The screenwriter criticizes the removal of doctors at the end of filming
The screenwriter criticizes the removal of doctors at the end of filming
Image source, BBC StudiosOprah FlashBBC News West MidlandsMarch 1, 2024
A screenwriter has criticized what he called "disastrous " decision to cut popular BBC series Doctors.
After 24 years of running, production of the daytime medical series must end as it has been affected by “super-inflation in drama production”, leading to costs. expected to rise significantly, the BBC said.
The final episode of the show, produced in Birmingham, will be broadcast in December.
< p class= "ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Philip Ralph said ending the show was a "disastrous decision".
He posted: "Today is the last day of filming for Doctors. A series that has been running for 24 years, employs thousands of people and produces more than 4,500 episodes, will be “cut” for the last time.
"As a scriptwriter of the series for 19 years, I am personally touched, like hundreds of others, by the disastrous decision to remove it."
The series follows the lives of staff and patients at a GP practice in the Midlands, in the fictional town of Letherbridge.
It was dubbed the "actors' training ground" by television critics and featured household names such as Eddie Redmayne, Sheridan Smith, Nicholas Hoult, Rustie Lee and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Image source, BBC StudiosOprah FlashBBC News West MidlandsMarch 1, 2024
A screenwriter has criticized what he called "disastrous " decision to cut popular BBC series Doctors.
After 24 years of running, production of the daytime medical series must end as it has been affected by “super-inflation in drama production”, leading to costs. expected to rise significantly, the BBC said.
The final episode of the show, produced in Birmingham, will be broadcast in December.
< p class= "ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Philip Ralph said ending the show was a "disastrous decision".
He posted: "Today is the last day of filming for Doctors. A series that has been running for 24 years, employs thousands of people and produces more than 4,500 episodes, will be “cut” for the last time.
"As a scriptwriter of the series for 19 years, I am personally touched, like hundreds of others, by the disastrous decision to remove it."
The series follows the lives of staff and patients at a GP practice in the Midlands, in the fictional town of Letherbridge.
It was dubbed the "actors' training ground" by television critics and featured household names such as Eddie Redmayne, Sheridan Smith, Nicholas Hoult, Rustie Lee and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Image source, BBC Studios
