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Doctors
GenreMedical soap opera
Created byChris Murray
Directed byVarious
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series21
No. of episodes3,955
Production
Executive producersCurrently:
Mike Hobson
Previously:
Mal Young
Will Trotter
ProducersCurrently:
Peter Eryl Lloyd
Dawn Coulson-Beckett
Gail Evans
Simon J Curtis
Steve M Kelly
Camera setup
Running time
  • 30 minutes
  • 45–60 minutes
    (special episodes)
Production companyBBC Birmingham
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release26 March 2000 (2000-03-26) –
present

Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as their families and friends. Initially, 41 episodes of Doctors were ordered and due to the positive reception, BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera.

Since its inception, Doctors has consistently won the share in its daytime time slot, and as of 2020, it averages at 1.6 million live viewers. The programme has been nominated for and won numerous awards, and has been praised for tackling issues that are considered to be controversial and taboo issues in British culture and social life that are typically unseen on British television. Since 2016, Doctors has taken an annual transmission break during the summer to accommodate the BBC's coverage of sport ceremonies and other daytime dramas.

History

Creation and time slot

Doctors is produced by BBC Birmingham and is screened on BBC One, with the first episode broadcast on 26 March 2000.[1] It was created by Chris Murray, with Mal Young as executive producer and Carson Black as original producer. In the first three years of broadcast, Doctors was produced and broadcast in blocks of episodes, ranging from blocks of 40 to 130 episodes. As a result, from series five in 2002 until January 2007, Doctors took lengthy breaks in transmission over the summer to accommodate the coverage of worldwide sport events. However, the series' audience developed and increased, prompting the BBC to commission Doctors as a year-round soap opera. Since the programme's inception, Doctors has filmed episodes three months in advance of broadcast.[2]

Doctors was originally shown at 12:30 pm as a lead-in to BBC News at One.[3] For a brief trial period in summer 2000, selected episodes from the first series were shown on Fridays at 7:00 pm, but due to rival soap Emmerdale being transmitted at the same time, Doctors suffered from low ratings, and was trialled in a 2:10 pm time slot.[4]Doctors was temporarily moved to allow for extended news coverage of the 11 September 2001 attacks, its regular slot changed to 2:10pm, following directly after Neighbours The series later moved into the current 1:45 pm time slot in 2008.[5] Cast member Diane Keen commented that she believes Doctors should be broadcast in a prime time slot, stating: "I often see things on in the evening and wonder how on earth it actually ever got made in the first place. There is stuff you watch and you think, 'that was so bad, how did they get that on?'. And then you have a show like this that is so consistently of a high standard and totally unafraid to deal with very difficult issues."[6] Controller of BBC Daytime scheduled Liam Keelan commented: "its true home will always be as a hugely appreciated early afternoon drama."[6]

In a 2010 review of BBC continuing dramas, it was reported by Digital Spy that Doctors regularly won the largest share in its time slot, and attracted consistent audience numbers,[7] with an average of 2 million viewers per episode.[6] In 2020, executive producer Mike Hobson was asked by Allison Jones of Inside Soap if he would consider a late-night time slot, to which he commented: "for our audience, we sit quite nicely. Even if we were on at night, we'd still tackle all the powerful subject matters we do now. We might see more sex, or say the odd 'F' word – but will that be more powerful than we are already?"[8]

Filming location

From 2000 to 2004, Doctors was filmed at the BBC's former Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston.[9] The series used space originally occupied by Pebble Mill at One, and as Studio A had been mothballed a year before production started, the existing building had to be used for the show.[9] After the closure of Pebble Mill, BBC Birmingham moved to a smaller production base in Birmingham City Centre which had no studio space for the show.[9] In light of this, the show moved to the new BBC Drama Village development in Selly Oak,[9] with the transition between locations achieved on screen by an explosion destroying the Riverside Health Centre, named after the series' original production home. Alongside The Mill Health Centre, other regular locations include the police station, The Icon Bar, The Campus Surgery and HMP Letherbank Prison.[10]

Summer break

On 4 June 2016, it was confirmed that Doctors was to take a three-month transmission break from 10 June 2016; the first long summer break since 2006.[11] This was to accommodate the BBC's coverage of UEFA Euro 2016, Wimbledon, Rio 2016 Olympics and Red Rock. The series returned on 30 August 2016.[12] On 25 June 2017, it was confirmed that Doctors was to take a nine week transmission break from 30 June 2017. This was to accommodate the BBC's coverage of Wimbledon and Red Rock. The series returned on 4 September 2017. On 18 June 2018, it was confirmed that Doctors was to take a nine week transmission break from 27 June 2018. This was to accommodate the BBC's coverage of 2018 FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon, European Championships and Red Rock. The series returned on 3 September 2018. On 21 June 2019, Doctors began a ten week transmission break, to accommodate the BBC's coverage of Wimbledon, London Kills the week before Wimbledon, 10 of the last 12 episodes of Red Rock and the last series of 800 Words. The series returned on 2 September 2019.[13] The programme went on its 2020 summer break after the episode broadcast on 12 June 2020, which was the original date of UEFA Euro 2020.[14]

