Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000.[1] Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, 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 currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. In the case that more than one actor has portrayed a character, the current actor portraying the character is listed last. Doctors was cancelled in October 2023 and is set to air until 14 November 2024.[2]

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Doctors logo.

Doctors currently has a core cast of twelve regular characters: surgery partners and general practitioners Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) and Suni Bulsara (Rahul Arya); general practitioners Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), Emma Reid (Dido Miles), Al Haskey (Ian Midlane) and Sid Vere (Ashley Rice); consultant midwife Ruhma Carter (Bharti Patel); nurse practitioner Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren); business manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee); receptionists Rosie Colton (Janice Connolly) and Scarlett Kiernan (Kia Pegg) and police sergeant Rob Hollins (Chris Walker). As well as the regular characters, Doctors also features numerous recurring and guest characters. These currently include general practitioners Michelle Walton (Joanna Bending) and Graham Elton (Alex Avery); nurse Tasha Verma (Maria Pike); security guard Barry Biglow (David Perks) and relatives Joe Granger Carmichael (Oliver Falconer) and Eve Haskey (Rachel Bell).

Present characters

Regular characters

More information Character, Actor(s) ...
Character Actor(s) First appearance Ref.
Jimmi Clay Adrian Lewis Morgan 5 September 2005 [3]
Zara Carmichael Elisabeth Dermot Walsh 4 June 2009 [4]
Rob Hollins Chris Walker 24 July 2009 [5]
Emma Reid Dido Miles 2 October 2012 [6]
Al Haskey Ian Midlane 13 November 2012 [7]
Sid Vere Ashley Rice 27 April 2015 [8]
Ruhma Carter Bharti Patel 15 October 2015 [9]
Bear Sylvester Dex Lee 18 November 2019 [10]
Luca McIntyre Ross McLaren 24 February 2021 [11]
Rosie Colton Janice Connolly 24 February 2022 [12]
Scarlett Kiernan Kia Pegg 7 April 2022 [13]
Suni Bulsara Rahul Arya 8 March 2023 [14]
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Recurring and guest characters

More information Character, Actor(s) ...
Character Actor(s) First appearance Ref.
Barry Biglow David Perks 9 April 2010 [15]
Joe Granger Carmichael Emily and Lewis Whitehouse 13 February 2012 [16]
Olivia and Oscar Wilson
Harrison and Lily-Sue Horbury
River Mahjouri
Nathaniel Arthur Stocks
George Black
Corey and Luka Donnelly
Kaiden and Kori Leigh Miles
Roman Law
Oliver Falconer
Tasha Verma Maria Pike 30 August 2016 [17]
Eve Haskey Rachel Bell 6 March 2017 [18]
Michelle Walton Joanna Bending 5 March 2024 [19]
Graham Elton Alex Avery 5 June 2024 [20]
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Former characters

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Doctors cast in 2002, all of whom have since departed. (Back row, L-R: Marc Eliot (Tom Butcher), Helen Thompson (Corrinne Wicks), Jude Carlyle, Faith Walker ([Eve Fontaine]), (Natalie J. Robb), Kate McGuire (Maggie Cronin), Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy), Ben Kwarme (Ariyon Bakare). Front row, L-R: Kali Hamanda (Nicole Arumugam) and Katrina Bullen (Tabitha Wady).

The original nine regular characters to be introduced in Doctors were Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy), Steve Rawlings (Mark Frost), Helen Thompson (Corrinne Wicks), Rana Mistry (Akbar Kurtha), Caroline Powers (Jacqueline Leonard), Kate McGuire (Maggie Cronin), Anoushka Flynn (Carli Norris), Ruth Harding (Yvonne Brewster) and Joanna Helm (Sarah Manners), all of whom have since left.[21] In the early 2000s, the Woodson family consisting of Ronnie (Seán Gleeson), George (Stirling Gallacher) and Bracken (Jessica Gallacher) were introduced, with the family appearing until the later half of the decade.[22] The late 2000s also saw the departures of regulars Vivien March (Anita Carey),[23] Archie Hallam (Matt Kennard)[24] and Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower).[25] The early 2010s also featured the exits of several regular characters, including Lily Hassan (Seeta Indrani),[26] Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton),[27] Simon Bond (David Sturzaker)[28] and Freya Wilson (Lu Corfield).[29] In 2013, producers wrote three characters out of the series, with Jack Hollins (Nicolas Woodman), Imogen Hollins (Charlie Clemmow) and Elaine Cassidy (Janet Dibley) exiting.[30]

