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Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom.

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The programme

Holby City began in January 1999 as a spin-off from Casualty and is named after the fictional Holby City Hospital in which it is set. The show follows the lives and careers of staff and patients at the hospital and also deals with a range of clinical and ethical issues. The regular characters are all staff, and patients are played by guest actors (occasionally including some famous names such as Eric Sykes, Phill Jupitus, Michael Jayston, Michele Dotrice and Ronni Ancona).

The show was originally commissioned as a series shown as part of the BBC's winter schedules. Series 1 contained only 9 episodes and ran from January to March in 1999 - the end of this series saw the stabbing of Staff Nurse Jasmine Hopkins and we were left with a cliffhanger of whether she would survive or not. Series 2 kicked off in November 1999 (Jasmine returned to work) and ran until March 2000 - the series finale again seeing a staff member injured. This time it was Mike Barrat, who had stepped onto a poacher's trap whilst on a team building activity with his work colleagues. He badly damaged his leg and viewers were left to wonder if his leg would be saved or not. The 3rd series began in October 2000 with the return of Mike Barrat on crutches, and his leg had been saved. During this series Dr Merrick was murdered and we had Holby's first ever 'whodunnit' which lasted for around 4 episodes. The final episode of series 3 saw the murderer revealed as a patient's father played by George Costigan - his daughter died during an operation and blamed Dr Merrick. He committed suicide whilst trapped in a lift with Anton Meyer played by George Irving. This was to be Holby's last ever long-term break from our screens - and, after 3 very successful series, it proved sufficiently popular to be recommissioned from October 2001 as a serial to be broadcast all year round - there are now 52 episodes in every series.

Holby City is filmed at the Elstree Studios and about 3 to 5 months in advance of broadcast.

The cast has included a variety of actors in regular roles, from new faces to established film and television actors such as Amanda Mealing, Tom Chambers, Art Malik, Robert Powell and Denis Lawson.

In spring 2006, it was announced that a spin-off from the show, to be named 'Holby Blue' was in early stages of production. The spin-off series was confirmed to be a police drama and viewers can expect to see this new show on-screen from 2007.

Casualty@Holby City

Reflecting Holby City's origins as a spin-off from Casualty and the closely-related premises of the two programmes, the BBC has screened occasional crossover mini-dramas entitled Casualty@Holby City and featuring a number of characters from each of the two casts. There have been four stories involving both casts:

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details about Holby City, Casualty, and Casualty@Holby City follow.

Cast

Current Cast

The following characters appear regularly in the programme as of April 8th 2006.

portrayed by Michael French, to 2x14, from 8x19 portrayed by Tina Hobley, from 3x30 portrayed by Hugh Quarshie, from 4x01 portrayed by Verona Joseph, from 4x15 portrayed by Patricia Potter, from 4x39 portrayed by Sharon Maughan, from 5x27 portrayed by Jaye Jacobs, from 6x14 portrayed by Kelly Adams, from 6x24 portrayed by Amanda Mealing, from 6x35 portrayed by Robert Powell, from 7x18 portrayed by Paul Henshall, from 7x29 portrayed by Adam Best, from 7x29 portrayed by Sharon D Clarke, from 7x34 portrayed by Paul Bradley, from 8x04 portrayed by Rosie Marcel, from 8x06 portrayed by Tom Chambers, from 8x12 portrayed by Luke Roberts, from 8x12 portrayed by Rakie Ayola, from 8x17 portrayed by Ben Richards, from 8x23

Original Cast

The following characters starred in the first episode, which aired January 12th 1999.

portrayed by George Irving, to 4x46 portrayed by Michael French, to 2x14, from 8x19 portrayed by Lisa Faulkner, to 3x26 portrayed by Dawn McDaniel, to 3x06 portrayed by Phyllis Logan, to 1x09 portrayed by Sarah Preston, to 2x16 portrayed by Angela Griffin, to 3x30 portrayed by Nicola Stephenson, to 3x29 portrayed by Ian Curtis, to 2x15 portrayed by Julie Saunders, to 1x06 portrayed by Luke Mably, to 1x03

Former Cast

The following characters formerly appeared on the show regularly. Not included on this list are the Original Cast (see above), and those, having rejoined, now on the 'Current Cast' list

portrayed by Clive Mantle, from 2x01 to 3x30 portrayed by Jan Pearson, from 2x01 to 6x10 portrayed by Jeremy Edwards, from 2x01 to 5x32 portrayed by Thusitha Jayasundera, from 2x05 to 4x37 portrayed by Jeremy Sheffield, from 3x01 to 4x45; from 5x20 to 5x45 portrayed by Peter de Jersey, from 3x01 to 5x31 portrayed by Laura Sadler, from 3x01 to 5x48 portrayed by Siobhan Redmond, from 3x02 to 4x44 portrayed by Anna Mountford, from 3x02 to 4x41 portrayed by Adrian Lewis-Morgan, from 3x15 to 4x35 portrayed by Collette Brown, from 3x19 to 4x44 portrayed by Dominic Jephcott, 3x15; from 4x01 to 4x44; 6x01; 7x11 portrayed by Paul Shane, from 4x01 to 4x20; 6x02 portrayed by Mark Moraghan, from 4x03 to 8x10 portrayed by Ian Aspinall, from 4x08 to 7x52 portrayed by Luisa Bradshaw-White, from 4x13 to 7x48 portrayed by David Paisley, from 4x17 to 5x29 portrayed by Denis Lawson, from 4x45 to 6x33 portrayed by Rocky Marshall, from 4x45 to 6x33 portrayed by Kim Vithana, from 5x32 to 7x13 portrayed by Liam Garrigan, from 5x36 to 6x13 portrayed by Art Malik, from 5x37 to 7x51 portrayed by Rachel Leskovac, from 5x39 to 6x17 portrayed by Noah Huntley, from 6x29 to 7x25 portrayed by David Bedella, from 6x42 to 7x07; 7x34 portrayed by Chinna Wodu, from 7x06 to 7x43 portrayed by Anthony Calf, from 7x27 to 7x52

External links

Citations

External links

  • http://www.freewebs.com/antonmeyer/

See also

Minor characters in Holby City

 

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