2000–2010: Decade of Doctors

In 2003, Doctors was nominated for Best British Soap at The British Soap Awards for the first time, where it has been nominated annually since.[15] The next year, Doctors then won their first award at the British Soap Awards, when they won Best Single Episode for "Say A Little Prayer".[16] Young departed from the position of executive producer on 6 April 2005, with Will Trotter assuming the position from the next day.[17]

In April 2006, Doctors aired the first same sex wedding on British television, when characters Greg Robinson (Ben Jones) and Rico Da Silva (Felix D'Alviella) got married.[18][19] On 26 March 2010, Doctors celebrated its 10th anniversary and 1800th episode. Under the title Decade of Doctors, the BBC aired five-minute episodes about the series after each day's episode during the anniversary week.[20] In each episode, cast and crew members talked about topics including the conception of the series, their favourite storylines and facts about Doctors.

2011–present: Further milestones

On 16 February 2011, Doctors aired its 2,000th episode, "Quarantine", which was extended and ran for 60 minutes. From 17 September 2012 for 5 days, special red button episodes aired after the regular show, focusing on the conclusion of the Harrison Kellor (James Larkin) storyline, exploring Elaine Cassidy (Janet Dibley) and how she dealt with Harrison's change of plea for Lauren Porter's (Alexis Peterman) murder. On 16 June 2015, Trotter departed from the position of executive producer, with Mike Hobson assuming the position from the next day.[21] On 10 September 2015, Doctors aired its 3000th episode, "The Heart of England", which was extended and ran for 60 minutes.[22] At the 2018 British Soap Awards, Doctors won a shared award with fellow BBC soap EastEnders. Both soaps won the award for Scene of the Year; the first time two soaps have won a singular award.[23]

In November 2019, it was confirmed via Twitter that Doctors were filming for the 20th anniversary episode. As part of the celebrations for the milestone, Julia Parsons (Diane Keen) is set to return in March 2020.[24] It was also revealed that every regular cast member in the series will be featured in a scene together.[25] To celebrate the 20th year of Doctors, a competition was opened for viewers to visit the set at BBC Drama Village on 18 March 2020.[26] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the set tour was postponed,[10] and it was later announced that filming of Doctors has been postponed due to the virus.[27] On 26 March 2020, a 60-minute episode titled "A Day in the Life..." was broadcast, which saw the conclusion of a long-running prison storyline involving Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), and a documentary being made about The Mill.[28] Also in March 2020, an episode starring Joe Pasquale was broadcast.[29] The episode, titled "The Joe Pasquale Problem", displays patient Lizzie Milton (Adele James) suffering from the Fregoli delusion, seeing everyone as Pasquale.[30] Beth Maloney of Entertainment Daily described the episode as "bizarre" but "amazing".[29] On 22 May 2020, despite having the government's permission to recommence production, Doctors announced that a lockdown episode was being filmed at cast members homes using their mobile phones.[31] Doctors is the first soap opera to address the pandemic, and the first to film an episode using mobile devices.[32] The episode, titled "Can You Hear Me?", aired on 12 June 2020.[33][34] On the same day of the episode's broadcast, producer Peter Eryl Lloyd announced the production team had donated all personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS, and therefore upon the programme's return, the characters will not be wearing PPE in scenes broadcast on television.[35] In August 2020, it was announced that Doctors had resumed filming, with Hobson stating that it was a "long process of preparing the set, the crew and actors, to make sure we are working in the safest environment possible".[36]

Storylines

2000s

The storylines originally dealt with the lives of staff and patients at the fictional Riverside Health Centre and its secondary location, The Best Practice. During the early years, many storylines revolved around the lead character of Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy) and his family life. These storylines include his romance with Julia Parsons (Diane Keen) and his son, Liam McGuire (Tim Matthews), facing a sexual assault allegation.[37]

In 2007, when more episodes were shown and there were fewer breaks in transmission, storylines included: receptionist Donna Parmar (Martha Howe Douglas) breaking patient confidentiality and her sacking from the Mill (2007), Nick West's (Michael McKell) car crash and later death (2008) and receptionist Vivien March's (Anita Carey) rape in 2008, which received recognition at The British Soap Awards in 2009 and 2018. 2009 also saw the departure of longstanding major characters Ronnie (Seán Gleeson), George (Stirling Gallacher) and Bracken Woodson (Jessica Gallagher). During the 2000s, numerous longstanding characters were introduced, including: Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers) and Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh). 2009 saw the introduction of the Hollins family; Karen (Jan Pearson), Rob (Chris Walker), Imogen (Charlie Clemmow) and Jack Hollins (Nicolas Woodman).

2010s

In 2011, receptionist Karen fell pregnant and had an abortion, which saw a breakdown in her relationship with husband Rob, and their later separation. 2011 also saw the arrival of receptionist Mrs Tembe (Lorna Laidlaw) and trainee GPs Kevin Tyler (Simon Rivers) and Freya Wilson (Lu Corfield), as well as the murder of temporary receptionist Lauren Porter (Alexis Peterman) by Harrison Kellor (James Larkin).

