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• 2015

• Drama
• Mystery

• 15

Summary

Drama with Suranne Jones and Bertie Carvel. GP Gemma Foster suspects her husband of having an affair and throws herself into an investigation that will propel her and her family into chaos.

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Alison Graham

A single, unfamiliar blond hair on her husband’s scarf rends beloved GP Gemma Foster’s comfortable world apart. She rips the stuffing from her own life as suspicion twists and burns. Bafta winner Suranne Jones is perfect as Gemma in Mike Bartlett’s hit 2015 domestic drama. Every emotion plays right across her face. We watch as corrosive thoughts turn Gemma from a loving wife to a woman who starts to lose her grip on what makes her who she is.

Her property-developer husband Simon (Bertie Carvel) is expansive and friendly. But maybe too friendly to female friends and acquaintances? We don’t know, and neither does Gemma. But she is determined to find out.

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7.6/10

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rolenameDr Gemma FosterSuranne JonesSimon FosterBertie CarvelTom FosterTom TaylorRos MahendraThusitha JayasunderaJulieShazia Nicholls

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rolenameDirectorJeremy Lovering

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News & features about Doctor Foster

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  Doctor Foster season 3 finally confirmed by the BBC as returning cast and plot unveiled
  
  Suranne Jones is returning for one final run of the hit BBC drama - nine years after the second season aired.

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  Doctor Foster season 3 with Suranne Jones 'in the works' after 8 years
  
  Could it mark a return of the hit Suranne Jones drama?

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  Doctor Foster season 3 update issued as key cast members reunite as drama continues 10 years on
  
  The show was last on our screens with season 2 in 2017.

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  Doctor Foster season 3 first look confirms new and returning cast members for final run - including Riot Women favourite
  
  Dustin Demri-Burns and Rosalie Craig are joining the cast.

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  Shows returning after a long hiatus are often disappointing, but this is why Doctor Foster has all the ingredients to work
  
  The Suranne Jones-starring series is about to start filming a third instalment.

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  Doctor Foster creator considering another spin-off after Life
  
  Life creator Mike Bartlett may bring back another Doctor Foster character for their own spin-off series.

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  Which Doctor Foster characters are in Life – and how are the two dramas connected?
  
  Writer Mike Bartlett has set his new BBC drama in the same TV universe as Doctor Foster.

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  See trailer for BBC One's Doctor Foster spin-off Life
  
  The first teaser featuring Doctor Foster characters has been launched by BBC One.

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  Doctor Foster creator says series 3 won't happen: "We're done"
  
  Mike Bartlett says he doesn't have a "burning desire" to find a new story for a third series

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  Suranne Jones doesn't think there will be another series of Doctor Foster
  
  The second series reached more than 10 million viewers

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  When is Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett's new BBC drama Life on TV?
  
  Doctor Foster character Anna Baker (Victoria Hamilton) returns as "Belle" in this six-part drama about the residents of a house in Manchester.

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  BBC One series Life will feature two characters from hit series Doctor Foster
  
  Doctor Foster's Neil Baker arrives in Manchester looking for ex-wife Anna.

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  New BBC drama Life is set in same universe as Doctor Foster
  
  Victoria Hamilton reprises her role from the 2016 hit

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  Bertie Carvel and Doctor Foster writer reunite for BBC lockdown arts project
  
  Carvel's Lockdown Theatre Festival ensures that plays cancelled by the coronavirus crisis are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4

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  Life star Victoria Hamilton recreates her "control freak" Doctor Foster character Anna again
  
  The actress says she was "slow on the uptake" about who Belle was.

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  Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett reveals how David Attenborough inspired his new drama Life
  
  The natural historian and documentary maker influenced Bartlett's new BBC drama - but how?

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  Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett says there’s still more to Gemma Foster’s story
  
  "If I ever went back to Gemma Foster, I think I'd find something that I hadn't seen before..."

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  Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett “had to learn how to be a good bully” for ITV workplace drama Sticks and Stones
  
  Mike Bartlett, the writer behind Press, Doctor Foster and King Charles III, has turned his attention to the subtle machinations of workplace bullying — and why we still find torment "funny"

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  Are you happy with the return of Doctor Foster?
  
  Suranne Jones’s scorned GP returns to BBC1 – but did it live up to expectations?

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  Doctor Foster wins best Drama at the National Television Awards
  
  Call the Midwife, Casualty, Game of Thrones and Liar were also up for the coveted award at this year's ceremony

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  A sneak peek of the Doctor Foster series finale
  
  What can we learn from this shot of another meal table and a startled looking Gemma?

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  Meet the cast of Doctor Foster series 2
  
  Who's who in Mike Bartlett's BBC1 thriller? And who's on Gemma Foster's side?

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  Doctor Foster writer Mike Bartlett's first inspiration was Doctor Who
  
  The Bafta winning writer behind Suranne Jones's smash hit drama says the sci-fi series is responsible for his career in TV

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  Doctor Foster's sizzling series 2 opener is appointment TV
  
  Suranne Jones slips back into Gemma Foster's shoes with ease in a thrilling, infuriating and compelling return to Parminster

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