Quacks, created by James Wood, is a BBC sitcom about four Victorian era doctors.

[1] The series combines satire, absurdist comedy and traditional slapstick, with stories often being based on real history.

[8] The first episode, which aired on BBC 2 at 10pm on 15 August 2017,[16] received positive reviews from The Independent and The Guardian.

[2] Critics like Gerard Gilbert praised the series' originality, and particularly the performance of Lydia Leonard and Rupert Everett.

[17] Radio Times noted the similarities to Monty Python and Blackadder, and praised the scriptwriters' ability to weave the series' surreal humour with anecdotes of bizarre real historical events.