Holby City
British medical drama television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holby City (styled as HOLBY CI+Y) is a British medical drama television series shown weekly on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the BBC medical drama Casualty. It was first shown on 12 January 1999; the show ran until 29 March 2022. It is set in the same hospital as Casualty in the fictional city of Holby. Some episodes have characters and plots shared with Casualty. There have been episodes broadcast as Casualty@Holby City. Some episodes have characters and plots shared with the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off HolbyBlue.
Holby City | |
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Genre | Medical drama |
Created by | Tony McHale Mal Young |
Starring | Present and former cast |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 22 |
No. of episodes | 1,102 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Mal Young (1999–2004) Johnathan Young (1999, 2011–2013) Kathleen Hutchison (2002–2004) Richard Stokes (2004–2006) Tony McHale (2006–2010) Belinda Campbell (2010–2011) Oliver Kent (2013–2017) Simon Harper (2017−2021) |
Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One BBC One HD (2010–2022) |
Release | 12 January 1999 (1999-01-12) – 29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) |
Related | |
Casualty (1986–present) HolbyBlue (2007–2008) |
Holby City is shown once a week, all year round. Each series now contains 52 episodes.
The show follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital.
As of January 2020, twenty-one series of Holby City have been shown. It is made at the BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire. It has featured episodes filmed on location abroad. From October 2010, Holby City moved to high definition broadcasting.
The series uses a team of researchers to ensure medical accuracy. Surgeons check the scripts. Cast members are taught to perform basic medical procedures. They spend time on hospital wards for research.
Holby City has been nominated for over 100 television awards. It has won ten awards. The 2008 British Academy Television Award for Best Continuing Drama, one Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts (BEFFTA) award, two Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards, two Music Video and Screen Awards, and four Screen Nation awards.
The first series averaged 9.27 million viewers. The eleventh series averaged 5.44 million viewers. Later series have had over 4 million viewers per week.