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”[[Holby City]]” is a British [[medical drama]] television series that was broadcast on [[BBC One]] in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1999 and 29 March 2022.<ref name=”Oral”>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Granditer |first1=Wendy |title=Holby City: An oral history by the show’s stars and creators |url= |access-date=29 March 2022 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=29 March 2022}}</ref> The series was created by [[Tony McHale]] and [[Mal Young]] as a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from the BBC medical drama ”[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]”, which is set in the [[emergency department]] of the [[Holby City Hospital]], based in the fictitious town of [[Holby]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url= City”s exec producer stands down|last=Green|first=Kris|date=14 December 2009|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines]]|access-date=4 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news||url= of the season; Babe, Christmas Day, BBC1 7 pm.|date=19 December 1998|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> The show focuses on the lives, both professional and personal, of the medical and ancillary staff on the hospital’s surgical wards.<ref name=”Taylor”/> It is primarily filmed at the [[BBC Elstree Centre]] in [[Borehamwood]].<ref>{{harvnb|Haasler|2018|p=10}}</ref> Young wanted to explore what happened to patients treated in ”Casualty” once they were taken away to the hospital’s surgical wards.<ref name=”Taylor”>{{#invoke:cite news||url= sweet off the Street|last=Taylor|first=Jim|date=2 January 1999|work=Daily Record|access-date=4 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He opined that ”Casualty” limited itself to “accident of the week” storylines, while ”Holby City” allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term care, rather than immediate life-and-death decisions.<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||url= that gets right to the heart of the matter|last=Keal|first=Graham|date=8 January 1999|work=[[Birmingham Post]]|access-date=4 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url= October 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A [[police procedural]] spin-off, ”[[HolbyBlue]]”, began airing from 8 May 2007, running for two series before being cancelled due to poor viewing figures.<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||url= axes police drama Holby Blue|date= 6 August 2008|publisher= BBC News|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> The spin-off features a crossover with ”Holby City” in its second series.<ref>{{cite press release|url= Blue – kicks off on Thursday 20 March at 8pm on BBC One|publisher=BBC|date=14 March 2008|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>

The show has aired twenty-three full series.<ref name=”Episodes”>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episodes |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The drama reached its 1000th episode on 5 November 2019,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Hughes |first1=Johnathon |title=Holby City returns for Paul Bradley and Patricia Potter – but one of their characters is dead |url= |access-date=23 May 2020 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=5 July 2019}}</ref> and was cancelled in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Holby City|date=2 June 2021|publisher=[[BBC Media Centre]]|url= |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> The [[Holby City (series 1)|first series]] of ”Holby City” ran for nine episodes, which was increased to sixteen and thirty episodes for the [[Holby City (series 2)|second]] and [[Holby City (series 3)|third series]] respectively. Subsequent series contain fifty-two episodes and were broadcast on a weekly basis.<ref name=”BFI”/> Young associated the rise of episodes with the show’s success.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Holby City Hits 100 |url= |access-date=18 February 2021 |work=Holby Gazette |date=6 August 2002 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5r18LrbKu?url= |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2010}}</ref> Some series have additional episodes: [[Holby City (series 10)|series ten]] and [[Holby City (series 21)|twenty-one]] contain fifty-three episodes,<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Mad World |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 53 of 53}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Mothers and Their Daughters |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 53 of 53}}</ref> [[Holby City (series 12)|series twelve]] contains fifty-five episodes,<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Misfit Love |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 55 of 55}}</ref> and [[Holby City (series 19)|series nineteen]] contains sixty-four episodes, due to internal BBC reasons.<ref>{{harvnb|Haasler|2018|p=30}}</ref> [[Holby City (series 22)|Series twenty-two]] contains a reduced forty-four episodes following a four-month production break due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episode 44 |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 44 of 44}}</ref><ref name=”COVID”/> The following series was also reduced to fifty episodes.<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episode 1 |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=24 March 2021 |quote=Episode 1 of 50}}</ref>

