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Quacks: With Rory Kinnear, Tom Basden, Mathew Baynton, Lydia Leonard. In Victorian London four pioneers, friends, and rivals fighting to make a mark on the world and save lives.
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- 2017-08-15
- Comedy
- 30
A comedy about four medical 'professionals' hoping to transform medicine for all mankind, one side effect at a time. Quacks | Trailer - BBC Two. Watch on. Featuring: Rory Kinnear (Robert), Mathew Baynton (William), Tom Basden (John), Lydia Leonard (Caroline) & Rupert Everett (Dr. Hendrick). All Quacks videos.
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Cast Main characters. Rory Kinnear as Robert Lessing, a showman surgeon who smokes cigarettes and wears a filthy bloodstained apron when performing operations before a public audience. Lydia Leonard as Caroline, Robert's professionally- and sexually-frustrated wife.
John, heavily in debt and unable to sell his tooth-brushes finds it pays to resort to peddling quack medicines whilst Caroline cross-dresses to gain entrance to the society of apothecaries, fooling Dr Combe, but also exposing her husband's attempts to seduce the wealthy Lady Campbell into being his patroness. 8.1 /10 (46) Rate.
Four young medical pioneers, friends and rivals, fight to make a mark on the world and save lives in Victorian London.
Play Trailer. Overview. A raucous comedy set in Victorian London about four medical pioneers fighting to make a mark on the world. Rory Kinnear. Tom Basden. Lydia Leonard. Mathew Baynton. Rupert Everett. Geoffrey McGivern. Andy Linden. Ed Gaughan. Osi Okerafor. View More. Full Cast & Crew. Last Season. Series 1. 68 % 2017 • 6 Episodes.
