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
Bob Oliver Rogers for the BBC: including "Late Night Extra" (presented on different occasions by Keith Fordyce, comedian Barry Cryer, John Dunn, and Brian Matthew), "Frank Muir Goes Into" (starring Frank Muir and Alfred Marks), the topical satire "Week Ending" (which looked at the funny side of the past week's news, starring David Jason, Bill Wallis and Chris Emmett), and "Beat the Record" (a phone-in quiz show presented by Don Davis). He also produced the final series of the long running sketch comedy "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again" (starring John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie), the 1973-74