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''FlashForward'' has sold in over 100 territories worldwide. Overseas air-dates are typically close to the original American broadcasts, in an attempt to limit piracy.<ref name=Variety>{{cite web |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |last2=Keslassy |first2=Elsa |title=Disney sells 'FlashForward' worldwide |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009557.html?categoryid=3599&cs=1 |publisher=Variety.com |date=October 5, 2009 |accessdate=2009-10-08}}</ref> The series airs on [[AXN]] in [[Argentina]],<ref>http://www.ar.axn.com/shows/flashforward]</ref> [[Brazil]],<ref>http://br.axn.com/shows/flashforward]</ref> [[Bulgaria]],<ref>[http://axn-bulgaria.com/content/flash-forward-trailer-bg-0 AXN-Bulgaria.com]</ref> [[Colombia]],<ref>http://ar.axn.com/shows/flashforward]</ref> the [[Czech Republic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axn.cz/shows/flash-forward-vzpominka-na-budoucnost|title=Flash Forward|publisher=AXN.cz|accessdate=2009-11-27}}</ref> [[Hungary]],<ref>[http://axn.hu/shows/schedule/16/11/2009/1 AXN.hu]</ref> [[Japan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://axn.co.jp/osusume/comingsoon.html |title=AXN Japan: Coming soon |date=2009-10-11 |accessdate=2009-10-11}}</ref> [[Portugal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axn.pt/flashforward|title=AXN.pt - FlashForward mini-site |publisher=axn.pt |date= |accessdate=2009-10-01}}</ref> [[Romania]],<ref>[http://www.axn.ro AXN.ro]</ref> [[Serbia]],<ref>[http://www.axn.rs AXN.rs]</ref> and [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ve.axn.com/news/axn-estrena-flashforward|title=AXN estrena FlashForward|accessdate=2010-02-28}}.</ref> It airs in [[Australia]] on the [[Seven Network]],<ref name="AsiaPacific">{{cite web |author= Elizabeth Guider|title= FlashForward inks Asia Pacific deals |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/asia/nz-australia/e3i87c96b4228796e1d3b7a1e6c92afdd1d |publisher= The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 21, 2009 |accessdate=2009-10-08}}</ref> in [[Austria]] on [[ORF1]],<ref>[http://tv.orf.at/program/orf1/20100301/469567001/ tv.orf.at]</ref> in [[Canada]] on [[A (TV system)|/A\]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5joE7iWcFTWaXKhq7Ypr-pWYGZdzQ |title=Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer to debut TV series with literary fans| publisher = The Canadian Press| date = 2009-09-23}}</ref> and in [[Estonia]] on [[Fox Life]].<ref name="Estonia">{{cite web |author= Kersti Raud|title= Flashforwardi tutvustus |url=http://flashforward.elu24.ee/?id=171547 |publisher=elu24.ee|date=October 5, 2009|accessdate=October 10, 2009}}</ref> In [[Greece]] it is broadcast on [[FX (Greece)|FX]],<ref>[http://www.fxtv.gr/Flash-Forward]</ref> in [[Hong Kong]] on [[TVB Pearl]], <ref>[http://pearl.tvb.com/ TVB.com]</ref> in [[New Zealand]] on [[TV2 (New Zealand)|TV2]],<ref name="AsiaPacific" /> and on [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]] in [[Russia]].<ref name=Variety/> In [[Singapore]] it is shown on [[MediaCorp Channel 5]],<ref name="AsiaPacific" /> in [[Slovenia]] on [[TV3 Slovenia]],<ref>[http://www.tv3.si/serije/po_sledeh_prihodnosti TV3.si]</ref> in [[South Africa]] on [[M-Net]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beta.mnet.co.za/fanclub/?clubId=1412 |title=M-NET - Flash Forward |accessdate=2010-01-19}}</ref> and in [[Turkey]] on [[Dizimax]].<ref>[http://www.digiturk.com.tr Digiturk.com]</ref> In [[Western Europe]], ''FlashForward'' airs on [[Kanal 5 (Denmark)|Kanal 5]] in [[Denmark]],<ref>[http://kanal5.dk/programmer/serier/]</ref>, [[Nelonen]] in [[Finland]],<ref>[http://www.nelonen.fi/ohjelmat/flashforward/etusivu Nelonen.fi]</ref> [[TF1]] in [[France]],<ref name="Variety" /> [[ProSieben]] in [[Germany]],<ref>[http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/fruehlingsoffensive-prosieben-24643.html Frühlingsoffensive: ProSieben zeigt ab 1. März 2010 Flashforward]</ref> [[RTÉ Two]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]],<ref>http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/flash_forward.html</ref> [[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]] in [[Norway]],<ref name="Variety" /> [[Cuatro (channel)|Cuatro]] in [[Spain]],<ref name="Cuatro">[http://www.cuatro.com/flash-forward/ Cuatro.com]</ref> [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]] in [[Sweden]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbloggen.tvplaneten.se/2009/10/13/premiardatum-for-flashforward-i-tv4/|title=Premiärdatum för FlashForward i TV4|publisher=TVplanetens tv-blogg|accessdate=2009-10-13}}</ref> [[SF zwei]] in [[Switzerland]],<ref>[http://www.tvprogramm.sf.tv/04.03.2010 tvprogramm.sf.tv]</ref> and [[Five (TV channel)|Five]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.five.tv/programmes/drama/flashforward|title=FlashForward|publisher=Five|accessdate=2009-10-08}}.</ref>
'''''Holby City''''', styled as '''HOLBY CI+Y''', is a BAFTA award winning [[medical drama]] [[television serial]], transmitted by [[BBC One]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. Created by [[Tony McHale]] and [[Mal Young]], the show is a [[spin-off]] from fellow medical drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', and is set in the same fictional [[Holby#Holby City Hospital|Holby City Hospital]]. ''[[Holby City]]'' features an ensemble cast of '''characters''' involved in the medical profession, and occasionally [[crossover|crosses over]] characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (in episodes styled ''[[Casualty@Holby City]]'') and [[2007 in television|2007]] [[police procedural]] spin-off ''[[HolbyBlue]]''.

The show follows the lives of surgeons, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients at Holby City Hospital. For the most part, main characters take the roles of surgeons and nurses. The only current cast member who does not play a medic is [[Stella Gonet]] as the hospital's [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] [[Jayne Grayson]]. Occasional [[anaesthetist]] roles in theatre scenes are filled by recurring supporting cast members Andrew Lewis and Alex MacQueen, as [[Recurring characters in Holby City#Paul Rose|Paul Rose]] and [[Recurring characters in Holby City#Keith Greene|Keith Greene]]. Many actors in the series have made prior, minor appearances as both patients and staff members, in ''Holby City'' itself, and in the programme's sister show ''[[Casualty]]'' - in some instances crediting these former appearances for their later casting as main characters in ''Holby City''.

As of [[2008 in television|2008]], ''Holby City'' is in its tenth series. The show became an all year round serial on [[9 October]] [[2001]], broadcasting 52 weeks a year. Cast turn-over since the programme's inception in [[1999 in television|1999]] means none of the show's [[Former characters in Holby City|original characters]] remain - in fact, the longest serving characters to date are [[Hugh Quarshie]] and [[Tina Hobley]] as [[Ric Griffin]] and [[Chrissie Williams]] respectively, who have appeared since the show's [[List of Holby City episodes (series 1–3)#Series Three (2000–2001)|third series]]. Characters are occasionally written out of the series temporarily to allow cast members to pursue other roles, although they may not do so without explicit permission from the BBC. For this reason, Hobley's character was written out of the series for a month in 2006, after Hobley appeared in a televised poker tournament without prior consent from the show's producers. Since 2004, select characters from the show have appeared in special episodes shot in foreign locations on an annual basis. The 2004 episode relocated several characters to [[Paris]]; 2005 saw an episode filmed in [[Ghana]] as part of the BBC's 'Africa Lives' series; 2006 saw a trip to Lucerne in Switzerland for Gina Hope to commit suicide; 2007 introduced the character of [[Faye Morton]] in an episode shot in [[Dubai]]; while 2008 saw [[Joseph Byrne]] and [[Linden Cullen]] accompany the character to [[Cape Town]].
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==Casting==
Of the current cast, many of the actors who play main characters have made previous appearances in the series as patients and relatives. These include [[Amanda Mealing]] ([[Connie Beauchamp]]),<ref name="Shadow">{{cite episode|title=Shadow of a Doubt (Part 1)|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 4)#Series Four (2001-2002)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2001-12-01|season=4|number=13}}</ref> Luke Roberts ([[Joseph Byrne]]),<ref name="No Pain">{{cite episode|title=No Pain, No Gain|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004-2005)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2005-05-10|season=7|number=30}}</ref> [[Rosie Marcel]] ([[Jac Naylor]]),<ref name="PastCaring">{{cite episode|title=Past Caring|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 6)#Series Six (2003-2004)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2003-04-06|season=6|number=27}}</ref> [[Phoebe Thomas]] ([[Maria Kendall]]),<ref name="Parent">{{cite episode|title=The Parent Trap|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 5)#Series Five (2002-2003)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2003-07-22|season=5|number=42}}</ref><ref name="Friend">{{cite episode|title=A Friend in Need|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 4)#Series Four (2001-2002)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2003-09-09|season=5|number=49}}</ref> and Hari Dhillon (Michael Spence).<ref name="tpa2" /> Further to this, a number of cast members have made similar appearances on sister show ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''. These include again Rosie Marcel,<ref name="United">{{cite episode|title=United we Fall|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 7–8)#Series Eight (1993–1994)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink=Casualty (TV series)| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=1994-01-08|season=8|number=17}}</ref><ref name="Chain">{{cite episode|title=Chain Reactions|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 11–12)#Series Eleven (1996–1997)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink=Casualty (TV series)| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=1996-09-14|season=11|number=1}}</ref> as well as Stella Gonet,<ref name="mail" /> [[Hugh Quarshie]] ([[Ric Griffin]]),<ref name="LongRoad">{{cite episode|title=The Long Road Home|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Fifteen (2000–2001)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink=Casualty (TV series)| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2001-04-07|season=15|number=33}}</ref> [[Patsy Kensit]] ([[Faye Morton]]),<ref name="Happily">{{cite episode|title=Happily Ever After|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 15–16)#Series Sixteen (2001–2002)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink=Casualty (TV series)| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2001-12-15|season=16|number=14}}</ref> and [[Nadine Lewington]] ([[Maddy Young]]).<ref name="ManThing">{{cite episode|title=It's a Man Thing|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 19–20)#Series Twenty (2005–2006)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink=Casualty (TV series)| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2006-01-28|season=20|number=22}}</ref> In some instances, actors have stated that it was their guest appearances which lead to their casting in more permanent roles - Luke Roberts has said of his minor appearance in [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Seven#Series Seven .282004-2005.29|series seven]] of the show: "It was only one scene really, but I think it was enough to get me called in for this part (as Joseph).<ref name="croydon">{{cite news|title=Luke Roberts Interview|publisher=icCroydon|date=January 2006}}</ref> I hear it got the attention of the producers. [[Amanda Mealing]] (the actress who portrays character [[Connie Beauchamp]]) put a good word in for me that day as well!"<ref name="htv">{{cite news|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1141176873,12034,|title=Luke Roberts Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[1 March]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-10-11}}</ref> Conversely, Hari Dhillon who played minor character Dr Sunil Gupta between 2001 and 2003 before being cast as main character Michael Spence in 2007, has said of his former appearance: "I was in Holby City just after I left drama school, years ago... I couldn't even tell you when."<ref name="tpa2">{{cite news|title= Familiar face at Holby|publisher= Virgin Media News|date=31 October 2007|url=http://tvnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=38574|accessdate= 2008-09-25}}</ref>