The show has aired twenty-three full series.<ref name=”Episodes”>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episodes |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> The drama reached its 1000th episode on 5 November 2019,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Hughes |first1=Johnathon |title=Holby City returns for Paul Bradley and Patricia Potter – but one of their characters is dead |url= |access-date=23 May 2020 |work=[[Radio Times]] |date=5 July 2019}}</ref> and was cancelled in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Holby City|date=2 June 2021|publisher=[[BBC Media Centre]]|url= |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> The [[Holby City series 1|first series]] of ”Holby City” ran for nine episodes, which was increased to sixteen and thirty episodes for the [[Holby City series 2|second]] and [[Holby City series 3|third series]] respectively. Subsequent series contain fifty-two episodes and were broadcast on a weekly basis.<ref name=”BFI”/> Young associated the rise of episodes with the show’s success.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Holby City Hits 100 |url= |access-date=18 February 2021 |work=Holby Gazette |date=6 August 2002 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5r18LrbKu?url= |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2010}}</ref> Some series have additional episodes: [[Holby City series 10|series ten]] and [[Holby City series 21|twenty-one]] contain fifty-three episodes,<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Mad World |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 53 of 53}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Mothers and Their Daughters |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 53 of 53}}</ref> [[Holby City series 12|series twelve]] contains fifty-five episodes,<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Misfit Love |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 55 of 55}}</ref> and [[Holby City series 19|series nineteen]] contains sixty-four episodes, due to internal BBC reasons.<ref>{{harvnb|Haasler|2018|p=30}}</ref> [[Holby City series 22|Series twenty-two]] contains a reduced forty-four episodes following a four-month production break due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episode 44 |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |quote=Episode 44 of 44}}</ref><ref name=”COVID”/> The following series was also reduced to fifty episodes.<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Episode 1 |url= |website=[[BBC Online]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=24 March 2021 |quote=Episode 1 of 50}}</ref>

For the first series, episodes were 50 minutes in length. Since then, episodes have mostly been approximately an hour in length.<ref name=”BFI”>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Holby City |url= |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018191638/ |archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Episode lengths were temporarily reduced to 40 minutes midway through series 22 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=”COVID”>{{cite press release|url= City back up and running, as filming begins on special coronavirus episode|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=27 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> The show was originally broadcast on Tuesday nights in the 8.10 pm, before moving to Thursday nights in the 8pm timeslot from the second series. Midway through series three, broadcast reverted to Tuesday nights,<ref name=”BFI”/> now in the 8.05 pm timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Keri wards off Sophie trouble; Holby City BBC1, 8.05pm. |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=3 February 2001 |via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref> It was later moved to an 8pm timeslot from the [[Holby City (series 4)|fourth series]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=George gets to heart of the matter; TELLY. |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=9 October 2001 |via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref> ”Holby City” temporarily returned to the Thursday night timeslot for two months during [[Holby City (series 9)|series nine]], allowing ”HolbyBlue” to air in its usual timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Tryhorn |first1=Chris |title=Emmerdale eclipses EastEnders |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 May 2007}}</ref> As a consequence of episodes being reduced to 40 minutes, the serial was moved to a 7.50 pm timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=EastEnders confirms plans to return to full-length Tuesday episodes after Holby City ends |url= |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=24 March 2022}}</ref>