In 2012, Heston Carter (Owen Brenman) embarked on a relationship with health visitor Marina Bonnaire (Marian McLoughlin), which saw Heston subjected to domestic abuse. 2012 also saw Zara and Daniel have a baby, Joe Granger Carmichael (Emily and Lewis Whitehouse).[38] After Keen departed from her role as Julia, Howard Bellamy (Ian Kelsey) arrives, and Zara and Daniel decide to separate after she finds out about his affair with Cherry Clay (Sophie Abelson), the wife of Jimmi. 2012 also saw the introduction of doctor Emma (Dido Miles) and her son, Chris Reid (Nathan Wright, who became a nurse at The Mill.

In 2013, Mrs Tembe gains a new love interest – Gordon Clement (Steven Elder), the vicar of her church. Later that year, Jas Khella (Vineeta Rishi) is harassed by an obsessive stalker, Al Haskey (Ian Midlane), who is smitten by Jas. In 2014, Karen is involved in a car accident, and suffers severe head trauma and as a result, lost all of her memories from the age of 18 onwards. She spends months trying to readjust, knowing that she has two adult children and a husband. After Jas leaves Letherbridge, doctor Niamh Donoghue (Jessica Regan) is introduced as a love interest for Al. Heston struggles with memory loss and undergoes several tests designed to determine whether he is suffering from early-onset dementia. Mandy decides that it is time to move on from The Mill and is replaced by a new nurse, Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins).

2015 sees the introduction of two regular characters: doctor Sid Vere (Ashley Rice) and midwife Ruhma Hanif (Bharti Patel). 2015 also sees Doctors 3000th episode, in which a special storyline was created centring on a number of the main characters, most specifically Rob; when he was younger, he caused a car accident, but his childhood friend, took the blame as Rob was about to enter the police force. In 2016, Anthony Harker (Adam Astill) joins as a new Practice Manager, and bullies Mrs Tembe, who leaves to work for a rival surgery. Anthony's autocratic management style then targets Jimmi, who forms a plan with Mrs Tembe and Daniel to take over The Mill. Mrs Tembe is offered the position of Practice Manager, which she accepts. 2016 also sees the beginning of a fostering storyline for Karen and Rob, with the pair getting the necessary training to become foster parents. The Doctors research team worked with British charity The Fostering Network for a year ahead of the storyline in order to represent fostering accurately, and they credited the programme with an insurgence of fostering representation on television.[39]

In 2018, Zara and Daniel are driven apart again, this time by Daniel's daughter Izzie Torres (Bethan Moore), who pushes Zara to her limits. Zara slaps Izzie, causing Daniel to walk out on her. After Daniel returns home, he finds a drunken Zara has slept with Sid, which results in Daniel punching Sid and ending his relationship with Zara. In January 2019, Mrs Tembe becomes engaged to Gordon, and decides to leave Letherbridge with him for Newcastle; Mrs Tembe meets Becky Clarke (Ali Bastian), who she hires as the new Practice Manager. After an awkward interview with Zara, Daniel and Mrs Tembe, Becky is offered the position of Practice Manager. Becky gets into a relationship with Daniel, and eventually becomes pregnant.[40] However, she miscarries, and Daniel sees it as an opportunity to reveal that he does not want more kids, and that he cheated on her with Zara. Becky ends her relationship with Daniel, and departs from The Mill.[41] Becky is replaced by Business Manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee).[42] In late 2019, twin brothers Adam and Gareth Regan (Edward MacLiam) are introduced.[43] Adam begins a relationship with Zara, while Gareth moves in with Emma. Weeks into their relationships, it transpires that Gareth is addicted to drugs and jealous of his brother. He goes to Zara's house pretending to be Adam, and attempts to rape Zara. She fights back, and he is subsequently arrested and charged. In the final episodes of 2019, Jimmi begins to experience strange events; he is mugged, his house alarm alerts on several occasions, and strangers arrive at The Icon asking for him. He is eventually arrested for the possession of drugs, and despite the staff at The Mill trying to prove his innocence and get him freed in time for Christmas, they fail.

2020s

The beginning of 2020 sees Jimmi's colleagues attempt to prove that he is innocent. Daniel, Al, Valerie, and Emma discover that Jimmi was framed by his solicitor, John Butler (Richard Huw). John blames Jimmi for the death of his son, George Kenway (Lewis MacKinnon), so he orchestrated a plan to avenge George by ruining Jimmi's life. When he is released from prison, Keen reprised her role of Julia, who helps him with post-prison life by taking him to France. Ruhma is suspended from midwifery duties when she is kissed by Doug Machin (Michael Hobbs), which leads to the introduction of Deborah Kovak (Jamie-Rose Monk), who temporarily replaces Ruhma at The Mill. Another focus of 2020 was Karen and Rob's fostering experiences, including Abz Baker's (Amy Bowden) rape and Jayden Hunt's (Ciaran Stow) epilepsy. 2020 also sees the departure of Ayesha, as Rollins leaves her role after six years. She is given the opportunity to front a worldwide malaria campaign, and despite her beginning a romance with Bear, she leaves to pursue it.[44]

Characters

Main article: List of Doctors characters

Earlier episodes included a noticeably smaller cast, with episodes more self-contained. However, with the increased number of episodes, the cast also increased to include continuing storylines. The longest serving actor is currently Adrian Lewis Morgan, who has portrayed the role of Jimmi Clay since 5 September 2005.[45]

The word "Doctors" in orange, stylised in all lowercase.
Doctors logo.

Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000.[46] Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its two sister surgeries, the University of Letherbridge Campus Surgery and Sutton Vale Surgery. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last. Doctors was cancelled in October 2023 and is set to air until December 2024.[47]

Doctors currently has a core cast of twelve regular characters: surgery partners and general practitioners Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) and Suni Bulsara (Rahul Arya); general practitioners Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), Emma Reid (Dido Miles), Al Haskey (Ian Midlane) and Sid Vere (Ashley Rice); consultant midwife Ruhma Carter (Bharti Patel); nurse practitioner Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren); business manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee); receptionists Rosie Colton (Janice Connolly) and Scarlett Kiernan (Kia Pegg) and police sergeant Rob Hollins (Chris Walker). As well as the regular characters, Doctors also features numerous recurring and guest characters. These currently include general practitioners Michelle Walton (Joanna Bending) and Graham Elton (Alex Avery); nurse Tasha Verma (Maria Pike); security guard Barry Biglow (David Perks) and relatives Joe Granger Carmichael (Oliver Falconer) and Eve Haskey (Rachel Bell).

Present characters

Regular characters

Character Actor(s) First appearance Ref.
Jimmi Clay Adrian Lewis Morgan 5 September 2005 [48]
Zara Carmichael Elisabeth Dermot Walsh 4 June 2009 [49]
Rob Hollins Chris Walker 24 July 2009 [50]
Emma Reid Dido Miles 2 October 2012 [51]
Al Haskey Ian Midlane 13 November 2012 [52]
Sid Vere Ashley Rice 27 April 2015 [53]
Ruhma Carter Bharti Patel 15 October 2015 [54]
Bear Sylvester Dex Lee 18 November 2019 [55]
Luca McIntyre Ross McLaren 24 February 2021 [56]
Rosie Colton Janice Connolly 24 February 2022 [57]
Scarlett Kiernan Kia Pegg 7 April 2022 [58]
Suni Bulsara Rahul Arya 8 March 2023 [59]

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) First appearance Ref.
Barry Biglow David Perks 9 April 2010 [60]
Joe Granger Carmichael Emily and Lewis Whitehouse 13 February 2012 [61]
Olivia and Oscar Wilson
Harrison and Lily-Sue Horbury
River Mahjouri
Nathaniel Arthur Stocks
George Black
Corey and Luka Donnelly
Kaiden and Kori Leigh Miles
Roman Law
Oliver Falconer
Tasha Verma Maria Pike 30 August 2016 [62]
Eve Haskey Rachel Bell 6 March 2017 [63]
Michelle Walton Joanna Bending 5 March 2024 [64]
Graham Elton Alex Avery 5 June 2024 [65]

Cast changes

Former characters

Doctors cast in 2002, all of whom have since departed. (Back row, L-R: Marc Eliot (Tom Butcher), Helen Thompson (Corrinne Wicks), Jude Carlyle, Faith Walker ([Eve Fontaine]), (Natalie J. Robb), Kate McGuire (Maggie Cronin), Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy), Ben Kwarme (Ariyon Bakare). Front row, L-R: Kali Hamanda (Nicole Arumugam) and Katrina Bullen (Tabitha Wady).

The original nine regular characters to be introduced in Doctors were Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy), Steve Rawlings (Mark Frost), Helen Thompson (Corrinne Wicks), Rana Mistry (Akbar Kurtha), Caroline Powers (Jacqueline Leonard), Kate McGuire (Maggie Cronin), Anoushka Flynn (Carli Norris), Ruth Harding (Yvonne Brewster) and Joanna Helm (Sarah Manners), all of whom have since left.[66] In the early 2000s, the Woodson family consisting of Ronnie (Seán Gleeson), George (Stirling Gallacher) and Bracken (Jessica Gallacher) were introduced, with the family appearing until the later half of the decade.[67] The late 2000s also saw the departures of regulars Vivien March (Anita Carey),[68] Archie Hallam (Matt Kennard)[69] and Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower).[70] The early 2010s also featured the exits of several regular characters, including Lily Hassan (Seeta Indrani),[71] Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton),[72] Simon Bond (David Sturzaker)[73] and Freya Wilson (Lu Corfield).[74] In 2013, producers wrote three characters out of the series, with Jack Hollins (Nicolas Woodman), Imogen Hollins (Charlie Clemmow) and Elaine Cassidy (Janet Dibley) exiting.[75]

2015 saw Ian Kelsey leave his role as Howard Bellamy after three years due to the heavy filming schedule; his exit saw his character killed off.[76] 2019 saw the exit of mainstay character Mrs Tembe (Lorna Laidlaw), who had gone from the receptionist to the practice manager of the Mill during her tenure.[77] She was replaced by manager Becky Clarke (Ali Bastian), who left nine months into her tenure so that Bastian could focus on getting pregnant in real life.[78] 2020 saw a brief guest appearance from former regular Julia Parsons (Diane Keen), who had originally appeared in Doctors from 2003 to 2012.[79] Later that year, Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins) left the soap.[80] 2022 then saw the departure of another Doctors mainstay, Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle),[81] with Princess Buchanan (Laura White) leaving in 2023 after getting Valerie fired.[82] 2023 also saw the departure of mainstay Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson) after fourteen years,[83] as well as Matthew Chambers leaving his role as Daniel Granger after sixteen years.[84]

