Doctors

Doctors

The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Adrian Lewis MorganJan PearsonMatthew ChambersDiane KeenElisabeth Dermot WalshDido MilesOwen BrenmanChris WalkerIan MidlaneLorna LaidlawStirling GallacherChristopher TimothySarah MoyleCorrinne WicksEva FontaineSean GleesonAshley Taylor-RhysLaura Rollins


1Season 11

S11.E1 ∙ Strange Little Girl

Mon, Mar 30, 2009

Ruth's psychosis and belief that she is Michelle almost ends in tragedy with the near death of a patient. Michelle discovers the truth about Ruth's relationship with her half brother Adam, and Melody is forced into having her sectioned under section 4 of the mental health act.

2Season 11

S11.E2 ∙ Restraint

Tue, Mar 31, 2009

Ruth's condition gets worse as she is questioned by the doctors at the Beeches House Mental Heath Unit, and spends her first night there. Adam and Michelle try to come to terms with Ruth's deception, and Melody feels guilty over her decision to have Ruth committed.

3Season 11

S11.E3 ∙ Love Letters Straight from the Heart

Wed, Apr 1, 2009

Melody and the rest of the staff try and get their heads around the sectioning of Ruth, and wonder how they all missed the signs. Karen goes to a funeral.

4Season 11

S11.E4 ∙ The Wall

Thu, Apr 2, 2009

Archie meets a hot girl at a climbing wall. Julia goes to visit Ruth, but chickens out at the last minute. Jimmi visits Michelle, who's ill at home, and discovers she's with Adam.

5Season 11

S11.E5 ∙ The Way I Am

Fri, Apr 3, 2009

Michelle cries a lot when Adam decides to leave her. Their kissing isn't healthy for a brother and sister.

6Season 11

S11.E6 ∙ The Final Straw

Mon, Apr 6, 2009

Lily and a boiler man are held hostage by a stressed out patient. A new practice nurse, Cherry Malone starts at the Mill.

7Season 11

S11.E7 ∙ Hole

Tue, Apr 7, 2009

Ruth's treatment at The Beeches continues slowly, where she is plagued by nightmares and hallucinations of herself, her dead twin sister Vicky, and Michelle. Melody tries, and fails to see her, so Julia finally goes and is shocked by how she finds Ruth.

8Season 11

S11.E8 ∙ One for the Road

Wed, Apr 8, 2009

Ruth tries to put her feelings down in the form of a letter. Daniel helps an old friend who is in a messy relationship.

9Season 11

S11.E9 ∙ Intensity

Thu, Apr 9, 2009

Michelle receives a letter from Ruth which upsets her a lot.

10Season 11

S11.E10 ∙ Got the T-Shirt

Tue, Apr 14, 2009

Ruth starts her group therapy sessions at the Beeches, and talks about the still birth of her twin sister.

11Season 11

S11.E11 ∙ Standing Up

Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Melody has to deal with her mum, when she turns up to help with the gardening.

12Season 11

S11.E12 ∙ Much Ado About Something

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

Ruth and Smithy keep getting closer. Karen's new health kick gets her in trouble. Cherry tries to get a teen and his dad back together.

13Season 11

S11.E13 ∙ Stealing Beauty

Fri, Apr 17, 2009

Jimmi goes looking for women at an art gallery, but ends up getting picked up himself and involved in art theft. Ruth gets closer to Smithy, but her day is rocked when she gets a visit from Heston.

14Season 11

S11.E14 ∙ Unchained Melody

Mon, Apr 20, 2009

Melody has to diagnose Ben Flynn,a charming but arrogant lecturer who thinks he knows it all to face up to his situation. Ruth and Smithy develop their relationship though a run-in with Trudy threatens to derail it whilst Michelle and Archie continue to have a difference of opinion.

15Season 11

S11.E15 ∙ Innocence

Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Melody and Archie deal with a fresher who claims to have been date raped. Ruth tries to contact Michelle, but speaks to Lily instead, who decides to visit her at the Beeches. Michelle continues to have a go a Archie over Ruth.

16Season 11

S11.E16 ∙ Sorrow's Gift

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Julia gets into a strange situation with an old patient. It makes her think a lot.

17Season 11

S11.E17 ∙ Ladies Man

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Karen's new diet causes her to emit strange aromas. Julia visits Ruth and coaxes her to try and find her dad.

18Season 11

S11.E18 ∙ Footlights and Flounces

Fri, Apr 24, 2009

An actress friend of Hestons arrives at the surgery with a case of nits, and traces the cause to a wig used at the local repertory society. Michelle and Archie continue to argue over Ruth.

