British medical drama, following the everyday lives, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of the fictional ... Read allBritish medical drama, following the everyday lives, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of the fictional Holby City General Hospital.British medical drama, following the everyday lives, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of the fictional Holby City General Hospital.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 23 nominations total
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- TriviaOne of the scriptwriters is called Elliot Hope, the same name as the fictional character, played by Paul Bradley, in the series.
- Quotes
[reading patients' comment cards in the family-planning clinic]
Mickie Hendrie: [smirking] We've got some really good comments.
Donna Jackson: "I never knew you could get free condoms here. Now I won't have to re-use my old ones." How gross is that?
- Crazy creditsBeginning with episode (#11.10)} the credits were redesigned so the actors who played the main characters were listed (though without their character names) before the episode, and the actors and character names for the minor or guest characters were listed at the end. The opening credits were identical for every episode and included actors even if they did not appear in that episode.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tommy's Story (2007)
However, Holby City is still watchable stuff, and I think with the two new wards: Maternity and the Children's Ward, every episode is even more different, and there are so many new characters that are, for the most part, well played.
Holby is now viewed as a soap because of its all year round showing, and what with more staff storylines involving affairs and staff becoming patients, it's still good drama. Watch out for some eps where there are some scenes set in Casualty (Holby is a spin off of Casualty) with Casualty characters (likewise in a recent episode Mr Meyer was featured in Casualty being as arrogant as ever).
Okay, some could say that there are more staff storylines as the writers as exhausting the patient storylines. However, there are have been some pretty memorable staff storylines in the past 2 series, such as Mr Meyer being shot, Janice Taylor's (she's the consultant on the children's ward) husband having an affair with Sister Williams, Kath Shaugnessy playing victim to domestic violence, Liam Evans learning to cope with life in a wheelchair, Victoria Merrick being murdered (it was a classic 'whodunnit') and Danny Shaugnessy marrying an illegal immigrant who's first husband turned up though she thought he was dead, to name a few.
And the good thing about Holby City is that the whole set and atmosphere is like a real British hospital. You can almost smell the disinfectant!
Watch Holby City next time it's on and see for yourself. It's good drama.
- justwhenyouthoughtitwassafe
- Jul 17, 2002
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