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 Riverside Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2000, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Mal Young. 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). Later in the year, Patrick McGuire (Alan McKenna) was introduced.
- ^ Timblick, Simon (17 March 2020). "Doctors spoilers: Happy 20TH ANNIVERSARY, Doctors!". What's on TV. Retrieved 26 March 2020.