Holby City was a spin-off from which BBC medical drama?
"for 52 episodes, ""Casualty"" for 48 episodes. Volume Series production was a controversial move because it took a large part of the Drama budget away from original production and contributed to accusations of ""dumbing down"" its programming. ""The decision to show ""EastEnders"" four nights a week, followed by ""Holby City"" has left the corporation open to accusations that the BBC1 schedule has been cleared for a diet of 'precinct pulp',"" reported ""The Guardian"" in 2003. As of 2010, the current Commissioner of Drama at the BBC is Ben Stephenson. Working with Stephenson are: Head of Series & Serials Kate Harwood"
"for his role as Harvey Tyson, and Quarshie received an Honourable Mention in the same category. Quarshie went on to win ""Favourite Male TV Star"" in 2008. Also in 2008, Jacobs was nominated for the ""Favourite Female TV Star"" award, Ayola was nominated in the ""Female Performance in TV"" category, and the show itself was nominated for the ""Diversity in Drama Production"" award. Holby City Holby City (styled as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established"
"show Holby City has been airing since 1999. According to Professor George Ikkos, the president of the psychiatry sector of the Royal Society of Medicine, medical dramas have accumulated large audiences because the characters in the shows are often depicted as everyday citizens who have extraordinary careers, which promotes a sense of relatability among viewers. Medical drama A medical drama is a television program or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment and most medical episodes are one hour long and set in a hospital. Most current medical dramatic programming go beyond"
"were made available to purchase and stream from the BBC Store. To coincide with ""Casualty""s 30 year anniversary, the BBC Store released a collection of 14 classic episodes. The collection named ""Casualty: Spot the Star"" contained episodes featuring acting stars early on in their careers. The episodes which were available in this collection are shown below. With the closure of the BBC Store on 1st November 2017 all previously released episodes are again unavailable. ""Holby City"" began on 12 January 1999 as a spin-off from ""Casualty"" and is named after the fictional Holby City Hospital in which both series are"
"be guest appearing in ""Holby City"" on 21 June 2017. Amira appears in episodes 53 and 56. Paramedic Iain Dean, portrayed by Michael Stevenson, appears in episode 62. Holby City (series 19) The nineteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 11 October 2016 and concluded airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 December 2017. The series consists of 64 episodes; an increase from the previous series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series began airing on Tuesday nights on BBC One from 11 October 2016, and concluded"
"prime time drama. Under his tenure as executive producer, attempts were made at modernising the programme and appealing to a younger audience by taking on the filmizing technique and introducing musical montage segments into each episode. Nineteen series of ""Holby City"" have aired, and the twentieth began airing from 2 January 2018. The show has run for over 800 hour-long episodes. It is filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, and has featured special episodes filmed on location abroad. From October 2010, ""Holby City"" moved to high definition broadcasting. ""Holby City"" has attracted comparisons to other medical dramas, often"
"fictional hospital within the city in which ""Casualty"" and ""Holby City"" are set. It is based on the Bristol Royal Infirmary which the original script writers spent time observing in the 1980s in order to garner ideas for ""Casualty"". Although both shows are set in the same hospital, ""Casualty"" is primarily filmed in Cardiff, whilst ""Holby City"" is filmed in Hertfordshire at BBC Elstree Centre. The indoor shots for the first series of ""Casualty"" were filmed at BBC Television Centre in London. The exterior shots of the hospital used in ""Casualty"" were formerly filmed at the City of Bristol College;"
"Holby City (series 16) The sixteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 15 October 2013. The series ran for 52 episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and will air on BBC One and BBC One HD in the United Kingdom. Oliver Kent is the Executive Producer. Simon Harper is the Series Producer. All of the main characters carried over from the previous series, with the exception of director of surgery and chief executive officer Henrik Hanssen (Guy Henry), who left the hospital to"
"Copley and Annette Badland. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Holby City (series 2) The second series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 November 1999, and concluded on 9 March 2000. Following its first series run of nine 50 minute episodes, the second series of ""Holby City"" ran for an extended 16 hour-long episodes. The series aired on BBC One, and moved from Tuesdays to Thursday nights. On 22 November 1999, three days before the series première, then director of Channel 4 Gub Neal called for the BBC to cease production"
"the series unfavourably to ""ER"", writing that ""Holby City"" served to highlight ""ER"" ""true sophistication"". Morgan refuted these negative comparisons, however, writing that: ""The sign of great drama is when a scriptwriter and director can make a symphony out of a few notes and ""Holby City"" creators have done that. It doesn't have the budget of ""ER"", but it is proving just as compelling."" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Holby City (series 1) The first series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 12 January 1999, and concluded on 9 March 1999."
