List of Doctors characters introduced in 2013–2014
Liam Slade
Liam Slade
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[130px\|thumb\|left\|alt\=White man in a grey suit smiling\|[Ryan Prescott](/wiki/Ryan_Prescott_%28actor%29 "Ryan Prescott (actor)") portrayed Liam.](/wiki/File:Ryan_Prescott_2019.jpg "Ryan Prescott 2019.jpg")
**Liam Slade**, portrayed by [Ryan Prescott](/wiki/Ryan_Prescott_%28actor%29 "Ryan Prescott (actor)"), initially appeared from 29 May 2013 to 22 July 2013\. He then returned for a stint in February 2018\. He was introduced as a bursary student of [Heston Carter](/wiki/Heston_Carter "Heston Carter")'s ([Owen Brenman](/wiki/Owen_Brenman "Owen Brenman")). Heston reprimands Liam for behaving irresponsibly by staging a political protest outside the surgery, but takes his comments back when [Kevin Tyler](/wiki/Kevin_Tyler_%28Doctors%29 "Kevin Tyler (Doctors)") ([Simon Rivers](/wiki/Simon_Rivers "Simon Rivers")) finds photos of Heston in his student protest days. Liam begins working at the Mill Health Centre and soon learns of a drug called Quack. He gives the drugs to other students, which [Al Haskey](/wiki/Al_Haskey "Al Haskey") ([Ian Midlane](/wiki/Ian_Midlane "Ian Midlane")) has to deal with. [Chris Reid](/wiki/Chris_Reid_%28Doctors%29 "Chris Reid (Doctors)") ([Nathan Wright](/wiki/Nathan_Wright_%28actor%29 "Nathan Wright (actor)")) and Kevin try to alert students of the dangers of Quack, but a death caused by the drug occurs. Liam continues taking the drug and eventually collapses.

After his return stint, Prescott was nominated for the [British Soap Award for Villain of the Year](/wiki/British_Soap_Award_for_Villain_of_the_Year "British Soap Award for Villain of the Year"). He said that the nomination felt "really out the blue". In an interview with [Digital Spy](/wiki/Digital_Spy "Digital Spy"), he said that he had filmed the return episodes in December 2017 and was honoured that they wanted him back for them. He also felt appreciative of the *Doctors* production team for putting him forward for the British Soap Award. Prescott, who had just joined the [ITV](/wiki/ITV_%28TV_network%29 "ITV (TV network)") soap *[Coronation Street](/wiki/Coronation_Street "Coronation Street")* at the time, said that the nomination had given him an excuse to attend the awards ceremony since he was too new to *Coronation Street* to be invited.


Why was Liam reprimanded by Heston Carter?