Regular characters

Character Actor(s) First appearance Last appearance Ref.
Anoushka Flynn Carli Norris 26 March 2000 19 May 2000 [85]
Ruth Harding Yvonne Brewster 26 March 2000 30 April 2001 [86]
Joanna Helm Sarah Manners 26 March 2000 30 May 2001 [86]
Rana Mistry Akbar Kurtha 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [86]
Steve Rawlings Mark Frost 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [86]
Caroline Powers Jacqueline Leonard 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [86]
Katrina Bullen Tabitha Wady 3 September 2001 22 May 2002 [87]
Kali Hamanda Nicole Arumugam 23 November 2001 22 May 2002 [88]
Alex North Tim Downie 4 March 2002 25 November 2002 [89]
Carolina Shaw Ela Kay 18 September 2002 12 June 2003 [90]
Oliver Berg Laurence Penry-Jones 2 September 2002 13 June 2003 [91]
Jude Carlyle Natalie J. Robb 3 September 2001 19 March 2004 [92]
Tasha Verma Shabana Bakhsh 5 October 2004 18 April 2005 [93]
Ben Kwarme Ariyon Bakare 3 September 2001 13 June 2005 [94]
Nathan Bailey Akemnji Ndifornyen 16 February 2004 13 June 2005 [95]
Helen Thompson Corrinne Wicks 26 March 2000 16 December 2005 [86]
Marc Eliot Tom Butcher 5 October 2001 16 December 2005 [96]
Elizabeth Croft Jaye Griffiths 3 January 2006 13 April 2006 [97]
Sarah Finch Andrea Green 10 May 2004 13 April 2006 [98]
Kate McGuire Maggie Cronin 26 March 2000 26 May 2006 [86]
Faith Walker Eva Fontaine 11 May 2001 15 June 2006 [99]
Greg Robinson Ben Jones 30 April 2003 13 April 2007 [100]
Donna Parmar Martha Howe-Douglas 24 April 2006 11 May 2007 [101]
Nick West Michael McKell 6 March 2006 8 October 2008 [102]
George Woodson Stirling Gallacher 7 January 2003 27 March 2009 [103]
Ronnie Woodson Seán Gleeson 17 January 2003 27 March 2009 [104]
Vivien March Anita Carey 17 May 2007 27 March 2009 [105]
Archie Hallam Matt Kennard 21 August 2007 27 April 2009 [106]
Melody Bell Elizabeth Bower 30 July 2007 4 June 2009 [107]
Lily Hassan Seeta Indrani 28 October 2008 31 March 2010 [108]
Michelle Corrigan Donnaleigh Bailey 8 June 2006 13 August 2010 [109]
Charlie Bradfield Philip McGough 5 January 2010 23 September 2010 [110]
Joe Fenton Stephen Boxer 4 September 2006 10 December 2010 [111]
Ruth Pearce Selina Chilton 18 April 2008 4 January 2011 [112]
Simon Bond David Sturzaker 13 May 2009 6 April 2011 [113]
Freya Wilson Lu Corfield 11 May 2011 18 June 2012 [114]
Elaine Cassidy Janet Dibley 30 August 2010 28 September 2012 [115]
Cherry Malone Sophie Abelson 6 April 2009 19 October 2012 [116]
Jas Khella Vineeta Rishi 21 August 2012 29 November 2013 [117]
Mandy Marquez Danielle Henry 10 February 2012 7 October 2014 [118]
Kevin Tyler Simon Rivers 11 May 2011 30 October 2014 [119]
Howard Bellamy Ian Kelsey 28 May 2012 26 October 2015 [120]
Niamh Donoghue Jessica Regan 1 May 2014 1 April 2016 [121]
Anthony Harker Adam Astill 18 December 2015 20 April 2016 [122]
Penny Stevenson Cerrie Burnell 30 May 2018 27 June 2018 [123]
Heston Carter Owen Brenman 14 October 2008 12 November 2018 [124]
Mrs Tembe Lorna Laidlaw 5 January 2011 13 February 2019 [125]
Becky Clarke Ali Bastian 5 February 2019 6 November 2019 [126]
Julia Parsons Diane Keen 13 January 2003 27 March 2020 [127]
Ayesha Lee Laura Rollins 30 September 2014 5 June 2020 [128]
Valerie Pitman Sarah Moyle 15 October 2012 16 December 2022 [129]
Karen Hollins Jan Pearson 23 February 2009 18 April 2023 [130]
Daniel Granger Matthew Chambers 18 June 2007 5 October 2023 [131]
Nina Bulsara Wendi Peters 20 February 2023 18 April 2024 [132]
Mac McGuire Christopher Timothy 26 March 2000 4 September 2024 [86]
Kirsty Millar Kiruna Stamell 11 January 2023 25 September 2024 [133]

