# Doctors series 3

The third series of the British medical soap opera Doctors originally aired between 3 September 2001 and 22 May 2002. It consisted of 129 episodes. The series saw multiple castings due to a large amount of cast exits in the previous series. These included new regulars Ariyon Bakare, Tabitha Wady, Natalie J. Robb, Tom Butcher and Nicole Arumugam, amongst other recurring cast members. Wady and Arumugam departed from their roles at the conclusion of the series. The series received an average of 2.5 million viewers.

## Cast

The previous series saw the departures of five regulars: Joanna Helm (Sarah Manners), Ruth Harding (Yvonne Brewster), Rana Mistry (Akbar Kurtha), Steve Rawlings (Mark Frost) and Caroline Powers (Jacqueline Leonard). This meant that executive producer Mal Young had to introduce several new regular characters, three of which were introduced together in the first episode of series three. These were: Ben Kwarme (Ariyon Bakare), a locum doctor, Katrina Bullen (Tabitha Wady), a receptionist who wants to take charge of Riverside, and Jude Carlyle (Natalie J. Robb), a working-class Glaswegian doctor. Ben and Katrina were written as characters who had begun working at Riverside between the second and third series, while Jude's first day is written in the series premiere. Young also promoted recurring nurse Faith Walker (Eva Fontaine) to a regular character.
Tom Butcher debuted a month later as Marc Eliot, a former army major and doctor who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He was followed by Kali Hamanda (Nicole Arumugam), a doctor who has an affair with Ben. Katrina and Kali left at the end of the series. Alongside the regulars, two recurring characters were introduced: Jude's sister Beth (Valerie Gogan) and Mac McGuire's (Christopher Timothy) son Liam (Tim Matthews).

### Main characters

* Nicole Arumugam as Kali Hamanda
* Ariyon Bakare as Ben Kwarme
* Tom Butcher as Marc Eliot
* Maggie Cronin as Kate McGuire
* Eva Fontaine as Faith Walker
* Natalie J. Robb as Jude Carlyle
* Christopher Timothy as Mac McGuire
* Corrinne Wicks as Helen Thompson
* Tabitha Wady as Katrina Bullen

### Recurring characters

* Tara Coleman-Starr as Claire Thompson
* Elaine Donnelly as Mavis Rider
* Valerie Gogan as Beth Carlyle
* Robert Harrison as Pete Stewart
* Martin Ledwith as Richard Miles
* Tim Matthews as Liam McGuire
* Robert Phillips as George Kwarme
* Joshua Prime as Dan Thompson

### Guest characters

* Hilary Drake as Fiona McGuire
* Sally Humphreys as Bobbi Trent
* Lisa Reeves as Lisa

