Series 22 of Holby City ran between 7 January 2020 and 30 March 2021. This series comprised 44 episodes.
On 18 March 2020, the BBC announced that all filming for BBC Studios continuing dramas, including Holby City, had been postponed until further notice due to the spread of COVID-19. On 9 April, it was announced that the series would be going on an extended break, with the last episode airing on 14 April. The series recommenced on 2 June and ran until 11 August when it had exhausted all of its completed pre-suspension episodes. Following the news in July that production of the show had restarted, new episodes started being broadcast in November.
Overview[]
Suspension of production[]
On 18 March 2020, the BBC issued a statement on the effect of the worsening COVID-19 outbreak on BBC Studios' continuing dramas, such as Casualty and Holby City, and announced that all filming would be postponed until further notice. It was explained that "the decision was made after the latest government update".[1]
By 24 March, the producers of Casualty and Holby City were in talks with local NHS services to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) "and other useful medical items to assist them". Simon Harper said, "Casualty and Holby City are all about celebrating NHS heroism, so we are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the courageous and selfless real-life medics battling this situation."[2] Weeks prior to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, the Holby City production team purchased two work anaesthetic machines with ventilators for use on the show, but the team requested that the machines be offered to the NHS when demand began to dramatically increase. On 10 April, BBC Studios received confirmation that the machines had been received by NHS Nightingale Hospital London.[3][4]
On 27 July, it was announced that filming of Holby City had recommenced that day. It was stated that the series would return with a special episode focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospital, a theme that would be present in the series going forward. In order to produce the series in a "safe and responsible manner", the show's production team developed comprehensive production protocols and made sure that social distancing measures were adhered to in accordance to government guidelines. Consequently, the new episodes would only be 40 minutes long.[5][6]
On 29 October, a trailer promoting the return of the series and a press statement was released.[7]
Cast[]
Main characters[]
- Jo Martin as Max McGerry
- Hugh Quarshie as Ric Griffin (until episode 26)
- Rosie Marcel as Jac Naylor (until episode 36)
- Bob Barrett as Sacha Levy
- Guy Henry as Henrik Hanssen (from episode 7)
- Catherine Russell as Serena Campbell (until episode 3)
- Dawn Steele as Ange Godard
- Ramin Karimloo as Kian Madani
- Marcus Griffiths as Xavier "Zav" Duval (until episode 14)
- David Ames as Dominic Copeland
- Amy Lennox as Chloe Godard
- Belinda Owusu as Nicky McKendrick (until episode 44)
- Nic Jackman as Cameron Dunn (until episode 43)
- Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Josh Hudson (from episode 26)
- Chan Woo Lim as Jeong-Soo Han (from episode 26)
- Alex Walkinshaw as Adrian Fletcher
- Jaye Jacobs as Donna Jackson
- Kaye Wragg as Essie Di Lucca (until episode 25)
- Tyler Luke Cunningham as Louis McGerry (from episode 12)
- Amy Murphy as Kylie Maddon (from episode 37)
