The fourth series of the British medical soap opera Doctors 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, Seán Gleeson and Ben Jones. Penry-Jones and Kay departed their roles at the end of the series, as well as Tim Downie leaving midway. The series received an average of 2.5 million viewers.[1]
| Doctors | |
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| Series 4 | |
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| No. of episodes | 154 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 2 September 2002 – 13 June 2003 |
| Series chronology | |
Cast edit
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 (Ela Kay), a receptionist. Oliver became the first regular gay character on Doctors.[2] Stirling Gallacher then joined the series as doctor Ronnie Woodson.[3] She was followed by Ronnie's onscreen husband, lawyer George (Seán Gleeson).[4]
Diane Keen then joined as Julia Parsons, the ex-wife of Mac McGuire (Christopher Timothy). 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.[5] The last regular to be introduced was Greg Robinson (Ben Jones), a doctor.[6] The series saw three regulars depart, the first being Tim Downie departing from his role as Alex North.[7] Penry-Jones and Kay departed from Doctors in scenes that see Carolina die in an explosion and Oliver leaving from grief.[2]
Main characters edit
- Ariyon Bakare as Ben Kwarme
- Tom Butcher as Marc Eliot
- Maggie Cronin as Kate McGuire
- Tim Downie as Alex North
- Eva Fontaine as Faith Walker
- Stirling Gallacher as George Woodson
- Seán Gleeson as Ronnie Woodson
- Ben Jones as Greg Robinson
- Ela Kay as Carolina Shaw
- Diane Keen as Julia Parsons
- Laurence Penry-Jones as Oliver Berg
- Natalie J. Robb as Jude Carlyle
- Christopher Timothy as Mac McGuire
- Corrinne Wicks as Helen Thompson
Recurring characters edit
- Tara Coleman-Starr as Claire Thompson
- Joshua Prime as Dan Thompson
Guest characters edit
- Jim Dunk as Jack Helm
Episodes edit
| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 287 | 1 | "More Is Never Enough" | S.J Clarkson | Tracey Black | 2 September 2002 |
| 288 | 2 | "Prescription for a Corpse" | S.J Clarkson | Ray Brooking | 3 September 2002 |
| 289 | 3 | "Night Terrors" | S.J Clarkson | Mark Chadbourne | 4 September 2002 |
| 290 | 4 | "Happy Days are Here Again" | Terry Iland | David Lloyd | 5 September 2002 |
| 291 | 5 | "Bulldog Breed" | Terry Iland | Nick Hoare | 6 September 2002 |
| 292 | 6 | "Ticking" | Dominic Keavey | Ray Brooking | 9 September 2002 |
| 293 | 7 | "Charity Begins at Home" | Terry Iland | Colin Brake | 10 September 2002 |
| 294 | 8 | "Stuff Happens" | Dominic Keavey | Moya O'Shea | 11 September 2002 |
| 295 | 9 | "A Wanted Child" | Dominic Keavey | — | 12 September 2002 |
| 296 | 10 | "Business As Usual" | Dominic Keavey | Olly Perkin | 16 September 2002 |
| 297 | 11 | "World on Her Shoulders" | Fiona Walton | Mark Brecon | 17 September 2002 |
| 298 | 12 | "Silent Partners" | Fiona Walton | Paul Ebbs | 18 September 2002 |
| 299 | 13 | "Deceptive Appearances" | Fiona Walton | Lucia Haynes | 19 September 2002 |
| 300 | 14 | "A Matter of Pride" | S.J Clarkson | John Pilkington | 20 September 2002 |
| 301 | 15 | "Labour Day" | S.J Clarkson | Angela Turvey | 23 September 2002 |
| 302 | 16 | "Too Late for Goodbyes" | S.J Clarkson | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 24 September 2002 |
| 303 | 17 | "Cool for Cats" | Ray Kilby | David Howard | 25 September 2002 |
| 304 | 18 | "Simply the Best" | Ray Kilby | Sharon Oakes | 26 September 2002 |
| 305 | 19 | "A Terrible Hunger" | Ray Kilby | Jane McNulty | 27 September 2002 |
| 306 | 20 | "Fit" | Dominic Keavey | Ray Brooking | 30 September 2002 |
| 307 | 21 | "Grounded" | Dominic Keavey | Dale Overton | 1 October 2002 |
