1981
|- 
| [[Rosie Bailey]] || Virginia Mason || 1978–1981
|- 
| Debbie Baile || Vicki Rayner || 1978–1979
|- 
| [[Robyn Gibbes]] || Angela Parry || 1978
|- 
| [[Kim Krejus]] || Sally Brown || 1978
|- 
| Carla Hoogeveen || Jeanette Palmer || 1978
|-
| [[Karen Pini]] || Sherry Andrews || 1979–1982
|- 
| [[Margaret Laurence (actress)|Margaret Laurence]] || Yvonne Davies || 1979
|-
| [[Julie Wilson]] || Jodie Carter || 1980–1981 
|- 
| [[Jackie Woodburne]] || Maggie Gordon ||| 1981–1982
|- 
| [[Christine Harris (actress)|Christine Harris]] || Dolly Davis || 1982–1983
|- 
| [[Julie Nihill]] || Linda Wilson || 1982–1983
|- 
| [[Susie Elelman|Susan Stenmark]] || Genevieve Ridgeway || 1982–1983
|-
| [[Joanne Olsen]] || Jo Bourke || 1982-83
|-
| [[Juli Field]] || Emmy King || 1982
|- 
| [[Genevieve Lemon]] || Zelda Baker || 1983
|- 
| Julianne White || Diana Trent || 1983
|}

===Hospital staff===
{|class="wikitable" 
! Actor
! Role 
! Duration
|- 
|[[Gwen Plumb]] || Ada Simmonds || 1976–1983 (Original cast) 
|- 
|[[Lyn James]] || Helen Gordon || 1976–1983 (original cast)
|- 
|[[Chris King (actor)|Chris King]] || Orderly Dennis Jamison || 1976–1982 (original cast)
|- 
|[[Kim Wran]] || Caroline Fielding || 1977, 1978–1982
|- 
| Robert Leys || Mark Holland || 1978–1980
|- 
| [[Harold Hopkins (actor)|Harold Hopkins]] || Orderly Terry Cooper || 1978
|-
| Kent Strickland || Orderly Damian Swift || 1979
|- 
| Robert Korosy || Flint Stone || 1982–1983
|- 
|-
| [[Lois Ramsey]] || Winnie Parsons || 1981
|-
| [[Tottie Goldsmith]] || Toni Sheffield || 1982–1983
|- 
| Stephen McDonald || Orderly Tim Jones || 1982–1983
|}