In October 2007, [[The Daily Mirror|The Daily Mirror's]] television critic [[Jim Shelley (TV critic)|Jim Shelley]] noted a recent trend of ''Holby City'' producers for hiring established actors, including [[comedian]] [[Adrian Edmondson]], former film actress [[Patsy Kensit]], and [[Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)|''Jesus of Nazareth'']] star [[Robert Powell]].<ref name="shelley">{{cite web|author=[[Jim Shelley (TV critic)|Jim Shelley]]|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/comment/0,,2182492,00.html|title=How to make a BBC medical drama|date=[[3 October]] [[2007]]|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref> Other recent cast members to have achieved notable fame outside of Holby City include ''[[The House of Eliott]]'' star Stella Gonet, and recurring guest star [[Jane Asher]]. Series producer Diana Kyle addressed this trend in November 2007, when asked: "When you cast an actor, do you actively seek out well-known names - like Jane Asher [Lady Byrne] and Patsy Kensit [Faye] - or will a role simply go to whoever's better suited?". She responded to this question: "It's lovely when we have a new member of the cast come in and bring an audience with them. But we want the best actors, and the star names we cast are always the best - which is why we go for them!"<ref name="insidesoap">{{Citation|publication-date=November 2007|title=Ask the BOSS!|periodical=[[Inside Soap]]|publication-place=[[England]]|pages=40}}</ref> This propensity towards casting established actors actually dates as far back as ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s conception, when series creator [[Mal Young]] cast [[Michael French]] as [[Nick Jordan]], [[George Irving]] as [[Anton Meyer]], [[Angela Griffin]] as [[Jasmine Hopkins]], [[Lisa Faulkner]] as [[Former characters in Holby City#Victoria Merrick|Victoria Merrick]] and [[Nicola Stephenson]] as [[Former characters in Holby City#Julie Bradford|Julie Bradford]]. Young explained: "Soap actors are the best actors. There’s been so much snobbery before. The whole thing about typecasting was probably invented by actors who couldn’t get other work. From day one I knew I wanted to put on screen people that viewers want to watch. There’s no downside to that."<ref name="Young">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1028627054,51091,|title=Holby City Hits 100|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=6 August 2002|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>

==Main characters==
===Chrissie Williams===
{{main|Chrissie Williams}}
Christine "Chrissie" Williams (portrayed by actress [[Tina Hobley]])<ref name="chrissie">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/chrissiewilliams.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Chrissie Williams|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> is the longest serving main character to date, having appeared in the programme since its [[List of Holby City episodes (series 1–3)#Series Three (2000–2001)|third series]], in [[2001 in television|2001]].<ref name="chrissie joined">{{cite episode |title=The Road Less Travelled |episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 1–3)#Series Three (2000–2001) |series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network= [[BBC]] |station= [[BBC One]] |airdate= 2001-06-05|season= 3|number=30}}</ref> Her role is that of [[Nurse#Nursing titles|Ward Sister]] of the hospital's [[Cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic Surgical]] ward, [[Holby#Wards and departments|Darwin]]. She is presented as a classic "[[maneater]]",<ref name="maneater">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/primetime/holby_city/whos_who/chrissie_williams|title=Who's Who - Chrissie Williams|publisher=[[What's on TV]]|accessdate=2008-06-06}}</ref> with major storylines having focussed around her affairs with colleagues [[Former characters in Holby City#Alistair Taylor|Alistair Taylor]], [[Former characters in Holby City#Owen Davis|Owen Davis]], [[Former characters in Holby City#Ed Keating|Ed Keating]], [[Former characters in Holby City#Mubbs Hussein|Mubbs Hussein]], [[Former characters in Holby City#Michael Beauchamp|Michael Beauchamp]], and [[Sam Strachan]]. The character was written out of the series for a month in [[2006 in television|2006]], when Hobley was suspended for breaking her contractual agreement with the BBC not to appear on any other shows whilst starring in ''Holby City''.<ref name="hobleypoker">{{cite web|last= Nathan|first= Sara|authorlink= Sara Nathan|title = Holby Tina fined for poker|publisher= [[The Sun]]|date= [[10 June]] [[2006]]|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article51505.ece|accessdate= 2008-05-26}}</ref> She returned in [[2007 in television|2007]], though has since been temporarily written out again whilst Hobley takes maternity leave following the birth of her second daughter.<ref name="tina maternity leave"></ref> Chrissie returned briefly in October 2008, before returning again in the February 2009 episode, 'Take Her Breath Away'.

===Ric Griffin===
{{main|Ric Griffin}}
Kobina Eric "Ric" Griffin (portrayed by actor [[Hugh Quarshie]])<ref name="ric">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/ricgriffin.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Ric Griffin|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> is the [[Ghana]]ian Director Of Surgery, [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]], and Head of [[General Surgery]] on the hospital's [[Holby#Wards and departments|Keller ward]]. He is portrayed as "stubborn, impulsive and self-destructive," but at the same time "noble and righteous", unafraid to fight for his principles and medical ethics.<ref name="ric" /> His major storylines have concentrated on his gambling addiction, and his inability to find the right woman. Ric has been married six times (twice to fellow Holby doctor [[Lola Griffin]]), and has eight children and two grandchildren, both of whom died. He is the second longest serving character on the show, having arrived at the start of ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[List of Holby City episodes (series 4)#Series Four (2001–2002)|fourth series]].<ref name="ric joined">{{cite episode |title=Rogue Males |episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 4)#Series Four (2001–2002)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network= [[BBC]] |station= [[BBC One]] |airdate= 2001-10-09|season=4|number=1}}</ref> The character was briefly written out in [[2006 in television|2006]] to allow Quarshie time off to film two episodes of BBC [[sci-fi]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'', but returned again to the serial in [[2007 in television|2007]].<ref name="quarshie who">{{cite news|title=Holby's Hugh joins Dr Who|publisher=[[The Sun]]|date= [[10 November]] [[2006]]|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article70644.ece|accessdate= 2008-06-06}}</ref>

===Donna Jackson===
{{main|Donna Jackson}}
Donna Jackson (portrayed by actress [[Jaye Jacobs]])<ref name="jaye">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/jayejacobs.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Jaye Jacobs|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> is a fun-loving [[Nurse#Nursing roles|Staff Nurse]] in constant pursuit of her ideal man. Since first joining ''Holby City'' in the [[2004 in television|2004]] episode "Baptism of Fire",<ref name="donna joined">{{cite episode |title=Baptism of Fire |episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 6)#Series Six (2003–2004)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2004-03-16|season=6|number=24}}</ref> Donna has become more serious about her work, despite her "chaotic" personal life.<ref name="jayethismorning">{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/Entertainment/JayeJacobs/default.html|title=Jaye Jacobs|publisher=[[itv.com]]|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> Jacobs was cast in the role of Donna alongside fellow [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Six#Series Six (2003-2004)|series six]] newcomer [[Kelly Adams]], as [[Midwife]] [[Former characters in Holby City#Mickie Hendrie|Mickie Hendrie]]. The pair's arrival in the show was heavily publicized, and subject of a documentary titled ''Making It at Holby'', chronicling their casting process.<ref name="makingitatholby">{{cite episode |title=Making It At Holby |episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 6)#Series Six (2003–2004)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2004-03-23|season=6}}</ref> The two characters embarked on a brief lesbian liaison, however caused the BBC to ban its actresses from appearing in raunchy photo-shoots, after being photographed cuddling and kissing while dressed in nurse's uniforms for various [[List of men's magazines#Lad mags|'lads mags']].<ref name="ladsmags">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2004/09/19/beeb-babes-cover-up-98487-14658213/|title=BEEB BABES COVER-UP|author=Danielle Lawler|publisher=[[Sunday Mirror]]|date=[[19 September]] [[2004]]|accessdate=2008-05-06}}</ref>

===Connie Beauchamp===
{{main|Connie Beauchamp}}
Constance "Connie" Beauchamp (portrayed by actress [[Amanda Mealing]])<ref name="amanda">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/amandamealing.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Amanda Mealing|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> is the Clincal Lead of and a [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] [[Cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic surgeon]] on Holby City Hospital's [[Holby#Wards and departments|Darwin ward]]. Since joining the series in 2004 episode "In at the Deep End",<ref name="inatthedeepend">{{cite episode|title=In At The Deep End|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 6)#Series Six (2003–2004)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2004-06-01|season= 6|number= 35}}</ref> viewers have seen Connie transform from a married man-eater - engaging in extra-marital trysts with [[Ric Griffin]], and [[Specialist registrar|Registrars]] [[Former characters in Holby City#Mubbs Hussein|Mubbs Hussein]] and [[Former characters in Holby City#Will Curtis|Will Curtis]] - into a loving mother to her daughter, [[Recurring characters in Holby City#Grace Beauchamp|Grace]], fathered by Surgical Registrar [[Sam Strachan]]. Connie was briefly written out of the series in 2007 to allow Mealing time out to work on separate projects,<ref name="mealing">{{cite episode|title=This Morning|serieslink=This Morning (TV series)|credits=Presenters: [[Fern Britton]] and [[Phillip Schofield]], interviewee: [[Amanda Mealing]]|network=[[ITV]]|station=[[ITV1]]|city =[[London]], [[England]]|airdate=2007-07-02|minutes=30:00}}</ref> but returned to the show at the end of the year.<ref name="elliotswonderfullife">{{cite episode|title=Elliot's Wonderful Life|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 10)#Series Ten (2007–2008)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2007-12-27|season=10|number=11}}</ref>