Recurring and guest characters

Character Actor(s) First appearance Last appearance Ref.
Chris Rawlings Steven Brand 2 October 2000 9 May 2001 [134]
Candy Williams Leanne Wilson 19 April 2001 1 June 2001 [135]
Beth Carlyle Valerie Gogan 19 October 2001 3 April 2002 [92]
Phil Thompson Mark Adams 15 May 2000 24 April 2002 [136]
Harry Fisher Sean Arnold 6 September 2004 29 October 2004 [137]
Jack Ford Steven Hartley 23 November 2004 18 April 2005 [138]
Dan Thompson Joshua Prime 15 May 2000 14 October 2005 [139]
Claire Thompson Tara Coleman-Starr 6 October 2000 18 November 2005 [140]
Rico Da Silva Felix D'Alviella 24 March 2006 13 April 2007 [88]
Liam McGuire Tim Matthews 6 December 2001 17 December 2007 [86]
Bracken Woodson Jessica Gallacher 16 December 2005 27 March 2009 [141]
Scott Nielson Sam Heughan 30 September 2009 23 November 2009 [142]
Sapphire Cox Ami Metcalf 23 February 2010 31 March 2010 [143]
Vera Corrigan Doña Croll 10 May 2007 10 August 2010 [144]
Sue Bond Tessa Peake-Jones 3 September 2009 12 January 2011 [145]
Howard Bond Neil McCaul 3 September 2009 12 January 2011 [146]
Eva Moore Angela Lonsdale 18 October 2007 16 September 2011 [147]
Lauren Porter Alexis Peterman 5 August 2011 28 September 2011 [148]
Akono Mezu Emmanuel Idowu 13 January 2012 3 February 2012 [149]
Malcolm Malone Jeremy Swift 31 January 2012 14 February 2012 [150]
Paula Malone Tracey Childs 31 January 2012 14 February 2012 [151]
Marina Bonnaire Marian McLoughlin 25 October 2011 7 March 2012 [152]
Aliona McGregor Catriona Toop 28 March 2012 18 April 2012 [153]
Patrick McGuire Alan McKenna 16 November 2000 16 May 2012 [154]
Chloe McGuire Siena Pugsley 13 September 2010 16 May 2012 [155]
Martin Millar Miles Anderson 3 April 2012 18 May 2012 [156]
Jed Grey Paul Shelley 18 January 2010 14 September 2012 [157]
Helen Callaway Jade Williams 17 September 2012 20 September 2012 [158]
Harrison Kellor James Larkin 11 August 2011 21 September 2012 [159]
Alex Redmond Stuart Laing 18 September 2012 21 September 2012 [160]
Kingsley Apollo Charlie Hollway 13 September 2012 24 September 2012 [161]
Grace Jacobs Naomi Battrick 5 September 2012 1 October 2012 [162]
Franklyn Ward Steven Meo 10 February 2012 1 November 2012 [163]
Nadia Ahmed Hema Mangoo 23 November 2012 11 January 2013 [164]
Laura Tyler Rebecca Lacey 4 December 2012 11 January 2013 [165]
Zarif Khan Asif Khan 10 December 2012 11 January 2013 [166]
Sam Reid Grant Masters 21 December 2012 27 March 2013 [167]
Thomas Tembe Jude Akuwudike 26 April 2013 1 May 2013 [168]
Barbara Land Isabelle Amyes 26 September 2012 20 May 2013 [169]
Fleur Rogers Sandra Huggett 16 September 2013 11 October 2013 [170]
Gloria Newton Carol Holt 16 October 2013 30 October 2013 [171]
Sigourney Newton Anna Nightingale 16 October 2013 1 November 2013 [172]
Aran Chandar Davood Ghadami 18 October 2012 29 November 2013 [173]
Hermione Benford Rebekah Manning 9 January 2014 24 February 2014 [174]
Lois Wilson Lu Corfield 27 February 2014 18 March 2014 [175]
Josh Robson Matthew Wait 30 April 2014 18 August 2014 [176]
Toni Macpherson Esther Hall 15 July 2014 4 September 2014 [177]
Oliver Clarke Roger May 16 May 2011 30 September 2014 [178]
Poppy Conroy Claudia Jessie 9 September 2014 14 October 2014 [179]
Hazel Conroy Julia Hills 19 September 2014 29 October 2014 [180]
Jack Hollins Nicolas Woodman 4 August 2009 19 December 2014 [181]
Gary Lucas Iain Fletcher 23 October 2013 24 February 2015 [182]
Franc Christophe Daniel Schutzmann 18 November 2014 24 February 2015 [183]
Tracey Buxton Natasha James 20 January 2015 10 March 2015 [184]
Heather Irvine Rebecca Grant 2 March 2015 1 May 2015 [185]
Michael Burnett Milo Twomey 5 May 2015 26 June 2015 [186]
Sean Donoghue Shane O'Meara 29 July 2015 12 August 2015 [187]
Andy Weston Ian Mercer 13 August 2015 10 September 2015 [188]
Daisy Murray Michelle Bonnard 27 August 2015 11 September 2015 [189]
Brian Miles David Hounslow 9 October 2009 4 March 2016 [190]
Ben Owens James Daffern 11 March 2016 1 April 2016 [191]
Paul Cuthbert Andrew Moss 14 April 2016 10 June 2016 [192]
Rhiannon Davis Lucy-Jo Hudson 14 April 2016 10 June 2016 [192]
Marion Granger Susan Wooldridge 15 January 2009 7 September 2016 [193]
Tyler Green David Atkins 19 October 2016 2 February 2017 [194]
Karl Lee Jimmy Roye-Dunne 30 March 2017 25 April 2017 [195]
JJ Kenright Neal Barry 17 February 2017 30 May 2017 [196]
Sierra Lee Millie Price 16 October 2014 28 June 2017 [197]
Kaya-Louise Stewart [198]
Brenda Lee Andrea Gordon 16 October 2014 4 September 2017 [199]
Megan Sharma Ritu Arya 18 April 2017 14 September 2017 [200]
Jane Fairweather Patricia Potter 21 April 2016 11 October 2017 [201]
Lynette Driver Elizabeth Rider 4 August 2009 12 October 2017 [202]
Besa Kotti Aruhan Galieva 12 December 2017 12 January 2018 [203]
