This is a show that I would make. It feels so Mighty Boosh-esq, whilst also maintaining a strong sense of originality and its own brand of amusing comedy. It is fantastic in so many ways, and for that I give it props. This is a show that is almost so perfect, except for a few minor slip ups, that it becomes something of an epic in its own right. Truly a glorifying view into English TV shows and the nature of British comedy. One of the better shows I've seen on Netflix, and one of the best shows I've seen ever. It's addictive, fun and funny. It's so mystically fantastic that you forget that this show is being held in such a backwards world that you begin to assimilate their world with ours. I just can't stop rambling about this show.

This is an extraordinary series with entertaining situations, great costume and set design, and excellent dark comedy. I like everything about it; its style, humor, and actors, except the length. For me, the idea seems very promising and it could really be prolonged into a standard TV show. Currently, there are two seasons with 4 episodes each of 23 minutes. As I see it, in 8 episodes so much has happened very quickly that I did not get a chance to fully enjoy the series and its brilliance. I simply think that the show is definitely worth watching and it can be quite addicting which makes it a shame it is not further and better developed as, I believe, it could really reach a wide audience and be really successful.

I read a few of these stories years ago, and I don't recall that they had much in common with the later work, full of outrageous black humor and demonic fantasy, for which Bulgakov's remembered today. In this 4-ep UK series, three comedy writers attempt a seriocomic mashup of the two, plus a back-from-the-future framing tale in which an older (and much taller!) version of the protagonist, now a cynical, drug-addicted burnout, turns up as a sort of shady mentor to his younger self. Daniel Radcliffe displays fine comic timing as the younger doc; Jon Hamm seems uncomfortable at times with the accent (British, not Russian) but gets off some great line readings as the older one. Series hits its stride in the second episode, but our interest started to wane as things get darker and more chaotic in the last two. Seems kind of pointless to be satirizing the monotony and bleakness of rural Russian life in 1917— Bulgakov and his compatriots were about to endure much worse than bad weather and a cigarette shortage. Good supporting cast, esp. Adam Godley as an overly friendly paramedic ("Feldsher" is the term; until I looked at the cast list I though they were saying "the felcher"). I understand why the Russian reviewer who weighed in below was unimpressed, but when the second series turns up on 'flix, we'll prob'ly give it another chance. FYI, snarky guy from the Netherlands, this series was an Anglo-Japanese co-production

A young doctor's notebook is based on the book with the same title by Mikhail Bulgakov. It tells the story of a young doctor from Moscow who is send to a village a day's ride from 'the middle of nowhere in 1917's Russia. First of all, I really loved the atmosphere of the series and it's the main reason why I gave it an 8 out of 10. On the other hand, I cared little for the personal problems of the main protagonist. They seemed a bit forced but nevertheless added some depth to the story. I don't share the problem that most people seemed to have with the difference in appearance of Daniel Radcliff and John Hamm. For me those could be seen as the director taking artistic liberties with the story. Both actors do a fine job in communicating to the audience the distinctions that could be made between a young doctor fresh out of medical school and a more seasoned practitioner with his fair share of personal problems.