List of Doctors characters introduced in 2019

George Kenway (Lewis MacKinnon) first appeared in October, as well as twin brothers Adam and Gareth Regan (both portrayed by Edward MacLiam).

Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) replaces Becky as a business manager in November, and John Butler (Richard Huw), a lawyer working for Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan), arrives in December.

[3] Becky gets off to a rough start when Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson) disagrees with her ways of running the practice.

She is happy when boyfriend Tam Campbell (Sean Ward) arrives in Letherbridge from Scotland, but is shocked to hear he has lost his job.

[7] Bastian later revealed that she had made the decision to leave in an attempt to reduce her workload so that she could concentrate on getting pregnant in real life.

Laurence's backstory states that when he was born to parents Estelle (Suzette Llewellyn) and Tye Vere (Daniel Hill), they did not expect him to have Down's syndrome.

[14] He eventually finds him living in a residential care home, where he explains that he is happy with his life now, despite enduring a tough upbringing.

George arrives at the Mill Health Centre as a patient seeing Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan) for counselling.

[16] George initially tells Karen Hollins (Jan Pearson) that he is late due to traffic, but then explains that his car is broken.

He explains that in his visions, he sees himself falling in love with a male prostitute, getting jealous over the man's career, and killing him.

The police find a body in George's car and he is subsequently arrested when his violent hallucinations are proved to be true accounts of what happened.

[18] He is shown in the flashbacks of his boyfriend, Mark Casey (Dean John-Wilson), who discovered his dead body hanging from the ceiling of their cell.

[18] After his death, George's father John Butler (Richard Huw) avenges him by framing Jimmi for possession of drugs.

Adam introduces his identical twin brother, Gareth Regan (also MacLiam), who takes a job at the Icon restaurant.

[20] He begins a relationship with Emma Reid (Dido Miles) and takes a job at the Icon restaurant so that he can stay in Letherbridge.

Emma uncovers his secret drug addiction, and when Adam receives a medical award, Gareth gets jealous.

When Adam talks to Zara about the situation, he explains that in their childhood, Gareth always tried to steal his things, and wanted to share everything, including girlfriends.

[25] His storylines have included learning that he has dyslexia, having a brief relationship with Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins) and his friendship with Sid Vere (Ashley Rice).

Al Haskey (Ian Midlane) discovers that John blames Jimmi for the death of his son, and helped to frame him, alongside Harvey Marshall (Louis Dempsey).

When brought in for questioning by Chloe Margrave (Tanya Loretta-Dee), John confesses to framing Jimmi, and is subsequently arrested.