===Recurring and guest cast===
{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
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{|class="wikitable"
! Actor
! Character
! Duration
|-
| [[Joanna Moore-Smith]] || Laura Denham || 1976–1977 (original cast) 1979–1980 (recurring)
|-
| [[Ugly Dave Gray]] || Bunny Howard || 1976 (original cast, to episode 43)
|-
| [[Vivienne Benson-Young]] || Edna Curtis || 1976–1977 (original cast)
|-
| [[Ric Herbert]] || Roger Gordon || 1976–1978 (recurring)
|-
| [[Iain Finlay]] || Frank Curtis || 1976 (guest)
|-
| [[Greg Kelly]] || Toby Denham || 1976–1977 (recurring)
|-
| [[Jewel Blanch]] || Abbie Singleton || 1976 (guest)
|-
| [[Virginia Rudeno]] || Maurren Howard || 1976–1977 (recurring)
|-
| [[Gerry Sont]] || Ric Martin || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Carol Raye]] || Rosalie Parker || 1976–1977 (recurring)
|-
| [[Willie Fennell]] || Arthur Simmonds || 1977–1978 (recurring)
|-
| [[Shirley Cameron]] || Dot Warner || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Russell Crowe]] || Russell || 1977 (special guest)
|-
| [[Abigail (actress)|Abigail]] || Hilary Templeton || 1977, 1978 (recurring)
|-
| [[Noel Trevarthen]] || Phillip Winter || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Mark Hembrow]]  ||  Georgie Saint || 1977, 1978, 1979 (recurring)
|-
| [[Mark Hashfield]] || Milt Baxter || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[James Condon]] || Sir Thomas Kendall || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[June Salter]] || Mrs. Nielsen || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Anne Semler]] || Irene Hardy || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Julieanne Newbould]] || Glenda Stacy || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[John Jarratt]] || Ben Stone || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Judi Connelli]] || Annemarie Austin || 1977–1978 (recurring)
|-
| [[Anna Hruby]] || Sandy Pearce || 1977–1978 (recurring)
|-
| [[Moya O'Sullivan]] || Rene Brooks || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Peter Adams (actor)|Peter Adams]] || Clarrie Baker || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Bronwen Samuel]] || Vicky Clayton || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Tina Grenville]] || Cora Clayton || 1977 (guest)
|-
| [[Karen Petersen]] || Erika Hoffman || 1978–1980 (recurring)
|-
| [[Enid Lorimer]] || Amelia Frost || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Harriet Littlesmith]] || Roxanne Moore || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Hilda Scurr]] || Moira Callagan || 1978
|-
| [[Brian Harrison (actor)|Brian Harrison]] || Edward Gordon || 1978–1979
|-
| [[Elizabeth Kemp]] || Deirdre Snape || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Vincent Ball]] || Kevin McCallister || 1979
|-
| [[Simon Burke]] || David McCallister || 1979
|-
| [[Wallas Eaton]] || Roland Perry || 1979–1980 (recurring)
|-
| [[Penne Hackforth-Jones]] || Lois Morton || 1979
|-
| [[June Collis]] || Mrs. Newman || 1979, 1981 (recurring)
|-
| [[Joe Hasham]] || Ken Hansen || 1979 (guest)
|- 
| [[Kit Taylor]] || Steven Newman || 1979, 1981–1982 (recurring)
|-
| [[Carmen Duncan]] || Sylvia Marcus || 1979
|-
| [[Betty Lucas]] || Sophie Bertram || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Bill Kerr]] || Douglas Kennedy || 1980
|- 
| [[Ros Wood]] || Rachel Thorpe || 1980 (guest)
|-
| [[Jessica Noad]] || Hazel Kennedy || 1980 (guest)
|-
| [[Diane Craig]] || Diane Brooke || 1980–1981 (recurring)
|-
| [[Ron Shand]] || Arthur Shepherd || 1981 (guest)
|-
| [[Benita Collings]] || Pippa Blake || 1982
|-
| [[Mary Ward (actress)|Mary Ward]] || Mrs. Wilson || 1982
|-
| [[Frank Lloyd (actor)|Frank Lloyd]] || Ted Wilcox || 1993 (guest)
|-
| [[Caz Lederman]] || Beverley Adler || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Tony Ward (Australian actor)|Tony Ward]] || Stuart Gordon || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Adela St.Clair]] || Barmaid || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[Andrew James]] || Tim Clark || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Nicholas Frazer]] || Larry Everett || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Helen Benbow]] || Kiosk Attendant || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Gordon Charles]] || Dr Palmer || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Mark Spain]] || Tony Brown || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Gai Waterhouse]] || Natalie French || 1978 (guest)
|-
| [[George Leppard]] || Bank Teller || 1979 (guest)
|- 
| [[John Warnock]] || Robin Chester || 1979 (guest)
|-
| [[Frances Hargreaves]] || Emma Dixon || 1979
|-
| [[Mary Ward (actress)|Mary Ward]] || Mrs Wilson || 1982
|-
| [[Candy Raymond]] || Margot Cunningham || 1979 (guest)
|}
{{div-col-end}}

==International broadcasts==
The relatively long-running serial also achieved modest international [[cult]] success, particularly in the United Kingdom, where it was broadcast on the [[ITV network]]. It also aired in New Zealand, France and Spain.