For the first series, episodes were 50 minutes in length. Since then, episodes have mostly been approximately an hour in length.<ref name=”BFI”>{{#invoke:cite web||title=Holby City |url= |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018191638/ |archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Episode lengths were temporarily reduced to 40 minutes midway through series 22 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=”COVID”>{{cite press release|url= City back up and running, as filming begins on special coronavirus episode|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=27 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020}}</ref> The show was originally broadcast on Tuesday nights in the 8.10 pm, before moving to Thursday nights in the 8pm timeslot from the second series. Midway through series three, broadcast reverted to Tuesday nights,<ref name=”BFI”/> now in the 8.05 pm timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=Keri wards off Sophie trouble; Holby City BBC1, 8.05pm. |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=3 February 2001 |via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref> It was later moved to an 8pm timeslot from the [[Holby City series 4|fourth series]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||title=George gets to heart of the matter; TELLY. |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]] |date=9 October 2001 |via=[[The Free Library]]}}</ref> ”Holby City” temporarily returned to the Thursday night timeslot for two months during [[Holby City series 9|series nine]], allowing ”HolbyBlue” to air in its usual timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Tryhorn |first1=Chris |title=Emmerdale eclipses EastEnders |url= |access-date=17 February 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 May 2007}}</ref> As a consequence of episodes being reduced to 40 minutes, the serial was moved to a 7.50 pm timeslot.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=EastEnders confirms plans to return to full-length Tuesday episodes after Holby City ends |url= |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]] |date=24 March 2022}}</ref>

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=== Series 21 (2019) ===

=== Series 22 (2020–2021) ===

=== Series 23 (2021–2022) ===

== Specials ==

Holby City is a British medical drama television series that was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1999 and 29 March 2022.^[1] The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the BBC medical drama Casualty, which is set in the emergency department of the Holby City Hospital, based in the fictitious town of Holby.^[2]^[3] The show focuses on the lives, both professional and personal, of the medical and ancillary staff on the hospital’s surgical wards.^[4] It is primarily filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood.^[5] Young wanted to explore what happened to patients treated in Casualty once they were taken away to the hospital’s surgical wards.^[4] He opined that Casualty limited itself to “accident of the week” storylines, while Holby City allowed the possibility of storylines about long-term care, rather than immediate life-and-death decisions.^[6] A police procedural spin-off, HolbyBlue, began airing from 8 May 2007, running for two series before being cancelled due to poor viewing figures.^[7] The spin-off features a crossover with Holby City in its second series.^[8]

The show has aired twenty-three full series.^[9] The drama reached its 1000th episode on 5 November 2019,^[10] and was cancelled in June 2021.^[11] The first series of Holby City ran for nine episodes, which was increased to sixteen and thirty episodes for the second and third series respectively. Subsequent series contain fifty-two episodes and were broadcast on a weekly basis.^[12] Young associated the rise of episodes with the show’s success.^[13] Some series have additional episodes: series ten and twenty-one contain fifty-three episodes,^[14]^[15] series twelve contains fifty-five episodes,^[16] and series nineteen contains sixty-four episodes, due to internal BBC reasons.^[17] Series twenty-two contains a reduced forty-four episodes following a four-month production break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[18]^[19] The following series was also reduced to fifty episodes.^[20]

For the first series, episodes were 50 minutes in length. Since then, episodes have mostly been approximately an hour in length.^[12] Episode lengths were temporarily reduced to 40 minutes midway through series 22 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19] The show was originally broadcast on Tuesday nights in the 8.10 pm, before moving to Thursday nights in the 8pm timeslot from the second series. Midway through series three, broadcast reverted to Tuesday nights,^[12] now in the 8.05 pm timeslot.^[21] It was later moved to an 8pm timeslot from the fourth series.^[22] Holby City temporarily returned to the Thursday night timeslot for two months during series nine, allowing HolbyBlue to air in its usual timeslot.^[23] As a consequence of episodes being reduced to 40 minutes, the serial was moved to a 7.50 pm timeslot.^[24]

Series overview[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Series 1–20[edit]

Series 21 (2019)[edit]

Series 22 (2020–2021)[edit]

Series 23 (2021–2022)[edit]

Specials[edit]

Making It At Holby[edit]

