List of Holby City episodes
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Holby City
is a British medical drama
television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One
. The series was created by Tony McHale
and Mal Young
as a spin-off
from the established BBC
medical drama Casualty
. It is set in the same hospital as Casualty, Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby
, however Holby City is filmed at Elstree Studios
in Borehamwood
, while Casualty is filmed in Bristol
. Occasional crossovers between the two shows are broadcast as Casualty@Holby City
. In 2006, HolbyBlue
, a police procedural
spin-off from Holby City, went into production. Its second season launched with a Holby City crossover episode.
Holby City follows the lives of surgeons, doctors, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients on the hospital wards. 12 series of the show have aired, and a thirteenth began airing on 19 October 2010. The show's first series ran for nine episodes. The second and third series ran for 16 and 30 episodes respectively, with new episodes then airing on a weekly basis from the fourth series onwards. Series four to nine and 11 all ran for 52 episodes, while series 10 ran for 53 episodes. The show typically airs on Tuesdays in the 8:00 pm timeslot, although it is occasionally broadcast on a different day dependent on BBC scheduling. In 2007, the show temporarily moved to Thursday nights, allowing HolbyBlue to air in the 8:00 pm Tuesday timeslot. "Episode #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Series #" refers to the episode's number in each particular series.
, five aired in the regular Casualty
timeslot, while the remaining four—"Casualty@Holby City: Part Two", "Test Your Metal", "A Great Leap Forward" and "Deny Thy Father: Part Two"—were broadcast in the Holby City timeslot.
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
is a British medical drama
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. The series was created by Tony McHale
Tony McHale
Tony McHale is a British actor, writer and director who has the dubious honour of being best known as a "stooge" to Jeremy Beadle on Game For A Laugh and later, Beadle's About. He trained at Rose Bruford College. He also enjoyed a long stint as a writer/director on the top rated BBC1 soap opera...
and Mal Young
Mal Young
Mal Young is a British television producer and executive producer.-Background:His initial career was in the Graphic Design industry, and it was not until the age of 27 that he began working in television, on the acclaimed Channel 4 soap opera Brookside.Working on the show for nearly a decade, he...
as a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
from the established BBC
BBC
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medical drama Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
. It is set in the same hospital as Casualty, Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby
Holby
Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, in which BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City, and police drama HolbyBlue are set. It is based upon the city of Bristol, and is located in the fictional county of Wyvern in the South-West of England, not far from the Welsh border...
, however Holby City is filmed at Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios
"Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England, since film production begun in 1927.-Name:...
in Borehamwood
Borehamwood
-Film industry:Since the 1920s, the town has been home to several film studios and many shots of its streets are included in final cuts of 20th century British films. This earned it the nickname of the "British Hollywood"...
, while Casualty is filmed in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. Occasional crossovers between the two shows are broadcast as Casualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City is the name given to special crossover episodes of BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City. While Casualty was launched on 6 September 1986, and its spin-off Holby City was first aired on 12 January 1999, the first full crossover episode between the two programmes was not...
. In 2006, HolbyBlue
HolbyBlue
HolbyBlue was a British police drama series that aired on BBC One from 2007 to 2008. Produced by the BBC, Red Planet Pictures and Kudos for BBC One, it is a spin-off of the successful BBC One medical drama Holby City, itself a spin-off of the long-running series Casualty.The first series was...
, a police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
spin-off from Holby City, went into production. Its second season launched with a Holby City crossover episode.
Holby City follows the lives of surgeons, doctors, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients on the hospital wards. 12 series of the show have aired, and a thirteenth began airing on 19 October 2010. The show's first series ran for nine episodes. The second and third series ran for 16 and 30 episodes respectively, with new episodes then airing on a weekly basis from the fourth series onwards. Series four to nine and 11 all ran for 52 episodes, while series 10 ran for 53 episodes. The show typically airs on Tuesdays in the 8:00 pm timeslot, although it is occasionally broadcast on a different day dependent on BBC scheduling. In 2007, the show temporarily moved to Thursday nights, allowing HolbyBlue to air in the 8:00 pm Tuesday timeslot. "Episode #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Series #" refers to the episode's number in each particular series.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| Premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:... |
Finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program... |
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| 1 | 9 | 12 January 1999 | 9 March 1999 | ||
| 2 | 16 | 25 November 1999 | 9 March 2000 | ||
| 3 | 30 | 5 October 2000 | 5 June 2001 | ||
| 4 | 52 | 9 October 2001 | 1 October 2002 | ||
| 5 | 52 | 8 October 2002 | 30 September 2003 | ||
| 6 | 52 | 7 October 2003 | 12 October 2004 | ||
| 7 | 52 | 19 October 2004 | 11 October 2005 | ||
| 8 | 52 | 18 October 2005 | 17 October 2006 | ||
| 9 | 52 | 24 October 2006 | 9 October 2007 | ||
| 10 | 53 | 16 October 2007 | 14 October 2008 | ||
| 11 | 52 | 21 October 2008 | 13 October 2009 | ||
| 12 | 55 | 20 October 2009 | 12 October 2010 | ||
| 13 | 52 | 19 October 2010 | 11 October 2011 | ||
| bgcolor="#ADFF2F" | 14 | 52 | 18 October 2011 | TBA | |
Series 1: 1999
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Series 2: 1999–2000
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Series 3: 2000–2001
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Series 4: 2001–2002
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Series 5: 2002–2003
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Series 6: 2003–2004
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Series 7: 2004–2005
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Series 8: 2005–2006
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Specials
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Casualty@Holby City
Of the nine crossover episodes broadcast as Casualty@Holby CityCasualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City is the name given to special crossover episodes of BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City. While Casualty was launched on 6 September 1986, and its spin-off Holby City was first aired on 12 January 1999, the first full crossover episode between the two programmes was not...
, five aired in the regular Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
timeslot, while the remaining four—"Casualty@Holby City: Part Two", "Test Your Metal", "A Great Leap Forward" and "Deny Thy Father: Part Two"—were broadcast in the Holby City timeslot.
| Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Viewers (in millions) |
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External links
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