Actors wanted for 'Doctors' on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One
| 15:41 UK time, Tuesday, 9 March 2010
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´óÏó´«Ã½ One Drama DOCTORS is casting the following roles:
Location: Birmingham
Casting Details: Elstree studios, Borehamwood Herts, w/c 15th March 2010. (invited auditions only)
What to do next? Please send an email to Laura.dickens@bbc.co.uk with a bit about yourself: age, tv / theatre experience, contact details and a recent photograph. On camera experience preferred as both are complex acting roles.
The following two characters will feature in a forthcoming storyline set in a hospital ward which has been given over to army casualties from the war in Afghanistan.
Role: ANDY MILLET (Male) Description: 2 episodes
Overall dates: 25 Mar - 2 April, and 15 - 23 April 2010.
Andy is a DOUBLE AMPUTEE (LEGS) - although he could be a SINGLE LEG AMPUTEE.
Age: he can be anything from 18 - 30-ish but he has to be a believable Squaddie-type. (If older, we could make the character an Officer.)
Andy is very depressed and experiencing (self) destructive behaviour as a reaction to losing his legs in combat in Afghanistan.
His anger at what has happened to him, his fear about his future is palpable. He will appear in 2 eps a few weeks apart and WILL NEED TO WALK CONFIDENTLY ON PROSTHETIC LEGS (or with one prosthetic leg) in his second episode.
Role: LANCE CORPORAL CHRIS DUNFORD (Male) Description: This character will appear in 6 episodes.
Overall dates: 25 March - 9 April 2010.
Age: early 20s.
Chris has suffered a spinal injury - he is now paralysed from the waist down.
We're looking for genuine wheelchair users for this role.
In combat, Chris was hit by shrapnel and bomb blast - he has burns on his legs and has had shrapnel removed from the spine.
His legs need constant wet bandage changing, but more important is whether his spine will heal and he'll get feeling back into his legs.
Chris grew up in foster care on a rough estate and had to learn to handle himself from an early age. Something of a loner, he craved a proper family, but never found it until he joined the army at the earliest opportunity. Given to a hard shell, he's shocked at his sudden outbursts of emotion after the incident - he scares himself.
Nurse Michelle (played by Donnaleigh Bailey) is the only person he has a connection with at Housman ward - she makes him smile. He's lucky to have her.
Comment number 1.
At 13th Mar 2010, Sunny Clouds wrote:"more important is whether his spine will heal and he'll get feeling back into his legs. "
He will. They always do in Doctors.
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At 20th Mar 2010, BaggieRobert wrote:I'm sure there be hundreds of disabled actors just dying to play these exciting roles...
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At 21st Mar 2010, Glammyleg wrote:break a leg
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At 29th Mar 2010, Wheelie_a_Nurse wrote:And they will be healed by the receptionist pretending to be a doctor while the nurses all wash the laundry and dishes while the doctors do the nursing home visits. They know nothing about actual roles in teh NHS_ whens the last time a GP receptionist said "Oh that looks bad- let me squeeze you in to see a Doctor!" Hah!
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At 31st Mar 2010, Louise wrote:lol cynicism alive and well. I'm not much of a fan of Doctors (the show, not the people with the medical degrees) but it's good to hear they are looking to use actors with disabilities. Being neither male nor wheelchair bound, I can't apply myself, but I hope they do find ppl for the roles.
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At 7th Apr 2010, Letzelter Joseph wrote:It is a great news from ´óÏó´«Ã½, that actors wanted for doctors on ´óÏó´«Ã½. Great opportunities for all the actors especially the doctors to be get participated in ´óÏó´«Ã½. ´óÏó´«Ã½ is one of the greatest ever website telling the truth to all the people throughout the world.
There is more number of dates for the people to have this opportunity. I will share this news with my friends in twitter, identi.ca, and i have a lot of network in the whole internet. Well this sharing of news will help the people to have in knowledge that ´óÏó´«Ã½ is also in search of actors for doctors. Thanks for ´óÏó´«Ã½ & also Damon Rose. [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]
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At 8th Apr 2010, jese wrote:Aah very good .............
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At 12th Apr 2010, ozeeya wrote:Its a superior news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ world. ´óÏó´«Ã½ world is the one of the best news telecasting channel and websites. Huge amount of browsers using the ´óÏó´«Ã½ news site. So this post easily reached to the people. ´óÏó´«Ã½ offers the great opportunities for doctors. The above described two characters was nice.
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At 16th Apr 2010, myrtlemaid wrote:I suppose it is good that the bbc are offering opportunities to disabled people ..
pity the series is about as near to real life as fairies and santa claus..
doctors popping to peoples houses to check on them??? Actually referring people to social services or contacting their social workers or even recieving neccessary information about someone from a social worker ?? PAHHHHHH just doesnt happen..
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At 22nd Apr 2010, jese wrote:Very great
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At 1st May 2010, windyj wrote:It really warms my heart when I see that they are actively looking for disabled people to play these roles. My hat is off to ´óÏó´«Ã½ and the producers who made this brave move.
Windy from the
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At 27th Dec 2010, KevinDD wrote:Wow these news are really cool. However I think that I can be late to the casting.. I actually had a chance to be an actor in medicine related movies few times in my life. I had even to take a cna certification to be an actor in one movie. It was not mandatory but I decided to take it because it was a great opportunity to know a little bit more about medicine and it is really cool. Now when I will be watching doctors on TV I will definitely think about the fact that some people appeared there because of that casting of yours. Thanks!
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At 25th Feb 2011, huntingtonpaper wrote:They know nothing about actual roles in teh NHS_ whens the last time a GP receptionist said Oh that looks bad- let me squeeze you in to see a Doctor!" Hah!
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