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• "The knife is just for protection"

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• "I'll get me coat"

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• "Welcome to my kingdom"

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• Behind the scenes at Austenland!

• A behind the scenes look at the Doctors set

• A poem from Geoffrey's memorial service

  THE SINGING CAT

  By Stevie Smith

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  It was a little captive cat

  Upon a crowded train

  His mistress takes him from his box

  To ease his fretful pain.Ìý

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  She holds him tight upon her knee

  ÌýThe graceful animal

  And all the people look at him

  ÌýHe is so beautiful.

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  But oh he pricks and oh he prods

  ÌýAnd turns upon her knee

  Then lifteth up his innocent voice

  ÌýIn plaintive melody.

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  He lifteth up his innocent voice

  ÌýHe lifteth up, he singeth

  And to each human countenance

  ÌýA smile of grace he bringeth.

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  He lifteth up his innocent paw

  ÌýUpon her breast he clingeth

  And everybody cries, Behold

  ÌýThe cat, the cat that singeth.

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  He lifteth up his innocent voice

  ÌýHe lifteth up, he singeth

  And all the people warm themselves

  ÌýIn the love his beauty bringeth.Ìý

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  Published with permission of Faber & Faber Ltd

• Poetry on Doctors

  Specially written poetry was featured in two episodes this week.Ìý
  On Tuesday, 5 March the episode 'Shrovetide' featured this poem by the Jeremy Hylton Davies:
  

  ‘This Day’

  This Minute is Yours
  This Hour, This Day
  The footprint in the sand,
  This beach.
  The crackling of leaves underfoot
  The Winter birds in song
  This forest.

  This climb, peak heading
  Crossing rock and stream,
  This mountain.
  This smile.

  This laughter,
  This hand, clasping yours,
  Skin binding skin,Ìý
  The forever bond between,
  You and me.

  This happy moment.
  This is Yours.

  And Ours.
  Forever Ours.

  
  

  On Wednesday, 6 March the episode 'The Sharper the Tongue' by Andrew Cornish featured this poem by Andrew:

  
  

  The darker the berry, the more sour the fruit.
  The brighter the flower, the more bitter the root.
  The sharper the tongue, the sweeter the smile;
  The wolves in sheep’s clothing bewitch and beguile.
  They speak to you kindly to lead you astray,
  To feast on your sadness, your fear and dismay.
  So honour your father, repent all your sin,
  And always beware of the beast from within.

  
  

  

• Words and music from Heston's funeral

  Here's a list of the songs and readings from Heston's funeral.
  
  
  MusicÌý

  BachÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Goldberg VariationsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Glenn Gould

  MozartÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Requiem:Ìý LacrimosaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

  SladeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Cuz I love you

  Trad.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Morning Has Broken

  TallisÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei

  MozartÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Soave si il vento from Cosi Fan Tutte

  Eric IdleÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Always look on the bright side of life

  Nick DrakeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý River Man

  Navin KundraÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Mehbooba (Doctors Remix)

  
  Ruhma's reading:Ìý
  

  Rumi – ÌýIn The Arc of your mallet

  Don't go anywhere without me.
  Let nothing happen in the sky apart from me,
  or on the ground, in this world or that world,
  without my being in its happening.
  Vision, see nothing I don't see.
  Language, say nothing.
  The way the night knows itself with the moon,
  be that with me. Be the rose
  nearest to the thorn that I am.

  I want to feel myself in you when you taste food,
  in the arc of your mallet when you work,
  
  

  Music: Poignant GraceÌý Ìý Peter NickallsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

  
  

  

• Go behind the scenes at the car crash!

  Still reeling from the dramatic car crash?
  Go behind the scenes with our exclusive video, and see how we did it.
  CLICK HERE!

  

• Read Doctors scripts at Â鶹Éç Writersroom!

  Our friends at Â鶹Éç Writersoom have added the following Doctors scripts to their library
  Walk a Mile by Toby Walton, broadcast 19th October 2017
  Boisterous by Paul Campbell, broadcast 16th January 2018
  Suffer the Children by Henrietta Hardy broadcast 31st January 2018
  Eggshells by Andrew Cornish, broadcast 8th May 2018
  You can download the scrips to read by clicking on the link:
  CLICK HERE FOR MORE!

  

• Exclusive On Line Films for Mental Health Awareness Week

  Doctors have produced aÌýseries of short films to accompany their episodesÌýin Mental Health Awareness Week, featuringÌýÌýpoems and prose written by people dealing with mental health conditions (including Sathnam Sanghera, Stevie Smith, Emily Dickinson and Suli Breaks) and performed by our cast and filmed in and around the city of Birmingham.

  You can follow the links below to watch them.

  "Mental health problems can be hard enough"Ìýby Suli Breaks performed by Ashleigh Rice

  "Just Because" by Adam Stones (a local poet to Birmingham) performed by Ashley Rice

  'TheÌýBoy with a Top Knot' by Sathnam Sanghera Ìý– read by Adrian Lewis Morgan

  "It was Not Death" by Emily Dickinson – read by Elisabeth Dermot Walsh

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• Mental Health Awareness Week Writers Room Blog

  Doctors writer Andrew Cornish talks aboutÌýwriting forÌýMental Health Awareness Week, from what sparked the idea, and how together he, Series Producer PeterÌýLloyd and Script Editor Nasreen Ahmed,Ìýarrived at the idea of a 6 episode special and the importance of weaving these storiesÌýin with the regular characters of Doctors. You can readÌýhis blog over on the Writers room .