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soap opera
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Doctors
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* Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree
** Doctorate
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'' originally aired between 2 September 2002 and 13 June 2003. It consisted of 154 episodes. An increase in episode output saw an increase in the core cast, with six regulars cast for the series: Laurence Penry-Jones, Ela Kay, Stirling Gallacher,
Diane Keen
Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress. With a career spanning numerous decades, she has appeared in various television series, films and stage productions. Keen's notable roles include Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom '' The ...
, Seán Gleeson and Ben Jones. Penry-Jones and Kay departed their roles at the end of the series. The series received an average of 2.5 million viewers.
Cast
As the episode output for ''Doctors'' increased, the core cast increased. The fourth series saw the castings of six regulars. The introductions began with flatmates Oliver Berg (Laurence Penry-Jones), a doctor, and
Carolina Shaw
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** South Carolina, a U.S. state
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(Ela Kay), a receptionist. Oliver became the first regular gay character on ''Doctors''.Stirling Gallacher then joined the series as doctor Ronnie Woodson. She was followed by Ronnie's onscreen husband, lawyer
George
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Diane Keen
Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress. With a career spanning numerous decades, she has appeared in various television series, films and stage productions. Keen's notable roles include Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom '' The ...
then joined as
Julia Parsons
Julia Parsons (also McGuire) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Diane Keen. She was introduced as the ex-wife of Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy) who begins working as a receptionist at the Riverside H ...
, the ex-wife of
Mac McGuire
Dr.Brendan "Mac" McGuire is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Christopher Timothy. Series creator Mal Young introduced Mac as one of the nine original regular characters on the soap. He works as a general p ...
(
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in '' All Creatures Great and Small'', Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' and Ted Murray in the BBC ...
). She was asked to join on an initial three-month stint and accepted due to having worked with Timothy before. She then decided to stay on past her first stint. The last regular to be introduced was
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Greg Robinson (born Augu ...
( Ben Jones), a doctor. The series saw two regulars depart, with Penry-Jones and Kay departing from ''Doctors'' in scenes that see Carolina die in an explosion and Oliver leaving from grief. Guy Burgess was also introduces as
Jerry Walsh
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Born in Cork, he was capped twenty-six times by Ireland as a centre between 1960 and 1967. That Walsh's prowess was mainly defensive wa ...
, a firefighter and love interest for
Faith Walker
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Eva Fontaine
Eva Fontaine (born 1974) is an English actress, known for her role as Faith Walker in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' between 2001 and 2006. The role gave her nominations for the British Soap Award for Best Actress. As well as also having recurr ...
).
Main characters
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Ariyon Bakare
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In 1998, he became the first Black man to play a lead role in a BBC period drama, portraying Mehuru ...
as
Ben Kwarme
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Maggie Cronin
Maggie Cronin is an Irish actress and playwright, known for her role as Kate McGuire in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', which she appeared in from 2000 to 2004, with a brief appearance in 2006. Cronin has also written one-woman shows that she h ...
as
Kate McGuire
''Doctors'' is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. 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 f ...
*
Eva Fontaine
Eva Fontaine (born 1974) is an English actress, known for her role as Faith Walker in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' between 2001 and 2006. The role gave her nominations for the British Soap Award for Best Actress. As well as also having recurr ...
as
Faith Walker
Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, faith is "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion".
According to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, faith has multiple definitions, includ ...
Greg Robinson Greg Robinson may refer to:
* Greg Robinson (offensive tackle) (born 1992), American football offensive tackle
*Greg Robinson (American football coach) (1951–2022), American football coach
*Greg Robinson (running back)
Greg Robinson (born Augu ...
* Ela Kay as
Carolina Shaw
Carolina may refer to:
Geography
* The Carolinas, the U.S. states of North and South Carolina
** North Carolina, a U.S. state
** South Carolina, a U.S. state
* Province of Carolina, a British province until 1712
* Carolina, Alabama, a town in t ...
*
Diane Keen
Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress. With a career spanning numerous decades, she has appeared in various television series, films and stage productions. Keen's notable roles include Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom '' The ...
as
Julia Parsons
Julia Parsons (also McGuire) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Diane Keen. She was introduced as the ex-wife of Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy) who begins working as a receptionist at the Riverside H ...
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in '' All Creatures Great and Small'', Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' and Ted Murray in the BBC ...
as
Mac McGuire
Dr.Brendan "Mac" McGuire is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Christopher Timothy. Series creator Mal Young introduced Mac as one of the nine original regular characters on the soap. He works as a general p ...
Jerry Walsh
Jeremiah Charles Walsh (3 November 1938 – 28 September 1992) was an international rugby union footballer.
Born in Cork, he was capped twenty-six times by Ireland as a centre between 1960 and 1967. That Walsh's prowess was mainly defensive wa ...