Dr. Daniel Granger is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Matthew Chambers.

[1] His storylines in the programme have included his addiction to gambling, on-off relationship with Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh), becoming a father and suffering from post-natal depression, briefly going to prison and becoming a partner at the Mill Health Centre.

[2][3] Daniel is shown to be a good and effective doctor, but also a "big kid" who focuses on the short term rather than long.

[2] Daniel arrives hiding dangerous secrets, following the theft of a large sum of money from his former practice partner in London.

He uses the money to clear part of a £200,000 debt he had run up as a result of an ongoing gambling addiction.

With no intention of facing up to his problem, his addiction continues to spiral out of control, resulting in a confrontation with his criminal debtors.

The criminals' actions worsen when they take Melody Bell (Elizabeth Bower) and Joe Fenton (Stephen Boxer) hostage to force Daniel to repay them.

Daniel goes through further turmoil as his mentally ill colleague Ruth Pearce (Selina Chilton) holds him captive in the medical centre's sick bay.

It was during this time that Daniel discovers that one of his patients, Cybil, has died, leaving him a large amount of money in her will.

Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) comes over to his flat, but she ends the relationship within the same day, stating that they needed to get it out of the way before they could work together.

Later that month, Lisa leaves Letherbridge, meaning that Daniel only sees his daughter Izzie Torres (Jasmin and Nicole Parkinson) every other weekend.

As a result, he talks business manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) into buying an electric car for The Mill.

Upset, she convinces Daniel and Valerie Pitman (Sarah Moyle) to cut down the nets at night.

Speaking at the Inside Soap Awards, she said: "There's a fantastic five-part story coming up in the next few weeks involving my character and Daniel.

He asked producer Peter Eryl Lloyd what was coming up for them, to which he confirmed that the pair would become parents together.

Daniel "makes a great play of being experienced" in parenting but Lloyd confirmed that his confidence is a con.

[8] At the same time as this storyline, Chambers was directing episodes of Doctors, filming scenes with Zara in-between looking for locations and auditioning actors.

Chambers thought it was wonderful that he had been given the storyline, since he felt that men having it is not covered on television or daily life enough.

He found that most people associated it with women and thought the story was "a great chance to explore it and bring it to the fore".

Chambers said: "I hope people who watch the show and have suffered from this now feel more at ease when it comes to speaking about it.

[7] Chambers knew that Daniel and Zara would get back together following the storyline; he described them as "volatile creatures [who] have quite a bit in common".