Dr. Slippery

Television series
German title	Dr. Slippery
Original title	Fortysomething
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
year	2003
Production company	Carlton Television
length	about 50 minutes
Episodes	6 in 1 season
genre	comedy
First broadcast	June 29, 2003 (UK) on ITV
German-language first broadcast	January 6, 2008 on Comedy Central Germany
occupation
Hugh Laurie , partly also directed by Paul Slippery Anna Chancellor : Estelle Slippery Benedict Cumberbatch : Rory Slippery Neil Henry : Daniel Slippery Joe Van Moyland : Edwin Slippery Sheila Hancock : Gwendolen Hartley Peter Capaldi : Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey Lolita Chakrabarti : Surinder Emma Ferguson : Laura Proek Siobhan Hewlett : Lucy Proek Bob Mason : Mr. Proek Stephen Fry : Derek
synchronization

Dr. Slippery (Original title: Fortysomething ) is a British comedy about the doctor Dr. Paul Slippery, which aired on ITV in 2003 . The German first broadcast ran in January and February 2008 on Comedy Central .

action

Dr. Paul Slippery, a doctor in his forties, has to deal with the creeping symptoms of his midlife crisis . In the company of his family, his wife Estelle and their three sons Rory, Daniel and Edwin, Paul becomes aware of the impending decline of his youthful vitality. Paul's daily life becomes one crisis. So he reacts z. B. completely disturbed by the young companion of his "fiftysomething" friend in her thirties, is irritated by the "women's stories" and the pubescent everyday life of his offspring. His sons with their pronounced sex life and a large number of girlfriends make Paul his own misery, his unbalanced sex life clear. There is a crisis between him and his wife Estelle and he can no longer remember the last time they had sex. So it is not surprising that Paul is obsessed with the idea that his wife could cheat on him. He is strengthened in his madness when his over-excited colleague Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey doesn't shy away from making advances to Estelle in a very obvious way. When Estelle finally starts to work again, Paul tries desperately to restore order to his life.

Episodes

1. Question after question
2. Side effects
3. Hormonal frenzy
4. Love drop
5. All against one
6. Hypnotized

synchronization

role	Voice actor
Dr. Paul Slippery	Klaus-Dieter Klebsch
Estelle Slippery	Rita Engelmann
Rory Slippery	Tim Knauer
Laura Proek	Katharina von Keller
Edwin Slippery	Till Völger
Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey	Robert Missler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.synchronkartei.de/index.php?action=show&type=serie&id=12170 , accessed on December 23, 2008

Web links

• Dr. Slippery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Information about the series on ComedyCentral.de