THE BBC has axed medical soap Doctors after 23 years following falling ratings and rising costs. The cast and full crew of the lunchtime saga were today called to a full meeting where the news was …
The cast and full crew of the lunchtime saga were today called to a full meeting where the news was broken.But the cast and crew were thrilled when in February 2022 bosses promoted it to a primetime, 7pm slot on BBC Two after axing
A source said: “Doctors has ticked along fairly quietly around the 1.3million viewers mark for years now without any word of cancellation, but the news will still come as a shock.“A full cast and crew meeting was held today where the news was shared and then a lunch was laid on in the Drama Village cafe.
Initially, only 41 episodes of the programme were ordered, but due to the positive reception, the BBC ordered it as a continuing soap opera and was filmed at the legendary Pebble Mill Studios until 2004 when it was relocated to the BBC Drama Village in Birmingham.
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