What time is it on TV?

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Quacks concludes on Tuesday 19th September at 10pm on BBC2.

What’s it about?

From Bafta-winning Rev Writer James Wood, this raucous sitcom follows the tale of 1840s medical pioneers, the mavericks with a will to broaden the horizons of knowledge – but the methods only to raise the death toll.

Is it any good?

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We certainly thought so, good enough to rival Blackadder, even. Check out our review.

Who’s in the cast?

The Wrong Mans' Mathew Baynton plays a psychiatrist, Penny Dreadful and James Bond star Rory Kinnear is an arrogant surgeon while Tom Basden (Plebs) is a hapless anaesthetist.

What’s the real life story behind it?

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James Wood reveals the Victorian doctors who inspired his new comedy.

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