BBC Doctors writer slams ‘disastrous decision’ to axe show as filming comes to an end | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV [Video]

At the end of last year, BBC announced they had made the “difficult” decision to end the medical show Doctors. First airing back in 2000, the broadcast revealed the programme had been axed due to funding challenges.

Although the series will return to screens later on in the year for the last time, it seems as though filming has concluded. However, it looks as though one screenwriter who worked on the show is less than happy with the decision for the drama to be cut.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Philip Ralph wrote a lengthy statement on the matter. He said: “Today is the last day of filming @BBCDoctors A show that has run for 24 years, employed thousands of people, produced more than 4,500 episodes, will call ‘cut’ for the final time.

“As a writer on the show for the past 19 years I’m personally impacted along with hundreds. By the disastrous decision to …