{"id":36291,"date":"2023-08-29T18:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1880746"},"modified":"2023-08-30T03:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:43:36","slug":"doctors-return-date-revealed-as-zara-gets-a-nasty-surprise","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctors-return-date-revealed-as-zara-gets-a-nasty-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors return date revealed as Zara gets a nasty surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The soap is back from its summer hiatus next week. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 29 August 2023 at 16:37 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The BBC has confirmed that Doctors will return to TV screens from Monday 4th September 2023 \u2013 after more than two months off air.<\/p>\n<p>The daytime soap will once again air new episodes in its regular 1:45pm slot on Mondays to Thursdays, with a brief synopsis for the first episode teasing a nasty surprise for Zara (<span class=\"LrzXr kno-fv wHYlTd z8gr9e\">Elisabeth Dermot Walsh<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel has a nasty surprise for Zara, and Claudia learns more about Bear,\u201d it reads. \u201cMeanwhile, Rosie tries to make amends.\u201d<\/p> <p>Doctors traditionally takes a hiatus during the summer and the most recent episode \u2013 titled Do Not Resuscitate \u2013 aired on Thursday 22nd June.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s first episode back is called Kiss and it will be followed by instalments titled Out in the Cold, Henry and Identity Crisis respectively throughout the rest of next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-stacey-theo-drama-trailer-newsupdate\/\">EastEnders teases Stacey and Theo drama in new trailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-spoilers-twist-unannounced-fatboy-ricky-norwood-return-newsupdate\/\">EastEnders airs twist unannounced return in early BBC iPlayer release<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further synopses tease that the first week back will see Al (Ian Midlane) and Scarlett (Kia Pegg) having to cope with a very angry patient before \u201cThe Mill\u2019s staff try to deal with the shocking events of the previous night\u201d during Wednesday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the usual summer hiatus, the long-running series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/doctors-bbc-one-missing-episodes-air-date-newsupdate\/\">took a brief unplanned break<\/a> earlier in the year when several episodes were pulled from the schedules in February.<\/p>\n<p>The episodes \u2013 which featured an explosion at a medical conference and its aftermath \u2013 were removed at the last minute out of sensitivity following devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6333789224112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Doctors traditionally airs Monday-Thursday at 1:45pm on BBC One and is available to stream on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006mh9v\/doctors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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