OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Doctors’ was pulled from BBC One’s schedule on Wednesday (08.02.23), due to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
The daytime medical soap opera was due to air in its usual slot of 1:45pm after the lunchtime news, but following the tragedy of the Kahramanmaras earthquake, which claimed the lives more than 12,000 people, it was decided the ep wouldn’t air, seemingly because of the explosion storyline it was set to explore.
A statement posted to the broadcaster’s official Twitter account read: “In light of news in Turkey and Syria, today’s billed episode of Doctors will be replaced with Animal Park Heroes.”
The opening of the episode was due to see Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers), Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), Emma Reid (Dido Miles), and Al Haskey (Ian Midlane) trapped by rubble, before the rest of the events are told through a flashback.
The official synopsis read: “There are multiple casualties when an explosion rips through a medical conference with no known cause and some of the Mill staff are caught up in the carnage.”
It is not yet known when the scrapped episode will air, but today’s edition of the soap opera was supposed to feature the debut of former ‘Coronation Street’ star Wendi Peters as Dr Nina Bulsara, who was “thrilled” to be joining the series.
Wendi – famed for playing Cilla Battersby-Brown on the ITV soap from 2003 until 2007 – said: “I am thrilled to be joining the wonderful ‘Doctors’ team to play Dr Nina Bulsara – a woman on a mission who always seems to get what she wants!”
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