BBC Cancels Doctors After 23 Years, Reveals Reason Behind 'Difficult Decision'

Doctors will soon be making its final rounds.

The BBC on Wednesday announced that the long-running UK medical soap will end in 2024 after a staggering 23-year run. The British broadcaster said the "difficult decision" came down to dollars and cents.

"We have taken the very difficult decision to bring daytime drama Doctors to an end after 23 years," the BBC said in a statement. "With super inflation in drama production, the cost of the program has increased significantly, and further investment is also now required to refurbish the site where the show is made, or to relocate it to another home. With a flat licence-fee, the BBC's funding challenges mean we have to make tough choices in order to deliver greater value to audiences.

"We would like to thank all the Doctors cast and crew who have been involved in the show since 2000," the statement continued. "We know the crucial role Doctors has played in nurturing talent, and we will work to develop new opportunities to support skills in scripted programming."

The final episode of Doctors will air in Dec. 2024 and the BBC is promising fans that it will "give it the finale it deserves."

During its two decade-plus existence, Doctors — which revolved around medical professionals living and working in the U.K. — admitted such A-listers as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Eddie Redmayne and Nicholas Hoult.