===Mark Williams===
{{main|Mark Williams (fictional character)|l1=Mark Williams}}
Mark Williams (portrayed by actor [[Robert Powell]])<ref name="robert">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/robertpowell.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Robert Powell|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> arrived in ''[[Holby City]]'' in the [[2005 in television|2005]] episode "Stick or Twist",<ref name="Stick or Twist">{{cite episode|title=Stick or Twist|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_7%29#Series_Seven_.282004.E2.80.932005.29|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|airdate=2005-02-15|season=7|number=18}}</ref> as an addition to the series' existing Williams family (consisting of his daughter, [[Chrissie Williams|Chrissie]] and wife [[Former characters in Holby City#Tricia Williams|Tricia]]). Powell commented that he took the role of Mark as: "I've never done a drama series of this kind before. It's great fun being allowed to develop a character over years rather than weeks."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1131118961,28218,|title=Robert Powell Interview|publisher=Holby Gazete|date=[[4 November]] [[2005]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> Mark's major storylines have centered around his relationship with his family, having to deal with Tricia's [[breast cancer]], the revelation that Chrissie is not his biological daughter, and in 2006, Tricia's death in a road traffic accident. In the aftermath of Tricia's death, Mark was seen to battle a [[cocaine]] addiction - a storyline criticised by the media for its surrealism.<ref name="tablets"/>

===Elliot Hope===
{{main|Elliot Hope}}
Elliot Hope (portrayed by actor [[Paul Bradley (actor)|Paul Bradley]])<ref name="paul">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/paulbradley.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Paul Bradley|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> arrived in ''Holby City'' in the series eight episode "More Equal Than Others", in 2005.<ref name="More Equal">{{cite episode|title=More Equal Than Others|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Eight#Series Eight (2005-2006)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink= Holby City|network= [[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate= 2006-11-08|season= 8|number= 4}}</ref> Described as a "disorganised genius [and] bumbling eccentric",<ref name="elliot">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/elliothope.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Elliot Hope|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> Elliot's surgical skill is nevertheless noted to be "second to none".<ref name="elliot" /> The character was the centre of a "controversial"<ref name="gina">{{cite web|last= Baig|first= Anila|title =What to watch tonight|publisher= [[The Sun]]|date= [[17 October]] [[2006]]|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/pick_of_the_day/article67417.ece|accessdate= 2008-06-10}}</ref> storyline which saw his wife, [[Recurring characters in Holby City#Gina Hope|Gina]], a [[MND]] sufferer, end her life by voluntary [[euthanasia]].<ref name="moondance">{{cite episode|title=Moondance|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Eight#Series Eight (2005-2006)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink= Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate= 2006-10-17|season= 8|number= 52}}</ref> He was also the focus of a special episode aired for Christmas 2007, guest-starring [[Richard Briers]] in a homage to the film ''[[It's A Wonderful Life]]'' - titled "Elliot's Wonderful Life".<ref name="elliotswonderfullife" />

===Jac Naylor===
{{main|Jac Naylor}}
Jacqueline "Jac" Naylor (portrayed by actress [[Rosie Marcel]])<ref name="rosie">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/rosiemarcel.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Rosie Marcel|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> is a highly ambitious [[Specialist registrar|Surgical Registrar]], whose storylines have seen her constantly attempt to gain promotion to [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultancy]] since first joining ''Holby City'' in 2005. She has gone as far as to sleep with her boyfriend's influential father, and switch specialties from [[General surgery|General]] to [[Cardiothoracic surgery]] in her struggle to climb the career ladder. In 2008, she became the first ''Holby City'' character to crossover into [[spin-off]] police drama ''[[HolbyBlue]]'', when she was arrested for attempted murder of a patient.<ref name="THN" /><ref name="bluecrossover">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/rosiemarcelinterview.shtml|title=Jac in Holby spin-off|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref> After being cleared of the attack, the character was seen to become noticeably softer in her outlook, attempting to make amends with colleagues and even dabbling with [[Catholicism]].

===Joseph Byrne===
{{main|Joseph Byrne}}
Joseph Byrne (portrayed by actor Luke Roberts)<ref name="joseph">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/josephbyrne.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Joseph Byrne|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> was one of two new Cardiothoracic Surgical Registrars introduced to ''Holby City'' in series 8 episode "A Mother's Love".<ref name="motherslove">{{cite episode|title=A Mother's Love|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Eight#Series Eight (2005-2006)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2006-01-03|season=8| number=12}}</ref> Roberts had made a former appearance in the show's [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Seven#Series Seven .282004–2005.29|previous series]] as a minor character, and attributes this prior role to is eventual casting as Joseph.<ref name="htvjoe">{{cite news|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1141176873,12034,|title=Luke Roberts Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[1 March]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-10-11}}</ref> His major storylines have included an accidental drugs [[overdose]],<ref name="overdose">{{cite episode|title=Before A Fall|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282005–2006.29|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2006-10-24|season=9|number=1}}</ref> a relationship with fellow surgical registrar [[Jac Naylor]], who cheated on him with his own father,<ref name="humanjungle">{{cite episode|title=The Human Jungle|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282005–2006.29|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2007-05-24|season=9|number=32}}</ref> and a relationship with the show's [[Black Widow]] character, [[Nurse#Nursing titles|Ward Sister]] [[Faye Morton]]. Roberts' portrayal of the role saw him longlisted for the 'Most Popular Newcomer' award at the 2006 [[National Television Awards]].<ref name="award">{{cite news|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1152551371,14032,|title=National TV Awards 2006|date=[[10 July]] [[2006]]|publisher=Holby Gazette|accessdate=2007-10-13}}</ref>

===Maria Kendall===
{{main|Maria Kendall}}
Maria Kendall (portrayed by actress [[Phoebe Thomas]])<ref name="phoebe">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/phoebethomas.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Phoebe Thomas|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> arrived in ''Holby City'' in 2006 as a Student [[Nurse]], who during her time in the show, has been seen to qualify as a Staff Nurse. Although the character did not make her ''Holby City'' debut until 28 November 2006, in series nine episode "It's Been a Long Day", Thomas appeared as Maria on the [[17 November]] [[2006]] ''[[Children in Need]]'' [[Charitable organisation|charity]] [[telethon]] appeal - which included a segment featuring the ''Holby City'' cast performing a version of ''[[Hung Up]]'' by [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]].<ref name="childreninneed">{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=25664&in_page_id=7|title=Stars line up for Children In Need|publisher=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro.co.uk]]|date=[[17 November]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-08-31}}</ref>

===Maddy Young===
{{main|Maddy Young}}
Madeleine "Maddy" Young (portrayed by actress [[Nadine Lewington]])<ref name="nadine">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/nadinelewington.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Nadine Lewington|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> is a [[Senior house officer]] and ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most junior doctor. Maddy was introduced in series nine episode "Face Value",<ref name="FaceValue">{{cite episode|title=Face Value|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282005–2006.29|series=''Holby City''|serieslink= Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate= 2007-01-16|season=9|number=15}}</ref> as a sidekick to, and old friend of established character [[Former characters in Holby City#Dan Clifford|Dan Clifford]].<ref name="DSannounced">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a37750/new-staff-member-for-holby-city.html|title= New staff member for 'Holby City'|first=Kris|last=Green|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[4 October]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> The character's storylines have seen her embark on a short-lived romance with Dan, and address hidden family secrets, including treating her escaped convict father, and attempting to help her [[heroin]] addict twin sister cover up the death of her daughter from a [[methadone]] [[overdose]]. The character has proved popular with fans, and was long-listed for the 'Most Popular Newcomer' award at the 2007 [[National Television Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltvawards.com/|title=National Television Awards 2007|publisher=[[National Television Awards]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> as well as voted ''Holby City'' fans 'Favourite Newcomer' of series 9.<ref name="07htv">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/community/index.php?showtopic=61651|title=Holby.tv Awards 2007 Results|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> However, in October 2007, the character also came under heavy criticism by drinks industry body the [[Portman Group]], resulting from an incident of on-screen binge drinking, which the group lambasted as "highly irresponsible."<ref name="guardian" />

===Faye Morton===
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Faye Morton (portrayed by actress [[Patsy Kensit]])<ref name="faye">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/fayemorton.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Faye Morton|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> is ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s mysterious "[[wikt:black widow|black widow]]"<ref name="blackwidow">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk26/feature_holbycity.shtml|title=What lies beneath...|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|month=June | year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref> character - seemingly shy and docile, but concealing a murderous past. The character's introductory storyline, shot on location in [[Dubai]], saw Faye leave her third husband for dead after a violent row.<ref name="whatliesbeneath">{{cite episode|title= What Lies Beneath|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282005–2006.29|series= ''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate= 2007-03-27|season=9|number=23}}</ref> The fate of her previous husbands, and her intentions towards on-screen lover [[Joseph Byrne]], are set to unravel in June 2008, in another special episode, this set on location in [[South Africa]].<ref name="blackwidow" /> Kensit was short-listed 'Best Actress' in the 2007 [[TV Quick]] and TV Choice Awards for her portrayal of Faye, within three months of arriving on the show.<ref name="tvchoice">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070524095225/http://www.tvchoiceawards.co.uk/|title=2007 TV Quick & TV Choice Awards|publisher=[[TV Quick]]|month=May | year=2007|accessdate=2007-08-11}}</ref> However, the dramaticism of the character's storylines and the manner in which they reflect upon real [[National Health Service|NHS]] nurses has come under heavy criticism.<ref name="nmc">{{Citation|last=Jaegar|first=Andy|publication-date=July 2007|title=Stitched Up? The portrayal of nurses in popular culture.|periodical=[[Nursing and Midwifery Council]] Magazine|publication-place=[[England]]|issue=21|pages=30}}</ref>

===Jayne Grayson===
{{main|Jayne Grayson}}
Jayne Grayson (portrayed by actress [[Stella Gonet]])<ref name="jayne">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/jaynegrayson.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Jayne Grayson|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref> first appeared on-screen on 10 July 2007 in episode ''Under the Radar'' - [[List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282006-2007.29|series 9, episode 39]] of the programme.<ref name="jaynejoined">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/storyupdates/index.shtml?20070710|title=Episode Update Tuesday 10th July 2007|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|date=[[10 July]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> The character fills the role of upper [[management]] in the show, having taken over from [[Holby#Holby City Hospital|Holby City Hospital's]] former [[Chief Executive Officer]] [[Recurring characters in Holby City#Christopher Sutherland|Christopher Sutherland]] ([[Patrick Toomey]]). Gonet's casting as Jayne was first announced on 15 June 2007,<ref name="digitalspy">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a61272/new-chief-executive-for-holby-city.html|title= New 'Chief Executive' for 'Holby City'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=[[15 June]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> when Gonet said of joining the cast of ''Holby City'': "I am absolutely delighted to be hiring and firing at Holby."<ref name="virgin">{{cite news|url=http://tvnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=19595|title=Stella Gonet joins Holby City|publisher=[[Virgin Media]]|date=[[22 June]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> Gonet had previously appeared in the [[List_of_Casualty_episodes#Series_One_.281986.29|first series]] of sister show ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', playing a Dr Clare Wainright, which she compared to her new role, saying: "I suppose the big difference is that I'm not playing a doctor but playing management, which is a huge thing in hospitals now. The writers work really hard to make the show viable, as well as upping the drama, which is what people want to watch. That hasn't changed."<ref name="mail">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment/tm_headline=my-sisters-are-nurses-they-think-my-top-job-at-holby-is-hilarious&method=full&objectid=19536341&siteid=64736-name_page.html|title= My Sisters Are Nurses..They Think My Top Job at Holby is Hilarious|publisher=[[Sunday Mail]]|date=[[29 July]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> She has since appeared several more times in ''Casualty'', this time as Jayne Grayson, in crossover plot strands between the two shows.<ref name="TTW">{{cite episode|title=Thicker Than Water|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 21–22)#Series Twenty-Two (2007–2008)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink= Casualty (TV series)|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2008-03-08|season= 22|number=2b}}</ref><ref name="diamonddogs">{{cite episode|title=Diamond Dogs|episodelink=List of Casualty episodes (series 21–22)#Series Twenty-Two (2007–2008)|series=''Casualty''|serieslink= Casualty (TV series)|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2008-03-15|season= 22|number=29}}</ref>

