Broadcast: Nov. 20, 1983-Jan. 22, 1984. Based on a novel which was a best-seller-considered a shocking expose of the medical profession in England during the 1920's. Andrew Manson, an idealistic Scottish doctor begins his practice in Wales but moves onto a successful practice in a fashionable part of London. Through disillusionment with his colleagues and personal tragedy, he recaptures the fierce dedication to medicine he lost in his move to London.