The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Alan Coleman
Developed by	Reg Watson
Written by	Alan Coleman Reg Watson Betty Quin Ian Coughlan Ian Bradley Patrea Smallacombe Tom MacLennen Michael Laurence Brenda Little Tony Morphett Peter Connah Cheryl McLennand Ron McLean Julian Halls Richard Lane Jeff Ashby Rick Maier John Misto Cheridith Mok Roger Hudson Ben Mitchell Helen Carmichael John Paramor Sue Smith Sue Masters David Phillips Craig Wilkins Brian Faull Margaret Hilton-Blundell
Directed by	Alan Coleman Reg Watson Ian Coughlan Max Varnel David C. Wilson Brian Faull Peita Letchford Kendal Flanagan Chris Adshead Mike Murphy Chris Connelly Michael Pattinson Phillip Bowman Rusty Buckley Denny Lawrence Wayne Cameron
Starring	(see detailed cast and character list below)
Theme music composer	Alan Olivan / Brian King
Opening theme	The Young Doctors, performed by The Executives
Ending theme	The Young Doctors, performed by The Executives
Composer	Olivan/King
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	1,397 (60 minute pilot episode and 1,396 30-minute episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Reg Watson
Producers	Alan Coleman Sue Masters Peter Pinne (associate producer 1980–1981)
Production locations	The Film Centre, North Sydney[1]
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Reg Grundy Organisation
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	8 November 1976 (1976-11-08) – 31 March 1983 (1983-03-31)
Related
Starting Out
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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 Thursday 31 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.^[2]