Thursday 20th April 2006
Airing May 2006 - Channel Five
OUT OF PRACTICE is a comedy about a family of physicians who, although they share a profession, have little else in common. Ben Barnes (Christopher Gorham,“Medical Investigation”) is an earnest young couples’ counselor whose own marriage is falling apart, and whose family doesn’t consider him to be a “real” doctor. They’re the real doctors:
Ben’s brother, Oliver (Ty Burrell,“In Good Company”) is good-looking, self-centered, and a plastic surgeon who enjoys dating the prettiest women in town, some of whom he helped make that way; and his sister Regina (Paula Marshall,“Hidden Hills”) is an E.R. doctor who’s hooked on the non-stop action there. Their divorcing parents are Stewart (Henry Winkler,“Happy Days”), a gastroenterologist who is glad to be free from the reins of his controlling wife, and Lydia (Stockard Channing,“The West Wing”), a driven, status conscious cardiologist whose career eclipsed her ex’s years ago. But even though Ben may not have the letters “M.D.” after his name, his parents and siblings depend on his professional advice to keep them familial.
Cast
Christopher Gorham as Ben Barnes
Henry Winkler as Stewart Barnes
Stockard Channing as Lydia Barnes
Ty Burrell as Oliver Barnes
Paula Marshall as Regina Barnes
Executive Producers:
Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd
David Jensen Photography:
https://www.davidjensen.co.uk/