| 308 | 22 | "Different Drummer" | Dominic Keavey | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 2 October 2002 |
| 309 | 23 | "Bitten by the Bug" | Terry Iland | Marrisse Whittaker | 3 October 2002 |
| 310 | 24 | "Attention" | Terry Iland | Jeremy Hylton Davies | 4 October 2002 |
| 311 | 25 | "Stolen Moments" | Terry Iland | Moya O'Shea | 7 October 2002 |
| 312 | 26 | "A Rock & a Hard Place" | Darcia Martin | Mark Chadbourn | 8 October 2002 |
| 313 | 27 | "Losing Control" | Darcia Martin | Dawn Harrison | 9 October 2002 |
| 314 | 28 | "And Then He Was Gone" | Darcia Martin | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 10 October 2002 |
| 315 | 29 | "Stuck in the Middle" | Ray Kilby | David Lloyd | 11 October 2002 |
| 316 | 30 | "Do No Wrong" | Ray Kilby | Tracey Black | 14 October 2002 |
| 317 | 31 | "Beauty Gap" | Ray Kilby | Paul Ebbs | 15 October 2002 |
| 318 | 32 | "Tick Tock" | Dominic Keavey | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 16 October 2002 |
| 319 | 33 | "The Trouble With Arthur" | Dominic Keavey | Patrick Spence | 17 October 2002 |
| 320 | 34 | "Unfinished Business" | Dominic Keavey | Colin Brake | 18 October 2002 |
| 321 | 35 | "Reasons to Be Fearful" | Terry Iland | David Howard | 21 October 2002 |
| 322 | 36 | "For Whom the Bells Toll" | Terry Iland | Martin Stone | 22 October 2002 |
| 323 | 37 | "A Quick Fix" | Terry Iland | David Thornhill | 23 October 2002 |
| 324 | 38 | "Into the Shadows" | Alice Troughton | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 24 October 2002 |
| 325 | 39 | "Humble Pie" | Alice Troughton | Frances McNeil | 25 October 2002 |
| 326 | 40 | "Prime Carer" | Alice Troughton | Dale Overton | 28 October 2002 |
| 327 | 41 | "Sleeping Dogs" | Chris Richards | Jonathan Evans | 29 October 2002 |
| 328 | 42 | "Shattered Dreams" | Topher Campbell | Liz John | 30 October 2002 |
| 329 | 43 | "You Make Me Feel So Young" | Chris Richards | David Lemon | 31 October 2002 |
| 330 | 44 | "Nobody's Child" | S.J Clarkson | Claire Bennett | 1 November 2002 |
| 331 | 45 | "Circle of Life" | Topher Campbell | Annie Rixon | 4 November 2002 |
| 332 | 46 | "Heart Beats" | S.J Clarkson | Marc Peirson | 5 November 2002 |
| 333 | 47 | "Occupational Hazards" | Chris Richards | Ray Brooking | 6 November 2002 |
| 334 | 48 | "Practice Makes Perfect" | Topher Campbell | Lynne Sharpe | 7 November 2002 |
| 335 | 49 | "Legacy" | Martin Sharp | Jeremy Hylton Davies | 8 November 2002 |
| 336 | 50 | "Treat 'Em Mean" | Martin Sharp | Joanna Quesnel | 11 November 2002 |
| 337 | 51 | "Reasonable Doubt" | Martin Sharp | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 12 November 2002 |
| 338 | 52 | "Time Bomb" | Terry Iland | Dawn Harrison | 13 November 2002 |
| 339 | 53 | "Feet of Clay" | Terry Iland | Nick Warburton | 14 November 2002 |
| 340 | 54 | "Swing Out Sister" | Terry Iland | Dan Wicksman | 15 November 2002 |
| 341 | 55 | "Cast the First Stone" | Burt Caesar | Andrea Clyndes | 18 November 2002 |
| 342 | 56 | "Afraid to Love" | Burt Caesar | Linda Thompson | 19 November 2002 |
| 343 | 57 | "Where We Left Off" | Burt Caesar | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 20 November 2002 |
| 344 | 58 | "A Hole in the Heart" | S.J Clarkson | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 21 November 2002 |
| 345 | 59 | "The First Step" | S.J Clarkson | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 22 November 2002 |
| 346 | 60 | "Testing Testing" | S.J Clarkson | Graham Lester-George | 25 November 2002 |
| 347 | 61 | "Famous Last Words" | S.J Clarkson | Ray Brooking | 6 January 2003 |
| 348 | 62 | "All in Vein" | S.J Clarkson | Sudha Bhuchar and Shaheen Khan | 7 January 2003 |
| 349 | 63 | "Truth or Dare" | S.J Clarkson | John Pilkington | 8 January 2003 |