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 158 | 1 | "Face Value" | Dominic Keavey | Veronica Henry | 3 September 2001 (2001-09-03) |
| 159 | 2 | "A Twist of Fate" | Dominic Keavey | David Lloyd | 4 September 2001 (2001-09-04) |
| 160 | 3 | "Too Much Too Young" | Dominic Keavey | Dawn Harrison | 5 September 2001 (2001-09-05) |
| 161 | 4 | "Controlling Passions" | Jane Powell | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 6 September 2001 (2001-09-06) |
| 162 | 5 | "Hard Stuff" | Jane Powell | Mark Chadbourne | 7 September 2001 (2001-09-07) |
| 163 | 6 | "Nothing to Fear" | Jane Powell | Joanna Quesnel | 10 September 2001 (2001-09-10) |
| 164 | 7 | "The Blame Game" | John Greening | Jonathan Evans | 11 September 2001 (2001-09-11) |
| 165 | 8 | "Home" | John Greening | Grant Watson | 12 September 2001 (2001-09-12) |
| 166 | 9 | "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" | John Greening | Julia Weston | 13 September 2001 (2001-09-13) |
| 167 | 10 | "Only Skin Deep" | Neil Adams | Olly Perkin | 14 September 2001 (2001-09-14) |
| 168 | 11 | "All For One" | Neil Adams | Martin Brocklebank | 17 September 2001 (2001-09-17) |
| 169 | 12 | "Sons and Daughters" | Neil Adams | Liz John | 18 September 2001 (2001-09-18) |
| 170 | 13 | "Coming of Age" | Dominic Keavey | Dawn Harrison | 19 September 2001 (2001-09-19) |
| 171 | 14 | "A Dying Wish" | Dominic Keavey | Candy Denman | 20 September 2001 (2001-09-20) |
| 172 | 15 | "Older Man" | Dominic Keavey | Ellen May | 21 September 2001 (2001-09-21) |
| 173 | 16 | "Living in the Past" | Jane Powell | Marc Peirson | 24 September 2001 (2001-09-24) |
| 174 | 17 | "Telling Time" | Jane Powell | Tracey Black | 25 September 2001 (2001-09-25) |
| 175 | 18 | "Chip Off the Old Block" | Jane Powell | Nick Warburton | 26 September 2001 (2001-09-26) |
| 176 | 19 | "A Bitter Pill" | John Greening | Joanna Quesnel | 27 September 2001 (2001-09-27) |
| 177 | 20 | "Neighbours" | John Greening | David Lloyd | 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) |
| 178 | 21 | "Wars" | John Greening | Tony Clarke | 1 October 2001 (2001-10-01) |
| 179 | 22 | "Retiring the Past" | Neil Adams | Stephen Lloyd Hallett | 2 October 2001 (2001-10-02) |
| 180 | 23 | "A Place of Safety" | Neil Adams | Carolyn Scott-Jeffs | 3 October 2001 (2001-10-03) |
| 181 | 24 | "He Ain't Heavy" | Neil Adams | Graham Lester-George | 4 October 2001 (2001-10-04) |
| 182 | 25 | "Old Soldiers" | Dominic Keavey | Marc Peirson | 5 October 2001 (2001-10-05) |
| 183 | 26 | "Wishful Thinking" | Burt Caesar | Polly Eden | 8 October 2001 (2001-10-08) |
| 184 | 27 | "Ancient History" | Dominic Keavey | Dawn Harrison | 9 October 2001 (2001-10-09) |
| 185 | 28 | "Matters of Principle" | Terry Iland | Colin Brake | 10 October 2001 (2001-10-10) |
| 186 | 29 | "Strange Brew" | Terry Iland | Mark Chadbourn | 11 October 2001 (2001-10-11) |
| 187 | 30 | "Growing Pains" | Terry Iland | Lucy Blincoe | 12 October 2001 (2001-10-12) |
| 188 | 31 | "Baby Bond" | Dominic Keavey | Ray Brooking | 15 October 2001 (2001-10-15) |
| 189 | 32 | "Vanessa's World" | Ray Kilby | Michael Abbensetts | 16 October 2001 (2001-10-16) |