===United Kingdom===
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2018}}
In the United Kingdom, the programme was acquired by 13 of the 14 weekday members of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV Network]], while [[Scottish Television]] never purchased the series although [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster]], [[Grampian Television|Grampian]] and [[ITV Border|Border]] did. Most of the ITV regions screened ''The Young Doctors'' at their own regional pace, starting in January 1982.
* [[ITV Central|Central Television]] pioneered the programme in a Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 slot from Tuesday 19 January 1982, but during the year, moved to Monday and Tuesdays at 15:45, sharing the slot with the then seasonal Scottish soap opera, ''[[Take the High Road]]'', which had started in 1980. In January 1983, episodes increased to daily at 15:30 until ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]] '' began in February. These two serials then shared this timeslot for well over four years, with ''The Young Doctors'' always airing on Mondays and Tuesdays. This continued until September 1987 when a revamp of ITV's daytime schedule saw Central return the programme to 12:00 noon, and then 12:35, thus allowing both ''The Young Doctors'' and ''Sons and Daughters'' to increase to four or five episodes a week in their revised respective slots. Following the end of ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'' in December 1988, ''The Young Doctors'' returned to 15:30 during Christmas week, and usually aired Tuesday to Friday until ''Families'' began in April 1990, which took the Monday and Tuesday 15:30 slot. ''The Young Doctors'' was finally moved to 14:50-15:20, Monday to Thursday later in 1990, and finished on Tuesday 18 August 1992, the first ITV region to complete all of the series.
* [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] started the series on Tuesday 4 January 1983 and continued regularly twice weekly. Initially broadcast Mondays and Fridays at 17:15-17:45, it was soon moved to 15:30-16:00 on Mondays and Tuesdays and finished on 18 April 1994.
* [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] and [[ITV Border|Border Television]] both broadcast daily episodes five days a week from September 1983. From January 1984, this was reduced to three weekly episodes, Wednesday to Friday where it remained until the Wednesday episode was dropped in October 1989. During the month of August on some years Granada and Border would pause the series for the summer month. Both regions overtook Central for several years, however, they ultimately finished the series after Central on April 2nd 1993 at 15:20.
* [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]] started on 3 September 1984, going out Mondays and Tuesdays at 15:30 until 17 April 1990; then changed to Wednesdays and Thursdays from 25 April 1990. It was then moved to Thursdays and Fridays from Friday 6 July 1990 and an additional Wednesday episode returns in January 1991. Then Mondays to Fridays from January 1992 and finally, Thursdays and Fridays at 13:55 until Friday 2 June 1995.
* [[Thames Television]] and [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] started screening the series initially at 17:15 on Thursdays and Fridays from 23 June 1983 until 1 September 1984, before switching the series to 15:30 slot, to allow ''[[Blockbusters (British game show)|Blockbusters]]'' the slot. From this point onwards, only Thames broadcast the series. When [[Carlton Television]] took over in January 1993, the series was dropped for six months to allow backlog of ''Blockbusters'' episodes to be aired, ''The Young Doctors'' returned daily on 7 June 1993 concluding the programme as an 80-minute special from 13:55 on Friday 30 December 1994. 
* [[Grampian Television]] started on Monday 14 November 1983, increased to four episodes per week by 1991, and finished on Friday 30 September 1994.