"always have a place in Jonny's life because of their daughter. Jonny and Bonnie eventually became engaged, and Peer thought marriage would give the couple security. On the day of the wedding, Bonnie is killed after she crosses the road without looking and is hit by a truck. Peer revealed that she always knew Bonnie would be killed off at the end of her contract. Characters of Holby City ""Holby City"" is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off"
"such as ""Holby"" are what the BBC really needs, the fresh but reliable mid-week regular drama that ITV is best at."" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Holby City (series 3) The third series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 5 October 2000, and concluded on 6 June 2001. Following its second series run of 16 episodes, the third series of ""Holby City"" ran for an extended 30 hour-long episodes. The series initially aired on Thursday nights on BBC One, before moving back to its original Tuesday night timeslot. The show's scope"
"episode 44. Essie Harrison (Kaye Wragg) arrived in episode 30 then left in episode 47. Sam Stockman reprised his role as Elliot's son, James Hope in episode 41, having previously appeared as a recurring character between 2006-2007. Holby City (series 16) The sixteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 15 October 2013. The series ran for 52 episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and will air on BBC One and BBC One HD in the United Kingdom. Oliver Kent is the Executive Producer."
"succeeded by Kathleen Hutchison from 2002 to 2004, Richard Stokes from 2004 to 2006, McHale from 2006 to 2010, Belinda Campbell from 2010 to 2011, Johnathan Young from 2011 to 2013, Oliver Kent from 2013 to 2017 and Simon Harper from 2017. Since the show's initial development, it has become a weekly fixture in the schedule. Holby City airs once a week, all year round, and each series now contains 52 episodes. The show follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital. It began with eleven main characters in its first series, all of"
"""Holby City"" was scheduled against the ITV soap operas ""Emmerdale"" and ""Coronation Street"", which aired outside their usual timeslots. The episode, ""Losing Game"", declined by two million viewers on the previous week and attained a 14.6% share of the viewing audience, its lowest percentage since 2003. Holby City (series 13) The thirteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 October 2010, and ran for 52 episodes, concluding on 11 October 2011. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and airs on BBC One in the"
"spin-off from medical drama ""Holby City"". It was also confirmed that Tony Jordan had been recruited to work on the scripts and consider ""how storylines between the police station and the hospital could be intertwined for the programme."" Three production companies were involved in the development of ""HolbyBlue"": BBC, Kudos and Red Planet Pictures. ""The Guardian"" picked up on the BBC's reverse tactic of creating a police procedural spin-off drama from a medical drama, compared to ITV, which ""spawned a hospital spin-off"", ""The Royal"", from original police procedural drama, ""Heartbeat"". Upon being approached by the BBC to develop a new"
"finale. Holby City (series 15) The fifteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 October 2012. The series ran for 52 episodes, concluding on 8 October 2013. Many characters departed and arrived during the series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and will air on BBC One and BBC One HD in the United Kingdom. Johnathan Young was the executive producer until Episode 40. As of Episode 41, Oliver Kent is the Executive Producer. Justin Young was the Consultant Series Producer until Episode 52,"
"only complaint was the unprofessional behaviour exhibited by Lenny, which she felt ""beggar[ed] belief at times"". The critical response to many episodes on the holby.tv forums has been extremely critical, with many viewers complaining that ""Casualty"" is too storyline-based and that there is very little realism or medical procedure discussed in the show anymore. Casualty (series 25) The twenty-fifth series of the British medical drama television series ""Casualty"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 4 September 2010 and concluded on 6 August 2011. The series featured several crossovers with spin-off show ""Holby City"". This series has"
"Holby City (series 4) The fourth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 October 2001, and concluded on 1 October 2002. The episode run for this series was actually commissioned for 26 episodes, however a further 26 episodes were given the go ahead and were bolted onto the end of Series 4 resulting in a 52 episode series run. In essence, it is a combination of two separate series, but classed as one. From here on, each series was commissioned as a full 52 episode run."
"Holby City (series 2) The second series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 November 1999, and concluded on 9 March 2000. Following its first series run of nine 50 minute episodes, the second series of ""Holby City"" ran for an extended 16 hour-long episodes. The series aired on BBC One, and moved from Tuesdays to Thursday nights. On 22 November 1999, three days before the series première, then director of Channel 4 Gub Neal called for the BBC to cease production of its drama programmes. Neal"
"Holby City (series 13) The thirteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 October 2010, and ran for 52 episodes, concluding on 11 October 2011. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and airs on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It is 52 episodes long, a reduction on the twelfth series which ran for 55 episodes. On 28 May 2010, the BBC announced that it would be launching a high definition (HD) simulcast of BBC One from the autumn, and that ""Holby City"" would"
"""HolbyBlue"". Akingbola left the series in 2013, with Malick departing on 26 November 2013. He returned for the exit of Arthur Digby (Rob Ostlere) on 7 June 2016. ""Holby City"" follows the professional and personal lives of medics at the fictional Holby City Hospital. Malick was introduced as a new member of the hospital's Acute Assessment Unit staff, after almost being fired for assaulting his boss. Conflict with his colleagues, anger management and a desire for career advancement formed a focal point of his early story-lines. The character gradually softened, and Akingbola portrays him as being fundamentally good-hearted. Malick is"
