Dr. Daniel Granger
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| Portrayed by | Matthew Chambers | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2007– | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1171 9 July 2007 |
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| Introduced by | Peter Eryl Lloyd | ||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||
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General practitioner Business Partner with the Mill Health Centre The Granger Clinic Doctor acting clinical lead |
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| Home | Letherbridge | ||||||||||
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| Mother | Marion Granger |
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| Wife | Dr Zara Carmichael |
| Sons | Joe Carmichael |
| Daughters | Isobel Torres |
| Uncles | Joe Fenton |
Dr. Daniel Granger MBBS is a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Matthew Chambers. Daniel is introduced as a general practitioner at The Mill. He made his first appearance on 9 July 2007. He is the second longest running character.
Daniel arrived hiding some dangerous secrets, following the theft of a large sum of money from his former practice partner in London. He used the money to clear part of a £200,000 debt he had run up as a result of an ongoing gambling addiction. With no intention of facing up to his problem, his addiction continued to spiral out of control, ultimately resulting in a confrontation with his criminal debtors. The criminals' actions worsened to the point that they made hostages of Melody Bell and Joe Fenton in order to force Daniel to repay them. Following the ordeal, Daniel came to terms with his addiction and turned himself in to the police. He was later faced with a tribunal.
In Series 10, Daniel went through further turmoil as his mentally ill colleague Ruth Pearce held him captive in the medical centre's sick bay. Whilst holding Daniel against his will, Ruth had tried to save a patient from a heart attack, pretending to be nurse Michelle Corrigan. Ultimately the patient was saved - primarily due to Daniel's work - but in the meantime Daniel made an escape attempt and injured his leg, cutting it on the glass from a window. Following this incident, Daniel phoned Melody to warn her that Ruth appeared to be suffering a nervous breakdown. This led to Melody referring Ruth to a mental health facility under the Mental Health Act, to keep her from endangering herself and others.
When a new nurse, Cherry Malone began working at the practice, Daniel found himself growing ever more attracted to her. Much to his chagrin, however, Cherry was not receptive to his advances. It was during this time that Daniel discovered that one of his patients, Cybil Lambert, had died, leaving him a considerable amount of money in her will. Daniel spent this money on a high-end sports car and luxury apartment. Zara Carmichael came over to his flat but she ended the relationship within the same day, stating that they needed to get it out of the way before they could work together. Cybil Lambert's son Malcolm, sold a story to the Letherbridge newspaper, about Daniel conning Cybil. Julia saw it and called a meeting with Lily Hassan and Heston about it. Daniel claimed to Lily that he shouldn't have to apologise because the money was a gift; however, Lily insisted that he should. Daniel went over to The Mill to see Julia. He tried to explain that he kept the money for the benefit of his daughter, but she was having none of it. With his own hard work and the backing of the partners, Daniel opened the "Granger Clinic", a botox clinic which was run within The Mill. The other doctors are quite unwilling to help in his enterprise and since he seems to have little sense of advertising and sales, he resorts to unorthodox techniques to get customers, including plying Simon Bond with cream horns and drinks in an attempt to get him to encourage his homosexual friends to have treatment.
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