* [[Television South|TVS]] started on Monday 9 April 1984 broadcasting Mondays and Tuesdays 15:30; In May switched; Mondays to Wednesdays 17:15 for summer 1984; then Thursdays and Fridays 15:30 from early September 1984; then Mondays to Wednesdays from January 1985 until Wednesday 2 September 1987; then Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 noon; then Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays used from 4 January 1988 15.30; then Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 25 April 1990. TVS lost their franchise at the end of 1992 but their successor, [[ITV Meridian|Meridian]] continued to show the series (more information on the timeslot required) and completed the run on 8 July 1993.
* [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]] began the series on Monday 1 October 1984 and aired Mondays and Tuesdays 15:30 until 17 April 1990. It was then moved to Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 14:00 from 25 April 1990. From Thursday 3 January 1991 moves to 15:20 Thursdays and Fridays. A Wednesday episode was added from 23 January 1991, and then from January 1992, it is broadcast Mondays to Fridays at 15:20. From Monday 4 January 1993, Tyne Tees and Yorkshire screened the programme daily at 15:20. From January 1994 until the end in December of that year, this changed to Monday – Thursday at 14.50. 
* [[Television South West|TSW]] started the series on 1 April 1985, Monday and Fridays at 17:15 until 8 July, when it was moved to 15.30 slot. On 17 October 1988, the series moves to 12:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays but due to TSW choosing to screen the daily afternoon repeat of ''[[Home and Away]]'' at 15:25 this resulted in the series becoming weekly during 1989/1990 at 13:30 however returned to twice a week by the end of 1990. [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry Television]] took over in 1993, and continued twice a week until early 1994 when it was increased to three times a week until 20 December 1995 when episode 1101 was broadcast. The series was not completed.
* Years after most of the other regions [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] started the series in June 1988, going out five times a week at 12:30, reducing to three times a week from January 1989. In September 1989, the series moved to 15:25 daily with the Wednesday episode dropped from October. In April 1990, the series output is further reduced to two episodes a week on Thursdays and Fridays before the resumption of the Wednesday episode in early 1991. During 1992, the series fluctuates between three, four and five episodes a week ending the year on episode 764. In January 1993, they had to skip 215 episodes to enable them to catch up to Tyne Tees, as from January 1993, both regions screened exactly the same material. It aired daily at 15:20, until January 1994 when the Friday episode was dropped until the series ended on Thursday 15 December 1994.
* [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]] commenced the series in 1984, with a very slow broadcasting rate. They showed 26 episodes in 1984 (reaching episode 24) but the show then disappeared from the schedules in Northern Ireland until 1 August 1988, when the series was transmitted again from the very first episode. UTV had reached episode 75 by the end of 1988 but the pace was slowed down considerably and the series was dropped in 1994 with episode 360 being the last episode shown. 
* ''The Young Doctors'' was also aired on [[Sky One|Sky Channel]]. On Monday 6 February 1989, the first episode was broadcast 17:00–17:30. From 6 July 1989, it was moved to 15.15–15.45 (to make way for ''Sky Star Search'' which took the 17:00–18:00 slot). 256 episodes were broadcast in these slots. In February 1990, now called Sky One, the channel dropped another Australian soap, ''[[The Sullivans]]'', from their mid-morning schedule, so from 5 February 1990, ''The Young Doctors'' rewound back to the first episode (due to almost catching up with some ITV regions, and having overtaken Yorkshire Television and Ulster Television), and it was aired now 10:30-11:00. Sky One eventually cancelled ''The Young Doctors'' just over two years later, at episode 589, which aired on Friday 29 May 1992.