2015 saw Ian Kelsey leave his role as Howard Bellamy after three years due to the heavy filming schedule; his exit saw his character killed off.[31] 2019 saw the exit of mainstay character Mrs Tembe (Lorna Laidlaw), who had gone from the receptionist to the practice manager of the Mill during her tenure.[32] 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.[33] 2020 saw a brief guest appearance from former regular Julia Parsons (Diane Keen), who had originally appeared in Doctors from 2003 to 2012.[34] Later that year, Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins) left the soap.[35] 2022 then saw the departure of another Doctors mainstay, Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle),[36] with Princess Buchanan (Laura White) leaving in 2023 after getting Valerie fired.[37] 2023 also saw the departure of mainstay Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson) after fourteen years,[38] as well as Matthew Chambers leaving his role as Daniel Granger after sixteen years.[39]

Regular characters

More information Character, Actor(s) ...
Character Actor(s) First appearance Last appearance Ref.
Anoushka Flynn Carli Norris 26 March 2000 19 May 2000 [40]
Ruth Harding Yvonne Brewster 26 March 2000 30 April 2001 [41]
Joanna Helm Sarah Manners 26 March 2000 30 May 2001 [41]
Rana Mistry Akbar Kurtha 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [41]
Steve Rawlings Mark Frost 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [41]
Caroline Powers Jacqueline Leonard 26 March 2000 1 June 2001 [41]
Katrina Bullen Tabitha Wady 3 September 2001 22 May 2002 [42]
Kali Hamanda Nicole Arumugam 23 November 2001 22 May 2002 [43]
Alex North Tim Downie 4 March 2002 25 November 2002 [44]
Carolina Shaw Ela Kay 18 September 2002 12 June 2003 [45]
Oliver Berg Laurence Penry-Jones 2 September 2002 13 June 2003 [46]
Jude Carlyle Natalie J. Robb 3 September 2001 19 March 2004 [47]
Tasha Verma Shabana Bakhsh 5 October 2004 18 April 2005 [48]
Ben Kwarme Ariyon Bakare 3 September 2001 13 June 2005 [49]
Nathan Bailey Akemnji Ndifornyen 16 February 2004 13 June 2005 [50]
Helen Thompson Corrinne Wicks 26 March 2000 16 December 2005 [41]
Marc Eliot Tom Butcher 5 October 2001 16 December 2005 [51]
Elizabeth Croft Jaye Griffiths 3 January 2006 13 April 2006 [52]
Sarah Finch Andrea Green 10 May 2004 13 April 2006 [53]
Kate McGuire Maggie Cronin 26 March 2000 26 May 2006 [41]
Faith Walker Eva Fontaine 11 May 2001 15 June 2006 [54]
Greg Robinson Ben Jones 30 April 2003 13 April 2007 [55]
Donna Parmar Martha Howe-Douglas 24 April 2006 11 May 2007 [56]
Nick West Michael McKell 6 March 2006 8 October 2008 [57]
George Woodson Stirling Gallacher 7 January 2003 27 March 2009 [58]
Ronnie Woodson Seán Gleeson 17 January 2003 27 March 2009 [59]
Vivien March Anita Carey 17 May 2007 27 March 2009 [60]
Archie Hallam Matt Kennard 21 August 2007 27 April 2009 [61]
Melody Bell Elizabeth Bower 30 July 2007 4 June 2009 [62]
Lily Hassan Seeta Indrani 28 October 2008 31 March 2010 [63]
Michelle Corrigan Donnaleigh Bailey 8 June 2006 13 August 2010 [64]
Charlie Bradfield Philip McGough 5 January 2010 23 September 2010 [65]
Joe Fenton Stephen Boxer 4 September 2006 10 December 2010 [66]
Ruth Pearce Selina Chilton 18 April 2008 4 January 2011 [67]
Simon Bond David Sturzaker 13 May 2009 6 April 2011 [68]
Freya Wilson Lu Corfield 11 May 2011 18 June 2012 [69]
Elaine Cassidy Janet Dibley 30 August 2010 28 September 2012 [70]
Cherry Malone Sophie Abelson 6 April 2009 19 October 2012 [71]
Jas Khella Vineeta Rishi 21 August 2012 29 November 2013 [72]
Mandy Marquez Danielle Henry 10 February 2012 7 October 2014 [73]
Kevin Tyler Simon Rivers 11 May 2011 30 October 2014 [74]
Howard Bellamy Ian Kelsey 28 May 2012 26 October 2015 [75]
Niamh Donoghue Jessica Regan 1 May 2014 1 April 2016 [76]
Anthony Harker Adam Astill 18 December 2015 20 April 2016 [77]
Penny Stevenson Cerrie Burnell 30 May 2018 27 June 2018 [78]
Heston Carter Owen Brenman 14 October 2008 12 November 2018 [79]
Mrs Tembe Lorna Laidlaw 5 January 2011 13 February 2019 [80]
Becky Clarke Ali Bastian 5 February 2019 6 November 2019 [81]
Julia Parsons Diane Keen 13 January 2003 27 March 2020 [82]
Ayesha Lee Laura Rollins 30 September 2014 5 June 2020 [83]
Valerie Pitman Sarah Moyle 15 October 2012 16 December 2022 [84]
Karen Hollins Jan Pearson 23 February 2009 18 April 2023 [85]
Daniel Granger Matthew Chambers 18 June 2007 5 October 2023 [86]
Nina Bulsara Wendi Peters 20 February 2023 18 April 2024 [87]
Mac McGuire Christopher Timothy 26 March 2000 4 September 2024 [41]
Kirsty Millar Kiruna Stamell 11 January 2023 25 September 2024 [88]
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Recurring and guest characters