- Vineeta Rishi as Lucky Simpson (from episode 28)
Recurring characters[]
- Julia Deakin as Carole Copeland
- Darcey Burke as Emma Naylor-Maconie (until episode 23)
- Jules Robertson as Jason Haynes
- Francesca Barrett as Beka Levy
- Heather Peace as Alex Dawson (until episode 3)
- Sophie Harkness as Frankie Rendell (until episode 23)
- Charlie Condou as Ben Sherwood (until episode 11)
- Cathy Murphy as Tracey McKendrick (episode 3 – 21)
- John Michie as Guy Self (episodes 13 – 25)
- Rosa Escoda as Sarah Jane Fleet (episodes 16 – 36)
- Phoebe French as Evie Fletcher (from episode 18)
- Phoebe Pryce as Skylar Bryce (episodes 26 – 41)
- Sian Reese-Williams as Jodie Rodgers (episodes 26 – 38)
- Miles Mitchell as Alex Duval (episodes 26 – 40)
- Elliot Levey as Michael Townsend (from episode 27)
- Robert Lonsdale as Clayton Pearson (episodes 27 – 36)
- Calum Callaghan as Bobby Edwards (episodes 36 – 40)
- Laila Rouass as Sahira Shah (from episode 37)
- Ali Hadji-Heshmati as Abs Raza (from episode 39)
- Raad Rawi as Reyhan Shah (from episode 40)
- Juno Dawson as Vicky Turner (from episode 42)
Guest characters[]
- Carmen Munroe as Alison Nelsson (episode 1)
- James Quinn as Jeremy Purnell (episode 1)
- Tom Xander as Ricus De Souza (episode 1)
- Shaheen Jafargholi as Marty Kirkby (episode 2)
- Lauryn Ajufo as Steph Shaw (episode 2)
- George Jovanovic as Viktor Gorecka (episode 3)
- John Wark as Steve Connor (episodes 3 & 6)
- Susan Engel as Maria Edelman (episode 4)
- Stephen Odubola as Owen Gayle (episode 4)
- Anna O'Grady as Felicity "Fliss" Tape (episode 5)
- Ben Moor as Gideon Spinks (episode 5)
- Nish Nathwani as Harry Sadangi (episode 6)
- Heather Bleasdale as Julia Parker (episode 6)
- David Horovitch as Rabbi Stein (episodes 6 & 25)
- Emily Bowker as Stacey Clarkson (episode 7)
- Nitin Kundra as David McBride (episode 7)
- Angela Bruce as Ursula Stork (episode 8)
- Jensen Gray as Yolanda Christos (episode 8)
- Faith Edwards as Rebecca Marsden (episode 8)
- Francis Johnson as Dan Marsden (episode 8)
- Alex Tregear as Annie Doherty (episode 9)
- Joe Hughes as Thomas Dakins (episode 9)
- Joy McAvoy as Olivia McGowan (episode 9)
- Ione Brown as Tayo Oyeniyi (episode 10)
- Frederick Szkoda as Leon Wright (episode 10)
- Adrian Hood as Fraser Macalpine (episode 10)
- Sue Holderness as Gloria Davidson (episode 10)
- Kate Braithwaite as Siobhan "Shiv" Carter (episode 11)
- Paul Clayton as Roger Ffolkes (episode 11)
- Philippa Cole as Janet Garner (episode 11)
- Gay Soper as Rose Highsmith (episode 11)
- Jason Durr as David Hide (episodes 12 & 13)
- Linda Marlowe as Kitty Montpellier (episodes 12 & 13)
- Bobby Rainsbury as Lindsey Pope (episodes 12 & 13)
- Chris Rogers as Billy Rice (episodes 12 & 13)
- Amy Marston as Judith Rice (episodes 12 & 13)
- Gillian Elisa as Grace Allan (episode 14)
- Mark Lockyer as Carl Pryce (episode 14)
- Ray Emmet Brown as Denis "Mac" McCall (episode 14)
- Fraser Ayres as Alan Locke (episode 15)
- Hywel Morgan as Hector Flint (episode 15)
- Patrick Regis as Kwame Addo (episode 15)
- Sandy Foster as Kellie Simmons (episode 15)
- Howard Ward as Tony Meckler (episode 16)
- Rhianna Hosmer as Millie Elsden (episode 16)
- Georgina Lamb as Rachel Elsden (episode 16)
- Witney White as Marnie Lindop (episode 16)
- Veronica Roberts as Hannah Seymour (episode 17)
- Adrian McLoughlin as Gerry Pedler (episode 17)
- Joshua Glenister as Phoenix Bates (episodes 17 & 22)
- Lynn Hunter as Brenda Connolly (episodes 18 – 20)