{| class="wikitable"
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''ITV region''' in start date order</div>||colspan="14" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''Air dates of significant episodes'''</div>
|-
|bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 40 Grace at the altar</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 227 Graham and Eve marry</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 256 1977 cliffhanger</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 281 Tony and Tania marry</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 327 Arrival of Jeffries</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 469 1978 cliffhanger</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 474 Raymond and Erica marry</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 529 aftermath of Barrington shooting</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">episode 679 Liz and Ben wedding aftermath</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 717 Dennis and Caroline marry</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 872 1980 cliffhanger</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">episode 1000</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 1019 John and Liz marry</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">ep 1077 1981 cliffhanger</div>
|-
| [[ITV Central|Central Television]]
| Tue 15/06/82 12:30
| Tue 05/06/84 15:30
| Tue 18/09/84 15:30
| Mon 17/12/84 15:30
| Mon 24/06/85 15:30
| Mon 15/12/86 15:30
| Tue 30/12/86 15:45
| Tue 28/07/87 15:30
| Fri 05/08/88 12:35
| Wed 12/10/88 12:35
| Thu 08/06/89 15:30
| Tue 19/12/89 15:30
| Fri 26/01/90 15:30
| 
|-
| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] (Wales & West)
| Mon 01/08/83 17:15
| 
| 
| 
| Mon 16/12/85 15:30
| Mon 15/06/87 15:30
| 
| Mon 18/01/88 15:30
| Mon 07/08/89 15:30
| Tue 19/12/89 15:30
|
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Thames Television]] 
| Thu 17/11/83 17:15
| 
| 
| 
| Tue 18/11/86 15:30
| Mon 09/05/88 15:30
| 
| Mon 12/12/88 15:30
| Tue 02/08/90 15:25
| Thu 01/11/90 15:25
|
| 
| Fri 17/07/92 15:20
| 
|-
| [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]
| Tue 01/11/83 15:30
| Thu 13/12/84 15:30
| Wed 06/03/85 15:30
| Fri 03/05/85 15:30
| Fri 23/08/85 15:30
| Fri 12/09/86 15:30
| Thu 25/09/86 15:30
| Wed 11/02/87 15:30 
| Fri 29/01/88 15:30
| Thu 28/04/88 15:30
| Thu 27/04/89 15:30
| Thu 26/04/90 15:30
| Fri 06/07/90 15:25
| Thu 24/01/91 15:25
|-
| [[ITV Border|Border Television]]
| Tue 01/11/83 15:30
| Thu 13/12/84 15:30
| Wed 06/03/85 15:30
| Fri 03/05/85 15:30
| Fri 23/08/85 15:30
| Fri 12/09/86 15:30
| Thu 25/09/86 15:30
| Wed 11/02/87 15:30
| Fri 29/01/88 15:30
| Thu 28/04/88 15:30
| Thu 27/04/89 15:30
| Thu 26/04/90 15:30
| Fri 06/07/90 15:25
| Thu 24/01/91 15:25
|-
| [[Grampian Television]]
| Wed 01/02/84 15:30
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| Mon 30/01/89 15:30
|
| 
|
| 
| Thu 12/11/92 15:20
| 
|-
| [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]] (UTV)
| 1988
| 
| 
|
| Mon 21/02/94 14:50
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
| Not screened
|-
| [[Television South]] (TVS)
| Wed 01/08/84 15:30
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| Mon 06/03/89 15:30
| Fri 09/06/89 15:30
|
| 
| Thu 12/09/91 13:50
|  
|- 
| [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
| Tue 05/02/85 15:30
| Tue 20/01/87 15:30
| Mon 18/05/87 15:30
| Mon 17/08/87 15:30
| Mon 08/02/88 15:30
| Mon 31/07/89 15:30
| Tue 15/08/89 15:30
| 
|
| 
|
| Thu 14/01/93 15:20
| Wed 10/02/93 15:20
| 
|-
| [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]
| Tue 05/03/85 15:30
| 
| Tue 23/06/87 15:30
| Tue 22/09/87 15:30
| Mon 14/03/88 15:30
| Tue 05/09/89 15:30
| Mon 25/09/89 15:30
| Tue 17/04/90 15:30
|
| 
|
| Tue 02/02/93 15:20
| Mon 01/03/93 15:20
| 
|-
| [[Television South West]] (TSW)
| 
| 
|  
| 
| Mon 17/10/88 12:30
| Mon 04/12/89 13:30
| 
|
|
| 
|
| 
| Thu 01/06/95 14:25
|  
|-
| [[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| Mon 06/03/89 15:30
| Fri 09/06/89 15:30
|
| 
| Thu 12/09/91 13:50
| 
|-
| [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] (YTV)
| Tue 02/08/88 12:30
| Mon 07/08/89 12:30
| Mon 02/10/89 15:30
| Fri 10/11/89 15:30
| Mon 05/02/90 15:30
| Wed 20/03/91 15:25
| 
|
| 
| 
| Not screened
| Tue 02/02/93 15:20
| Mon 01/03/93 15:20
| 
|-