19Season 11

S11.E19 ∙ Playing Away

Mon, Apr 27, 2009

Archie visits Ruth, and tells her he is saying goodbye. He's going to Tanzania to work in a new clinic. Because of being horrible, Michelle is the last to know.

20Season 11

S11.E20 ∙ Lucky

Tue, Apr 28, 2009

Michelle tries to come to terms with having driven Archie away. Karen uses her contacts with the police to track down Ruth's dad for Julia. He visits Ruth in hospital.

21Season 11

S11.E21 ∙ Someone to Watch Over Me

Wed, Apr 29, 2009

Smithy's parents visit him at the hospital, which causes Ruth to realize the extent of his problems. Ruth goes home, and her dad moves in to stay with her for a while, though all is not easy.

22Season 11

S11.E22 ∙ Lost and Found

Thu, Apr 30, 2009

Daniel gets a shock when Cherry turns down his advances, and Ruth gets a shock when her dad says he'll be leaving her tomorrow.

23Season 11

S11.E23 ∙ Such Devoted Sisters

Fri, May 1, 2009

Ruth struggles to fight the terror rising within when she is left on her own after her dad leaves her. Lily has to fix things when she puts a dent in Heston's ego.

24Season 11

S11.E24 ∙ Code of Silence

Tue, May 5, 2009

Melody helps a student who she almost runs over, who has a family secret. Julia and Lily are worried when they can't get hold of Ruth, but are even more shocked when they go round and find her crying in the cupboard. Julia decides to let Ruth move in with her. Cherry tries to cheer Michelle up.

25Season 11

S11.E25 ∙ Spleen

Wed, May 6, 2009

Heston has a stressful day helping a friend, and ends up in hospital.

26Season 11

S11.E26 ∙ Hang Onto Nurse

Thu, May 7, 2009

Julia works to convince a stressed Ruth that she is welcome to stay with her, and tells her that her job is safe. A stressful day forces Jimmi to admit his OCD to Karen, and she promises to help him beat it.

27Season 11

S11.E27 ∙ Clubbing Together

Fri, May 8, 2009

Karen, Cherry and Julia go clubbing together, and bump into Jimmi and Michelle. Karen, Cherry and Jimmi get involved in saving a young Polish girl, Maria, from a bent copper. Michelle is left reeling when she hears that Julia has given Ruth a place to stay.

28Season 11

S11.E28 ∙ Consequential Loss

Mon, May 11, 2009

A recently bereaved man turns to Jimmi for advice when loneliness threatens to overwhelm him, while Karen and Julia try to make Jimmi confront his OCD issues by suggesting he goes to an aversion therapy course.

29Season 11

S11.E29 ∙ I Kissed a Girl

Tue, May 12, 2009

A naive student turns to Cherry for relationship advice after having spent the night with another girl after a party. Ruth tries to settle into life at Julia's, but it's not easy for her. Cherry's attempt to offer Michelle some light relief goes awry.

30Season 11

S11.E30 ∙ Impact

Wed, May 13, 2009

A new trainee doctor, Simon Bond starts at the Mill, and he and Heston face a race against time when they stumble upon victims of a car crash. Cherry attempts to reconcile Julia and Michelle, but is shocked when the true extent of Michelle's unhappiness is revealed.

31Season 11

S11.E31 ∙ Under Pressure

Thu, May 14, 2009

Karen takes Jimmi to the Total Immersion Therapy day, where she pretends to be afraid of spiders, and Jimmi has to eat off a toilet seat. Lily treats an old man who is being drugged by his exhausted daughter.

32Season 11

S11.E32 ∙ Worlds Apart

Fri, May 15, 2009

A lawyer's strange behavior on his return from an overseas assignment leads his wife to suspect an affair, so she begs a reluctant Daniel to help her find the truth. A terrified Ruth makes her first trip to the shops alone, whilst Michelle threatens to leave if Ruth returns to work.

33Season 11

S11.E33 ∙ Out of Control

Mon, May 18, 2009

Michelle tries to help a young student out of a potentially fatal friendship, when she gets involved in dangerous slimming websites. Ruth helps with Julia's garden, whilst Julia and the partners decide that she needs to be assessed before she does. Melody gets the task, much to Michelle's annoyance.

34Season 11

S11.E34 ∙ Litmus

Tue, May 19, 2009

Dr Simon Bond starts his first day with patients, under Heston's wing. Lily goes round to visit Ruth, and bond over a barbecue.

35Season 11

S11.E35 ∙ Sound of Silence

Wed, May 20, 2009

A grieving woman who's husband hasn't spoken to her since the death of their daughter, needs Heston's help to face reality. Melody struggles with her assessment of Ruth, and trying to keep everyone happy. Cherry tries to help Simon with his bedside manner.

