Doctors spoilers: Is Bear Sylvester the WRONG man for the job?

Doctors, Bear Sylvester
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Will the surgery's newest employee Bear Sylvester be found out when boss Daniel Granger confronts him about his sloppy work on Doctors?

Bear Sylvester (played by Dex Lee) seemed like the right candidate for the job to replace former surgery practice manager Becky Clarke on Doctors (1:45pm on BBC One, see our TV Guide for full listings).

However, behind-the-scenes, Bear is struggling with the pressures of his new job.

Surgery partners Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers) and Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) are NOT impressed by Bear's minute-taking after last week's meeting.

But when Daniel challenges Bear about several items of discussion missing from his report, Bear manages to make an excuse and gives Daniel the brush-off.

Bear is here to stay and wants to change his job title to Business Manager to reflect his skills! But have Daniel and Zara made a mistake in taking him on?

Meanwhile, Daniel is also pre-occupied with thoughts about a new car. Should he go electric? Or go hybrid? WHO will help Daniel visit the car dealership and make a decision?

Elsewhere in Letherbridge, things are looking up for suspended surgeon Gareth Regan (Edward MacLiam) with his blossoming romance with Emma Reid (Dido Miles) and temporary job as Bar Manager at The Icon.

But Gareth's bubble is burst when he receives a vindictive text message from his ex, Collette.

ALSO, a police officer PC Dimah Uddin (Asmara Gabrielle) is having a bad day when her application to join CID is rejected, and she then gets paired with the "less experienced" PC Lillian Bliss (Helen Macfarlane) who may be on course to get the CID job she wanted!

Doctors, PC Dimah Uddin, PC Lillian Bliss

There's trouble on the streets of Letherbridge in today's episode of Doctors

Doctors continues weekdays at 1:45pm on BBC One

Simon Timblick
Writer

Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!

Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.

Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)

And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.