Doctors (BBC soap opera)

Doctors
Doctors intro.
Format	Drama
Created by	BBC Birmingham
Starring	see below
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	1000 +[1] (September 20 2006)
Production
Running time	approx. 0:30 (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	2000 – present
External links
IMDb profile

2006 cast photo

Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, which started in 2000. It is produced by BBC Birmingham and screened on BBC One. It tells the story of the staff at the fictional Mill Health Centre. It originally starred Christopher Timothy (who made his name as James Herriot in the series All Creatures Great and Small) as Dr. Brendan McGuire from the series' inception until he left in May 2006. The series was different to the other British soaps in that, prior to 2007, it took lengthy breaks in transmission over the summer. This year, however, there has been no summer break. It was originally filmed at the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston, Birmingham. However, four years into the show's life Pebble Mill was closed down so the soap moved to the BBC Drama Village site in Selly Oak. Portions of the show involving the police station are filmed at the BMS World Mission premises known as IMC International Mission Centre at 24 Weoley Park Road in Selly Oak. On Monday 26 November 2007, Doctors moved from its 14:05 slot to the earlier time of 13:40, replacing Neighbours, which is now broadcast later at 14:10 on BBC One.

Cast list

Semi-regular cast

• Jon Carver, who plays Custody Sergeant Vic Scott, is the longest serving cast member having joined the show in the first series. However, due to the character's irregular appearances, he is not considered a cast regular.
• Jessica Gallagher as Bracken Woodson

Past cast members

• Christopher Timothy as Dr. Brendan "Mac" McGuire
• Ariyon Bakare as Dr. Ben Kwarme
• Corrinne Wicks as Dr. Helen Thompson
• Ben Jones as Dr. Greg Robinson
• Felix D'Alviella as Rico Da Silva
• Tom Butcher as Dr. Marc Elliot
• Eva Fontaine as Practice Nurse Faith Walker
• Sean Arnold as Dr. Harry Fisher
• Steven Hartley as Dr. Jack Ford
• Shabhana Akhtar Bakhsh as Tasha Verma
• Maggie Cronin as Practice Manager Kate McGuire
• Akemnji Ndifornyen as Nathan Baily
• Keely Mills as Chloe Pearce
• Martha Howe-Douglas as Receptionist Donna Parmar
• Sarah Manners as Receptionist Joanna Helm
• Tabitha Wady as Receptionist Katrina Bullen
• Natalie J. Robb as Dr. Jude Carlyle
• Laurence Penry-Jones as Dr. Oliver Berg
• Yvonne Brewster as Practice Nurse Ruth Harding
• Mark Frost as Dr. Steve Rawlings
• Jacqueline Leonard as Dr. Caroline Powers
• Akbar Kurtha as Dr. Rana Mistry
• Andrea Green as Receptionist Sarah Finch
• Jaye Griffiths as Dr. Elizabeth Croft
• Nicole Arumugam as Dr. Kali Hamada
• Emma Samms as Amanda Clay (2005)

Trivia

Doctors is the only British soap opera to name its episodes.

References

External links

• Doctors at bbc.co.uk
• Doctors at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Doctors celebrate 1000 episodes