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What ails the meek little Dean of St. Swithin's Hospital Medical School? Is it his sadness at finally having to write the obituary notice of his fearsome old sparring-partner, Sir Lancelot Spratt? Is it his unmarried daughter's pregnancy - his wife's emotional tantrums - his consulting the mysterious psychiatrist next door with the even more mysterious willowy blond secretary? Or is it just the male menopause? These are the elements of stark tragedy. But in the hands of Richard Gordon they become, as one might expect, hilarious comedy.