Actress Lucy-Jo Hudson has thanked cast and crew on the axed BBC soap opera Doctors.
Hudson is best known for her breakout role as Katy Harris, the teenager who murdered her own dad in Coronation Street and in more recent years as Donna-Marie Quinn, the mother of Romeo and Juliet Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
She also starred in ITV’s Sunday night soapy drama Wild at Heart for six series and had a guest role in Casualty.
Her recurring part as Rhiannon Davis in Doctors aired across two months in 2016 – a real continuing drama queen, if we say so ourselves!
In October last year, following budget cuts across the entire corporation, it was announced that the daytime medical serial would come to an end after twenty four years on air.
In February, we reported that a director had requested fans stay clear of their production base in Selly Oak, Birmingham, on the final day of filming (1st March).
Recently, Lucy-Jo took to Instagram to write a belated tribute to the show, saying it had ‘pushed [her] out of [her] comfort zone.’
The post, a compilation of clips from her stint, was shared to her 203,000 followers and was captioned: ‘I know I’m a little late in posting this… but from the bottom of my heart I am so very sorry to hear that after 24 years this wonderful soap will be gone this year.’
‘My time on Doctors was one of my most memorable – the cast, the crew and production team were not only incredibly talented, and hard working but also so professional,’
‘They had to deal with so many actors coming and going through their doors daily as new patients, and they made each and every one of them feel so welcome.’
She continued: ‘My heart goes out to each and every one that worked tirelessly on this fantastic soap…. you’re all incredibly lovely and talented people and you will no doubt continue to work in this industry!’
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‘This show gave me a chance to show more of my work (generally tears and meltdowns) and pushed me out of my comfort zone… it gave me a platform… and I was honoured to win “Villain of the Year” soap award, back in 2017.’
Metro.co.uk understands that the finale will air on BBC One at the end of the year, following Philip Ralph, a writer on the show for 19 years, taking to X/Twitter to express his concerns at the number of job losses.
‘I’m personally impacted along with hundreds by the disastrous decision to axe it’ he began.
‘Doctors filmed 200+ episodes every year, each one starring the regular cast plus up to 3 guest actors, each one written by a writer, each one made by a full production crew.’
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