| 190 | 33 | "Twenty Years On" | Ray Kilby | Ellen May | 17 October 2001 (2001-10-17) |
| 191 | 34 | "Caring For Mary" | S.J. Clarkson | Jonathan Evans | 18 October 2001 (2001-10-18) |
| 192 | 35 | "Not Any Drop to Drink" | S.J. Clarkson | Elizabeth Delaney | 19 October 2001 (2001-10-19) |
| 193 | 36 | "Mummy's Boy" | S.J. Clarkson | Julia Weston | 22 October 2001 (2001-10-22) |
| 194 | 37 | "Too Posh to Push" | Burt Caesar | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 23 October 2001 (2001-10-23) |
| 195 | 38 | "A Second Chance" | Burt Caesar | Polly Eden | 24 October 2001 (2001-10-24) |
| 196 | 39 | "The Postcode Lottery" | Ray Kilby | Stephen John Hallett | 25 October 2001 (2001-10-25) |
| 197 | 40 | "There Goes My Baby" | Dominic Keavey | Olly Perkin | 26 October 2001 (2001-10-26) |
| 198 | 41 | "Too Much Pressure" | Dominic Keavey | Paul Ebbs | 29 October 2001 (2001-10-29) |
| 199 | 42 | "Stand In" | Dominic Keavey | Tracey Black | 30 October 2001 (2001-10-30) |
| 200 | 43 | "A Parent's Right to Choose" | John Greening | Dawn Harrison | 31 October 2001 (2001-10-31) |
| 201 | 44 | "A Whole Lot of Love" | John Greening | Martin Stone | 1 November 2001 (2001-11-01) |
| 202 | 45 | "Rash Decision" | John Greening | Tom Nolan and Nick Yates | 2 November 2001 (2001-11-02) |
| 203 | 46 | "Mum's the Word" | Malcom Walker | Bridget Colgan and Mark Hiser | 5 November 2001 (2001-11-05) |
| 204 | 47 | "Bad Blood" | Malcom Walker | Graham Lester-George | 6 November 2001 (2001-11-06) |
| 205 | 48 | "Giving Up" | Malcom Walker | Dale Overton | 7 November 2001 (2001-11-07) |
| 206 | 49 | "Fat of the Land" | Charlotte Conquest | Stephen John Hallett | 8 November 2001 (2001-11-08) |
| 207 | 50 | "Love All" | Charlotte Conquest | Chris Webb | 9 November 2001 (2001-11-09) |
| 208 | 51 | "Sense of Duty" | Charlotte Conquest | Colin Brake | 12 November 2001 (2001-11-12) |
| 209 | 52 | "Military Manoeuvers" | Terry Iland | Kate Chapman | 13 November 2001 (2001-11-13) |
| 210 | 53 | "Heavy Drugs" | Terry Iland | Phil Matthews | 14 November 2001 (2001-11-14) |
| 211 | 54 | "A Word in Edgeways" | Terry Iland | Nick Warburton | 15 November 2001 (2001-11-15) |
| 212 | 55 | "Stan Loves Cara" | John Greening | Gaby Chiappe | 16 November 2001 (2001-11-16) |
| 213 | 56 | "Nowhere to Hide" | John Greening | Joanna Quesnel | 19 November 2001 (2001-11-19) |
| 214 | 57 | "No More Mr Nice Guy" | John Greening | Clifton Stewart | 20 November 2001 (2001-11-20) |
| 215 | 58 | "Cat's Out of the Bag" | Christiana Ebohon | Graham Lester-George | 21 November 2001 (2001-11-21) |
| 216 | 59 | "Good Companions" | Christiana Ebohon | David Lloyd | 22 November 2001 (2001-11-22) |
| 217 | 60 | "Hearts and Minds" | Christiana Ebohon | Jonathan Evans | 23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) |
| 218 | 61 | "Homecoming" | Christopher Timothy | Claire Palmier | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) |
| 219 | 62 | "Kissing Babies" | Christopher Timothy | Colin Brake | 27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) |
| 220 | 63 | "Patches" | Christopher Timothy | Stuart Gaunt | 28 November 2001 (2001-11-28) |