- Ed Coleman as Harry Dobbs (episode 19)
- Daniel Boyd as Logan Connolly (episode 20)
- Matthew Mellalieu as Norman Robertson (episode 20)
- Nicholas Khan as Noah Nayam (episodes 20 & 21)
- Will Taylor as Jasper Geralds (episode 21)
- Maarten Thomas Ketels as Stellan Schrader (episode 21)
- Calum Macpherson as John Hurley (episode 21)
- Viss Elliot Safavi as Jill Beach (episode 22)
- Tim Berrington as Jim McNeish (episode 22)
- Joe McFadden as Raffaello Di Lucca (episode 22)
- Rachel Lumberg as Sheena Cummings (episode 23)
- John Barrowman as Andrew Nicholson-Heath (episode 23)
- Ania Marson as Cathy Thompson (episode 23)
- Gwynfor Jones as Geoff Walmsley (episode 23)
- Geoffrey MacCarthy as Isaac Mankattah (episode 24)
- Debra Baker as Alison Gardner (episode 24)
- John MacCormick as Owen Potter (episode 24)
- Michael Rivers as Reece Potter (episode 24)
- Aretha Ayeh as Abena Sekyere (episode 26)
- Amy Louise Daws as Martha Ridgeway (episode 26)
- Eugene Bernard McCoy as Carl Ritter (episodes 26 & 34)
- Dean Williamson as Steven Midgley (episode 27)
- Laila Zaidi as Christie O'Connor (episode 27)
- Alexandra O'Neill as Annie Miller (episode 28)
- Hannah McIver as Jess Taylor (episode 28)
- Michael Smith-Stewart as Solomon Cole (episode 29)
- Cara Chase as Linda Rodgers (episodes 29 & 38)
- Ray Sesay as Billy Cooper (episode 29)
- Che Walker as Terry Chase (episode 30)
- Leah Haile as Zola Abebe (episode 31)
- Anna Wilson-Jones as Briony Cove (episode 31)
- Catherine Hannay as Delia Kelly (episode 31)
- Al Coppola as Harry Thorn (episode 32)
- Jake Davies as Jonah Green (episode 32)
- Eve Polycarpou as Janice Green (episode 32)
- Lauren Foster as Stacey Chandley (episode 33)
- Matthew Durkan as Harvey Dean (episode 33)
- Barry Aird as Gary Turnball (episode 34)
- Martha Cope as Beverly Newton (episodes 35 & 36)
- Lianne Harvey as Jude Puncheon (episodes 35 & 36)
- Philip Correia as Remi Abraham (episodes 35 & 36)
- Irene Marot as Dora Taylor (episode 37)
- Sam Cox as Frank Taylor (episode 37)
- Marcia Lecky as Joy Ellis (episode 37)
- Paul Sloss as Harry Everitt (episode 39)
- Zubin Varla as Rafi Raza (episode 39)
- Hannah Saxby as Jenny Dawes (episode 41)
- Ellie Piercy as Allegra Rankin (episode 41)
- Stephanie Siadatan as Georgia Butler (episode 43)
- Julian Moore-Cook as Nico Finefield (episode 43)
- Sianad Gregory as Hannah Pickering (episode 44)
- Theo St Claire as George Morgan (episode 44)
- Debbie Korley as Michelle Brodey (episode 44)
Episodes[]
Episode # | Series # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
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1009 | 1 | Episode 1009 | Jan Bauer | Patrick Homes | 7 January 2020 |
1010 | 2 | Episode 1010 | David Innes Edwards | Katie Douglas | 15 January 2020 |
1011 | 3 | Episode 1011 | 21 January 2020 | ||
1012 | 4 | Episode 1012 | Dermot Boyd | Davey Jones | 28 January 2020 |
1013 | 5 | Episode 1013 | Nick Fisher | 5 February 2020 | |
1014 | 6 | Episode 1014 | Daikin Marsh | Claire Miller | 11 February 2020 |
1015 | 7 | Episode 1015 | Johanne McAndrew Elliot Hope | 18 February 2020 | |
1016 | 8 | Episode 1016 | Waris Islam | Alex Straker | 25 February 2020 |
1017 | 9 | Episode 1017 | Damian Mullen | 26 February 2020 | |
1018 | 10 | Episode 1018 | Jamie Annett | Isla Gray | 10 March 2020 |
1019 | 11 | Episode 1019 | Ed Sellek | 24 March 2020 | |
1020 | 12 | Episode 1020 | Steve Brett | 31 March 2020 | |