More information Character, Actor(s) ...
Character Actor(s) First appearance Last appearance Ref.
Chris Rawlings Steven Brand 2 October 2000 9 May 2001 [89]
Candy Williams Leanne Wilson 19 April 2001 1 June 2001 [90]
Beth Carlyle Valerie Gogan 19 October 2001 3 April 2002 [47]
Phil Thompson Mark Adams 15 May 2000 24 April 2002 [91]
Harry Fisher Sean Arnold 6 September 2004 29 October 2004 [92]
Jack Ford Steven Hartley 23 November 2004 18 April 2005 [93]
Dan Thompson Joshua Prime 15 May 2000 14 October 2005 [94]
Claire Thompson Tara Coleman-Starr 6 October 2000 18 November 2005 [95]
Rico Da Silva Felix D'Alviella 24 March 2006 13 April 2007 [43]
Liam McGuire Tim Matthews 6 December 2001 17 December 2007 [41]
Bracken Woodson Jessica Gallacher 16 December 2005 27 March 2009 [96]
Scott Nielson Sam Heughan 30 September 2009 23 November 2009 [97]
Sapphire Cox Ami Metcalf 23 February 2010 31 March 2010 [98]
Vera Corrigan Doña Croll 10 May 2007 10 August 2010 [99]
Sue Bond Tessa Peake-Jones 3 September 2009 12 January 2011 [100]
Howard Bond Neil McCaul 3 September 2009 12 January 2011 [101]
Eva Moore Angela Lonsdale 18 October 2007 16 September 2011 [102]
Lauren Porter Alexis Peterman 5 August 2011 28 September 2011 [103]
Akono Mezu Emmanuel Idowu 13 January 2012 3 February 2012 [104]
Malcolm Malone Jeremy Swift 31 January 2012 14 February 2012 [105]
Paula Malone Tracey Childs 31 January 2012 14 February 2012 [106]
Marina Bonnaire Marian McLoughlin 25 October 2011 7 March 2012 [107]
Aliona McGregor Catriona Toop 28 March 2012 18 April 2012 [108]
Patrick McGuire Alan McKenna 16 November 2000 16 May 2012 [109]
Chloe McGuire Siena Pugsley 13 September 2010 16 May 2012 [110]
Martin Millar Miles Anderson 3 April 2012 18 May 2012 [111]
Jed Grey Paul Shelley 18 January 2010 14 September 2012 [112]
Helen Callaway Jade Williams 17 September 2012 20 September 2012 [113]
Harrison Kellor James Larkin 11 August 2011 21 September 2012 [114]
Alex Redmond Stuart Laing 18 September 2012 21 September 2012 [115]
Kingsley Apollo Charlie Hollway 13 September 2012 24 September 2012 [116]
Grace Jacobs Naomi Battrick 5 September 2012 1 October 2012 [117]
Franklyn Ward Steven Meo 10 February 2012 1 November 2012 [118]
Nadia Ahmed Hema Mangoo 23 November 2012 11 January 2013 [119]
Laura Tyler Rebecca Lacey 4 December 2012 11 January 2013 [120]
Zarif Khan Asif Khan 10 December 2012 11 January 2013 [121]
Sam Reid Grant Masters 21 December 2012 27 March 2013 [122]
Thomas Tembe Jude Akuwudike 26 April 2013 1 May 2013 [123]
Barbara Land Isabelle Amyes 26 September 2012 20 May 2013 [124]
Fleur Rogers Sandra Huggett 16 September 2013 11 October 2013 [125]
Gloria Newton Carol Holt 16 October 2013 30 October 2013 [126]
Sigourney Newton Anna Nightingale 16 October 2013 1 November 2013 [127]
Aran Chandar Davood Ghadami 18 October 2012 29 November 2013 [128]
Hermione Benford Rebekah Manning 9 January 2014 24 February 2014 [129]
Lois Wilson Lu Corfield 27 February 2014 18 March 2014 [130]
Josh Robson Matthew Wait 30 April 2014 18 August 2014 [131]
Toni Macpherson Esther Hall 15 July 2014 4 September 2014 [132]
Oliver Clarke Roger May 16 May 2011 30 September 2014 [133]
Poppy Conroy Claudia Jessie 9 September 2014 14 October 2014 [134]
