Abstract
Friends recently sent us, as lockdown entertainment, the boxed set of a BBC series called A Very Peculiar Practice ,1 which may be familiar to many. A satire set in a supremely dysfunctional university practice that ran for two series in 1986 and 1988, it covered many of the challenges and personalities seen in primary care. The second episode has a truly terrifying depiction of a consultation where the patient, aptly named Professor Furie, wants a prescription for an amphetamine-like stimulant and the doctor is reluctant to prescribe it. Despite using textbook consultation techniques and attempting to explore the underlying concerns and issues relating to the request, the doctor is bullied into prescribing against their better judgement and left anxious and scarred by the …
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