1021 | 13 | Episode 1021 | Simon Norman | 7 April 2020 | |
1022 | 14 | Episode 1022 | Griff Rowland | Joe Ainsworth | 14 April 2020 |
1023 | 15 | Episode 1023 | Becky Prestwich | 2 June 2020 | |
1024 | 16 | Episode 1024 | Jennie Darnell | Phil Mulryne | 9 June 2020 |
1025 | 17 | Episode 1025 | Johnny Candon | 16 June 2020 | |
1026 | 18 | Episode 1026 | David Innes Edwards | Katie Douglas | 23 June 2020 |
1027 | 19 | Episode 1027 | 30 June 2020 | ||
1028 | 20 | Episode 1028 | Dean Byfield | Julie Parsons | 7 July 2020 |
1029 | 21 | Episode 1029 | Ed Sellek | 14 July 2020 | |
1030 | 22 | Episode 1030 | Karl Neilson | Davey Jones | 21 July 2020 |
1031 | 23 | Episode 1031 | Nick Fisher | 28 July 2020 | |
1032 | 24 | Episode 1032 | Tracey Rooney | Lucia Haynes | 4 August 2020 |
1033 | 25 | Episode 1033 | Joe Ainsworth | 11 August 2020 | |
1034 | 26 | Episode 1034 | Steve Brett | Patrick Homes | 10 November 2020 |
1035 | 27 | Episode 1035 | Griff Rowland | Joe Ainsworth | 17 November 2020 |
1036 | 28 | Episode 1036 | Ciara Conway | 24 November 2020 | |
1037 | 29 | Episode 1037 | Paulette Randall | Andy Bayliss | 1 December 2020 |
1038 | 30 | Episode 1038 | Ed Sellek | 8 December 2020 | |
1039 | 31 | Episode 1039 | Steve Brett | Damian Mullen | 15 December 2020 |
1040 | 32 | Episode 1040 | Katie Douglas | 5 January 2021 | |
1041 | 33 | Episode 1041 | Jamie Annett | Rebekah Harrison | 12 January 2021 |
1042 | 34 | Episode 1042 | Patrick Homes | 19 January 2021 | |
1043 | 35 | Episode 1043 | Karl Neilson | Joe Ainsworth | 26 January 2021 |
1044 | 36 | Episode 1044 | 2 February 2021 | ||
1045 | 37 | Episode 1045 | Dean Byfield | Ciara Conway | 10 February 2021 |
1046 | 38 | Episode 1046 | 16 February 2021 | ||
1047 | 39 | Episode 1047 | David Innes Edwards | Michelle Lipton | 23 February 2021 |
1048 | 40 | Episode 1048 | Becky Prestwich | 2 March 2021 | |
1049 | 41 | Episode 1049 | Daikin Marsh | Katie Douglas | 9 March 2021 |
1050 | 42 | Episode 1050 | Andy Bayliss | 16 March 2021 | |
1051 | 43 | Episode 1051 | Steve Brett | Ed Sellek | 23 March 2021 |
1052 | 44 | Episode 1052 | Lydia Marchant | 30 March 2021 |
References[]
- ↑ "BBC - Statement on BBC Continuing Dramas - Media Centre" bbc.co.uk [Accessed 05 August 2020]
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Casualty and Holby City donate protective equipment to NHS" BBC News (24 March 2020) [Accessed 05 August 2020]
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Holby City donates ventilators to London Nightingale hospital" BBC News (10 April 2020) [Accessed 29 October 2020]
- ↑ BBC Studios [@bbcstudios] (10 April 2020) "Fully operational ventilators from the Holby City set arrived at the new Nightingale Hospital yesterday. @BBCCasualty & @BBCHolbyCity Exec Producer Simon Harper said: "We are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the courageous and selfless real life medics."" (Tweet) — via Twitter
- ↑ "BBC - Holby City back up and running, as filming begins on special coronavirus episode - Media Centre" bbc.co.uk [Accessed 29 October 2020]
- ↑ Rosie Marcel [@rosiemarcelofficial] (2 October 2020) "Can you see the plastic partition? Shooting like this is tough but we have an amazing team. #covidfilming #covidfilmingsolutions" — via Instagram [Accessed 29 October 2020]
- ↑ "BBC - Holby City trailer gives glimpse of series returning to BBC One soon - Media Centre" bbc.co.uk [Accessed 29 October 2020]
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