Hazel Conroy Julia Hills 19 September 2014 29 October 2014 [135]
Jack Hollins Nicolas Woodman 4 August 2009 19 December 2014 [136]
Gary Lucas Iain Fletcher 23 October 2013 24 February 2015 [137]
Franc Christophe Daniel Schutzmann 18 November 2014 24 February 2015 [138]
Tracey Buxton Natasha James 20 January 2015 10 March 2015 [139]
Heather Irvine Rebecca Grant 2 March 2015 1 May 2015 [140]
Michael Burnett Milo Twomey 5 May 2015 26 June 2015 [141]
Sean Donoghue Shane O'Meara 29 July 2015 12 August 2015 [142]
Andy Weston Ian Mercer 13 August 2015 10 September 2015 [143]
Daisy Murray Michelle Bonnard 27 August 2015 11 September 2015 [144]
Brian Miles David Hounslow 9 October 2009 4 March 2016 [145]
Ben Owens James Daffern 11 March 2016 1 April 2016 [146]
Paul Cuthbert Andrew Moss 14 April 2016 10 June 2016 [147]
Rhiannon Davis Lucy-Jo Hudson 14 April 2016 10 June 2016 [147]
Marion Granger Susan Wooldridge 15 January 2009 7 September 2016 [148]
Tyler Green David Atkins 19 October 2016 2 February 2017 [149]
Karl Lee Jimmy Roye-Dunne 30 March 2017 25 April 2017 [150]
JJ Kenright Neal Barry 17 February 2017 30 May 2017 [151]
Sierra Lee Millie Price 16 October 2014 28 June 2017 [152]
Kaya-Louise Stewart [153]
Brenda Lee Andrea Gordon 16 October 2014 4 September 2017 [154]
Megan Sharma Ritu Arya 18 April 2017 14 September 2017 [155]
Jane Fairweather Patricia Potter 21 April 2016 11 October 2017 [156]
Lynette Driver Elizabeth Rider 4 August 2009 12 October 2017 [157]
Besa Kotti Aruhan Galieva 12 December 2017 12 January 2018 [158]
Erin Anderson Laura Ainsworth 18 January 2018 30 January 2018 [159]
Liam Slade Ryan Prescott 29 May 2013 16 February 2017 [160]
Will Hurran Jack McMullen 6 September 2006 16 February 2018 [159]
Robin Morrisey [159]
Ben Galadima Michael Fatogun 18 January 2018 9 March 2018 [161]
Amanda Vardalis Emma Samms 14 October 2005 1 June 2018 [162]
Tariq Amiri Chaneil Kular 7 June 2018 10 September 2018 [163]
Mr. Smail Neil Grainger 19 September 2018 26 September 2018 [164]
Leo Tomas Aaron Fontaine 10 September 2018 10 October 2018 [165]
James Coulter Daniel Kerr 20 April 2018 12 October 2018 [166]
Lisa Torres Michelle Lukes 28 January 2009 28 March 2011 [167]
Leila Birch [168]
Gordon Clement Steven Elder 15 February 2013 13 February 2019 [169]
Enzo D'Agostino Jack Derges 18 April 2019 8 May 2019 [170]
Estelle Vere Suzette Llewellyn 12 April 2019 29 May 2019 [171]
Mrs Merriam Doreen Mantle 20 July 2012 16 May 2019 [172]
Alia Hanif Mandy Thandi 14 October 2015 3 September 2019 [173]
Lisa Ambalavanar [174]
Ray Hopkins Bruce Alexander 17 September 2019 27 September 2019 [175]
Adam Regan Edward MacLiam 21 October 2019 17 December 2019 [176]
Gareth Regan 13 November 2019 17 December 2019 [176]
David Klarfeld Simon Schatzberger 21 January 2020 24 January 2020 [177]
Lena Baker Josephine Butler 30 November 2016 17 February 2020 [178]
Abz Baker Amy Bowden 21 February 2020 5 March 2020 [179]
John Butler Richard Huw 19 December 2019 24 March 2020 [180]
Doug Machin Michael Hobbs 11 June 2019 15 April 2020 [181]
Viv Marchant Martine Brown 23 August 2013 29 April 2020 [182]
Leon Sharma Jonas Khan 6 January 2020 30 April 2020 [183]
Mark Rees Kiefer Moriarty 11 May 2020 15 May 2020 [184]
