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 Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Mike Hobson. January saw the introduction of prison inmate (Jonas Khan) and prison guard (Laurence Saunders), as well as rabbi {Simon Schatzberger}, a love interest for Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle). In February, police officer (Lara Sawalha) was introduced as a love interest for Emma Reid (Dido Miles), as well as (Amy Bowden), a foster child, and university students (Eleanor House) and (Joe Ashman). Businessman (Louis Dempsey) appears in March, and April sees (Ciaran Stow) introduced as a foster child of Rob (Chris Walker and Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson). Married couple (Leila Mimmack) and (Kiefer Moriarty) are introduced in May, as well as temporary midwife (Jamie-Rose Monk). Temporary receptionist (Verity Rushworth) begins appearing in June. (Raj Ghatak) is introduced in November as another love interest for Emma, as well as foster children (Max True) and (Lily-Mae Evans). Additionally, multiple appear throughout the year.