Erin Anderson Laura Ainsworth 18 January 2018 30 January 2018 [204]
Liam Slade Ryan Prescott 29 May 2013 16 February 2017 [205]
Will Hurran Jack McMullen 6 September 2006 16 February 2018 [204]
Robin Morrisey [204]
Ben Galadima Michael Fatogun 18 January 2018 9 March 2018 [206]
Amanda Vardalis Emma Samms 14 October 2005 1 June 2018 [207]
Tariq Amiri Chaneil Kular 7 June 2018 10 September 2018 [208]
Mr. Smail Neil Grainger 19 September 2018 26 September 2018 [209]
Leo Tomas Aaron Fontaine 10 September 2018 10 October 2018 [210]
James Coulter Daniel Kerr 20 April 2018 12 October 2018 [211]
Lisa Torres Michelle Lukes 28 January 2009 28 March 2011 [212]
Leila Birch [213]
Gordon Clement Steven Elder 15 February 2013 13 February 2019 [214]
Enzo D'Agostino Jack Derges 18 April 2019 8 May 2019 [215]
Estelle Vere Suzette Llewellyn 12 April 2019 29 May 2019 [216]
Mrs Merriam Doreen Mantle 20 July 2012 16 May 2019 [217]
Alia Hanif Mandy Thandi 14 October 2015 3 September 2019 [218]
Lisa Ambalavanar [219]
Ray Hopkins Bruce Alexander 17 September 2019 27 September 2019 [220]
Adam Regan Edward MacLiam 21 October 2019 17 December 2019 [221]
Gareth Regan 13 November 2019 17 December 2019 [221]
David Klarfeld Simon Schatzberger 21 January 2020 24 January 2020 [222]
Lena Baker Josephine Butler 30 November 2016 17 February 2020 [223]
Abz Baker Amy Bowden 21 February 2020 5 March 2020 [224]
John Butler Richard Huw 19 December 2019 24 March 2020 [225]
Doug Machin Michael Hobbs 11 June 2019 15 April 2020 [226]
Viv Marchant Martine Brown 23 August 2013 29 April 2020 [227]
Leon Sharma Jonas Khan 6 January 2020 30 April 2020 [228]
Mark Rees Kiefer Moriarty 11 May 2020 15 May 2020 [229]
Su Turtle Sam Battersea 12 April 2018 20 May 2020 [230]
Jayden Hunt Ciaran Stow 30 April 2020 2 November 2020 [229]
Tanya Rees Leila Mimmack 11 May 2020 12 November 2020 [229]
Deborah Kovak Jamie-Rose Monk 26 May 2020 18 November 2020 [231]
Aashiq Sawney Raj Ghatak 16 November 2020 11 February 2021 [232]
Lily Walker Verity Rushworth 9 June 2020 22 February 2021 [233]
Vincent Manning Laurence Saunders 10 January 2020 25 February 2021 [234]
Tom Robson Max True 23 November 2020 25 February 2021 [235]
Ella Robson Lily-Mae Evans 23 November 2020 25 February 2021 [235]
Maisie Wilson Silvia Presente 1 March 2021 23 March 2021 [236]
Anita Chandola Hannah Khalique-Brown 1 March 2021 23 March 2021 [236]
Miranda Evans Ruthie Henshall 25 March 2021 22 April 2021 [237]
Ricky Delaine Neil Roberts 26 February 2016 5 May 2021 [238]
Lewis Ainsley John Leader 24 March 2021 19 May 2021 [239]
Nathan Sallery James Barriscale 6 May 2021 27 May 2021 [240]
Harriet Shelton Carley Stenson 28 April 2021 29 September 2021 [241]
Shak Hanif Sunjay Midda 14 December 2015 25 October 2021 [242]
Makeda Sylvester Angela Wynter 29 September 2021 1 December 2021 [243]
Maggie Lynch Alison Belbin 4 November 2013 2 December 2021 [244]
Chelle Henry Kevwe Emefe 6 December 2021 17 February 2022 [245]
Davinia Hargrove Clare Wille 8 February 2022 22 February 2022 [246]
Hazeem Durrani Ashraj Ejjbair 17 January 2022 5 April 2022 [247]
Jasmine Dajani Lara Sawalha 19 February 2020 9 June 2022 [248]
Maeve Ludlow Clelia Murphy 30 March 2022 29 September 2022 [249]
Jan Fisher Lucy Benjamin 24 May 2021 30 September 2022 [250]
Roxy Piper Fiona Skinner 23 September 2022 11 October 2022 [251]
Gareth Lewis Samuel Morgan-Davies 28 October 2022 8 December 2022 [252]
Matt Cassidy Terry Mynott 4 October 2022 14 December 2022 [253]
Izzie Torres Jasmin and Nicole Parkinson 15 December 2008 15 December 2022 [254]
Maizey Corbett
Bethan Moore
Princess Buchanan Laura White 2 March 2022 3 January 2023 [255]
Brian Kiernan Simon Lowe 14 April 2022 2 February 2023 [256]
Binita Prabhu Nina Wadia 6 April 2023 17 April 2023 [257]
Rich Millar Richard Atwill 11 January 2023 25 April 2023 [258]
PC Pat Dyson Dawn Butler 2 June 2017 4 May 2023 [259]
Imogen Hollins Charlie Clemmow 4 August 2009 9 May 2023 [260]
Tanisha Fonesca Andrea Ali 19 April 2023 11 May 2023 [261]
Malika Dahlan Aria Prasad 19 April 2023 6 June 2023 [262]
Miles Bailey Louis Saxby 18 May 2023 22 June 2023 [263]
Frankie Sharp Andrea Mason 5 September 2023 13 September 2023 [264]
Claudia Briant Kiza Deen 24 May 2023 11 October 2023 [265]
Ollie Millar Isaac Benn 11 January 2023 19 October 2023 [266]
Jenny Ackerman Lois Pearson 9 November 2023 5 December 2023 [267]
Laurence Richards Rishard Beckett 24 May 2019 7 December 2023 [268]
Tye Vere Daniel Hill 19 April 2019 11 December 2023 [269]
Ed Jordan David Bark-Jones 9 January 2024 29 January 2024 [270]
Maria Jaziri Laila Zaidi 29 January 2024 15 February 2024 [271]
Liv Morgan Livvi Parsons 21 February 2024 16 April 2024 [272]
Paige Popplewell Genevieve Lewis 25 March 2024 29 August 2024 [273]

