Creators:
James WoodDirected by:
Andy De EmmonyComposer:
Ian ArberCast:
Mathew Baynton, Tom Basden, Rory Kinnear, Lydia Leonard, Rupert Everett, Ed Gaughan, Geoffrey McGivern, David Bamber, Marcia Warren, Andrew Scott, Andy Linden (more)Episodes(6)
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The Duke's Tracheotomy (E01)
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The Lady's Abscess (E02)
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The Madmans Trial (E03)
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The Indian Mesmerist (E04)
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The Bishops Appendix (E05)
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The Physicians Hernia (E06)
Plots(1)
Quacks focuses on the extraordinary, daring and wild days of Victorian medicine. It follows the progress of four young medical pioneers fighting to make a mark on the world - beat their rivals - and save lives. Quacks is set in the 1840s, when medical science as we know it was still in its infancy, when doctors were just as likely to kill their patients as cure them, when they experimented on themselves and each other. The show explores an era of surgery when the operating theatre was just that: a theatre, full of spectacle and showmanship, where people would come to watch revolutionary procedures, or a surgeon try to beat his amputation speed record. It stars Mathew Baynton as a fledgling psychiatrist, Rory Kinnear as an arrogant showman surgeon, Tom Basden as a hedonistic dentist turned anaesthetist, and Lydia Leonard as a headstrong social campaigner. Rupert Everett plays the head doctor. (BBC)
(more)Cast
![Mathew Baynton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/598/160598310_978f97.jpg)
Mathew Baynton
UK
Best series:
Peep Show (2003) (series)
Ashes to Ashes (2008) (series)
Ghosts (2019) (series)
![Tom Basden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/438/164438985_266e7e.jpg)
Tom Basden
UK
Best series:
Peep Show (2003) (series)
After Life (2019) (series)
Derek (2013) (series)
![Rory Kinnear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049846_52bd3c.jpg)
Rory Kinnear
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Ashes to Ashes (2008) (series)
![Lydia Leonard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/617/158617157_280234.jpg)
Lydia Leonard
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Casualty 1907 (2008) (series)
![Rupert Everett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137819_7e9d62.png)
Rupert Everett
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Quacks (2017) (series)
Ed Gaughan
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Quacks (2017) (series)
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2009) (series)
Geoffrey McGivern
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
![David Bamber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/941/161941295_410f8e.jpg)
David Bamber
UK
Best series:
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Marcia Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570678_41eb6f.jpg)
Marcia Warren
UK
Best series:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990) (series)
![Andrew Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049730_cea9ff.jpg)
Andrew Scott
Ireland
Best series:
Band of Brothers (2001) (series)
Sherlock (2010) (series) - actor, a.f.
My Life in Film (2004) (series)
Andy Linden
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
![Tim Bentinck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354581_ff2c62.jpg)
Tim Bentinck
Australia
![Roger Ashton-Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/549/161549253_2932e7.png)
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Taboo (2017) (series)
![Nicholas Blane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/669/161669050_438fe6.jpg)
Nicholas Blane
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
It's a Sin (2021) (series)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994) (series)
![Simon Farnaby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/345/161345366_c8131f.jpg)
Simon Farnaby
UK
Best series:
Detectorists (2014) (series)
Ghosts (2019) (series)
The Mighty Boosh (2004) (series)
![Georgie Glen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/649/159649953_c2d1a2.jpg)
Georgie Glen
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
![Miles Jupp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/180/163180284_ce70fb.jpg)
Miles Jupp
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
Sex Education (2019) (series)
SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022) (series)
Robin Hooper
UK
Best series:
The Office (2001) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Twenty Twelve (2011) (series)
Sarah Hoare
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
People Just Do Nothing (2014) (series)
Quacks (2017) (series)