| 221 | 64 | "Relations" | Steve Kelly | Paul Ebbs | 29 November 2001 (2001-11-29) |
| 222 | 65 | "Sleeping Beauty" | Steve Kelly | Ray Brooking | 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) |
| 223 | 66 | "Thicker Than Water" | Steve Kelly | Phil Charles | 3 December 2001 (2001-12-03) |
| 224 | 67 | "Coming Home" | Terry Iland | Geoff Everson | 4 December 2001 (2001-12-04) |
| 225 | 68 | "Mother Knows Best" | Terry Iland | Dawn Harrison | 5 December 2001 (2001-12-05) |
| 226 | 69 | "Tittle Tattle" | Terry Iland | Tracey Black | 6 December 2001 (2001-12-06) |
| 227 | 70 | "Loss" | Jim Shields | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 7 December 2001 (2001-12-07) |
| 228 | 71 | "Falling For Jason" | Jim Shields | Graham Lester-George | 10 December 2001 (2001-12-10) |
| 229 | 72 | "Love Story" | Jim Shields | Mark Chadbourne | 11 December 2001 (2001-12-11) |
| 230 | 73 | "Why Does the Caged Bird Sing?" | Dominic Keavey | Dawn Harrison | 12 December 2001 (2001-12-12) |
| 231 | 74 | "Thin Ice" | Dominic Keavey | Polly Eden | 13 December 2001 (2001-12-13) |
| 232 | 75 | "Message in a Bottle" | Dominic Keavey | Veronica Henry | 14 December 2001 (2001-12-14) |
| 233 | 76 | "Ghosts" | Bob Tomson | Gaby Chiappe | 4 March 2002 (2002-03-04) |
| 234 | 77 | "The Family Business" | Bob Tomson | Marc Peirson | 5 March 2002 (2002-03-05) |
| 235 | 78 | "Martial Arts" | Bob Tomson | Rani Moorthy | 6 March 2002 (2002-03-06) |
| 236 | 79 | "No Rest for the Wicked" | Terry Iland | Joy Taylor | 7 March 2002 (2002-03-07) |
| 237 | 80 | "Bionic Man" | Terry Iland | Phil Matthews | 8 March 2002 (2002-03-08) |
| 238 | 81 | "Cats" | Terry Iland | David Lloyd | 9 March 2002 (2002-03-09) |
| 239 | 82 | "Him Indoors" | Nick Bamford | Stephen John Hallett | 12 March 2002 (2002-03-12) |
| 240 | 83 | "Need to Know" | Nick Bamford | David Howard | 13 March 2002 (2002-03-13) |
| 241 | 84 | "Sweet Sixteen" | Nick Bamford | Joanna Quesnel | 14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) |
| 242 | 85 | "Bottled" | Christopher Timothy | Carolyn Scott-Jeffs | 15 March 2002 (2002-03-15) |
| 243 | 86 | "Who's Going to Know?" | Christopher Timothy | David Robertson | 18 March 2002 (2002-03-18) |
| 244 | 87 | "Happiness Can't Buy You Money" | Christopher Timothy | Paul Ebbs | 19 March 2002 (2002-03-19) |
| 245 | 88 | "Rat Man" | Bob Jacobs | Jonathan Evans | 20 March 2002 (2002-03-20) |
| 246 | 89 | "Stealing Booty" | Bob Jacobs | Lucy Blincoe | 21 March 2002 (2002-03-21) |
| 247 | 90 | "Sleep of the Just" | Bob Jacobs | Mark Chadbourne | 22 March 2002 (2002-03-22) |
| 248 | 91 | "Home Sweet Home" | Jon Boyce | Angela Turvey | 25 March 2002 (2002-03-25) |
| 249 | 92 | "Borrowed Time" | Jon Boyce | Dawn Harrison | 26 March 2002 (2002-03-26) |
| 250 | 93 | "Student Bodies" | Jon Boyce | Tom Ogden | 27 March 2002 (2002-03-27) |
| 251 | 94 | "Should Know Better" | Dominic Keavey | Tracey Black | 28 March 2002 (2002-03-28) |
| 252 | 95 | "Food for Thought" | Dominic Keavey | Pat Smart | 2 April 2002 (2002-04-02) |
| 253 | 96 | "A Neighbourly Eye" | John Greening | Nick Warburton | 3 April 2002 (2002-04-03) |
