The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Weekend TV by Independent Artists. Starring Herbert Lom as Dr Roger Corder and Sally Smith as his daughter Jennifer, it comprised 26 50-minute episodes and ran for two series 1963–1965. Outline Most episodes focused on one patient, whose psychological ailment Dr Corder would treat using a humane yet idiosyncratic approach that mixed Freudian psychoanalysis with the contemporary methods associated with the then-fashionable theories of R. D. Laing. Several psychiatric techniques, such as word association, group work, role-play and hypnotherapy, were featured in the series. Frequently, Corder's initial patient in a story would turn out not to be the character with the pressing mental health issue. Because of the constraints of a 50-minute television episode, it was often suggested that Corder would continue to see his patients after the denouement.