36Season 11

S11.E36 ∙ Old Friends

Thu, May 21, 2009

Jimmi gets involved with old friends, one of whom is writing on a social website. Heston lets his temper get the better of him when he violently disagrees with Melody's assessment of Ruth, as do most others.

37Season 11

S11.E37 ∙ Beating Around the Bush

Fri, May 22, 2009

Heston takes a second opinion over whether Ruth is suitable for work or not. A fed up Michelle goes for a job interview at a state-of-the-art surgery. Heston and Lily have a major falling out over his attitude towards Ruth. A young man goes to Daniel wanting to know all about the 'facts of life'.

38Season 11

S11.E38 ∙ Hamilton Is Out

Tue, May 26, 2009

Karen gets involved with a young man just out of prison, after she nearly runs him over. Julia tries to calm an almost psychotic Michelle about Ruth's imminent return to work. Jimmi thinks his OCD is returning.

39Season 11

S11.E39 ∙ Bed Hopping Mad

Wed, May 27, 2009

Melody dreams she's in 'Alice in Wonderland', but her day is just as farcical when she has to cover at the Campus surgery on her own, with a sick receptionist, and a female student who comes in to see her with the ailment of 'having two boyfriends'. Julia's also on the warpath. Jimmi gets locked in a cupboard.

40Season 11

S11.E40 ∙ Some Romance

Thu, May 28, 2009

Julia tries to help her failed romance writer friend in the art of love. Ruth reveals to Julia that she has decided not to return to the Mill, and has a nice new haircut. Simon has another bad day, but is offered advice from Melody on how to deal with Heston.

41Season 11

S11.E41 ∙ No Going Back

Fri, May 29, 2009

Ruth has her first day back at the Mill, and is very nervous, especially about bumping into Michelle. Michelle is at the Campus surgery and becomes involved with a student trying to overcome his loneliness. Cherry and Simon go out.

42Season 11

S11.E42 ∙ Carpe Diem

Mon, Jun 1, 2009

Cherry goes to visit an old friend who has married an older man. Melody has a job offer from a posh new clinic, and seeks Jimmi's advice. Michelle is really vile to her. The partners interview for a new GP, and tend to go for a woman with fancy red shoes, called 'Zara'.

43Season 11

S11.E43 ∙ Musical Bumps

Tue, Jun 2, 2009

Heston sees both mistress and wife of a music professor. Cherry tries to get Simon to make a move on her, especially after he shows her his big telescope.

44Season 11

S11.E44 ∙ Red Letter Day: Part One

Wed, Jun 3, 2009

Before her night shift, Melody finds herself getting involved with a pregnant woman who's worried about her baby, an involvement that leads to a baby farm, and trouble. Melody's exam results arrive, but she is too nervous to look at them. Daniel has a flirtation with an older woman. Melody meets and falls for French Dr Etienne.

45Season 11

S11.E45 ∙ Red Letter Day: Part Two

Thu, Jun 4, 2009

Melody spends all night helping Kim give birth. She is almost killed by the bad guys, by being crushed in a car crushing machine, but escapes with one bound just in the nick of time. Kim calls her baby 'Melody', our Melody passes her exams, accepts her new job offer, and falls in love with sexy French Dr Etienne. And she gets stuck in the toilet! Everyone else is sad, as lovely Melody leaves the Mill for the last time. Even sexier Dr Zara arrives at the Mill, complete with early menopause.

46Season 11

S11.E46 ∙ No Rest for the Wicked

Mon, Jun 8, 2009

Zara is given a troublesome, noisy family to deal with on her first day at the Mill. Zara and Daniel's flirtation gets interrupted when Daniel hears some bad news regarding a patient.

47Season 11

S11.E47 ∙ Chicken Boy

Mon, Jun 8, 2009

Jimmi helps a mum who's son thinks he's a chicken! Daniel's unexpected windfall lands him in trouble with the old lady's family. Zara and Michelle come head to head.

48Season 11

S11.E48 ∙ The Lodger

Tue, Jun 9, 2009

A patient discovers his room mate is not what he seems. He is helped in his escalating mental illness by Ruth. Daniel continues to try and impress Zara, but continues to come second best.

49Season 11

S11.E49 ∙ Heartfelt Gestures

Wed, Jun 10, 2009

Julia helps a student get the girl of his dreams, after she buys a broach he's been saving for. Michelle bumps into an old friend of hers, who's now a weather girl on Letherbridge telly and discovers she has big secrets.

50Season 11

S11.E50 ∙ The Lion and the Lamb

Thu, Jun 11, 2009

Heston helps a violent single father track down the man who's seeing his daughter. Zara allows Daniel to sleep with him, once.