Lily Walker

Doctors is a British medical soap opera which began broadcasting on BBC One on 26 March 2000.

Set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff and patients of the Mill Health Centre, a fictional NHS doctor's surgery, as well as its sister surgery located at a nearby university campus.

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in Doctors in 2020, by order of first appearance.

All characters are introduced by the programme's executive producer, Mike Hobson.

January saw the introduction of prison inmate Leon Sharma (Jonas Khan) and prison guard Vincent Manning (Laurence Saunders), as well as rabbi David Klarfeld {Simon Schatzberger}, a love interest for Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle).

In February, police officer Jasmine Dajani (Lara Sawalha) was introduced as a love interest for Emma Reid (Dido Miles), as well as Abz Baker (Amy Bowden), a foster child, and university students Lex Whitmore (Eleanor House) and Jaime Mallinson (Joe Ashman).

Businessman Harvey Marshall (Louis Dempsey) appears in March, and April sees Jayden Hunt (Ciaran Stow) introduced as a foster child of Rob (Chris Walker) and Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson).

Married couple Tanya (Leila Mimmack) and Mark Rees (Kiefer Moriarty) are introduced in May, as well as temporary midwife Deborah Kovak (Jamie-Rose Monk).

Temporary receptionist Lily Walker (Verity Rushworth) begins appearing in June.

Aashiq Sawney (Raj Ghatak) is introduced in November as another love interest for Emma, as well as foster children Tom (Max True) and Ella Robson (Lily-Mae Evans).

Additionally, multiple other characters appear throughout the year.

Leon Sharma, portrayed by Jonas Khan, first appeared 6 January 2020 and made his final appearance on 30 April 2020.

Leon was introduced as the cellmate of Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan).

When Jimmi reveals he is a doctor, he laughs and does not believe him.

Leon reveals to him that before Jimmi arrived, his former cellmate committed suicide.

Leon disappears, so Jimmi assumes he has been released, but Leon reappears two months later.

John Butler (Richard Huw) instructs Leon to stab Jimmi, and when Vincent Manning (Laurence Saunders) sees the incident, Leon is taken away.

After Jimmi is proven to be innocent and is released from prison, Leon asks him to visit him in prison, where he asks for a favourable victim personal statement.

Vincent Manning, portrayed by Laurence Saunders, first appeared on 10 January 2020 and made his final appearance on 25 February 2021.

Vincent was introduced as a prison guard at HMP Letherbank.

When Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers) begins working as a prison doctor at HMP, Vincent takes a dislike to him.

Vincent witnesses Leon Sharma (Jonas Khan) stab Jimmi, and rushes to help him.

When Jimmi is proven to be innocent, Vincent wishes him luck for the future.

When Scott Lewis (Daniel-John Williams) is due for release, he punches Vincent, in hoping that it will lead to an extra charge so that he can stay in prison.

Daniel advises Vincent that he does not press charges against Scott, to which he complies.

Vincent is later seen dealing with Simon Robson (Tom Lister) when he punches inmate Dalton Williams (Andy Chaplin).

David Klarfeld, portrayed by Simon Schatzberger, first appeared on 21 January 2020 and made his final appearance on 24 January 2020.

David was introduced as a rabbi that helps Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle) when she discovers that she is part Jewish.

Despite Valerie not being interested in Judaism, the pair agree to see each other again, and meet at The Icon for a meal.

When David brings a vulnerable patient to The Mill, Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins) notices that he seems nervous.

He later tells Valerie that he is not over his ex-wife, and is not ready for a relationship.

David and Valerie agree that they are interested in each other, but it would be the wrong time to begin a relationship with each other.

PC Jasmine Dajani, portrayed by Lara Sawalha, first appeared on 19 February 2020 and initially left on 7 April 2020.

Jasmine is introduced as a love interest for established character Emma Reid (Dido Miles).

When Jasmine learns that Emma is undergoing the menopause, she brings her a bouquet of flowers.

Jasmine later introduces Emma to her mother, Doris Dajani (Carla Mendonça).

When Jasmine and Emma are on a date, they are the subject of homophobic comments from Derek Timbley (Pablo Raybould), and while Emma ignores him, Jasmine argues with him.

Afterwards, they leave the restaurant holding hands and kissing, and a gang follows them.

Gang leader Blake Atkins (Louis Stannett) makes sexually inappropriate comments, and when Jasmine threatens him, he grabs hold of Emma and assaults her, punching and kicking her.

The other two gang members hold Jasmine back, and then punch her.