Owen Brenman celebrates five years on Doctors

Actor Owen Brenman is celebrating half-a-decade with BBC One daytime series Doctors.

Brenman started at the Birmingham based medical series playing the irrepressible Heston Carter in 2008.

In that time he’s romanced chilly Lily, raged against Homeopathy, been beaten by girlfriend Marina and starred in the Mikado.

Owen has also directed nine episodes of the daytime drama – his latest block of three transmitted on 22nd April 2013, all available to watch on BBC iplayer.

Speaking of his time with Doctors he says,

I like the variety. When Heston first arrived the writers pushed the comedy which was fun. At times I felt I was doing a sitcom whilst everyone else was in a drama. (This may still be true!). Then a failed marriage and a long lost son were introduced and comedy Carter humanised and, in my opinion, became more interesting and 3 dimensional.

Heston lends himself to quite varied story-lines. Pratting about in Gilbert & Sullivan one moment and abused by his girlfriend (Marina) the next. Come to think of it, maybe the two are connected?

Doctors, weekdays on BBC One