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3 unusual facts about ''Holby City''


Beauty on the Fire

The single re-entered the charts in 2008 after it was used in an episode of BBC One's Holby City.

River City

Today, one hour-long episode is broadcast each week - usually Tuesday evenings on BBC One Scotland (while Holby City is broadcast across the rest of BBC One), repeated Sunday afternoons on either BBC One Scotland or BBC Two Scotland.

Sarah Daniels

She has also written episodes of the soap-operas Grange Hill, EastEnders and Holby City.


Adhir Kalyan

In 2005, Kalyan moved to London to pursue his acting career where he gained roles in the BBC series Holby City (series 8) as Arjmand Younis, in Spooks (series 5), and on the Irish network RTÉ One in Fair City as Ramal Kirmani.

Aislinn O'Neill

Her work in film and television includes the 2013 feature film Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart, the 2009 TV serial adaptation of Emma, TV series Law & Order: UK, TV series Chickens starring Simon Bird and BBC TV medical series Holby City.

Anna-Louise Plowman

She is perhaps best known for her roles as Consultant Anaesthetist Annalese Carson in Holby City and Dr. Sarah Gardner in Stargate SG-1 who was possessed by the Goa'uld Osiris.

Chrissie Williams

Christine "Chrissie" Levy (née Williams) is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actress Tina Hobley.

Colin Spaull

His credits include: Z-Cars (in which he played three characters between 1964 and 1969), Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (in the stories Revelation of the Daleks, "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel"), Boon, Goodnight Sweetheart, Inspector Morse, The Bill (in which he has played seven characters between 1985 and 2003), Casualty and Holby City.

Digital Spy Soap Awards

Television shows nominated for the 'Best Serial Drama' award are The Bill, Waterloo Road, Casualty, Doctors, Holby City and Desperate Housewives.

Duncan Pow

Duncan Pow is a British actor best known in his role in Sky One's Dream Team, as Liam Mackay the captain of Harchester United F.C. and as Linden Cullen in the BBC medical drama, Holby City.

Frieda Petrenko

Frieda has an initially antagonistic relationship with F2 doctor Penny Valentine (Emma Catherwood).

Gyuri Sarossy

He has appeared in many British television shows, including Doctors, Casualty, Holby City, Kavanagh QC and EastEnders, as Danny Fuller.

Joel Beckett

He also played Lee, Dawn's fiance in Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's The Office and also appeared in many other television series such as Holby City and Band of Brothers.

Lois Baxter

Other appearances include: The Black Stuff, Spyder's Web, Within These Walls, Hadleigh, Z-Cars, Doctor Who (in the serial The Androids of Tara), Dickens of London, All Creatures Great and Small, Bergerac, Dempsey and Makepeace, Holby City and The Bill.

Maria McErlane

She has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Thin Ice and Happiness, and "straight" roles in The Bill and Holby City but is probably best known as the narrator for Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier's Eurotrash.

Mark Powley

Further to this he has made several one off appearances in many television shows including Holby City, New Tricks and Peak Practice.

Martin Troakes

Martin Troakes is a British actor who has played Roy Hutchinson in Tiger Bay, Ian Williams in Holby City, Terry Kerns in The Bill, Security Guard in Ultimate Force, Jim Cullimore in Heartbeat, Glen Priddy in Dalziel and Pascoe, Gordon Bayliss in Doctors and Joe Walsh in New Tricks.

Mary Jo Randle

Randle has also been seen in Holby City, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, The Royal, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bad Behaviour, Wire in the Blood and a public information film on smoke alarms.

Matilda Ziegler

Other television credits include Harbour Lights (1999), acting alongside Nick Berry, who also played her love interest, Simon Wicks, in EastEnders; Where the Heart Is (2000); Holby City (2003); Casualty; An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1998) and the ITV police drama, The Bill (2003), among others.

Natasha Hamilton

Hamilton was paired with Mark Moraghan, famous for his portrayal of Doctor Owen Davies in Holby City, and the pair came second.

Oliver Valentine

Oliver was introduced alongside his older sister, Penny (Emma Catherwood), as a Foundation House Officer 1 (F1) on rotation at Holby City Hospital.

Robert Shaw Cameron

He is also an actor, his first television role was in the EastEnders spin off Ricky & Bianca in 2002, before going on to appear in The Bill, The Wild Life, Where The Heart Is, The Basil Brush Show, Shane by Frank Skinner, Holby City, Heartbeat, Keen Eddie and was the voice of the Quizmaster for ITV's 24 Hour Quiz.

Zara Dawson

Her highest-profile television roles to date include Down to Earth (in which she played Emma Murphy, the wayward daughter of Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch), Holby City, Doctors, Mike Bassett: Manager and Family Affairs, in which she played Eve O'Brien.


see also

Ann Byrne

Anne-Marie Byrne, Lady Byrne, fictional character in the BBC medical drama Holby City

Jan Pearson

In 2001, she appeared on the BBC's Children in Need with two other Holby City cast members, one of them was Adrian Lewis Morgan who played Liam Evans in Holby City and now plays Dr. Jimmi Clay in Doctors with Pearson.

Laura Sadler

In the early hours of 15 June 2003, Sadler fell 40 feet (12 metres) from the balcony of the Holland Park flat of her boyfriend and Holby City co-star George Calil.

Sam Strachan

In October 2007, drinks' industry body the Portman Group made an official complaint to communications regulator Ofcom about a scene in Holby City episode "Trial and Retribution", which depicted characters Sam and Maddy Young each taking five shots of tequila following a stressful day at work.

Valentine Nonyela

He appeared in many TV programmes of the late 1980s and 1990s, including BBC television series South of the Border, The Bill, Londons Burning Holby City and A Touch of Frost.