The [[BBC]] describe Jayne as "a witty and ambitious go-getter who strives relentlessly to achieve her aims",<ref name="jayne" /> but who "thinks of herself as Solomon."<ref name="digitalspy" /> Jayne's first official act as [[Holby City Hospital|Holby City Hospital's]] new [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] was to investigate a fabricated [[racial discrimination]] allegation made against [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] [[Cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic Surgeon]] [[Elliot Hope]] by [[Surgeon|Staff Surgeon]] [[Thandie Abebe]] - making her immediately unpopular amongst the staff.<ref name="jaynejoined" /> In episode ''The Q Word'', it was revealed that prior to arriving at Holby, Jayne had worked as a [[Management Consultant]], and that when asked for help by her own father with his struggling business, she dismissed him from his position and took control of the company herself in a [[hostile takeover]].<ref name="qword">{{cquote|It was a family firm; she'd been to business school, he asked for her help. So darling Jayne restructured, and decided Daddy was the weakest link... I think it was what they call a hostile takeover.|||[[List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282006-2007.29|9x41]], "''The Q Word''"|[[24 July]] [[2007]]}}</ref> In episode ''Temporary Insanity'', Jayne furthered her growing unpopularity amongst the staff by again turning down [[Abra Durant]] and [[Ric Griffin|Ric Griffin's]] proposals for charity operations at night.<ref name="31july">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/storyupdates/index.shtml?20070731|title=Episode Update Tuesday 31st July 2007|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|date=[[31 July]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> In July 2008, Jayne convinced the hospital's Board of Directors to create a Director of Surgery post. She had [[Connie Beauchamp]] and [[Ric Griffin]] apply for the job, secretly pitting them against each other by professing to support each of them.

===Michael Spence===
{{main|Michael Spence (fictional character)|l1=Michael Spence}}
Michael Spence (portrayed by actor Hari Dhillon)<ref name="hari">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/haridhillon.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Hari Dhillon|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> first appeared on 20 November 2007, in episode "Unfinished Symphony" - [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Ten|series 10, episode 6]] of the programme.<ref name="mikejoined">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/storyupdates/index.shtml?20071120|title=Episode Update Tues 20th Nov|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref> The character was introduced as a General Surgical replacement for recently departed character [[Dan Clifford]] - actor [[Peter Wingfield]] having left the show to spend more time with his family in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="peterwingfield">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5941090|title=Peter quits Holby City|publisher=[[MSN.com]]|date=[[22 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-26}}</ref> Although Dhillon had previously appeared in the show as recurring minor character Dr Sunil Gupta between 2001 and 2003, upon announcing his casting as Spence he said of that role: "I was in ''Holby City'' just after I left drama school, years ago... I couldn't even tell you when."<ref name="tpa2" />

Dhillon describes his character as: "kind of the counterpoint to [[Ric Griffin]]. So he's just a little bit lippy; if he's thinking it, it's out of his mouth, and a total straight shooter, very direct."<ref name="tpa2" /> The character is married to Annalese Spence,<ref name="michael">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/michaelspence.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Michael Spence|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-10-06}}</ref> who will be joined ''Holby City'' as a Consultant Anaesthetist in November 2008. His storylines have seen him cheat on his wife with nurse Donna Jackson,<ref name="cars">{{cite episode |title=No Cars Go|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_10%29#Series_Ten_.282007.E2.80.932008.29|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]] | season= 10| number= 22 |airdate= 2008-03-11}}</ref> with Dhillon explaining: "(H)e's kind of a serial womaniser.<ref name="tpa2" /> [...] The trouble is, Michael had an affair at another hospital. He left because he wanted a clean slate. Essentially he wants to flirt - it's in his nature.<ref name="whatsontv">{{Citation|last=Davies|first=Hanna|publication-date=[[20 November]] [[2007]]|title=Hands off, he's mine!|periodical=[[What's On TV]]|publication-place=[[England]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|pages=19}}</ref> With the introduction of the character, a new private ward was annexed to the hospital, known as HolbyCare.<ref name="stolen" />

===Linden Cullen===
{{main|Linden Cullen}}
Linden Cullen (portrayed by actor [[Duncan Pow]])<ref name="duncan">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/duncanpow.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Duncan Pow|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> was introduced to ''Holby City'' on 15 January 2008, in episode "Stolen" - [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Ten|series 10, episode 14]] of the programme - as the new talented young head of the hospital's [[Acute Assessment Unit]].<ref name="stolen">{{cite episode |title=Stolen|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_10%29#Series_Ten_.282007.E2.80.932 008.29|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]] | season= 10| number= 14 |airdate= 2008-01-15}}</ref> Linden quickly developed a reputation as a maverick, overseeing the transformation of the AAU into a surgical admissions unit, and performing surgical procedures in the unit's treatment bay, despite it not yet ready for use as a theatre.<ref name="extramile">{{cite episode |title=The Extra Mile |episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_10%29#Series_Ten_.282007.E2.80.932008.29|series=Holby City|serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|season=10|number=18|airdate= 2008-02-12}}</ref>

Linden is motivated by his strong Catholicism, admitting in confessional to feeling he has betrayed his dead wife Olivia by developing romantic feelings for Ward Sister [[Faye Morton]], after he and [[Specialist registrar|Registrar]] [[Joseph Byrne]] tracked her down in a special episode set on location in [[Cape Town]].<ref name="newlands">{{cite episode|title=New Lands, New Beginnings|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_10%29#Series_Ten_.282007.E2.80.932008.29|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]] | season= 10| number= 38 |airdate= 2008-06-23}}</ref> He reveals that Olivia was killed in a car crash, for which he blames himself, and that he has a daughter, Holly, who reminds him of Olivia to the extent that he cannot bear to see her, so is being raised by Olivia's parents instead of him.<ref name="newlands" /> A long-running [[List of Holby City episodes (series 10)#Series Ten|series 10]] plot strand saw Linden become deeply involved with the plight of a pair of [[Korea]]n [[asylum seekers]], one of whom was [[pregnant]] with [[conjoined twins]]. As the couple were Christian, he felt compelled by his faith to help them, and ensured that the hospital hosted the twins' separation operation, despite political [[red-tape]].

===Daisha Anderson===
{{main|Daisha Anderson}}
Daisha Anderson (portrayed by actress Rebecca Grant)<ref name="rebecca">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/rebeccagrant.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Rebecca Grant|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> first appeared on-screen on 18 March 2008 in episode "Twelve Hour Nightmare" - episode 24 of the show's [[List_of_Holby_City_episodes (series 10)#Series_Ten_(2007-2008)|tenth series]].<ref name="THN">{{cite episode|title=Twelve Hour Nightmare|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes (series 10)#Series_Ten_(2007-2008)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|airdate=2008-03-18|season=10|number=24}}</ref> Daisha is presented first as a staff nurse, then Ward Sister, whose role in the show is described by the BBC as "a forthright and assertive [[Filipina]] with a highly tuned sense of right and wrong. She doesn't understand hierarchy or tact but is straightforward and honest and has a natural antenna when it comes to flirting."<ref name="daisha">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/daishaanderson.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Daisha Anderson|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-05-09}}</ref> Grant has compared herself to her character, asserting herself to be "half similar to Daisha as my mum's a Filipina."<ref name="rebecca" /> Grant explained of her introductory storyline: "Some characters get a huge introduction, but mine has a 'flow' to it."<ref name="intro">{{cite news|url=http://www.tvandsatelliteweek.com/features/Exclusive_Tina_Hobley_interview_article_176360.html|title=SHERWOOD ACTRESS LANDS ROLE IN TV'S HOLBY|publisher=thisisnottingham.co.uk|date=[[31 March]] [[2008]]|accessdate=2008-04-29}}</ref>

Daisha's first appearance in ''Holby City'' explained that, although the character had been working at [[Holby City Hospital]] for some time in order to financially support her family in the [[Philippines]], she had previously only worked on the [[Orthopedic]] ward - not one of the [[Holby#Wards and departments|four wards]] the show focuses on.<ref name="THN" /> Daisha's introduction to the show came shortly after the departure of ward sister [[Chrissie Williams]] ([[Tina Hobley]]), who was temporarily written out to accommodate the birth of Hobley's second child.<ref name="tina maternity leave">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvandsatelliteweek.com/features/Exclusive_Tina_Hobley_interview_article_176360.html.|title=Exclusive Tina Hobley interview!|publisher=[[TV & Satellite Week]]|accessdate=2008-04-30}}</ref> Daisha filled the vacant position on Chrissie's [[Holby#Wards and departments|Darwin]] ward, replaced the character in the show's title credits, and formed a close friendship with Chrissie's father, Nursing Consultant [[Mark Williams (fictional character)|Mark Williams]] ([[Robert Powell]]). Daisha flirted with Mark in order to win a transfer on Darwin ward,<ref name="THN" /> and moved in with him after breaking up with her boyfriend and being assaulted by her landlord, coming to rely on him yet further upon discovering herself to be pregnant.<ref>{{cite web|last= Green|first= Kris|title= 'Eighteen and a Half'|publisher= [[Digital Spy]]|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a115625/eighteen-and-a-half.html|accessdate= 2008-07-30}}</ref> Mark also aided Daisha in becoming ambassador of the Byrne Foundation for cardiothoracic care,<ref name="BOW">{{cite episode|title=Battle of Who Could Care Less|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes (series 10)#Series_Ten_(2007-2008)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|airdate=2008-04-30|season=10|number=30}}</ref> and promoted her to Sister of Keller ward, leading some to question the true nature of their relationship.<ref name="tonymchaleint">{{cite web|author=Kris Green|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a97336/tony-mchalediana-kyle-holby-city.html|title=EXCLUSIVE:Tony McHale/Diana Kyle ('Holby City')|date=[[10 June]] [[2008]]|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2008-06-11}}</ref>

===Annalese Carson===
Annalese Carson (portrayed by actress [[Anna-Louise Plowman]]) arrived in ''Holby City'' on 4 November 2008, as a Locum Consultant Anaesthetist, and the wife of established character [[Michael Spence]]. During the show's tenth series, Michael was seen to engage in an affair with Nurse [[Donna Jackson]], however [[Hari Dhillon]] has revealed of his character's relationship with his wife: "I think Michael and Annalese are complements to each other. They are certainly very different to each other, but they understand one another, and have a deep, loving relationship. I'm starting to realize that Annalese is the one person in the world - along with his children - that Michael truly loves. [...] It would be unimaginable to Michael to envision a world without his wife. He certainly would never try to hurt Annalese deliberately, but he just loves attention from women."<ref name="dhillon">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1225154017,34428,|title=Hari Dhillon Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=28 October 2008|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref>
She was later appointed, by Ric Griffin as the new permanent Consultant Anaesthetist, without having been to an interview, to replace the recently-deceased Jamie Norton, a decision which was undertaken without the consultation of Keith Greene, Head of Anaesthetics.