Su Turtle Sam Battersea 12 April 2018 20 May 2020 [185]
Jayden Hunt Ciaran Stow 30 April 2020 2 November 2020 [184]
Tanya Rees Leila Mimmack 11 May 2020 12 November 2020 [184]
Deborah Kovak Jamie-Rose Monk 26 May 2020 18 November 2020 [186]
Aashiq Sawney Raj Ghatak 16 November 2020 11 February 2021 [187]
Lily Walker Verity Rushworth 9 June 2020 22 February 2021 [188]
Vincent Manning Laurence Saunders 10 January 2020 25 February 2021 [189]
Tom Robson Max True 23 November 2020 25 February 2021 [190]
Ella Robson Lily-Mae Evans 23 November 2020 25 February 2021 [190]
Maisie Wilson Silvia Presente 1 March 2021 23 March 2021 [191]
Anita Chandola Hannah Khalique-Brown 1 March 2021 23 March 2021 [191]
Miranda Evans Ruthie Henshall 25 March 2021 22 April 2021 [192]
Ricky Delaine Neil Roberts 26 February 2016 5 May 2021 [193]
Lewis Ainsley John Leader 24 March 2021 19 May 2021 [194]
Nathan Sallery James Barriscale 6 May 2021 27 May 2021 [195]
Harriet Shelton Carley Stenson 28 April 2021 29 September 2021 [196]
Shak Hanif Sunjay Midda 14 December 2015 25 October 2021 [197]
Makeda Sylvester Angela Wynter 29 September 2021 1 December 2021 [198]
Maggie Lynch Alison Belbin 4 November 2013 2 December 2021 [199]
Chelle Henry Kevwe Emefe 6 December 2021 17 February 2022 [200]
Davinia Hargrove Clare Wille 8 February 2022 22 February 2022 [201]
Hazeem Durrani Ashraj Ejjbair 17 January 2022 5 April 2022 [202]
Jasmine Dajani Lara Sawalha 19 February 2020 9 June 2022 [203]
Maeve Ludlow Clelia Murphy 30 March 2022 29 September 2022 [204]
Jan Fisher Lucy Benjamin 24 May 2021 30 September 2022 [205]
Roxy Piper Fiona Skinner 23 September 2022 11 October 2022 [206]
Gareth Lewis Samuel Morgan-Davies 28 October 2022 8 December 2022 [207]
Matt Cassidy Terry Mynott 4 October 2022 14 December 2022 [208]
Izzie Torres Jasmin and Nicole Parkinson 15 December 2008 15 December 2022 [209]
Maizey Corbett
Bethan Moore
Princess Buchanan Laura White 2 March 2022 3 January 2023 [210]
Brian Kiernan Simon Lowe 14 April 2022 2 February 2023 [211]
Binita Prabhu Nina Wadia 6 April 2023 17 April 2023 [212]
Rich Millar Richard Atwill 11 January 2023 25 April 2023 [213]
PC Pat Dyson Dawn Butler 2 June 2017 4 May 2023 [214]
Imogen Hollins Charlie Clemmow 4 August 2009 9 May 2023 [215]
Tanisha Fonesca Andrea Ali 19 April 2023 11 May 2023 [216]
Malika Dahlan Aria Prasad 19 April 2023 6 June 2023 [217]
Miles Bailey Louis Saxby 18 May 2023 22 June 2023 [218]
Frankie Sharp Andrea Mason 5 September 2023 13 September 2023 [219]
Claudia Briant Kiza Deen 24 May 2023 11 October 2023 [220]
Ollie Millar Isaac Benn 11 January 2023 19 October 2023 [221]
Jenny Ackerman Lois Pearson 9 November 2023 5 December 2023 [222]
Laurence Richards Rishard Beckett 24 May 2019 7 December 2023 [223]
Tye Vere Daniel Hill 19 April 2019 11 December 2023 [224]
Ed Jordan David Bark-Jones 9 January 2024 29 January 2024 [225]
Maria Jaziri Laila Zaidi 29 January 2024 15 February 2024 [226]
Liv Morgan Livvi Parsons 21 February 2024 16 April 2024 [227]
Paige Popplewell Genevieve Lewis 25 March 2024 29 August 2024 [228]
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Lists of characters by year of introduction

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