"Jonny Maconie Jonny Maconie is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ""Holby City"", played by actor Michael Thomson. He first appeared in the fourteenth series episode ""Wolf's Clothing"", broadcast on 15 May 2012. Jonny is a clinical nurse manager and Holby City Hospital's transplant coordinator. He was introduced along with two other regular cast members by the show's then executive producer Johnathan Young, who wanted more ""truthful and complicated"" characters in the series. Thomson attended two auditions, before he learned that he had won the part of Jonny. To help him prepare for the role, Thomson went on"
"Holby City (series 21) The twenty-first series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" begins on BBC One on 2 January 2019 in the United Kingdom. The series consists of 53 episodes. Kate Hall is the series producer and Simon Harper is the executive producer. The series is billed as an anniversary year for the drama as it celebrates twenty years since its launch. The series also features an episode written by the show's co-creator Tony McHale and the show's 1000th episode, due to be broadcast in November 2019. Thirteen actors reprise their roles from the previous series"
"is limited to ""accident of the week"" storylines about patients entering hospital, ""Holby City"" allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term care, rather than immediate life and death decisions. The series was commissioned by BBC One Controller Peter Salmon, and began airing on BBC One on 12 January 1999. Series producer Richard Stokes believes that the series' popularity stems from the fact the hospital setting presents numerous plotline opportunities, explaining: ""You have licence to create life-and-death situations every week, something you cannot do in any other set piece. The interaction of the characters can be sexy and social issues also"
"Additionally, episode 33, broadcast on 24 May 2016, experienced a drop in ratings to 3.84 million viewers. Holby City (series 18) The eighteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2015, and concluded on 4 October 2016. The series consists of 52 episodes. Oliver Kent continues his position as the show's executive producer, while Simon Harper serves as the series producer. Sixteen cast members reprised their roles from the previous series, while several recurring characters, and numerous guest stars feature in the series. Four actors depart during the"
"""get a taste of his own medicine"". A representative for Mental Health Support UK stated ""due to Holby City being a medical drama, focusing on illnesses, it is not surprising that this representation of an individual coping with bipolar disorder is the most accurate and thought provoking."" Harriet Martin of ""Wessex Scene"" said that Arfwedson ""arguably portrayed the illness with a relatively high degree of accuracy"". Zosia's story secured ""Holby City"" a nomination for the ""Soaps & Continuing Series Award"" at the Mind Media Awards 2015. A writer from Mind stated ""viewers follow her character through a heart-breaking journey of"
"Holby City (series 14) The fourteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 October 2011 and concluded on 9 October 2012. The series ran for 52 episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series is produced by the BBC and will air on BBC One in the United Kingdom. Johnathan Young is the executive producer, having succeeded Belinda Campbell during series thirteen. All 16 main characters from series thirteen initially returned - consultant cardiothoracic surgeons Elliot Hope (Paul Bradley) and Jac Naylor (Rosie Marcel), consultant general surgeons Henrik Hanssen (Guy"
"Academy of Dramatic Art. He has four brothers and one sister. Michael Thomson (actor) Michael Thomson is a Scottish actor, best known for his portrayal of nurse and transplant coordinator Jonny Maconie in the medical drama ""Holby City"". Thomson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. When Thomson was a pupil at James Gillespie's High School, Janie McGill, his teacher, spotted his acting potential and told his mother that he could have a future as an actor. Thomson went to the National Youth Theatre in London when he was young. Thomson trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for"
"Holby City (series 19) The nineteenth series of the British medical drama television series ""Holby City"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 11 October 2016 and concluded airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 December 2017. The series consists of 64 episodes; an increase from the previous series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series began airing on Tuesday nights on BBC One from 11 October 2016, and concluded on 19 December 2017. Story conferencing for the series began on 15 March 2016. Oliver Kent continued his role as the executive producer of the show until December"
"writer Susan Wilkins, it was meant to be a response to the Margaret Thatcher era, and Unwin said that as young socialists, they wanted to create a ""television revolution"" that would be feminist, anti-racist, pro-NHS and anti-Conservative. ""Casualty"" and ""Holby City"" are both set in Holby City Hospital, in the fictional county of Wyvern, in the south-west of England. From the show's inception to series 26, episode 16, the city exterior was represented by Bristol, including well-known landmarks such as the floating harbour and Clifton Suspension Bridge often visible in outdoor scenes. City of Bristol College was used as the"
"of life. They see it as making a difference to people's lives. It gives them a sense sometimes of the pressures, responsibility and adrenaline. Such TV programmes can be good, as long as they give a realistic impression."" Similarly, consultant surgeon Andrew Raftery uses clips from ""Holby City"" as part of the University of Sheffield Outreach and Access to Medicine Scheme, to inspire pupils from under-represented social and educational backgrounds to pursue careers in medicine. ""Holby City"" has been nominated for over 100 awards, of which it has won six. The series has received five nominations for the British Academy"
"Arthur Digby Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ""Holby City"", played by actor Rob Ostlere. He first appeared in the series fifteen episode ""Blood Ties"", broadcast on 2 January 2013. Arthur arrives at Holby City hospital to start his first year of the Foundation Programme. To prepare for the role Ostlere visited a hospital and shadowed a registrar and foundation doctors on their rounds. He has been described by ""Holby City's"" publicity department as ""naïve and socially awkward"" plus holding an ""encyclopaedic knowledge"" on unusual subjects. Ostlere's first days on-set influenced various aspects of Arthur's"