Doctors

Doctors
Doctors introduction as of June 2009.
Format	Drama, Soap Opera
Created by	BBC Birmingham
Starring	See below
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	1707 [1] (9 November 2009)
Production
Running time	approx. 30 mins (per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One / BBC HD
Original run	January 2000 – present

Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional city of Letherbridge, 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 and Letherbridge Universities Campus Surgery. 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. 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.

From 16 February 2009, Doctors began transmitting in High Definition on the BBC HD channel, where it is shown at 18:00.

Doctors has audience ratings of between 1.5 to 2 million, with about 25% viewing audience per episode. As of 2009 Doctors has increased its audience and now has over 3.5 million viewers with about 50% viewing audience per episode.

Cast

Current Characters (Main)

Past Cast Members (Main)

Past Cast Members (Other)

• Sean Arnold as Dr. Harry Fisher
• Steven Hartley as Dr. Jack Ford
• Sarah Manners as Receptionist Joanna Helm
• Tabitha Wady as Receptionist Katrina Bullen
• Elaine Donnelly as Receptionist Mavis Ryder
• 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
• Nicole Arumugam as Dr. Kali Hamada
• Jessica Gallagher as Bracken Woodson
• James Carlton as Nurse Mike Kelsey
• Angela Lonsdale as DI Eva Moore
• Felix D'Alviella as Rico Da Silva
• Emma Samms as Amanda Clay

Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (August 2009)

Doctors is the only British soap opera that gives all of its episodes a title.

References

External links

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