Doctor in the House (franchise) comedy series "Doctor in the House" did not depend on a single writer or partnership to write the scripts. The writers who worked on the series are often better known for their other work. Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese and The Goodies Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie were among the regular writers. Chapman and Garden both trained as doctors. Graeme Garden also appeared as a "Television Presenter" in the episode "Doctor on the Box". While keeping mostly to the conventions of the situation comedy genre, the shows occasionally stretched the boundaries of what was seen on television. One
Graeme Garden "Funky Gibbon"). Garden and Bill Oddie co-wrote many episodes of the television sitcom "Doctor in the House", including most of the first series episodes, and all of the second series episodes - as well as co-writing episodes of the subsequent "Doctor at Large" and "Doctor in Charge" series. Garden was co-writer and performer in the sketch show "Twice a Fortnight" with Bill Oddie, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Jonathan Lynn, and also sketch show "Broaden Your Mind" with Tim Brooke-Taylor, with Bill Oddie joining the cast for the second series. In 1982 Garden and Oddie wrote, but did not perform