|}

* The longest amount of time that passed for an episode to be first shown and its last showing was the first half hour of the pilot. It was first screened by Central on Tuesday 19 January 1982 at 12.30 and eventually aired on YTV nearly six and a half years later on Monday 6 June 1988 at 12.30.


{| class="wikitable"
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''ITV Region''' in start date order</div>||colspan="11" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''End of Year Episode Numbers'''</div>
|-
|bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1982</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1983</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1984</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1985</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1986</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1987</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1988</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1989</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1990</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1991</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1992</div>
|-
| [[Central Independent Television|Central Television]]
| 89
| 187
| 282
| 377
| 474
| 572
| 772
| 1004
| 1132
| ?? 
| 1396
|-
| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] West & Wales
| Not yet purchased
| 125
| 235
| 330
| 4??
| 524
| 621
| 717
| ??
| 940
| 1169 on 15/12 possibly another 8 eps on 16/12, 17/12, 22/12, 23/12, 24/12, 29/12, 30/12 and 31/12
|-
| [[Thames Television]] 
| Not yet purchased
| 50
| 1??
| 2??
| 3??
| 435
| 532
| 628
| 7??
| 884 screened on Mon 06/01/92
| 1103
|-
| [[Granada Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| 77
| 228
| 375
| 512
| 667
| 822
| 967
| 1069
| 1207
| 1357
|-
| [[Border Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| 77
| 228
| 375
| 512
| 667
| 822
| 967
| 1069
| 1207
| 1357
|-
| [[Grampian Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| 27
| 134
| 228
| ??
| ??
| 521
| 617
| ???
| ??
| 1034
|-
| [[Ulster Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 24
| Off air
| Off air
| Off air
| 75
| 161
| 
|
|
|-
| [[Television South]] (TVS)
| Not yet purchased
| 
| ??
| 224
| 369
| ??
| 652
| 790
| 921
| 1058
| 1271
|-
| [[Anglia Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 30
| 
| 
| 316
| 413
| 509
|
|
|
|-
| [[Tyne Tees Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 22
| 117
| 2??
| 307
| 403
| 499
| 
| 736
| 979
|-
| [[Television South West]] (TSW)
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 52
| 150
| ??
| 347
| 471
| 516
| 560
| 793
|-
| [[Channel Television]]
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 52
| 369
| 
| 652
| 790
| 921
| 1058
| 1271
|-
| [[Yorkshire Television]] (YTV)
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| Not yet purchased
| 136
| 307
| 4??
| 579
| 764
|-
| [[Scottish Television]] (STV)
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown 
| Never shown  
|-

|}

* During 1986, regions intending to screen episodes on 19 March (announcement of engagement of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew) and 2 April (terrorist airline bomb) at 15.30  (TVS, Channel, Border and Granada) had last minute changes to their schedule meaning that the episode intended for these dates were in fact screened on the next usual day instead.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''ITV Region''' in start date order</div>||colspan="3" bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">'''End of Year Episode Numbers'''</div>
|-
|bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1993</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1994</div>||bgcolor="#f2f2f2"|<div align="center">1995</div>
|-
| [[Central Independent Television|Central Television]]
| Completed
| Completed
| Completed
|-
| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]] West & Wales
| 1338
| 1396 
| Completed
|-
| [[Carlton Television]] formerly Thames
| 1233
| 1396
| Completed  
|-
| [[Granada Television]]
| 1396
| Completed
| Completed 
|-
| [[Border Television]]
| 1396
| Completed
| Completed 
|- 
| [[Grampian Television]]
| 1204 on 9/12 possibly another 6 more on 14/12, 15/12, 16/12 21/12, 22/12 and 23/12
| 1396 
| Completed 
|-
| [[Ulster Television]]
| 292
| 360
| Incomplete
|-
| [[Meridian Broadcasting]] formerly TVS
| 1396 
| Completed 
| Completed 
|-
| [[Anglia Television]]
| 1??? 
| 1354 
| 1396 
|-
| [[Tyne Tees Television]]
| 1??? 
| 1396
| Completed 
|-
| [[Westcountry Television]] formerly TSW
| ???
| 980 on 20/12/94
| Incomplete on 1101
|-
| [[Channel Television]]
| 1396 
| Completed 
| Completed but skipped a chunk
|-
| [[Yorkshire Television]] (YTV)
| 1???
| 1396
| Completed but skipped a major chunk
|-
| [[Scottish Television]] (STV)
| Never shown
| Never shown
| Never shown
|}