| 350 | 64 | "Suspicious Minds: Part One" | S.J Clarkson | Colin Brake | 9 January 2003 |
| 351 | 65 | "Suspicious Minds: Part Two" | S.J Clarkson | Colin Brake | 10 January 2003 |
| 352 | 66 | "A Dignified Exit" | Neil Adams | Sharon Kelly | 13 January 2003 |
| 353 | 67 | "Position of Trust" | Neil Adams | Dale Overton | 14 January 2003 |
| 354 | 68 | "Preservation" | Neil Adams | Graham White | 15 January 2003 |
| 355 | 69 | "Black and Blue" | Neil Adams | Tracey Black | 16 January 2003 |
| 356 | 70 | "To the Bone" | Neil Adams | Paul Ebbs | 17 January 2003 |
| 357 | 71 | "Points of View" | Fiona Walton | Olly Perkin | 20 January 2003 |
| 358 | 72 | "Childsplay" | Fiona Walton | Caroline Gawn | 21 January 2003 |
| 359 | 73 | "A Question of Priorities" | Fiona Walton | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 22 January 2003 |
| 360 | 74 | "Food for Thought" | Fiona Walton | Nick Hoare | 23 January 2003 |
| 361 | 75 | "An Early Frost" | Fiona Walton | Sally Norton | 24 January 2003 |
| 362 | 76 | "Numb" | Steve Kelly | Abigail Abban-Mensah | 29 January 2003 |
| 363 | 77 | "With This Ring" | Steve Kelly | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 30 January 2003 |
| 364 | 78 | "Faking It" | Steve Kelly | Linda Thompson | 31 January 2003 |
| 365 | 79 | "Call Me the Wanderer" | Steve Kelly | Jeremy Hylton Davies | 3 February 2003 |
| 366 | 80 | "A Tangled Web" | Christopher Timothy | David Lloyd | 4 February 2003 |
| 367 | 81 | "Real Tonic" | Christopher Timothy | Kevin Scouler | 5 February 2003 |
| 368 | 82 | "Deliverance" | Christopher Timothy | Emma Frost | 6 February 2003 |
| 369 | 83 | "Second Class Ticket" | Christopher Timothy | Gaby Chiappe | 7 February 2003 |
| 370 | 84 | "Jimi Hendrix Is Dead" | Chris Richards | Jan Page | 10 February 2003 |
| 371 | 85 | "To Be or Not to Be" | Chris Richards | Richard Bevan | 11 February 2003 |
| 372 | 86 | "Cave Man" | Chris Richards | Paul Ebbs | 12 February 2003 |
| 373 | 87 | "Baby Blues" | Chris Richards | Rosemary Friedman | 13 February 2003 |
| 374 | 88 | "Mar-Cel Wave" | Chris Richards | Carole Simpson Solazzo | 14 February 2003 |
| 375 | 89 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | Terry Iland | Pat Cumper | 17 February 2003 |
| 376 | 90 | "Silent World" | Terry Iland | Mark Chadbourn | 18 February 2003 |
| 377 | 91 | "A Woman's Work" | Terry Iland | Jonathan Hall | 19 February 2003 |
| 378 | 92 | "Teenage Kicks" | Terry Iland | Lucy Blincoe | 20 February 2003 |
| 379 | 93 | "More Than a Job" | Terry Iland | Nicola Thompson | 21 February 2003 |
| 380 | 94 | "A Soldier's Lot" | Dominic Keavey | John Pilkington | 24 February 2003 |
| 381 | 95 | "When the Bough Breaks" | Steve Kelly | Ray Brooking | 25 February 2003 |
| 382 | 96 | "Tunnel Vision" | Dominic Keavey | Anne Rabbitt | 26 February 2003 |
| 383 | 97 | "Send in the Clones" | Dominic Keavey | Colin Brake | 27 February 2003 |
| 384 | 98 | "All the Lonely People" | Dominic Keavey | Tracey Black and Lloyd Peters | 28 February 2003 |
| 385 | 99 | "The Dragon" | S.J Clarkson | Katharine Way | 25 March 2003 |
| 386 | 100 | "Zero Tolerance" | S.J Clarkson | Lucia Haynes | 26 March 2003 |
| 387 | 101 | "Junk" | S.J Clarkson | Dawn Harrison | 27 March 2003 |
| 388 | 102 | "Different for Girls" | S.J Clarkson | Emma Frost | 28 March 2003 |
| 389 | 103 | "A Life of One's Own" | S.J Clarskon | Jude Tindall | 31 March 2003 |
| 390 | 104 | "Born Again" | Steve Kelly | Ray Brooking | 1 April 2003 |
| 391 | 105 | "Gravy on That?" | Christopher Timothy | Claire Bennett | 2 April 2003 |
| 392 | 106 | "No More Pain" | Steve Kelly | Roland Moore | 3 April 2003 |
| 393 | 107 | "As Time Goes By" | Steve Kelly | David Lloyd | 4 April 2003 |
| 394 | 108 | "An Honourable Man" | Steve Kelly | Dawn Harrison | 7 April 2003 |
