Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000.[1] 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.[2]
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).
- ^ Timblick, Simon (17 March 2020). "Doctors spoilers: Happy 20TH ANNIVERSARY, Doctors!". What's on TV. Future plc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Warner, Sam (18 October 2023). "Doctors axed by BBC after 23 years". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 October 2023.