===Oliver Valentine===
Oliver Valentine (portrayed by actor [[James Anderson]]) first appeared on 9 June 2009, along with his sister, Penny, as a [[Foundation House Officer]]. Jac originally disliked Oliver, but later realised that not only was he a good doctor, but also tried to understand the patients, and had him transferred to AAU.

===Penny Valentine===
Penny Valentine (portrayed by actress [[Emma Catherwood]]) first appeared on 9 June 2009, along with her brother, Oliver, as a Foundation House Officer. Catherwood sat in on several [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass operations]] as preparation for the role.<ref name="Catherwood">{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2009/06/28/emma-catherwood-setting-pulse-racing-in-new-role-91466-24001937/|title=Emma Catherwood setting pulse racing in new role|last=Mainwaring|first=Rachel|date=28 June 2009|work=[[Western Mail (Wales) |Wales on Sunday]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref> She also dyed her hair red, commenting: "I think it suits Penny. She’s quite feisty and ambitious and enjoys a friendly rivalry with her brother Oliver".<ref name="Catherwood"/> On her first day at the hospital, Penny proved herself confident but averse to becoming close to patients. Jac Naylor took an instant dislike to her, and ignored her request to be transferred to AAU, instead placing her on Keller ward.

===Vanessa Lyton===
Vanessa Lyton (to be portrayed by actress [[Leslie Ash]]) will first appear in October 2009 as a hospital executive. Vanessa is an old friend of Michael Spence's who is described as 'conniving and calculated'.<ref name= "bbc press office ash">{{cite web|title= Leslie Ash to star in BBC One's Holby City|publisher= BBC Press Office|date= 2009-05-18|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/05_may/18/holby.shtml|accessdate= 2009-06-24}}</ref> The character requires assistance to walk, a disability which the actress has in real life. Of the role, Ash has said: "Disability is misrepresented on television and it's really fantastic that it did not worry the production team I was disabled".<ref name= "bbc press office ash" />

==Recurring characters==
{{Main|Recurring characters in Holby City}}

===Paul Rose===
{{further|[[Recurring characters in Holby City#Paul Rose|Paul Rose]]}}

Paul Rose (portrayed by actor Andrew Lewis)<ref name="paulrose">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=77,1806,0,0,1,0|coauthors=Cheryl Senior & Peter Lines|title=Andrew Lewis|format=PHP|work=holby.tv Database|accessdate=2008-05-07}}</ref> is the longest serving recurring character in ''Holby City'' to date. He first appeared in episode 3 of the show's [[List of Holby City episodes (series 1–3)#Series Three (2000–2001)|third series]], and works in the hospital as a Consultant [[Anaesthetist]]. For his early appearances, Paul used a wheelchair, however later returned able-bodied. The character's recovery mirrored the paralysis of actor Andrew Lewis, who was able to regain the use of his legs after four years of physiotherapy, following a motorbike accident.<ref name="andrew">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1154905155,39282,|title=Andrew Lewis Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[6 August]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref> Although Paul's disability and subsequent recovery were never directly addressed on screen, Lewis has revealed that the writers originally intended to cover it in depth, and idea which was later discarded so as not to "trivialise the subject for those viewers who spend their whole lives in wheelchairs".<ref name="ukgold">{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/stepbystep/aid/592551|title=Andrew Lewis interview|publisher=[[UKTV Gold]]|accessdate=2008-04-09}}</ref>

===Keith Greene===
{{further|[[Recurring characters in Holby City#Keith Greene|Keith Greene]]}}

Keith Greene (portrayed by actor Alex MacQueen)<ref name="keith">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,1891,0,0,1,0|coauthors=Cheryl Senior & Peter Lines|title=Alex MacQueen|format=PHP|work=holby.tv Database|accessdate=2008-05-07}}</ref> is a Consultant Anaesthetist, constantly maligned within the show for his poor sense of humour and irritable temper. He has featured in ''Holby City'' since its [[List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|seventh series]], becoming the show's Head of Anaesthetics following the departure of main character [[Former characters in Holby City#Zubin Khan|Zubin Khan]]. In episode "The Key Is Fear", Keith was verbally abused by a drunken [[Former characters in Holby City#Stuart McElroy|Stuart McElroy]], who surmised him to be an "obsequious, supercilious, insipid four-eyed toss-pot."<ref name="thekeyisfear">{{cite episode|title= The Key Is Fear|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 10)#Series Ten (2007–2008)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink= Holby City|network= [[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2008-01-29|season= 10|number= 16}}</ref>

===Gina Hope===

===Martha Hope===

===Lord Byrne===

===Lady Byrne===

===Tara Sodi===
Tara Sodi (portrayed by actress [[Meera Syal]]) is a cardiothoracic consultant who first appeared on 23 June 2009, in the episode "Attachments".<ref name="Attachments">{{cite episode |title=Attachments |episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 11)#Series Eleven (2008–2009) |series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |credits=Chris Murray (writer), Michael Buffong (director) |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |airdate= 2009-06-23|season= 11|number= 36}}</ref> She is an old university friend of Elliot Hope's, with whom she co-created a pioneering medical technique which resulted in the death of a child.<ref name= "syalinterview">{{cite web|title= Meera Syal: 'There's unfinished business for Tara'|publisher= [[What's On TV]]|date= 23 June 2009|url= http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/holby-city/interviews/meera-syal-theres-unfinished-business-for-tara/6195|accessdate= 2009-06-24}}</ref> Tara has been described as "a prickly character" who rubs other doctors up the wrong way.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/03/13/meera-joins-holby-as-a-moody-doc-115875-21194224/|title=Meera Syal to join Holby City as a moody doc|last=Methven|first=Nicola|date=13 March 2009|work=[[The Daily Mirror]]|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref> She was created to add a comedic presence to the series following the departure of [[Adrian Edmondson]] as [[Abra Durant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/82347-meera-syal-joins-holby-city/|title=Meera Syal joins 'Holby City' |date=15 March 2009|publisher=[[STV]]|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref> In preparation for the role, Syal observed real surgeons performing several operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/television/films/meera-syals-laughable-heart-surgery-.html|title=Meera Syal's laughable heart surgery|date=21 June 2009|publisher=My Park Magazine|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>

==Former characters==
{{Main|Former characters in Holby City}}

===Anton Meyer===
{{main|Anton Meyer}}

===Nick Jordan===
{{main|Nick Jordan}}
Nick Jordan (portrayed by actor [[Michael French]]<ref name="nick">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/nickjordan.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Nick Jordan|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref>) appears from the first episode of ''Holby City'' as a registrar on the show's cardiothoracic ward. He later returns as a general surgical consultant, before transferring to sister show ''Casualty'' to run the [[Emergency Department]].<ref name="Sun">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/article1155215.ece|title=Role is deja vu for French|publisher=''[[The Sun]]''|date=[[13 May]] [[2008]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> Following Nick's 2006 departure from ''Holby City'', the series' official website described him as: "decisive, confident, charismatic and passionate. He was constantly striving for the top and wanted to emulate [[Anton Meyer|Meyer]]."<ref name="nick" /> During his time on ''Holby City'', Nick had several romantic interests, including ex-wife and [[Nurse#Nursing titles|Ward Sister]] [[Former characters in Holby City#Karen Newburn|Karen Newburn]], Theatre Sister [[Former characters in Holby City#Ellie Sharpe|Ellie Sharpe]], [[Senior house officer|SHO]] [[Former characters in Holby City#Kirstie Collins|Kirstie Collins]], and [[Specialist registrar|Registrars]] [[Former characters in Holby City#Diane Lloyd|Diane Lloyd]] and [[Jac Naylor]].<ref name="nick" /> The series homepage assesses that: "He had tremendous pulling power with women, but commitment was not his strong point."<ref name="nick" /> Michael French, discussing his character shortly after the show's 1999 conception, asserted that: "Like most blokes, he sometimes treats women as playthings – if they’re willing. A little bit of hanky panky is part of the human condition, after all!"<ref name="prep">{{cite article|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid916179590,92023,|title=Playing doctors and nurses|publisher=''[[What's on TV]]''|format=Reprint|date=[[21 January]] [[1999]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> Of his decision to transfer to ''Casualty'', French explained: "The BBC came up with the idea [...] At first, I wasn't sure about him moving away from heart surgery, but we soon thrashed some ideas around and I realised it would work. It's certainly great to play Nick again and I'm having a fantastic time on the show."<ref name="WON2">{{Citation|publication-date=[[16 September]] [[2008]]|title=Jordan's back!|periodical=[[What's on TV]]|publication-place=[[England]]|pages=18-19}}</ref> French was nominated for the 'Most Popular Actor' award in the 2006 [[National Television Awards]] for his portrayal of Nick.<ref name="FrenchAward">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1152551371,14032,|title=National TV Awards 2006|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[10 July]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2008-09-15}}</ref> Both ''[[The Guardian]]'' and the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'' have likened the character to [[George Clooney]]'s [[ER (TV series)|ER]] character [[Doug Ross]] - "the one everyone fancies",<ref name="Clooney">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/1999/jan/13/tvandradio.television|first=Sam|last=Wollaston|title=Last night's TV|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=[[13 January]] [[1999]]|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref><ref name="Clooney2">{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19990808/ai_n14493059|first=Linda|last=McKay|format=Reprint|title=Who's the next George Clooney?|publisher=''[[Sunday Mirror]]''|date=[[8 August]] [[1999]]|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> but while Andrew Billen for the ''[[New Statesman]]'' agrees that Nick is "good-looking",<ref name="NS">{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/199901290035|first=Andrew|last=Billen|title=Weak medicine|publisher=''[[New Statesman]]''|date=[[29 January]] [[1999]]|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref> he suggests French's playing another "love rat" character after his ''[[EastEnders]]'' role as [[David Wicks]] to be [[type casting]].<ref name="NS" />

