Hard-bitten womaniser Dr Jack Kerruish (Kevin Whately) returned from three years in Africa keen to fulfil his ambitions to work in a country practice – and when a vacancy arose at The Beeches surgery in the lush Derbyshire countryside because Dr Daniel Acres (Tom Beard) left to join the rival new clinic in the village – Jack was the man for the job.
There he met fellow doctors Dr Will Preston (Simon Shepherd) and Dr Beth Glover (Amanda Burton), and there was love in the air between Jack and Beth.
But before the good doctor could minister to his gorgeous colleague, there was the little problem of his girlfriend Sandy (Melanie Thaw).
Liverpudlian actor Gary Mavers joined the cast in 1995 as trainee doctor Andrew Attwood, who was meant to be attached to The Beeches for six months. By 1999, Dr Joanna Graham (Haydn Gwynne from Drop The Dead Donkey) had joined the practice.
Dr Andrew Attwood
Gary Mavers Dr Will Preston
Simon Shepherd Kim Beardsmore
Esther Coles Alice North
Margery Mason Dr Sam Morgan
Joseph Millson Kerri Davidson
Susannah Corbett Chloe White
Hazel Ellerby Laura Elliott
Veronica Roberts Carol Johnson
Deborah Grant Dr Tom Deneley
Gray O’Brien Bridgit Mellors
Siobhan O’Carroll James White
Richard Platt Dr Joanna Graham
Haydn Gwynne Dr Erica Matthews
Saskia Wickham Dr Alex Redman
Maggie O’Neill Dr Beth Glover
Amanda Burton Dr Jack Kerruish
Kevin Whately Dr David Shearer
Adrian Lukis Dawn Rudge
Sarah Parish Kate Preston
Shelagh McLeod Mike Pullen
John Bowler Emma Shearer
Jenni Gallagher Tom Shearer
Nicholas Harvey Leanne Shackleton
Christabel Fellowes Clare Shearer
Fiona Gillies Ellie Ndebala
Sharon Hinds Sarah Preston
Jacqueline Leonard Joanne Pearson
Joy Brook Julie Pullen
Julia Haworth Liz Pullen
Regina Freedman Claire Brightwell
Eva Pope Nick Pullen
Karl Davies Isabel de Gines
Sylvia Syms Richard Turner
David Mallinson Kate Turner
Lynsey Baxter Rita Barrat
Anne Reid Trevor Sharpe
Shaun Prendergast Lee Simms
Dickon Tolson Sam Beardsmore
Andrew Chisholm Shaun Carter
Victor McGuire Lulu Rudge
Keeley Johnson Clare Shearer
Yolanda Vazquez Liz Pullen
Melanie Kilburn Trent Rudge
Marc Ryan-Jordan Sarah-Jane White
Ella Hunt Norman Shorthose
Clive Swift Georgy Kepler
Jane Slavin Martin Henderson
Christian Burgess Tony Preston
Adam Berman Kirsty Attwood
Sukie Smith Julian Preston
Laurie Billson
