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Doctors Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...
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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 two sister surgeries, the University of Letherbridge Campus Surgery and Sutton Vale Surgery. The following is a list of characters who formerly appeared in the programme, listed in order of last appearance. In the case that more than one actor portrayed a character, the most recent actor portraying the character is listed last. The original nine regular characters to be introduced in ''Doctors'' were Mac McGuire (
Christopher Timothy Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...
), Steve Rawlings (
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), Helen Thompson (
Corrinne Wicks Corrinne Wicks (born 26 April 1968) is an English actress, notable for playing Dr. Helen Thompson in the BBC daytime soap opera '' Doctors'', from 2000 to 2005, and Ella Hart in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', from 2010 to 2011. Early lif ...
),
Rana Mistry '' 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 ...
(Akbar Kurtha),
Caroline Powers ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British Medical drama, medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Set in the fictional West Midlands (region), West Midlands town of Leth ...
(
Jacqueline Leonard Jacqueline Jackie Leonard is a Scottish actress. She is known for playing Sarah Preston in the ITV drama ''Peak Practice'' from 1993 to 1996, Lorraine Wicks in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' from 1996 to 1997, Dr. Caroline Powers in the BB ...
),
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 ...
( Maggie Cronin),
Anoushka Flynn '' 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 ...
(
Carli Norris Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as Anoushka Flynn in '' Doctors'', Martha Kane in ''Hollyoaks'' and taking over the role of Belinda Peacock in ''EastEnders''. Career In June 1997, just before off ...
),
Ruth Harding '' 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 ...
(
Yvonne Brewster Yvonne Jones Brewster (née Clarke; born 7 October 1938) is a Jamaican actress, theatre director and businesswoman, known for her role as Ruth Harding in the BBC television soap opera ''Doctors''. She co-founded the theatre companies Talawa in ...
) and
Joanna Helm '' 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 ...
(
Sarah Manners Sarah Manners (born 25 August 1975) is an English actress and entrepreneur known for her roles in ''Casualty, Strictly Come Dancing,'' The Bill, '' Doctors'' and creating her Pilates app, Pilates On Tap. Early and personal life Manners was educa ...
), all of whom have since left. In the early 2000s, the Woodson family consisting of
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(
Seán Gleeson Seán Gleeson (born 18 February) is an English actor, director and producer, known for his roles as Conor Flaherty in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Ronnie Woodson in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. As ...
),
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( Stirling Gallacher) and
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(Jessica Gallacher) were introduced, with the family appearing until the later half of the decade. The late 2000s also saw the departures of regulars
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(
Anita Carey Anita Carey (born 16 April 1948) is an English actress, best known for playing Joyce Smedley in '' Coronation Street'' and later for playing Vivien March in '' Doctors''. Carey has appeared in British television programmes since the 1970s. Car ...
),
Archie Hallam Archie is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Archibald. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Archie Alexander (1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands * Archie Blake (mathemati ...
( Matt Kennard) and Melody Bell (
Elizabeth Bower Elizabeth Bower (born 1 August 1976) is an English actress, best known for starring as Dr Melody Bell in '' Doctors'' from 2007 to 2009. Life and career Bower was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Educated in Solihull, Bower attended Langley Schoo ...
). The early 2010s featured the exits of several regular characters, including
Michelle Corrigan Michelle Corrigan is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Donnaleigh Bailey. She first appeared in the episode broadcast on 8 June 2006 when she is hired at the fictional Mill Health Centre to replace Faith ...
(
Donnaleigh Bailey Donnaleigh Bailey (born 17 January 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. For her role as Michelle, she received two nominations for the British Soap Award for Best Ac ...
),
Lily Hassan Dr. Lily Hassan is a fictional character from the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'', portrayed by Seeta Indrani, who made her first appearance on 28 October 2008. Her backstory involves going from a rebel in her youth ...
(
Seeta Indrani Seeta Indrani (born 20 April 1963) is an English dancer and actress. Biography Performance After graduation as a dancer from the London Contemporary Dance School, Indrani took the role of Cassandra in the original 1981 West End theatre, West ...
),
Ruth Pearce Ruth Pearce may refer to: * Ruth Pearce (diplomat), Australian diplomat * Ruth Pearce (sociologist) (born 1986), British sociologist *Ruth Pearce (Doctors) Ruth Pearce is an Australian diplomat ambassador in Honiara, Moscow - with accreditation ...