===Muriel McKendrick===

===Kirstie Collins===

===Victoria Merrick===

===Karen Newburn===

===Ellie Sharpe===

===Jasmine Hopkins===

===Ray Sykes===

===Julie Bradford===

===Mike Barratt===

===Liam Evans===

===Tash Bandara===

===Keri McGrath===

===Janice Taylor===

===Sam Kennedy===

===Steve Waring===

===Danny Shaughnessy===

===Ben Saunders===

===Alex Adams===

===Sandy Harper===

===Stan Ashleigh===

===Nic Yorke===

===Kelly Yorke===

===Kath Fox===

===Tom Campbell-Gore===

===Ed Keating===

===Alistair Taylor===

===Rosie Sattar===

===Will Curtis===

===Carlos Fashola===

===Sean Thompson===

===Lisa Fox===
Lisa Fox (portrayed by actress [[Luisa Bradshaw-White]]<ref name="lisa" />) first appears in ''Holby City'' in series 4 episode 13 "Shadow of a Doubt (Part 1)", as a midwife on the hospital's maternity ward.<ref name="shadow">{{cite episode |title=Shadow of a Doubt (Part 1)|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 4)#Series Four (2001–2002)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=|Neil McKay (writer), Keith Boak (director)| season= 4| number= 13 |airdate= 2001-12-31}}</ref> She later goes on to become Sister of the [[Acute Assessment Unit]],<ref name="tear">{{cite episode |title=A Tear in My Eye|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 5)#Series Five (2002–2003)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=|Julia Weston (writer), Richard Platt (director)| season= 5| number=25|airdate= 2003-03-25}}</ref> then Clinical Matron of Keller, the hospital's [[general surgery|general surgical]] ward.<ref name="playing">{{cite episode |title=Playing With Fire|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=|Colin Bytheway (writer), Simon Meyers (director)| season= 7| number=8 |airdate= 2004-12-07}}</ref> Following her departure from the show, the character was described as: "ambitious, highly capable at her job and didn't suffer fools gladly. However, she sometimes took herself too seriously and was afraid to let her hair down. She had a determined nature and while she could cause friction, she was genuine and honest."<ref name="lisa">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/lisafox.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Lisa Fox|work=[[bbc.co.uk]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Her major storylines revolved around her advancing career, an on-off relationship with colleague Mubbs Hussein, and her father's death by [[assisted suicide]]. Lisa also appeared in the 2005 ''[[Casualty@Holby City]]'' [[Casualty@Holby City Interactive|interactive episode]] "Something We Can Do".<ref name="ep">{{cite episode |title=Something We Can Do |episodelink=Casualty@Holby City Interactive |series=Casualty@Holby City |serieslink=Casualty@Holby City |station=[[BBC One]] |network=[[BBC]] |credits=Steve Lightfoot (writer), Shani S. Grewal (director) |airdate= 2005-08-27}}</ref> Upon announcing her forthcoming departure from the show on 8 June 2005, BBC Publicity commented: "The character of Lisa has been wonderful in the show and she has always had a huge sense of fun and adventure. So in the months to come we will see her unable to resist the challenge of working in a setting very different to [[Holby City Hospital]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1118237426,4092,|title=4th Exit Announced|date=8 June 2005|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> In her final appearance, series 7 episode 48 "Great Expectations", Lisa decides to leave Holby with surgeon [[Abra Durant]] and relocate to work with him in [[Ghana]].<ref name="expectations">{{cite episode |title=Great Expectations|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=|Martin Jameson (writer), Simon Massey (director)| season= 7| number=48 |airdate= 2005-09-13}}</ref> Although the character had only recently embarked on a new relationship with Mubbs, Bradshaw-White explained: "When he does finally declare his undying love for her and asks to move in with him, Lisa realises it isn't what she wants at all."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1128557757,27805,|title=Mubbs Hussein - Best Of|date=6 October 2005|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> She expanded that "Lisa's waited so long to hear those words, but she's annoyed to discover he assumed she'd jump at the chance [to move in with him]."<ref name="goodbyelisa">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1126360703,98982,|title=Goodbye Lisa|date=10 September 2005|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> She stated that she was "pleased it's a positive ending for [Lisa] as she's been so miserable",<ref name="goodbyelisa" /> and explained that her motivation for leaving ''Holby City'' was "Purely because I've been in it four years. I've loved every second here and I probably stayed a year longer than I wanted to, just because I loved it so much."<ref name="goodbyelisa" />

===Zubin Khan===

===Mubbs Hussein===

===Owen Davis===

===Justin Fuller===

===Michael Beauchamp===

===Mickie Hendrie===

===Bradley Hume===

===Reg Lund===

===Tricia Williams===

===Matt Parker===

===Dean West===
Dean West (portrayed by actor [[Paul Henshall]]) is a forth year medical student, who appears in ''Holby City'' from series 7 episode 29 to series 9 episode 24. The character has [[cerebral palsy]] and was introduced to the show as part of the BBC's commitment to diversity on television, with series producer Emma Turner explaining: "The BBC aims to make ''Holby City'' truly representative of its audience and Paul is an essential ingredient of that."<ref name="paul">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1112290510,20819,|title=Paul Henshall joins Holby|date=31 March 2005|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Henshall, who became the first disabled actor to feature permanently in a TV series,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article2321086.ece|title=Going up in the world|last=Hirst|first=Tom|date=25 August 2007|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=[[News International#Times Newspapers|Times Newspapers]]|accessdate=2009-05-07}}</ref> was cast after applying for the BBC's Talent Scheme, which also won him a role in the eighteenth series of sister show ''Casualty''.<ref name="paul" /> The role of Dean was created specifically for Henshall, who describes the character as: "cheeky but kind hearted. He's probably not really as confident as he appears."<ref name="paul2">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1139405849,9904,|title=Paul Henshall Interview|date=8 February 2006|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Dean's storylines concentrate on his attempts to progress in his career despite his disability, and his friendship with fellow medical student Matt Parker. After falling out with Matt, Dean leaves to pursue a career opportunity in psychiatry. While Henshall stated: "I never attempt to play Dean as a 'disabled character'. I just try to make him as real as I can as a person",<ref name="paul2" /> upon his departure from the series, he commented: "I would have liked to see Dean doing more on the show and not always making mistakes and being a scapegoat. I wasn't happy that I'd seen myself described as being 'brought in to honour the BBC's commitment to disabled actors'; if Dean had done more on the show, they would have been able to talk about my storylines."<ref name="paul3">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1174427972,97187,|title=Paul Henshall Interview|date=20 March 2007|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> With regards to public reception of the character, Henshall stated: "I get a lot of positive responses about Dean. Some are from disabled people who see Dean as an inspiration and some from people who just think he's a great character."<ref name="paul3" />

===Jess Griffin===

===Diane Lloyd===

===Thandie Abebe===

===Dan Clifford===
Dan Clifford (portrayed by actor [[Peter Wingfield]]<ref name="dan">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/danclifford.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Dan Clifford|work=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref>) is a general surgical consultant who first appears in series 9 episode 7 "It's Been a Long Day".<ref name="danjoined">{{cite episode|title=It's Been a Long Day|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Nine#Series Nine (2005-2006)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2006-11-28|credits=[[Tony McHale]] (writer), David Innes Edwards (director)|season=9|number=7}}</ref> Dan is described as: "sexist, materialistic and egotistical but also incredibly charismatic",<ref name="dan" /> and engages in several romantic relationships during his single season on the show. He arrives having left his third fiancé at the altar, and goes on to develop feelings for both SHO [[Maddy Young]], and his sister-in-law Louise. Of Dan's relationship with Maddy, Wingfield explained: "There was a line in one of the last episodes, "one of them seems perfect for you" and I always thought that summed it up. Dan and Maddy have always been incredibly close without becoming lovers, but it is obvious that they are great together, so when it happens it is effortless and joyous and has wonderful potential.
But Dan's private demons prevent it from being allowed to live and grow. I always thought it might be great for him, if only he could have let it be."<ref name="wingfield" /> Similarly, Nadine Lewington who plays Maddy assessed: "Dan loved Maddy sincerely which is why he didn't want to risk hurting her anymore than he already had. He was too messed up to be good for anyone and he knew it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1216487180,95866,|title=Nadine Lewington Interview|date=19 July 2008|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref>

Wingfield describes Dan's personality as "decisive, quick-thinking and pragmatic; he doesn't allow emotion to control his choices",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1164069228,74916,|title=Peter Wingfield Interview|date=21 November 2006|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> and says of his reception: "People really responded to the character. He had such a roguishness and a wildness and you never quite knew what he might do or say next and I think that was exciting for people."<ref name="wingfield">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1206655491,29616,|title=Peter Wingfield Interview|date=27 March 2008|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Dan leaves Holby in series 10 episode 2 "The Last Throw" to accept a prestigious job in France,<ref name="TLT">{{cite episode|title=The Last Throw|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Ten#Series Ten (2006-2007)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=Andrew Holden (writer), David Innes Edwards (director)|airdate=2007-10-23|season=10|number=2}}</ref> though reappears briefly in episode "Love Will Tear Us Apart", arranging a meeting with Maddy but ultimately standing her up.<ref name="LWTUA">{{cite episode|title=Love Will Tear Us Apart|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Ten#Series Ten (2006-2007)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=Veronica Henry, Bill MacLeod|airdate=2008-03-25|season=10|number=25}}</ref> He is set to reappear again in ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eleventh series,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/tv/tv-land/2009/02/06/holby-city-gets-much-loved-character-dan-clifford-back-115875-21101453/|title=Holby City gets much-loved character Dan Clifford back|last=Methven|first=Nicola|date=6 February 2009|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|accessdate=2009-02-06}}</ref> and although Wingfield left the show in order to spend more time with his family in [[Los Angeles]],<ref name="peterwingfield">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5941090|title=Peter quits Holby City|publisher=[[MSN.com]]|date=[[22 August]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-08-26}}</ref> he has stated that he would return again "in a heartbeat".<ref name="wingfield" /> He explained: "The story would have to be good, but I don't have any doubts that there is much more to explore and more fun to be had with Dan."<ref name="wingfield" />

