Mrs Tembe
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| Portrayed by | Lorna Laidlaw | ||
| Duration | 2011– | ||
| First appearance | Episode 1968 5 January 2011 |
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| Introduced by | Peter Eryl Lloyd | ||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||
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| Other names | Winifred Tembe | ||
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Receptionist (2011–15, 2016) Acting Practice Manager (2015) Deputy Practice Manager of Kings Green (2016) Practice Manager (2016–) |
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| Home | Letherbridge | ||
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| Husband | Thomas (divorced) |
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Winifred Tembe (better known as Mrs. Tembe) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, played by Lorna Laidlaw. Mrs Tembe was introduced as the new receptionist at The Mill. She made her first appearance on 5 January 2011. She is introduced only as "Mrs. Tembe" but later reveals her first name to be Winifred but prefers to be called "Mrs. Tembe".
Mrs. Tembe is a proud native of Botswana with deep Christian values. She is close friends with her neighbour, Maureen Bright, who attends church with her. She impressed Julia Parsons (Diane Keen) at her interview and instantly got the job. During the interview it was revealed that she moved to London towards the end of 2000, with her husband, but Mr. Tembe died whilst in the United Kingdom. This was later shown to be a lie on her part.
In 2011, Mrs. Tembe suffered racist bullying from her neighbour Trevor Waterhouse (Laurence Saunders). Trevor, who is a single father struggling to cope was "brain-washed" by the British Pride Party and blamed Mrs. Tembe for his unemployment and failings as a father. Mrs. Tembe had befriended Trevor's son, Cameron (Charlie Kenyon), which Trevor was not happy about at all. Trevor turned neighbours against Mrs. Tembe, blaming her for the food poisoning Cameron had from jam, saying it was her African food. After many weeks of this racism Mrs. Tembe confronted Trevor and then upset, she was comforted by colleague, Dr. Heston Carter (Owen Brenman), who, like all the staff at The Mill, were unaware of what Mrs. Tembe had been enduring for the past weeks. Mrs. Tembe told Heston that she thinks the United Kingdom is somewhere she feels endangered. She then moved back to Botswana, without telling her other colleagues at The Mill.
Mrs. Tembe returned to The Mill in September 2011. She had recovered from the racial attacks and felt like she was ready to start again. She was welcomed back by the staff who were all very pleased to see her, except for temporary receptionist Lauren Porter, who was now out of a job. She went out of her way to make Mrs. Tembe's life very miserable and upset her. They had a huge argument in the staff room at the end of the day after Mrs. Tembe had learned about Lauren's schemes. In the heat of the moment, Mrs. Tembe told Lauren that she "wished her dead" and stormed off. That night, Lauren was murdered. Due to their unprofessional manner in the staffroom, Mrs. Tembe and Lauren both had to attend a meeting with Julia so they could sort it out, however Lauren did not show. Nobody had realised that she was dead so staff assumed she was just avoiding work rather than facing Julia herself. Eventually guilt got the better of Mrs. Tembe and asked Julia if they could visit Lauren just to make sure she was alright as nobody had heard from Lauren in days. When they got there they were in shock when they got there and found Lauren's dead body on the floor.
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