Scripted series · BBC One
Doctor Foster
Can you ever really know someone?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Suranne Jones
Dr Gemma Foster
10 eps
Bertie Carvel
Simon Foster
10 eps
Clare-Hope Ashitey
Carly
10 eps
Isabelle Estelle Corbusier
Kiki Farren
10 eps
Thusitha Jayasundera
Ros Mahendra
10 eps
Martha Howe-Douglas
Becky
10 eps
Jodie Comer
Kate Parks
10 eps
Tom Taylor
Tom Foster
10 eps
John Webber
Dr. Stevens
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Doctor Foster actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Doctor Foster reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of enquiries far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 10 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20155 episodes
6.9IMDbBest episode · S01E05 Episode 5
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20175 episodes
5.4IMDbDr Foster's world fractures in unpredictable ways when her adulterous husband reappears.
Best episode · S02E04 Episode 4
- Poster unavailableSeries 3
Season 3 · Unannounced
Series 3
0 episodes
The BBC has announced the return of hit drama Doctor Foster for a third and final series. Created and written by Mike Bartlett, the new five-part run will see Suranne Jones reprise her multi-award-winning role as Gemma Foster.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
Episode 5
Gemma is determined to expose Simon at last. But how far will she go to achieve her goal?
S01E02
Episode 2
Reeling from the secrets she has uncovered, Gemma has a decision to make - but a visit from a surprise patient means she also faces an acute professional dilemma.
- Directed by Tom Vaughan
S01E04
Episode 4
Gemma decides on a new start with Simon, but her medical career begins to fall apart.
S01E01
Episode 1
Brilliant, vivacious GP Gemma Foster has her life torn apart when she investigates whether her husband is harbouring a dark secret. The truth will shock her to the core.
- Directed by Tom Vaughan
S01E03
Episode 3
In public Gemma plays the perfect wife, while secretly concocting a plan to ensure she comes out on top - only to make new discoveries about the full extent of the secrets that those around her are holding on to.
- Directed by Tom Vaughan
S02E01
Episode 1
Two years after Doctor Gemma Foster dramatically exposed her husband Simon's betrayals, forcing him to leave town, her life is destabilised once again when he returns.
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Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Tom VaughanDirector
Cinematography
- Ben WheelerDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeBritish Academy Television Awards2016
Doctor Foster · Doctor Foster
Where to watch
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