===Stuart McElroy===
Stuart McElroy (portrayed by actor Conor Mullen.<ref name="stuart">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters/profiles/index.shtml?content/_stuart/page1|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters|work=[[bbc.co.uk]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref>) first appeared on-screen on 6 November 2007 in episode "The Apprentice" - [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Ten#Series Ten (2007-2008)|series 10, episode 4]] of the programme.<ref name="apprentice">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/storyupdates/index.shtml?20071106|title=Episode Update Tuesday 6 Nov 2007|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|date=[[6 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref> His role in the show was that of temporary replacement for regular character [[Connie Beauchamp]], whilst actress [[Amanda Mealing]] took a period of leave.<ref name="mealing">{{cite episode| title = This Morning| serieslink = This Morning (TV series)| credits = Presenters: [[Fern Britton]] and [[Phillip Schofield]], interviewee: [[Amanda Mealing]]| network = [[ITV]]| station = [[ITV1]]| city = [[London]], [[England]]| airdate = 2007-07-02|minutes = 30:00}}</ref> As such, he became the senior [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] on the show's [[Cardiothoracic surgery|cardiothoracic]] ward, contracted for a period of 3-4 months.<ref name="contract">{{cite news|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1193169525,61901,|title=New Holby Cast|publisher=Holby.tv Database|date=[[23 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref> Upon assuming the role, Mullen said of his character: "As a locum, Stuart knows he's not going to be at Holby for ever, so he doesn't care about hospital politics. Stuart also gets the nurses' back up a bit by making changes. The man's a bit of a renegade!"<ref name="sun">{{Citation | last=Horsley | first=Jon | author-link= | publication-date=[[3 November]] [[2007]]|title=Mac the knife | periodical=TV mag | publication-place=[[England]] |pages=13 }}</ref> The BBC described Stuart following his departure as "a people person full of Irish charm. But he was also a deeply jealous alcoholic and needed to control the person he saw as 'his'."<ref name="stuart" /> Stuart's time on the show saw him embark on a romantic relationship with Sister [[Chrissie Williams]]. His jealous nature caused problems between them, and during a drunken row, he slashed her face with a scalpel. Hobley, who plays Chrissie, described the scene as "shocking" and "hard to film", revealing that she was three months pregnant at the time, but had not told anyone on set apart from Mullen "so he knew not to be too rough".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1201825671,3468,|title=Scarred for Life|date=1 February 2008|work=Holby Gazette|publisher=holby.tv|accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Stuart was subsequently arrested, and made his final appearance on 12 February 2008, in episode "The Extra Mile".

===Lola Griffin===
{{main|Lola Griffin}}
Lola Griffin (portrayed by actress [[Sharon D. Clarke]])<ref name="lola">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/lolagriffin.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Lola Griffin|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> was introduced in ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|seventh series]] as the two-time ex-wife of [[Ric Griffin]], and a Cardiothoracic Registrar. She was quickly promoted to Critical Care [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] and head of the hospital's [[Acute Assessment Unit]]. However, the fast pace of the AAU combined with her "feisty, controlling"<ref name="lola" /> nature culminated in her being fired from the hospital and suffering a [[heart attack]] on the same day, in April 2007.<ref name="leapoffaith">{{cite episode|title= Leap of Faith|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282005–2006.29|series= ''Holby City''|serieslink= Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate= 2007-04-24|season=9|number=28}}</ref> Lola recovered following surgery, and was re-employed by the hospital, switching roles once again to become a Post Operative Care Consultant. It has been announced that the character will depart from the show later in 2008, to allow Clarke to return to musical theatre.<ref name="loladeparture">{{cite episode|title= The Paul O'Grady Show |episodelink= |series= The Paul O'Grady Show|serieslink= The Paul O'Grady Show|network=[[Channel 4]]|number= 499|airdate= 2008-05-22}}</ref>

===Abra Durant===
{{main|Abra Durant}}
Percival "Abra" Durant (portrayed by actor [[Adrian Edmondson]])<ref name="abra">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/abradurant.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Abra Durant|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> first appeared in [[2005 in television|2005]], in the special episode "Tuesday's Child",<ref name="TC">{{cite episode|title=Tuesday's Child|episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes_%28series_7%29#Series_Seven_.282004.E2.80.932005.29|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City| network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2005-07-05|season=7|number=38}}</ref> filmed entirely on location in [[Ghana]] as part of the BBC's 'Africa Lives' series.<ref name="africalivespr">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/05_may/26/africa_one.shtml|title=Africa Lives On The BBC|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]|date=[[26 May]] [[2005]]|accessdate=2008-04-13}}</ref> While the role was created for Edmondson as a one-off guest-appearance, he has since reprised the role of Abra six times, stating that he has loved the show since its [[1999 in television|1999]] conception.<ref name="morning">{{cite episode|title=This Morning|episodelink=|url=|series=|serieslink=This Morning (TV series)|credits=Presenters: [[Fern Britton]] and [[John Barrowman]], interviewee: [[Adrian Edmondson]]|network=[[ITV]]|station=[[ITV1]]|city =[[London]], [[England]]|airdate= 2008-04-29| began=|ended=|season=|number=|minutes=30:00}}</ref> Abra's initial role in the show was that of [[Third World]] rights champion and humorous surgical [[maverick]], whose major storylines centered around serious rule breaking, and his relationship with colleague [[Kyla Tyson]]. Upon returning to the show in April 2008, the character took a darker turn, resorting to [[self harm]] as a symptom of [[post-traumatic stress]], following a harrowing experience in the war torn [[Congo]].<ref name="radiotimes edmonson">{{Citation|author-link= |publication-date= April 2008|year= 2008|title=One Final Question|periodical=[[Radio Times]]|publication-place= [[England]]|pages=41}}</ref> The character will return to Africa at the beginning of the show's eleventh series, after seeking phsychiatric help. He will make his final appearance in December 2008, returning briefly to Holby in an attempt to convince Kyla to move to Ghana with him.<ref name="abrakyla">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a132363/rakie-ayola-to-leave-holby-city.html|title= Rakie Ayola to leave 'Holby City'|first=Kris|last=Green|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=11 October 2008|accessdate=2008-10-13}}</ref>

===Kyla Tyson===
{{main|Kyla Tyson}}
Kyla Tyson (portrayed by actress [[Rakie Ayola]])<ref name="rakie">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/rakieayola.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Rakie Ayola|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2007-08-29}}</ref> is a Staff Nurse and former Ward Sister, who first appeared in ''Holby City'' in [[2006 in television|2006]] [[List of Holby City episodes/Series Eight#Series Eight (2005-2006)|series eight]] episode, "I'll Be Back".<ref name="BeBack">{{cite episode|title=I'll Be Back|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes/Series Eight#Series Eight (2005-2006)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2006-02-07|season=8| number=17}}</ref> Ayola had made a former minor appearance in the show several years prior to being cast as Kyla,<ref name="rakieformerappearance">{{cite episode|title=By Any Other Name|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 5)#Series Five (2002–2003)|series=''Holby City''|serieslink=Holby City|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|airdate=2003-05-13|season=5| number=32}}</ref> and was asked to return in a more permanent role three years later.<ref name="nerves">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1140735246,23836,|title=Rakie Ayola Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[23 February]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-09-01}}</ref> The character has been the focus of a number of hard hitting plot strands, including being subjected to [[domestic abuse]], having her son taken into [[foster care]], and battling resultant [[alcoholism]]. In August 2006, Ayola was shortlisted for the 'Female Performance in TV' award at the Fourth [[Screen Nation|Screen Nation Awards]] for her portrayal of the character,<ref name="award2">{{cite news|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0900entertainment/0050artsnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=17813838%26siteid=50082-name_page.html|title=Welsh actresses nominated for awards|publisher=icWales.co.uk|date=[[25 September]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-08-09}}</ref> and was granted Honourable Mention in the same category the following year.<ref name="2007sn">{{cite web|url=http://www.itzcaribbean.com/screen_nation.php|title=The Fifth Screen Nation Film & TV Awards 2007|publisher=itzcaribbean.com|date=[[2 November]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref> It was announced in October 2008 that Ayola has chosen not to renew her ''Holby City'' contract, in order to have a second child. Kyla will make her final appearance on 9 December 2008, when she will have to decide between moving to [[Rotterdam]] with her son, or to [[Ghana]] with lover [[Abra Durant]].<ref name="abrakyla" />

===Sam Strachan===
{{main|Sam Strachan}}
Sam Strachan (portrayed by actor [[Tom Chambers (actor)|Tom Chambers]])<ref name="tom">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/cast/tomchambers.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Cast - Tom Chambers|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-04-24}}</ref> was initially introduced to ''Holby City'' in the role of hospital [[Lothario]], wooing a number of female characters. Chambers was cast as Sam after auditioning for the smaller role of an American doctor, and impressing casting director Julie Harkin so much that he was invited back to audition for the bigger role.<ref name="chambers">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/cgi-bin/News/fullnews.cgi?newsid1136990721,20260,|title=Tom Chambers Interview|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[11 January]] [[2006]]|accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref> The character took a more serious turn after being diagnosed with [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]], a storyline for which Tom Chambers actually shaved his own hair for realism.<ref name="shave">{{Citation|last=Court|first=Angela|publication-date=[[14 November]] [[2007]]|title=On the couch - Tom Chambers|periodical=Woman's Weekly|publication-place=[[England]]|pages=15}}</ref> Sam has proved highly popular amongst fans of the show, voted in the 2007 fan awards 'Favourite All-Time Male' character.<ref name="07htv">{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/community/index.php?showtopic=61651|title=Holby.tv Awards 2007 Results|publisher=Holby Gazette|date=[[26 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> However, he also attracted controversy when a scene in which he was depicted binge drinking caused drinks regulatory body the [[Portman Group]] to lodge an official complaint with [[OFCOM]], for what they deemed a "highly irresponsible portrayal of excessive and rapid drinking".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|author=Mark Sweney|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2183342,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=4|title=Holby criticised for binge drinking scene|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=[[4 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref> It was announced on 4 October 2008 that the character will depart from the show in a Christmas 2008 storyline.<ref name="tomdeparture">{{cite news|title=Tom's Holby flitty from show|publisher=''[[The Sun]]''|date=4 October 2008|accessdate=2008-10-05|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/strictly_come_dancing/article1768467.ece}}</ref>

===Tom O' Dowd===
Tom O' Dowd (portrayed by actor [[Jalaal Hartley]]) appeared in ''Holby City'' on 14 October 2008, as a friend of Leo Griffin, Ric's son. He then returned on 13 January 2009, as a new medical student on Keller, and immediately clashed with Consultant General Surgeons Ric Griffin and Michael Spence.