===New Zealand===
In New Zealand, ''The Young Doctors'' was aired on [[TVNZ 2|TV2]]. On Monday 22 February 1982, the first episode was broadcast at 5.30pm. From 19 July 1982, it was moved to the 6pm slot. To make way for ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]'', the series was moved from 6pm to a 'double episode' format at 6.30pm on a Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 11 February 1986. It reverted to half hour, weekday episodes in the 5.15pm slot from 4 August until 12 December 1986, and then to double episodes in the 5.05-5.55pm slot from 15 December 1986 until 6 February 1987. From 9 February 1987, the series was moved to [[TVNZ 1|TV One]] and reverted to half hour episodes at 5.15pm. The final episode was broadcast on Wednesday 27 May 1987.

==Remake==
In November 2007, the [[Nine Network]] announced plans to remake the series in conjunction with [[FremantleMedia]]. Originally, it was set to be broadcast in 2008 but due to script delays, the premiere date had been pushed back to 2009. The remake was set to be named ''Young Doctors'' (minus "The"). However, at the end of 2008, the [[Nine Network]] officially passed on the idea. The network decided against the remake, instead, confirming a second series of the popular Australian drama [[Underbelly (TV series)|Underbelly]]. [[FremantleMedia]] is currently searching for another television station to contract the programme.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22775803-5006009,00.html New life for Young Doctors | The Daily Telegraph]</ref>

==Home media==
Selected episodes of the serial were released on DVD in October 2006, under the title of The Best Romances. A second set of selected episodes, under the title of Classic Cliffhangers, was released in February 2008. In 1994, prior to the DVDs, a VHS was edited in the UK by "NTV entertainment" collecting episodes A, B (pilots) & 1.

On 16 June 2021, ViaVision Entertainment released the first 250 episodes of the series in a 35 disc set which consisted of all episodes screened in 1976 and 1977.

{|class="wikitable"
! Title
! Format
! Ep #
! Discs/Tapes
! Region 4 (Australia)
! Special features
! Distributors 
|-
| The Young Doctors
| VHS
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| 1
| 1994
| None
|
|-
| The Young Doctors: 30th Anniversary 
| DVD
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| 2
| 6 November 2006
| Reunion

Audio Commentary

Stills Gallery

Umbrella Trailers
| Umbrella Entertainment 
|-
| The Young Doctors: Classic Cliffhangers
| DVD
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| 2
| 2 February 2008
| Audio Commentary

Umbrella Trailers
| Umbrella Entertainment 
|-
| The Young Doctors Collection 1
| DVD
| style="text-align:center;" | 1-250
| 35
| 16 June 2021
| Reunion; Ada's cookbook
| ViaVision Entertainment 
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0074077|title=The Young Doctors}}
*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/doctors.html Aussie Soap Archive: The Young Doctors] — Overview and Review
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061029091922/http://www.thesoapshow.com/specialshows/main.htm Documentary celebrating 30 year anniversary, with cast interviews]
*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=138344;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Young Doctors at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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