Lists of characters by year of introduction

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Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
14126 March 2000 (2000-03-26)19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)
21162 October 2000 (2000-10-02)1 June 2001 (2001-06-01)
31293 September 2001 (2001-09-03)22 May 2002 (2002-05-22)
41542 September 2002 (2002-09-02)13 June 2003 (2003-06-13)
51821 September 2003 (2003-09-01)14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)
61396 September 2004 (2004-09-06)6 April 2005 (2005-04-06)
718518 April 2005 (2005-04-18)13 April 2006 (2006-04-13)
818524 April 2006 (2006-04-24)13 April 2007 (2007-04-13)
921223 April 2007 (2007-04-23)20 March 2008 (2008-03-20)
1022331 March 2008 (2008-03-31)27 March 2009 (2009-03-27)
1123430 March 2009 (2009-03-30)30 March 2010 (2010-03-30)
122301 April 2010 (2010-04-01)1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
1323131 March 2011 (2011-03-31)31 March 2012 (2012-03-31)
142212 April 2012 (2012-04-02)28 March 2013 (2013-03-28)
152222 April 2013 (2013-04-02)31 March 2014 (2014-03-31)
162191 April 2014 (2014-04-01)27 March 2015 (2015-03-27)
1721713 April 2015 (2015-04-13)1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
181871 April 2016 (2016-04-01)14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)
1928917 April 2017 (2017-04-17)2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)
201955 November 2018 (2018-11-05)6 November 2019 (2019-11-06)
211967 November 2019 (2019-11-07)TBA

Ratings

  • In 2002, episodes received an average of 2.5 million viewers.[1]
  • In 2009, the episode which reached the highest ratings in Doctors history was "Restraint", which was aired on 31 March, and saw Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton) admitted to a psychiatric hospital after developing an obsession over colleague and friend, Michelle Corrigan (Donnaleigh Bailey). Another episode in 2009 that reached 3.4 million viewers was "Cold Comfort", which was the last episode aired in 2009; it involved the Christmas party, which saw Lily Hassan's (Seeta Indrani) marriage proposal to Heston Carter (Owen Brenman) turned down.[2]
  • In 2010, the highest watched episode received 2.9 million viewers.[3] The average for the year was 2 million.[4]
  • In 2014, episodes in January reached 1.7 million, with a peak of 1.8 million.[5] On 12 February, the highest rating of the year of 1.94 million was achieved.[6]
  • In 2015, the average amount of viewers per episode was 2 million.[7]
  • In 2017, episodes averaged at 2.5 million viewers, with a peak of 4 million viewers.[8]
  • In 2020, Radio Times reported that episodes receive an average of 1.6 million viewers.[9]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Doctors

References

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