Sun, Jul 11, 1971
Not only is Michael back at St. Swithins but Professor Loftus also returns, now on the board of governors. Dick has been running an illicit drinks operation and the professor is about to protest when he suddenly collapses and needs an operation. The dean has got drunk at the England-France rugby match and cannot perform it so it's down to Michael to don his gloves and mask and save the day.
Sun, Sep 12, 1971
The lads are jealous when a handsome American doctor arrives, setting female hearts a-flutter. However there are more pressing matters as Michael, Paul and Bingham are on the interviewing panel to decide the new Senior House Officer. Michael has said it is a formality as he has promised it to Dick Stuart-Clark but when the better-qualified Nicky Barrington also applies Michael has no option but to give her the job.
Sun, Mar 14, 1971
Michael and Paul go to work with Dr. Maxwell, an ex-Army type, whose pretty daughter Sue acts as his receptionist. Unfortunately many of the patients, including the mouthy Mrs. Baxter, refuse to be seen by Michael, whom they consider too young to be a proper doctor. Cunning Dr. Maxwell pretends to have a bout of malaria which Michael 'cures' in Mrs. Baxter's presence, thus reversing the patients' opinion of him.
Sun, Aug 1, 1971
It's time for the new intake of student nurses and the doctors are looking forward to picking their dates. Paul adopts a somewhat sexist attitude but is proved to be a hypocrite when his younger sister, one of the students, is dated by Michael, who is unaware of the relationship. In fact Paul suspects Dick of taking advantage of her and they nearly come to blows.
Sun, Aug 8, 1971
Dick's uncle has died, leaving him a small fortune so, on a train travelling from Scotland where he has been at a medical conference with Michael and Bingham, to London, he decides to celebrate. The doctors get extremely drunk and out of order and are arrested. They claim to be electricians but Bingham gives the game away and they are very lucky to be rescued by Professor Loftus, though they end up in front of the Board for a carpeting.
Sun, Apr 11, 1971
Dick Stuart-Clarke is dating Dr. Caroline Cooke but when he is called away on duty Michael steps in as her escort for a date, annoying Sue, who subsequently ditches Michael for Dick. After winning Sue round Michael is getting cosy with her, when they are interrupted by her father who is aghast and sacks Michael. He replaces him with Dr. Caroline Cooke.
Sun, Jul 4, 1971
Michael and Nicky are virtually an item and are planning a romantic break in Devon when Michael hears that Bingham has been sacked and there is a vacancy for a surgeon at St. Swithins. Furthermore the dean is quite keen to have him back. Nicky has also applied for the job but she withdraws her application when she sees how much it means to Michael. So - he's back at St. Swithins.
Sun, Mar 28, 1971
Dick Stuart-Clark arrives and convinces Michael that the surgery is old-fashioned and needs modernizing. He provides an E.C.G. machine which explodes when used on Mrs. Baxter. He persuades Michael to turn Dr. Maxwell's study into a second surgery whilst he is on holiday, causing the older man to think he is being supplanted and question whether he is too old to be a doctor when he returns. However Michael appreciates that he acted rashly and assures his colleague he has no desire for Dick to take his place and the status quo is restored.
Sun, May 9, 1971
Dick is skiving off on a date and leaves Michael to cover a Saturday afternoon surgery which, he assures him, will be routine. An eccentric lady worried about her teddy-bears, a government minister who arrives a week early and an absent-minded colonial type are a little more than routine but Michael really has his work cut out for him trying to calm Maxine, whom he believes to be suicidal but is actually very, very angry at being stood up by Dick and will go to any lengths to show it.