| 254 | 97 | "The First Loser" | John Greening | Roy Ferneyhough | 4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) |
| 255 | 98 | "A Crisis of Faith" | John Greening | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) |
| 256 | 99 | "A Man You Don't Meet Everyday" | Terry Iland | Gaby Chiappe | 10 April 2002 (2002-04-10) |
| 257 | 100 | "Hear No Secrets: Part One" | Terry Iland | Dawn Harrison | 11 April 2002 (2002-04-11) |
| 258 | 101 | "Hear No Secrets: Part Two" | Terry Iland | Dawn Harrison | 12 April 2002 (2002-04-12) |
| 259 | 102 | "A Matter of Perspective" | Pratibha Parmar | Paul Ebbs | 15 April 2002 (2002-04-15) |
| 260 | 103 | "The Other Side of the Fence" | Pratibha Parmar | Stuart Gaunt | 15 April 2002 (2002-04-15) |
| 261 | 104 | "Golden Years" | Pratibha Parmar | Nick Hoare | 16 April 2002 (2002-04-16) |
| 262 | 105 | "The Disease of Kings" | Dominic Keavey | Louise Page | 17 April 2002 (2002-04-17) |
| 263 | 106 | "It Shouldn't Happen to a Doctor" | Dominic Keavey | David Lloyd | 18 April 2002 (2002-04-18) |
| 264 | 107 | "Warm Heart, Cold Kisses" | Dominic Keavey | Chris Webb | 19 April 2002 (2002-04-19) |
| 265 | 108 | "It Can Be You" | Ian Barnes | Lloyd Peters | 22 April 2002 (2002-04-22) |
| 266 | 109 | "Poison Climber" | Ian Barnes | Will Jewell | 23 April 2002 (2002-04-23) |
| 267 | 110 | "Haves and Have-Nots" | Ian Barnes | Liz John | 24 April 2002 (2002-04-24) |
| 268 | 111 | "I Spy" | Jon Boyce | Mark Chadbourne | 25 April 2002 (2002-04-25) |
| 269 | 112 | "Keeping Mum" | Jon Boyce | Colin Brake | 26 April 2002 (2002-04-26) |
| 270 | 113 | "The Moment of Truth" | Jon Boyce | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 29 April 2002 (2002-04-29) |
| 271 | 114 | "Two Wrongs" | Malcom Walker | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) |
| 272 | 115 | "Carry That Weight" | Pratibha Parmar | Jonathan Evans | 1 May 2002 (2002-05-01) |
| 273 | 116 | "Never Forget" | Pratibha Parmar | Mark Chadbourne | 2 May 2002 (2002-05-02) |
| 274 | 117 | "Trouble Inherited" | Terry Iland | Ruth Brotherhood | 3 May 2002 (2002-05-03) |
| 275 | 118 | "Regrets" | Terry Iland | Linda Thompson | 7 May 2002 (2002-05-07) |
| 276 | 119 | "Relative Concerns" | Terry Iland | Colin Brake | 8 May 2002 (2002-05-08) |
| 277 | 120 | "Shelling Peas" | Malcom Walker | Ray Brooking | 9 May 2002 (2002-05-09) |
| 278 | 121 | "Bad Vibrations" | Malcom Walker | Steve James | 10 May 2002 (2002-05-10) |
| 279 | 122 | "Trapped" | Pratibha Parmar | Tracey Black | 13 May 2002 (2002-05-13) |
| 280 | 123 | "Treat Me, Treat My Dog" | S.J Clarkson | Jean Ritchie | 14 May 2002 (2002-05-14) |
| 281 | 124 | "Motherly Love" | S.J Clarkson | Moya O'Shea | 15 May 2002 (2002-05-15) |
| 282 | 125 | "Gut Feeling" | S.J Clarkson | Baz Hawkins | 16 May 2002 (2002-05-16) |
| 283 | 126 | "Stand-Up" | S.J Clarkson | Marc Peirson | 17 May 2002 (2002-05-17) |
| 284 | 127 | "A Game of Two Halves" | Neil Adams | Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly | 20 May 2002 (2002-05-20) |
| 285 | 128 | "Tears of a Clown" | Neil Adams | David Lloyd | 21 May 2002 (2002-05-21) |
| 286 | 129 | "No Guarantee" | Neil Adams | Veronica Henry | 22 May 2002 (2002-05-22) |