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词条 Quacks (TV series)
释义

  1. Cast

     Main characters  Recurring characters  One-off characters 

  2. Episodes

  3. Production

  4. Critical response

  5. References

  6. External links

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|show_name = Quacks
|image = File:Quacks_title_card.png
|caption = The title card, which shows the main four characters moving whilst a photograph is being taken, leading to it being blurred
|genre = Sitcom
|creator = James Wood
|director =
|starring = {{plainlist|
  • Rory Kinnear
  • Mathew Baynton
  • Tom Basden
  • Lydia Leonard
  • Rupert Everett

}}
|narrated =
|composer = Ian Arber
|country = United Kingdom
|language = English
|num_episodes = 6
|list_episodes = #Episodes
|executive_producer = Justin Davies
James Wood
|producer =
|editor =
|runtime = 30 minutes
|company = Lucky Giant
|distributor = BBC
|network = BBC Two
|picture_format = 9 1080i
|audio_format = Stereo
|first_aired = {{start date|2017|8|15|df=yes}}
|last_aired = present
|num_series = 1
}}Quacks, created by James Wood, is a BBC character sitcom about four Victorian era doctors.[1] The series combines satire, absurdist comedy and traditional slapstick, with stories often being based on real history.[2]

Cast

Main characters

  • Rory Kinnear as Robert Lessing, a showman surgeon who smokes cigarettes and wears a filthy bloodstained apron when performing operations before a public audience.[2]
  • Lydia Leonard as Caroline, Robert's wife.
  • Mathew Baynton as William, an early psychologist and Robert's best friend.
  • Tom Basden as John, an alcoholic and drug addict anaesthetist who owes money to a loan shark.
  • Rupert Everett as Dr Hendricks, the paranoid and anti-Semitic principal of the medical school.[3]

Recurring characters

  • Andy Linden as Fitz, the old warder at the lunatic asylum.[4]
  • Adam Ewan as Tom, Robert's working class assistant.
  • Osi Okerafor as Butterworth, a debt collector who routinely threatens and assaults John.
  • Lisa Jackson as Mina, William's fiancée.
  • Miranda Hennesey as Nicola, John's lover.
  • Selina Griffiths as a Matron

One-off characters

  • Millie Thomas as Florence Nightingale.
  • Andrew Scott as Charles Dickens.[6]
  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths as the Bishop of Lambeth, a priggish puritan whose sermons against drugs and alcohol are a smokescreen for his secret sexual fetish for dressing up as Ben Hur and whipping prostitutes.
  • Nicholas Blane as Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford.
  • Fenella Woolgar as Lady Elizabeth Campbell.[5]
  • Kayvan Novak as Mr Kapoor, an Indian restaurant owner who moonlights as a hypnotist.[6]
  • Simon Farnaby as Dr Flowers, purveyor of liniments and lotions.

Episodes

  • Episode 1: The Duke's Tracheotomy (8-15-2017): Robert performs a tracheotomy and removes a malignant tumor on the Duke of Bedford's nose.
  • Episode 2: The Lady's Abscess (8-22-2017): Caroline meets Charles Dickens. Meanwhile, Florence Nightingale attempts to take over Robert's surgery.
  • Episode 3: The Madman's Trial (8-29-2017): William attempts to cure a mentally ill patient who fears being guillotined by French Revolutionaries as a nobleman.[7] John resorts to selling toothbrushes and snake oil to clear his debt, Caroline disguises herself as a man to sneak into male-only lectures, and Robert attempts to gain the patronage of a wealthy Duchess.[8][9]
  • Episode 4: The Indian Mesmerist (9-5-2017): Robert invents a device to remove William's bladder stones.[10] Caroline hires a charlatan Indian hypnotist to treat Robert's nightmares and insomnia.[6]
  • Episode 5: The Bishop's Appendix (9-12-2017): The Bishop needs his appendix removed, but refuses to take anaesthetic. John falls in love with the apothecary's daughter Nicola, and William attempts to impress the visiting hospital inspector by pretending to cure an actor whom he had paid to feign insanity.[4]
  • Episode 6: The Physician's Hernia (9-19-2017): Dr Hendricks is suffering from a hernia and a rival team of doctors are called in.

