Quacks
Season 1 Episode Guide
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6
episodes currently available in the iDRief catalog.
Episode Directory
Season 1 episodes
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Episode
1
The Duke's Tracheotomy
Aug 15, 2017
Robert is a domineering, showman surgeon - a rockstar of his age - who's almost as brilliant as he thinks he is. He can pack out an operating theat...
Episode
2
The Lady's Abscess
Aug 15, 2017
Caroline bags an invitation to meet her hero Charles Dickens. William finds himself in an awkward position when he exaggerates how much of a fan he...
Episode
3
The Madman's Trial
Aug 15, 2017
William concocts a daring plan to stage a mock trial to cure a deluded patient. John's debts leave him in desperate need to make money - by fair me...
Episode
4
The Indian Mesmerist
Aug 15, 2017
Caroline arranges for herself and William to meet a charismatic hypnotist at a local curry house for a demonstration of his powers. William has a b...
Episode
5
The Bishop's Appendix
Aug 15, 2017
Robert has a problematic patient – the Bishop of Lambeth needs his appendix removed or he will die. But he won't agree to pain relief or surgery. F...
Episode
6
The Physician's Hernia
Aug 15, 2017
When William's childhood friend Mina puts pressure on William to marry her, he has a difficult moral decision to make. Robert's rival, the suave Fr...