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'' is a

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which began broadcasting on

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on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional

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town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional

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, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in ''Doctors'' in 2010, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Will Trotter.

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) makes his first appearance in January, with

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Janet Dibley Janet Dibley (born 13 December 1958) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Elaine Walker in the 1980s sitcom ''The Two of Us'', Lorna Cartwright in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and Elaine Cassidy in the BBC soap opera '' Doc ...

) joining in August. Homeless man

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) arrives in October. Ag Penrose (

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), the aunt of

Rob Hollins Rob Hollins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Chris Walker. Rob was introduced as a police sergeant at Letherbridge police station and made his first appearance during the episode broadcast 24 July 2009 ...

( Chris Walker), begins appearing in November and in December, Barry Bamford (

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) debuts as a friend of Julia's. Additionally, multiple

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appeared throughout the year.

Charlie Bradfield

Charlie Bradfield, portrayed by

, first appeared on 5 January 2010 and made his final appearance on 23 September 2010. Charlie is disliked at the Mill Health Centre due to his sexist, homophobic and racist views. When he begins working there, he bullies colleague Simon Bond (

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) for being gay, which contributes to Simon having a breakdown. Charlie's former friend

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(

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) tries to defend Charlie's behaviour at first, but when he sees it for himself, Heston is appalled. It is revealed that at his former workplace, he sexually assaulted a receptionist and blackmailed both her and the practice manager to stay quiet. Under the influence of

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(

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) mistakes Charlie for her ex-husband and Charlie takes advantage of her state by having sex with her. When it is discovered, Heston punches him and Charlie is thrown out by his wife. He is then dismissed from the Mill and reported to the medical board. On his

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profile, it noted that Charlie's arrival in Letherbridge made an impact, but not a positive one. He was billed as an "unashamedly unreconstructed man" who speaks his mind, regardless of the consequences that follow. The profile alluded that Charlie's homophobic bullying of Simon led to Simon's eventual breakdown and that Charlie's firing was "comeuppance" for the character. For his portrayal of Charlie, McGough received a nomination for

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at the

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Elaine Cassidy

Dr. Elaine Cassidy, portrayed by

, made her first appearance on 31 August 2010 and made her final appearance on 28 September 2012. In September 2012, the character was involved in a week of

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episodes focusing on the return of her former lover and murderer

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), who changes his plea in

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's (

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) murder case. Not long after the announcement of the spin-off episodes, Daniel Kilkelly of

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confirmed that Dibley's character Elaine would leave ''Doctors'' at the conclusion of the Harrison storyline. In 2010, Dibley was longlisted for the

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for her portrayal of Elaine. She received another nomination for the award in 2011. Andrew Liddle of ''

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'' branded Elaine a "memorable" character.

Ed Harman

Ed Harman, portrayed by

, first appeared on 15 October 2010 and made his final appearance on 13 May 2011. He is homeless, suffers from mental illness and is a former soldier, having fought in

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. In 2011, he tries to kill

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), but

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) hits him over the head with a fire extinguisher. Ed ends up in hospital, and he is visited by Elaine every day. After he was released from hospital, he went to live with Elaine.

Ag Penrose

Agatha 'Ag' Penrose, portrayed by

, first appeared on 9 November 2010 and made her last regular appearance on 12 December 2010. Ag returned for an episode in 2011, as well as an episode in 2014. It becomes known that she is not liked by the female members of the Hollins family; Imogen (

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) and

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), but is very popular with her nephew, Rob ( Chris Walker) and great-nephew

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, first appeared on 17 December 2010 and returned on 15 October 2012, both for one episode. Barry appears when

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) sees him on the streets, homeless. Julia helps Barry by offering him and place in her garden at her house, which he accepts. In October 2012, Barry re-appears, expecting to see Julia. However, Julia is in Wales, so

(

) house sits Julia's house and is surprised to find Barry in the garden. Barry is ill, so Heston persuades Barry to go to the hospital and get checked, which he does.

described him as "ridiculously stubborn" and "eccentric", as did the ''

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''.

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