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 has a successful stage career, and has acted in several National Theatre productions, as well as London's West End. He has also acted in several BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series, and television drama including "Peak Practice" and "Holby City". He appeared in "Bang-Bang-a-Boom!", a spin-off audio drama based on the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who" by Big Finish Productions. Garden appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor in the theatre production "The Unvarnished Truth". In 1986 he appeared in a production of An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Garden wrote a play called "The