Post by Katrina on Mar 4, 2010 20:04:16 GMT 1
As Doctors in celebrating it's 10th birthday in March the BBC are running a short series (5 episodes) about the show and it's 10 years on the air which will be shown after the main program from the 22nd to the 26th of March.
There are appearances from previous cast members including Sean Gleeson, Micheal McKell, Corrinne Wicks and Tom Butch. Some of the shows guest stars will also be turning up.
Each episode is 5 minutes in length
The press office guide for the week gives the following information.
Monday 22nd
Decade Of Doctors is a special, week-long series of short documentaries looking back on 10 successful years of the award-winning drama.
Presented by Doctors actress of eight years Diane Keen, Decade Of Doctors gives an insight into the secrets of its success, from those who are at the heart of the programme, and provides an affectionate look back at the big moments that have helped define the series.
The week of programmes begins on Monday, as Decade Of Doctors looks back at how Doctors first started. The programme features interviews with Christopher Timothy, who played Dr Brendan "Mac" Maguire when the series began, and also hears from current cast members Adrian Lewis Morgan and Selina Chilton about their first memories of Doctors.
Tuesday 23rd
Diane Keen takes viewers on a journey into the most memorable and controversial storylines seen on Doctors, in celebration of the show's 10th anniversary.
Writer Dawn Harrison talks about how Doctors dealt with the story of Vivien's rape, which won three awards at the British Soap Awards 2009, and actor Michael McKell talks about the death of his character, Dr Nick West, one of the biggest exits Doctors has seen in the last 10 years.
Wednesday 24th
Eric Sykes, Richard Briers, Stephanie Powers and Darren Day are just some of the famous faces that have appeared in Doctors over the past 10 years and they talk about their experiences on the programme, as part of the show's 10th anniversary celebrations.
Richard Briers and Eric Sykes both pay tribute to the standard of writing on the programme, while Stephanie Powers explains why she wanted to work on Doctors.
"Under the circumstances of producing something every single day," says Stephanie, "I think they shoot it in a much better way than almost anything that's on television, and that I wanted to work with."
Thursday 25th
As part of the series celebrating 10 years of Doctors, today's programme reveals the true stories behind the camera.
Corrine Wicks and Tom Butcher, who played Dr Helen Thompson and Dr Marc Eliot, reveal that it wasn't just their characters that got married; Michael McKell reveals how the accident which befell his character, Dr Nick West, leaving him paralysed, had strong echoes of an accident he had in real life; and Adrian Lewis Morgan tells the story of when a member of the public came on set and tried to register as a patient at The Mill.
Friday 26th
Today's concluding edition of Decade Of Doctors takes an exclusive look behind the scenes of Doctors to reveal some of the tricks of the trade that took place while making this week's 10th anniversary episodes.
It took 50 people, including cast, cameramen, make-up and lighting, to make this week's episodes. One of this week's directors is former cast member Sean Gleeson, who played Ronnie Woodson. In today's programme, he talks about what it's like to direct on Doctors.
While Doctors has sets including the Mill surgery and the Icon bar, the series films on location more than any other show of its type. Decade Of Doctors finds out how, behind the scenes, all the locations are found.
And, after the episode of Doctors that aired on Wednesday 24 March, Philip McGough, who plays Dr Charlie Bradfield, seems to be a tap-dancer extraordinaire – but is there more to his ability than meets the eye?
There are appearances from previous cast members including Sean Gleeson, Micheal McKell, Corrinne Wicks and Tom Butch. Some of the shows guest stars will also be turning up.
Each episode is 5 minutes in length
The press office guide for the week gives the following information.
Monday 22nd
Decade Of Doctors is a special, week-long series of short documentaries looking back on 10 successful years of the award-winning drama.
Presented by Doctors actress of eight years Diane Keen, Decade Of Doctors gives an insight into the secrets of its success, from those who are at the heart of the programme, and provides an affectionate look back at the big moments that have helped define the series.
The week of programmes begins on Monday, as Decade Of Doctors looks back at how Doctors first started. The programme features interviews with Christopher Timothy, who played Dr Brendan "Mac" Maguire when the series began, and also hears from current cast members Adrian Lewis Morgan and Selina Chilton about their first memories of Doctors.
Tuesday 23rd
Diane Keen takes viewers on a journey into the most memorable and controversial storylines seen on Doctors, in celebration of the show's 10th anniversary.
Writer Dawn Harrison talks about how Doctors dealt with the story of Vivien's rape, which won three awards at the British Soap Awards 2009, and actor Michael McKell talks about the death of his character, Dr Nick West, one of the biggest exits Doctors has seen in the last 10 years.
Wednesday 24th
Eric Sykes, Richard Briers, Stephanie Powers and Darren Day are just some of the famous faces that have appeared in Doctors over the past 10 years and they talk about their experiences on the programme, as part of the show's 10th anniversary celebrations.
Richard Briers and Eric Sykes both pay tribute to the standard of writing on the programme, while Stephanie Powers explains why she wanted to work on Doctors.
"Under the circumstances of producing something every single day," says Stephanie, "I think they shoot it in a much better way than almost anything that's on television, and that I wanted to work with."
Thursday 25th
As part of the series celebrating 10 years of Doctors, today's programme reveals the true stories behind the camera.
Corrine Wicks and Tom Butcher, who played Dr Helen Thompson and Dr Marc Eliot, reveal that it wasn't just their characters that got married; Michael McKell reveals how the accident which befell his character, Dr Nick West, leaving him paralysed, had strong echoes of an accident he had in real life; and Adrian Lewis Morgan tells the story of when a member of the public came on set and tried to register as a patient at The Mill.
Friday 26th
Today's concluding edition of Decade Of Doctors takes an exclusive look behind the scenes of Doctors to reveal some of the tricks of the trade that took place while making this week's 10th anniversary episodes.
It took 50 people, including cast, cameramen, make-up and lighting, to make this week's episodes. One of this week's directors is former cast member Sean Gleeson, who played Ronnie Woodson. In today's programme, he talks about what it's like to direct on Doctors.
While Doctors has sets including the Mill surgery and the Icon bar, the series films on location more than any other show of its type. Decade Of Doctors finds out how, behind the scenes, all the locations are found.
And, after the episode of Doctors that aired on Wednesday 24 March, Philip McGough, who plays Dr Charlie Bradfield, seems to be a tap-dancer extraordinaire – but is there more to his ability than meets the eye?
..i can not wait till it is on..i also loved the quiz too that was great 
. He left the show in 2006 as the last original character left standing.