Doctors series 6
The sixth series of the British medical soap opera Doctors originally aired between 6 September 2004 and 6 April 2005. It consisted of 139 episodes. Unlike all previous series, no new regular characters were introduced, but instead, four new recurring cast members featured alongside the established regulars. These were: Shabana Bakhsh, Sean Arnold, Steven Hartley and Mandana Jones, all of whom departed in the series.
From 2000 to 2004, Doctors was filmed at the BBC's former Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston. After the closure of Pebble Mill, BBC Birmingham moved to the BBC Drama Village development in Selly Oak. To explain the transition between locations on screen, this series featured a storyline in which the Riverside Health Centre is destroyed by an explosion, prompting the move to the Mill Health Centre.
Cast
No new regular characters were introduced during the sixth series, nor did any depart. However, four recurring cast members were contracted specifically for the series. Sean Arnold was cast as villainous doctor Harry Fisher, with Shabana Bakhsh joining as Tasha Verma after she had been axed from River City. She is a nurse who became a love interest for established regular Nathan Bailey (Akemnji Ndifornyen). She gets caught in the Riverside explosion but does not die. Steven Hartley and Mandana Jones joined the cast as Jack and Ria Ford, respectively. He begins a romance with regular Helen Thompson (Corrinne Wicks), until ex-wife Ria arrives to ruin their relationship. She eventually kills Jack.
Main characters
- Ariyon Bakare as Ben Kwarme
- Tom Butcher as Marc Eliot
- Eva Fontaine as Faith Walker
- Stirling Gallacher as George Woodson
- Seán Gleeson as Ronnie Woodson
- Andrea Green as Sarah Finch
- Ben Jones as Greg Robinson
- Diane Keen as Julia McGuire
- Akemnji Ndifornyen as Nathan Bailey
- Christopher Timothy as Mac McGuire
- Corrinne Wicks as Helen Thompson
Recurring characters
- Sean Arnold as Harry Fisher
- Shabana Bakhsh as Tasha Verma
- Tara Coleman-Starr as Claire Thompson
- Faith Edwards as Paula Daniels
- Steven Hartley as Jack Ford
- Mandana Jones as Ria Ford
- Joshua Prime as Dan Thompson
- Jane Robbins as Lucy Roth
Episodes
Reception
This series saw Doctors' final nomination from the British Academy Television Awards when they were nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama in 2005. However, it saw the soap receive the most nominations at the British Soap Awards that they had received at that point in time. The nominations included "Past Imperfect" for Best Single Episode, Jones and Mandana both being nominated for Villain of the Year and Doctors being nominated for Best British Soap for the first time.