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 from 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 on Five. Doctors then again moved from its 13:40 slot to the later time of 13:45 from Monday 11 February 2008. The timeslot was changed again on 29 April to 13:40, the change was due to the launch of new afternoon soap, Out of the Blue.

From 8 October 2008, the new UKTV channel Watch began airing classic episodes of Doctors from 2006 at 11:00am. A repeat of the episode is also screened at 18:00pm.

Cast list

Character	Actor	Role	Duration
Dr. Georgina 'George' Woodson	Stirling Gallacher	GP	2003-
Ronnie Woodson	Sean Gleeson	Lawyer	2003-
Julia Parsons	Diane Keen	Practice Manager	2003-
Dr. Jimmi Clay	Adrian Lewis Morgan	GP	2005-
Michelle Corrigan	Donnaleigh Bailey	Senior Practice Nurse	2006-
Vivien March	Anita Carey	Senior Receptionist	2007-
Dr. Melody Bell	Elizabeth Bower	GP Registrar	2007-
Archie Hallam	Matt Kennard	Nurse	2007-
DI Eva Moore	Angela Lonsdale	Detective Inspector	2007-2008
Dr. Daniel Granger	Matthew Chambers	GP	2007-
Ruth Pearce	Selina Chilton	Receptionist	2008-
Mike Kelsey	James Carlton	Nurse	2008

Arriving

Character	Actor	Role	Duration	Arriving
Dr. Heston Carter	Owen Brenman	GP	2008-	14 October 2008
Dr. Lily Hassan	Seeta Indrani	GP	2008-	28 October 2008

Departing

Character	Actor	Role	Duration	Departing
DI Eva Moore	Angela Lonsdale	Detective Inspector	2007-2008	20 October 2008
Mike Kelsey	James Carlton	Nurse	2008	28 October 2008

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

• Michael McKell as Dr. Nick West
• Stephen Boxer as Dr. Joe Fenton
• Christopher Timothy as Dr. Brendan "Mac" McGuire
• Ariyon Bakare as Dr. Ben Kwarme (2001-2005)
• 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
• Chris Crudelli as Practice Nurse Tyler
• Martha Howe-Douglas as Receptionist Donna Parmar
• Sarah Manners as Receptionist Joanna Helm
• Tabitha Wady as Receptionist Katrina Bullen
• Elaine Donnelly as Receptionist Mavis Ryder
• 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)
• Matthew King as Sam Hendricks (2001)

Trivia

• Doctors is the only British soap opera that gives all of its episodes an episode title.
• Doctors is the only British soap opera that doesn't have repeats or an omnibus edition, although from 2007 it became available on the BBC's iPlayer service.

References

External links

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