A BBC show has been pulled off the schedule for months, leaving fans fuming.
Much loved medical soap Doctors has been taken off the broadcaster's schedule for the next few months.
The show announced it would be taking a break on social media this week, where a spokesperson said the show would be off air until September.
They said: "Doctors will be off air and return to your screens on Monday 4th September. In the meantime, Catch up on BBC iPlayer."
It meant the final episode for a while was aired on Thursday at 1:45pm on BBC One.
Fans were left stunned by the news as one said: "This is madness!! It’s getting earlier each year? You always used to break in July when Wimbledon started. Why so early? I fear this may be headed for the chop."
Another added: "Why does this have to happen? I get stop for the tennis but goodness start back in August! It’s bad enough it’s 4 days still."
"Happily watching @BBCDoctors then it’s announced it’s finished till September. Come on guys if you want to be equal to the soaps you really need to put out more programmes," said someone else.
While a fourth fan commented: "Can’t believe there’s now a break until September! Why? No other soap does this!"
Someone else defended the show: "Maybe the actors have other commitments like their family or stage shows, or maybe the writers need this time to catch up?
"I think we forget at times how much work behind the scenes goes into these programmes and other soaps have larger teams, maybe this one is smaller?"
Doctors does usually take a break for the summer as the cast get to enjoy some downtime.
In the last episode, Zara had some explaining to do while Emma and Al ended up on the wrong side of Rosie.
Meanwhile, Claudia was also caught up in a family feud while on her first shift with Rob.
The series has been running since 2000 and sees doctors and staff at the Mill Health Centre and Campus Surgery try to save the lives of their patients while dealing with the ups and downs in their personal lives.
