Here’s a deep content breakdown of Quacks (Season 1), the BBC Two sitcom that aired in 2017, created by James Wood and directed by Andy De Emmony. Quacks is a medical period comedy set in Victorian London (circa 1880s), at a time when surgery was butchery, anesthesia was optional, and the “germ theory” was still laughed at by most doctors. The show follows four real-life historical figures from medicine, blended with fictionalized personalities and conflicts, as they fumble, bicker, and occasionally stumble toward modern medical practice.