Making It At Holby is a documentary which explores the creation and casting of Holby City characters Donna Jackson (Jaye Jacobs) and Mickie Hendrie (Kelly Adams) as well as Casualty character Steve (Simon Kassianides).^[31] It was commissioned as part of BBC Talent Week, which focuses on new BBC talent and content across a week.^[32] It was broadcast on 23 March 2004,^[33] during the same week that the characters debut on screen.^[32] The documentary follows the audition process through to the first days of filming.^[33] It also features cast members from Holby City and Casualty discussing receiving their “TV breaks” on the dramas.^[31] The documentary chronicles Jacobs being mentored by actress Jan Pearson (Kath Fox), Hendrie by actor Ian Aspinall (Mubbs Hussein) and Kassianides by actor James Redmond (Abs Denham).^[31]^[32] David Chater of The Times listed Making It At Holby in the television highlights for its day of broadcast.^[33]

Casualty@Holby City[edit]

^ ^a ^b One rating is unknown due to it being outside of the top 30 ratings for that respective week.
^ Two ratings are unknown due to them being outside of the top 30 ratings for their respective weeks.
^ Two ratings are unknown due to them being outside of the top 30 ratings for their respective weeks, and fifteen ratings are unknown due to them being outside of the top 15 ratings for their respective weeks.
^ Fifty-one ratings are unknown due to them being outside of the top 15 ratings for their respective weeks.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck Not reported in the weekly top 15 programmes for four-screen viewer ratings.
^ Not reported in the weekly top 30 programmes for BBC One.

References[edit]

^ Granditer, Wendy (29 March 2022). “Holby City: An oral history by the show’s stars and creators”. Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ Green, Kris (14 December 2009). “‘Holby City’s exec producer stands down”. Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ “Film of the season; Babe, Christmas Day, BBC1 7 pm”. Daily Record. 19 December 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Jim (2 January 1999). “Life’s sweet off the Street”. Daily Record. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ Haasler 2018, p. 10
^ Keal, Graham (8 January 1999). “Drama that gets right to the heart of the matter”. Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ “BBC axes police drama Holby Blue”. BBC News. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ “Holby Blue – kicks off on Thursday 20 March at 8pm on BBC One” (Press release). BBC. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ “Episodes”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ Hughes, Johnathon (5 July 2019). “Holby City returns for Paul Bradley and Patricia Potter – but one of their characters is dead”. Radio Times. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ “Holby City” (Press release). BBC Media Centre. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c “Holby City”. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ “Holby City Hits 100”. Holby Gazette. 6 August 2002. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
^ “Mad World”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Episode 53 of 53
^ “Mothers and Their Daughters”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Episode 53 of 53
^ “Misfit Love”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Episode 55 of 55
^ Haasler 2018, p. 30
^ “Episode 44”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Episode 44 of 44
^ ^a ^b “Holby City back up and running, as filming begins on special coronavirus episode” (Press release). BBC. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
^ “Episode 1”. BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2021. Episode 1 of 50
^ “Keri wards off Sophie trouble; Holby City BBC1, 8.05pm”. Daily Record. 3 February 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2021 – via The Free Library.
^ “George gets to heart of the matter; TELLY”. Daily Record. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2021 – via The Free Library.
^ Tryhorn, Chris (18 May 2007). “Emmerdale eclipses EastEnders”. The Guardian. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ Seddon, Dan (24 March 2022). “EastEnders confirms plans to return to full-length Tuesday episodes after Holby City ends”. Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
^ “Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b “Weekly top programmes on four screens (from Sept 2018)”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ “Weekly top programmes on four screens (from Sept 2018)”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ “Weekly top programmes on four screens (from Sept 2018)”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ Daly, Helen (17 March 2020). “Holby City cancelled and EastEnders moved in last minute BBC schedule shake-up”. Radio Times. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ “Weekly top programmes on four screens (from Sept 2018)”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Laws, Roz (21 March 2004). “The Box: Gimme, gimme, gimme a role in Holby”. Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 17 February 2021 – via The Free Library.
^ ^a ^b ^c “BBC Talent Week showcases new names in TV, radio and music” (Press release). BBC. 26 February 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chater, David (23 March 2004). “Viewing Guide”. The Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 26 Dec 2004”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 2 Jan 2005”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 28 Aug 2005”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 30 Oct 2005”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 25 Dec 2005”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
^ “Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 1 Jan 2006”. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board. Retrieved 9 February 2010.

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