===Rachel Baptiste===
Rachel Baptiste (portrayed by actress [[Ayesha Antoine]]) arrived in ''Holby City'' on 18 November 2008,<ref name="cord">{{cite episode|title=Cutting the Cord|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 11)#Series Eleven (2008-2009)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC One]]|credits=Veronica Henry (writer), Rob Evans (director)| season= 11| number=6|airdate= 2008-11-18}}</ref> as a staff nurse on the show's Keller ward.<ref name="rachel">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk47/tue.shtml#tue_holbycity|title=BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information Network TV Week 47 Tuesday 18 November 2008|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]|accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref> Antoine had formerly appeared in ''Holby City'' [[List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|season 7 episode 5]] "One is the Loneliest Number", as a patient's relative Mel Allen.<ref name="one">{{cite episode|title=One is the Loneliest Number|episodelink=List of Holby City episodes (series 7)#Series Seven (2004–2005)|series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=BBC|station=BBC One|credits=Jeff Dodds (writer), Emma Bridgeman-Williams (director)| season= 7| number=5|airdate= 2004-11-16}}</ref> She described her character upon her introduction as "quite nervous, but very excited",<ref name="ayesha2"/> expanding that: "She loves her job, caring for people and being helpful. She is at the beginning of a new stage in her life, and it's quite an upturn for her, and she's just very interested in getting to know everyone and is excited at being part of a group."<ref name="ayesha2">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/4373|first=Phil|last=Pedlar|title=Meet Ayesha Antoine, Holby City's new nurse|work=[[What's on TV]]|accessdate=2008-11-18}}</ref> The BBC describe Rachel as: "warm and kind but perhaps a little too trusting. She's anxious to please. She loves nursing but her real passion is her boyfriend, Patrick."<ref name="character">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/rachelbaptiste.shtml|title=BBC - Holby City - Characters - Rachel Baptiste|work=[[bbc.co.uk]]|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-11-20}}</ref> Antoine received just a thumbnail sketch of Rachel's background, but commented that: "I love it. Give me a bit of spare time and I'll tell you what my character did age four and a half - whether it's a lot or a little, it's all good."<ref name="ayesha3">{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?Antoine_wants_action_role&in_article_id=403177&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=|title=Antoine wants role in action movie|work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers Ltd]]|date=14 November 2008|accessdate=2008-11-29}}</ref> In a critical summation of several of ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main characters, ''[[The Daily Mirror]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Jane Simon commented of Rachel's arrival: "She seems normal, but it's early days."<ref name="ayeshamirror">{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/tv/todays-tv/2008/11/18/we-love-medical-holby-city-115875-20904671/|first=Jane|last=Simon|title=We Love Medical: Holby City|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|date=18 November 2008|accessdate=2008-11-18}}</ref> During ''Holby City''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eleventh series, Rachel uncovered Daisha Anderson's [[post-natal depression]] and helped to support her, before being transferred to the hospital's [[geriatric]] ward. Executive producer [[Tony McHale]] commented on Rachel's transfer: "Although she is still working in the hospital, we are not likely to see her on our regular wards for some time."<ref name="McHaleDigitalSpy">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a157363/tony-mchalediana-kyle-holby-city.html|title=Tony McHale/Diana Kyle ('Holby City') |last=Green|first=Kris|date=29 May 2009|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2009-07-20}}</ref>

==Reception==
The characters of ''Holby City'' have been criticised by the media for the sensationalism of their storylines. The nursing characters in particular came under heavy criticism in the July 2007 edition of the ''[[Nursing and Midwifery Council]]'' magazine, which discussed nurses in popular culture, and the negative impression of the nursing profession conveyed by fictional nurses. With a promotional image of [[Patsy Kensit]] as [[Faye Morton]] adorning the front cover, the magazine asserted:

{{cquote|The "did she, didn't she", story of the Dubai murder of Faye Morton's partner in Holby City recently demonstrates the ease with which writers can attach terrible storylines to a caring profession. Nurses who become prostitutes to pay the bills, nurses who kill their husbands, nurses who abuse the system to get their own way - Holby City has always been a hotbed of slanderous storylines. Good people doing bad things makes excellent entertainment... The bald fact is that real life nurses doing their jobs well just aren't that entertaining.<ref name="nmc" />}}

This criticism was echoed by The ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' writer [[Jim Shelley (TV critic)|Jim Shelley]], who, commenting on an interview Kensit had given to publicise the show and her role with [[Jonathan Ross]], suggested that 'reality' was not a term that could be applied to ''Holby City'''s portrayal of nursing.<ref name="reality">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tv/shelleyvision/2007/04/24/d-oh-89520-18952403/|title=
D'OH!!|author=[[Jim Shelley (TV critic)|Jim Shelley]]|publisher=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=24 April 2007|accessdate=2007-10-10}}</ref>

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 [[Maddy Young]] and [[Sam Strachan]] each taking five shots of [[tequila]] following a stressful day at work.<ref name="tar">{{cite episode |title=Trial and Retribution |episodelink=List_of_Holby_City_episodes/Series_Nine#Series_Nine_.282006-2007.29 |series=Holby City |serieslink=Holby City |network=[[BBC]] |airdate= 2007-10-05}}</ref> The body's [[chief executive]] David Poley claimed that in failing to show the negative consequences of this action, the series was presenting a "highly irresponsible portrayal of excessive and rapid drinking".<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|author=Mark Sweney|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2183342,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=4|title=
Holby criticised for binge drinking scene|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref> In response to the groups' accusation that "We would expect the BBC to take greater care with the portrayal of alcohol in programmes",<ref name="whatsontvdrink">{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/primetime/holby_city/news/2051|title=
Holby City drinkers 'broke Ofcom rules'|publisher=[[What's On TV]]|date=4 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref> the [[BBC]] released a statement tying the complaint closely to the [[alcoholism]] storyline being played out by character [[Kyla Tyson]] at the time, explaining that:

:"Holby City takes the issue of the negative effects of alcohol abuse very seriously. On occasions when our continuing drama series deal with alcohol within a storyline we always seek to handle the issue sensitivity.<ref name="northscotland">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=191711&command=displayContent&sourceNode=191710&contentPK=18581484&folderPk=112383&pNodeId=191800|title= Holby drinking scene 'breached rules'|publisher=thisisnorthscotland.com|date=4 October 2007|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref> Holby City is in the middle of a storyline in which a key character (Kyla) has spiralling problems in her personal and professional life because of alcohol — a storyline that fully and realistically depicts the negative impact of alcohol dependency in the workplace. Kyla has now been seen to seek help for alcoholism and the audience will see how she fares on the road to recovery."<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|author=Nicole Martin|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/04/nholby105.xml|title=
BBC's Holby City criticised for binge drinking|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 October 2007|accessdate=2007-09-12}}</ref>

This statement was critically suggested to be advocating televisual censorship by [[The Daily Telegraph]] journalist Sam Leith, who wrote that: "(T)he BBC's defence is, depressingly enough, based on the same premise as the Portman Group's complaint, and the Home Secretary's "zero-tolerance" bletherings: that the job of fiction for adults is to seek to shape the behaviour of its audience in accordance with precepts set down, inter alia, by the Government." The broadsheet took the stance that the BBC's agreement with the Portman Group that it was in fact necessary to portray negative effects of alcohol abuse was akin to treating ''Holby City'' viewers as "feeble-minded".<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite web|author=Sam Leith|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/10/08/do0803.xml|title= It's censorship – so why can't they admit it? |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 October 2007|accessdate=2007-11-20}}</ref>

In November 2007, ''Daily Mirror'' TV critic Jim Shelley ridiculed the characters and storylines, deeming ''Holby City'' the "most deranged programme on television."<ref name="tablets" /> He expanded: "Holby is set in Holby General, a hospital that each week is over-run by murderers, alcoholics and sex maniacs marauding round the corridors. And the patients don't help much either. It's TV crack - instant, mind-altering, utterly addictive."<ref name="tablets">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tv/shelleyvision/2007/11/13/keep-taking-the-tablets-holby-89520-20099220/|title=Keep taking the tablets, Holby..|author=[[Jim Shelley (TV critic)|Jim Shelley]]|publisher=[[The Daily Mirror]]|date=[[13 November]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref>

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*[http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?casualty_holbycity_present_characters_holbycity Profiles at holby.tv database]

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Revision as of 17:11, 3 May 2010

FlashForward has sold in over 100 territories worldwide. Overseas air-dates are typically close to the original American broadcasts, in an attempt to limit piracy.[1] The series airs on AXN in Argentina,[2] Brazil,[3] Bulgaria,[4] Colombia,[5] the Czech Republic,[6] Hungary,[7] Japan,[8] Portugal,[9] Romania,[10] Serbia,[11] and Venezuela.[12] It airs in Australia on the Seven Network,[13] in Austria on ORF1,[14] in Canada on /A\,[15] and in Estonia on Fox Life.[16] In Greece it is broadcast on FX,[17] in Hong Kong on TVB Pearl, [18] in New Zealand on TV2,[13] and on Channel One in Russia.[1] In Singapore it is shown on MediaCorp Channel 5,[13] in Slovenia on TV3 Slovenia,[19] in South Africa on M-Net,[20] and in Turkey on Dizimax.[21] In Western Europe, FlashForward airs on Kanal 5 in Denmark,[22], Nelonen in Finland,[23] TF1 in France,[1] ProSieben in Germany,[24] RTÉ Two in Ireland,[25] TV 2 in Norway,[1] Cuatro in Spain,[26] TV4 in Sweden,[27] SF zwei in Switzerland,[28] and Five in the United Kingdom.[29]

  1. ^ a b c d Hopewell, John; Keslassy, Elsa (October 5, 2009). "Disney sells 'FlashForward' worldwide". Variety.com. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  2. ^ http://www.ar.axn.com/shows/flashforward]
  3. ^ http://br.axn.com/shows/flashforward]
  4. ^ AXN-Bulgaria.com
  5. ^ http://ar.axn.com/shows/flashforward]
  6. ^ "Flash Forward". AXN.cz. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  7. ^ AXN.hu
  8. ^ "AXN Japan: Coming soon". 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  9. ^ "AXN.pt - FlashForward mini-site". axn.pt. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  10. ^ AXN.ro
  11. ^ AXN.rs
  12. ^ "AXN estrena FlashForward". Retrieved 2010-02-28..
  13. ^ a b c Elizabeth Guider (September 21, 2009). "FlashForward inks Asia Pacific deals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  14. ^ tv.orf.at
  15. ^ "Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer to debut TV series with literary fans". The Canadian Press. 2009-09-23.
  16. ^ Kersti Raud (October 5, 2009). "Flashforwardi tutvustus". elu24.ee. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ TVB.com
  19. ^ TV3.si
  20. ^ "M-NET - Flash Forward". Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  21. ^ Digiturk.com
  22. ^ [2]
  23. ^ Nelonen.fi
  24. ^ Frühlingsoffensive: ProSieben zeigt ab 1. März 2010 Flashforward
  25. ^ http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/flash_forward.html
  26. ^ Cuatro.com
  27. ^ "Premiärdatum för FlashForward i TV4". TVplanetens tv-blogg. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  28. ^ tvprogramm.sf.tv
  29. ^ "FlashForward". Five. Retrieved 2009-10-08..
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