| 395 | 109 | "Nothing But the Truth" | Ian Barber | Moya O'Shea | 8 April 2003 |
| 396 | 110 | "Twice Shy" | Ian Barber | Graham White | 9 April 2003 |
| 397 | 111 | "Fifty-Fifty" | Ian Barber | Martin Stone | 10 April 2003 |
| 398 | 112 | "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" | Ian Barber | Colin Brake | 11 April 2003 |
| 399 | 113 | "A Taste of Possibilities" | Ian Barber | Abigail Abban-Mensah | 14 April 2003 |
| 400 | 114 | "Drinking Games" | Neil Adams | Jonathan Evans | 15 April 2003 |
| 401 | 115 | "Doctors Are from Mars" | Neil Adams | Patrick Spence | 16 April 2003 |
| 402 | 116 | "Forget Me Not" | Neil Adams | Joanna Quesnel | 17 April 2003 |
| 403 | 117 | "Donations" | Neil Adams | Andrew Ellard | 22 April 2003 |
| 404 | 118 | "Mother Love" | Neil Adams | Marc Peirson | 23 April 2003 |
| 405 | 119 | "Faking the Dead" | Alice Troughton | Jeremy Hylton Davies | 24 April 2003 |
| 406 | 120 | "The Road Sweeper" | Alice Troughton | Stephen John Hallett | 25 April 2003 |
| 407 | 121 | "Too Little Too Late" | Dominic Keavey | Sharon Kelly | 28 April 2003 |
| 408 | 122 | "Give It Up" | Alice Troughton | Gary Waterman | 29 April 2003 |
| 409 | 123 | "Babes in the Wood" | Alice Troughton | Dawn Harrison | 30 April 2003 |
| 410 | 124 | "Mr Punch" | Steve Kelly | Jan Page | 1 May 2003 |
| 411 | 125 | "Keep on Running" | Alice Troughton | Richard Page | 2 May 2003 |
| 412 | 126 | "In Loco Parentis" | Ray Kilby | Jan Page | 6 May 2003 |
| 413 | 127 | "Keepsake" | Ray Kilby | Tracey Black | 7 May 2003 |
| 414 | 128 | "Physician Heal Thyself" | Ray Kilby | David Lloyd | 8 May 2003 |
| 415 | 129 | "A Civilised Arrangement" | Ray Kilby | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 9 May 2003 |
| 416 | 130 | "Fugue State" | Ray Kilby | Paul Ebbs | 12 May 2003 |
| 417 | 131 | "Caught in the Web" | Dominic Keavey | Graham Lester-George | 13 May 2003 |
| 418 | 132 | "Voice of Reason" | Dominic Keavey | Mike Sherman | 14 May 2003 |
| 419 | 133 | "Payback" | Dominic Keavey | Amanda Stonham | 15 May 2003 |
| 420 | 134 | "No Thugs in Our House" | Dominic Keavey | Mark Chadbourn | 16 May 2003 |
| 421 | 135 | "Really Ill" | Dominic Keavey | Nick Hoare | 19 May 2003 |
| 422 | 136 | "Good Grief" | Geoff Harris | Bernard Padden | 20 May 2003 |
| 423 | 137 | "The Foundling" | Geoff Harris | Tom Fry | 21 May 2003 |
| 424 | 138 | "Assisted Passage" | Geoff Harris | Adrian Reynolds | 22 May 2003 |
| 425 | 139 | "Grievous Loss" | Geoff Harris | Jude Tindall | 23 May 2003 |
| 426 | 140 | "Name and Shame" | Geoff Harris | Mark Chadbourn | 27 May 2003 |
| 427 | 141 | "Put a Smile on Your Face" | Darcia Martin | Marcus Goodwin | 28 May 2003 |
| 428 | 142 | "Nothing to Fear But..." | Darcia Martin | Colin Brake | 29 May 2003 |
| 429 | 143 | "Encountered Briefly" | Darcia Martin | Moya O'Shea | 30 May 2003 |
| 430 | 144 | "Turning a Blind Eye" | Darcia Martin | Jonathan Hall | 2 June 2003 |
| 431 | 145 | "You Only Have to Ask" | Darcia Martin | Nicola Thompson | 3 June 2003 |
| 432 | 146 | "Lucky Man" | Terry Iland | Roland Moore | 4 June 2003 |
| 433 | 147 | "Loose Ends" | Terry Iland | Michael Chappell and Richard Stevens | 5 June 2003 |
| 434 | 148 | "Conventional Warfare" | Terry Iland | Paul Ebbs | 6 June 2003 |
| 435 | 149 | "Driving Me Mad" | Rupert Such | Olly Perkin | 9 June 2003 |
| 436 | 150 | "Food Glorious Food" | Terry Iland | David Lloyd | 10 June 2003 |
| 437 | 151 | "Collateral Damage" | Terry Iland | Ray Brooking | 11 June 2003 |
| 438 | 152 | "Fat Lies" | Rupert Such | Dawn Harrison | 12 June 2003 |
| 439 | 153 | "All an Illusion" | Rupert Such | Geoff Everson | 13 June 2003 |
| 440 | 154 | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | Rupert Such | Sharon Kelly | 13 June 2003 |
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