Production

The Historic Chatham Dockyard, Kent doubled as streets of Victorian London. It was also used as the location of the apothecary and bareknuckle boxing fight featured in the series.[11]

Critical response

The series has received positive reviews, with many critics comparing it with Blackadder.[6]

The first episode, which aired on BBC 2 at 10pm on 15 August 2017,[12] received positive reviews from The Independent and The Guardian.[13] Critics like Gerard Gilbert praised the series' originality, and particularly the performance of Lydia Leonard and Rupert Everett.[14] Radio Times noted the similarities to Monty Python and Blackadder, and praised the scriptwriters' ability to weave the series' surreal humour with anecdotes of bizarre real historical events.[15][16] Reviews generally remained favourable by the time the final series episode aired, with Paul Simper of The Sun particularly enjoying the characters' over-the-top behaviour,[17] and Sean O'Grady of The Independent calling for a second series.[18]

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2017/08/15/37500/quacks |title=TV preview : Quacks | author=Steve Bennett |date= 15 August 2017 |website=Chortle}}
2. ^{{IMDB title|tt5559878|Quacks}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Ben |date=2017-08-16 |title=Quacks is a medical comedy in need of serious surgery - review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/08/16/quacks-medical-comedy-need-serious-surgery-review/ |work=The Telegraph |location= |access-date=2017-09-11 }}
4. ^{{IMDB title|tt7016290|The Bishops Appendix}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7016284/fullcredits|title="Quacks" The Madmans Trial (TV Episode 2017)|publisher=|accessdate=17 June 2018|via=www.imdb.com}}
6. ^{{IMDB title|tt7016286|The Indian Mesmerist}}
7. ^On The Box
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2778073/130555779/quacks|title=TV Guide|publisher=|accessdate=17 June 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/Quacks/Season-1/Episode-3|title=The Madman’s Trial Summary: Quacks Season 1, Episode 3 Episode Guide and Schedule: Track your favourite TV shows|website=TV Calendar|accessdate=17 June 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0596kln | work=BBC | title=Indian Mesmerist on BBC Website}}
11. ^{{cite web |author=Kent Film Office |url=https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2017/08/quacks-2017/ |title=Kent Film Office Quacks Article}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/4348/quacks-bbc2|title=Quacks, BBC2|date=15 August 2017|website=Beyond The Joke|accessdate=17 June 2018}}
13. ^{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/12/quacks-medical-comedy-will-have-you-stitches-rory-kinnear |title=Quacks: a medical comedy that will have you in stitches |newspaper=The Guardian |author=Fiona Sturges |date=12 August 2017}}
14. ^{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/quacks-one-of-the-most-original-new-tv-shows-of-the-year-bbc2-rupert-everett-rory-kinnear-mathew-a7883011.html |newspaper=The Independent |title=Quacks: Surely one of the most original new TV shows of the year |author=Gerard Gilbert |date=8 August 2017 }}
15. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cultbox.co.uk/features/previews/quacks-bbc-twos-hilarious-medical-comedy-from-rev-creator | title=Quacks: BBC Two’s hilarious medical comedy from Rev creator | date= 14 August 2017 | author=Caroline Preece | website=Cultbox}}
16. ^{{cite magazine |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-15/quacks-is-a-cutting-edge-historical-comedy-to-rival-blackadder/ |title=Quacks is a cutting edge historical comedy to rival Blackadder | author=Thomas Ling |date=15 August 2017 |magazine=Radio Times |publisher=Immediate Media Company}}
17. ^{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4208836/here-are-10-reasons-not-to-miss-quacks-the-bbcs-bawdy-comedy-about-victoria-medical-pioneers/ | newspaper=The Sun | author=Paul Simper | date= 15 August 2017 | title= Bad medicine: Here are 10 reasons not to miss Quacks, the BBC’s bawdy comedy about Victorian medical pioneers}}
18. ^{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/tv-review-quacks-bbc-2-rupert-everetts-animated-hernia-a7944311.html | title=TV review, Quacks (BBC2): Rupert Everett's animated hernia | author=Sean O'Grady | date=19 September 2017 | newspaper=The Independent}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|id=6980438|title=Quacks}}
  • {{British Comedy Guide|tv|quacks}}
  • {{epguides|Quacks|title=Quacks}}
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