A Very Peculiar Practice
| A Very Peculiar Practice | |
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| Written by | Andrew Davies |
| Directed by | David Tucker |
| Starring | Peter Davison Graham Crowden David Troughton Barbara Flynn Amanda Hillwood John Bird Michael J. Shannon Joanna Kanska |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
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| Producer | Ken Riddington |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 21 May 1986 – 6 September 1992 |
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A Very Peculiar Practice is a British surreal black-comedy drama set in the health centre of a university, produced by the BBC, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. The two series were followed by a 90-minute made-for-television film, A Very Polish Practice (1992), following some of the characters to a new setting in Poland.
A Very Peculiar Practice was written by Andrew Davies and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick, and it has been interpreted as a commentary on contemporary trends in education. It was one of only two original television series that he wrote.
In 2010, The Guardian ranked the series at number five in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".