Doctors spoilers: Al Haskey gets an UNEXPECTED visitor!
Airs Wednesday 1 November 2023 at 1:45pm on BBC1.
Al Haskey (played by Ian Midlane) has been trying to avoid his friends at The Mill since he was signed-off work after his SHOCK attack on Doctors (1:45pm - see our TV Guide for listings).
However, on today's episode of the BBC daytime drama, surgery receptionist Kirsty Millar (Kiruna Stamell) manages to trick her way into Al's house.
And she is NOT impressed by what she finds!
Al appears to have given-up on his self care and his house is a mess.
The grumpy GP tells Kirsty to mind her own business and tries to send her packing back to The Mill.
But Kirsty's not going anywhere until she has got to the bottom of what is going on with Al.
Will Kirsty be the person that Al finally confides in after the attack?
The morning after the night before, Scarlett Kiernan (Kia Pegg) is not impressed when she discovers Suni Bulsara (Rahul Arya) has told his mum, Nina (Wendi Peters), about their night out together.
Has Suni just blown his chances with Scarlett... again?
Meanwhile, Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) is a man on a mission.
He is determined to resolve the conflict between practice partner Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) and receptionist Rosie Colton (Janice Connolly).
Rosie hasn't exactly received the apology she is looking for from Zara, after the GP's rude outburst.
If Zara doesn't apologise, then Rosie is threatening to QUIT her job!
It looks like Bear has his work cut out for him...
Luca McIntyre (Ross McLaren) has an appointment with patient, Gabby Birch (Aimee Cassettari).
Gabby has woken-up after a night out feeling extremely unwell.
Gabby's fiance, Hugo Rawson (David Albury), is worried that her drink may have been spiked...
Gabby can't remember much about the night before.
But she starts to become alarmed when her friend Jenna Cox (Lauryn Redding) has suspicions about WHO could have spiked her drink...
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