(
Selina Chilton Selina Chilton (born 1981) is an English actress. After making appearances in various stage productions including ''The Taming of the Shrew'', '' Can-Can'' and '' Marianne Dreams'', she was cast in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She appeared ...
), Simon Bond (
David Sturzaker David Sturzaker is an English actor born in Hammersmith in London, who played Dr. Simon Bond in the BBC soap, Doctors from 2009 to 2011. Early life Sturzaker was born in Hammersmith in west London and grew up in Dulwich. He has an older brot ...
) and
Freya Wilson Freya Wilson (born ) is a British child actor. Background Wilson attended St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School and St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green, Hammersmith from 2010 to 2017. She is currently reading English at Merton Col ...
(
Lu Corfield Lucy "Lu" Corfield (born 1979 or 1980) is a Welsh actress, known for her roles as Freya Wilson (Doctors), Freya Wilson in ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'', Ruth in ''Last Tango in Halifax'' and Joyce Edevan in ''Clink (TV series), Clink''. ...
). In 2013, producers wrote three characters out of the series, with
Jack Hollins Jack Hollins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Nicolas Woodman. Jack first appeared on 4 August 2009 and left ''Doctors'' on 21 September 2012. He returned for brief stints in 2013 and 2014. His storylin ...
(
Nicolas Woodman Nicolas Woodman (born 21 March 1986) is an English actor best known for playing Jack Hollins in the BBC soap, '' Doctors'' from 2009 to 2012. Television career Woodman started acting professionally in 2001 when he appeared at the Royal Festiv ...
),
Imogen Hollins Imogen Hollins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Charlie Clemmow. Before her first appearance, Imogen is mentioned by her on-screen mother Karen (Jan Pearson); Clemmow watched the episode and wrote a ...
( Charlie Clemmow) and
Elaine Cassidy Elaine Cassidy (born 31 December 1979) is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing DC Dinah Kowalska in ''No Offence'', Abby Mills in the American television series ''Harper's Island'' for CBS, Felicia in '' Felicia's Journey'', Runt in ...
(
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 ...
) exiting. 2015 saw
Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama '' Blue Mur ...
leave his role as Howard Bellamy after three years due to the heavy filming schedule; his exit saw his character
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. 2019 saw the exit of mainstay character
Mrs Tembe Winifred Clements (also Tembe) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Lorna Laidlaw. She is introduced on 5 January 2011 as a new receptionist at the fictional Mill Health Centre as a replacement for Ruth P ...
(
Lorna Laidlaw Lorna Laidlaw (born 1 February 1963) is an English actress. She has appeared on television as Mrs Tembe in the BBC medical soap opera '' Doctors'' and Aggie Bailey in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Laidlaw won the Royal Television ...
), who had gone from the receptionist to the practice manager of the Mill during her tenure. She was replaced by manager Becky Clarke ( Ali Bastian), who left nine months into her tenure so that Bastian could focus on getting pregnant in real life. 2020 saw a brief guest appearance from former regular
Julia Parsons Julia Parsons (also McGuire) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Diane Keen. She made her first appearance on 13 January 2003, and departed the show on 18 May 2012, after nine years of appearing in the s ...
(
Diane Keen Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom '' The Cuckoo Waltz'' and Julia Parsons on the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She also appeared in Nescafé advertisements from ...
), who had originally appeared in ''Doctors'' from 2003 to 2012. Later that year, another mainstay, Ayesha Lee (
Laura Rollins Laura Rollins (born 20 December) is a British-Bajan actress, known for portraying the role of Ayesha Lee on the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', a role which she played from September 2014 to June 2020. For her portrayal of Ayesha, she won the awa ...
), left the soap. 2022 then saw the exits of
Izzie Torres Izzie Torres is a fictional character from the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. Izzie has been played by four actresses since her onscreen arrival; Jasmin and Nicole Parkinson between 2008 and 2011, Maizey Corbett ...
(Bethan Moore) and
Valerie Pitman Valerie Pitman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'', portrayed by Sarah Moyle. Valerie was introduced as a temporary receptionist at the fictional Mill Health Centre on 15 October 2012. Valerie is depicted as a kind, nos ...
(
Sarah Moyle Sarah Moyle (born 14 September 1969) is an English actress, known for her roles as Linda Fawcett in various stage productions of ''Jerusalem'' and Valerie Pitman in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. Moyle also portrayed the recurring role of Caroli ...
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