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Fans of the long-running BBC lunchtime soap were devastated on Wednesday when they discovered that Doctors will stop filming in March next year and end forever by next Christmas

BBC soap Doctors has been axed after 23 years, with soap boss Kate Oates promising it will get the finale it deserves as the news of the soap's axing was shared

Ben Mitchell first appeared in the BBC soap back in 1996 - since then, the iconic character has become an integral part of Albert Square