Editing Doctors (2000 TV series) (section)

===2000s===
The storylines originally dealt with the lives of staff and patients at the fictional Riverside Health Centre as well as its secondary location, the Best Practice. During the early years, many storylines revolved around the lead character of Mac and his family life. These storylines include his rocky marriage to Julia, his romance with [[Julia Parsons]] ([[Diane Keen]]) and his son, [[Liam McGuire]] ([[Tim Matthews (actor)|Tim Matthews]]), facing a sexual assault allegation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3vMKLZgy23N9lb32KDs3CVh/brendan-mac-mcguire|title=BBC One – Doctors – Brendan (Mac) McGuire|publisher=[[BBC]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921021641/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3vMKLZgy23N9lb32KDs3CVh/brendan-mac-mcguire|archive-date=21 September 2019|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> Fellow original character Helen also features in various storylines including the death of two of her lovers. 2006 saw [[George Woodson]] ([[Stirling Gallacher]]) suffer from [[post-natal depression]] after having daughter [[Bracken Woodson|Bracken]] (Jessica Gallagher). Bracken becomes ill after being rejected, which leads to George overcoming her depression. Also in 2006, [[Faith Walker]] ([[Eva Fontaine]]) is diagnosed with [[retinitis pigmentosa]], and since it would result in the loss of her eyesight, she hands her job over to [[Michelle Corrigan]] ([[Donnaleigh Bailey]]). Doctor [[Peter Kendrick]] ([[Robert Cavanah]]) then becomes depressed and commits suicide.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Kris |title=In Pictures: The British Soap Awards 2006 |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a33354/in-pictures-the-british-soap-awards-2006/ |access-date=21 July 2022 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=([[Hearst Communications]]) |date=23 May 2006 |archive-date=11 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611011024/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a33354/in-pictures-the-british-soap-awards-2006.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Julia discovers that Mac is having an affair in 2006, and demands he leave Letherbridge, buying his share in the Mill after his exit.<ref>{{cite news |title=What happened at The Mill in 2006? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/doctors/episodes/2006/2006_feature.shtml |access-date=21 July 2022 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=28 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628175103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/doctors/episodes/2006/2006_feature.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, when more episodes were shown and there were fewer breaks in transmission, storylines included: receptionist [[Donna Parmar]] ([[Martha Howe-Douglas]]) breaking patient confidentiality and her sacking from the Mill (2007), [[Nick West (Doctors)|Nick West]]'s ([[Michael McKell]]) car crash and later death (2008) and receptionist [[Vivien March]]'s ([[Anita Carey]]) rape (2008), which saw an [[#Awards and nominations|influx of awards]].<ref name="2018 BSAs" /> 2009 also saw the departure of longstanding family unit [[Ronnie Woodson|Ronnie]] ([[Seán Gleeson]]), George and Bracken, after which the Hollins family were introduced.