Series 23 (Holby City)

Series 23
Holby City
Key crew
Senior executive producer	Deborah Sathe
Series producer	Seán Gleeson
Series information
Number of episodes	50
Airing	6 April 2021 – 29 March 2022
Series chronology
Previous	Series 22

Series 23 of Holby City ran between 6 April 2021 and 29 March 2022; it was the final series of the show and comprised 50 episodes.

In June 2021, the BBC announced that Holby City would end following the conclusion of the series.

Cast

Main characters

• Rosie Marcel as Jac Naylor (from episode 17)
• Jo Martin as Max McGerry
• Debra Stephenson as Jeni Sinclaire (episodes 4 – 26)
• Bob Barrett as Sacha Levy
• Guy Henry as Henrik Hanssen
• Dawn Steele as Ange Godard
• Ramin Karimloo as Kian Madani (until episode 12)
• Davood Ghadami as Eli Ebrahimi (from episode 17)
• Simon Slater as Russell "Russ" Faber (from episode 28)
• David Ames as Dominic Copeland
• Amy Lennox as Chloe Godard (until episode 24)
• Belinda Owusu as Nicky McKendrick (from episode 37)
• Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Josh Hudson
• Chan Woo Lim as Jeong-Soo Han
• Alex Walkinshaw as Adrian Fletcher
• Clare Burt as Madge Britton (from episode 17)
• Jaye Jacobs as Donna Jackson
• Tyler Luke Cunningham as Louis McGerry
• Amy Murphy as Kylie Maddon
• Vineeta Rishi as Lucky Simpson (until episode 33)

Recurring characters

• Julia Deakin as Carole Copeland (until episode 36)
• Jules Robertson as Jason Haynes
• Phoebe French as Evie Fletcher (until episode 33)
• Laila Rouass as Sahira Shah (until episode 5)
• Ali Hadji-Heshmati as Abs Raza (until episode 16)
• Raad Rawi as Reyhan Shah (until episode 5)
• Juno Dawson as Vicky Turner (until episode 3)
• Sonny Poon Tip as Andrei Tarpov (episodes 1 – 12)
• Richard Pepper as Rich Peterson (episodes 14 – 24)
• Carol Walton as Elaine Hudson (episodes 14 – 29)
• Karen Ascoe as Regina Marriot (episodes 14 – 47)
• Delroy Atkinson as Delroy Jones (episodes 15 – 18)
• Briana Shann as Mia Barron (episodes 18 – 27)
• Naomi Preston-Low as Melissa "Mel" Dawson (episodes 19 – 27)
• Jemma Redgrave as Bernie Wolfe (episodes 22 –50)
• Damian Quinn as Frazer Forbes (episodes 23 – 44)
• Lucy Briggs-Owen as Amelia Ebrahimi (episodes 26 – 49)
• James Anderson as Oliver Valentine (episodes 28 – 37)
• Delainey Hayles as Billie Faber (episodes 31 – 47)
• Oscar Wilkins as Sammy Carrington (episodes 31 – 37)
• Alison Pargeter as Wendy Carrington (episodes 31 – 37)
• Lottie Tolhurst as Claudia Blaise (episodes 35 – 44)
• Jenny Howe as Alexandra "Lexy" Dunblane (from episode 47)

Guest characters

• Dona Croll as Sanya Morrison (episodes 1 – 3)
• Philippa Stanton as Flo Gallagher (episodes 2 & 40)
• Polly Frame as Claire Reynolds (episode 5)
• Annette McLaughlin as Mags Vernon (episode 5)
• Amanda Wilkin as Jemima Thomas (episode 6)
• Jon Robyns as Dan Phillips (episode 6)
• Samuel Menhinick as Finn Kearney (episode 7)
• Jacqui Dubois as Mary Trowler (episode 7)
• Katie Wimpenny as Abbie Vicars (episode 7)
• Karl Collins as Treve Harding (episodes 8 & 9)
• Isaiah Bobb-Semple as Kyle Griffin (episode 8)
• Dianne Pilkington as Shelley Wilder (episode 8)
• Celia Robertson as Shona Uphill (episode 8)
• Jessie Ross as Aleysa Bonner (episodes 9 & 22)
• Rachel Tucker as Kathy Peters (episode 10)
• Mark Jordon as Connor Coleman (episodes 10 – 12)
• Kwami Odoom as Troy Christie (episodes 11 & 12)
• Gina Gangar as Matilda Chibnall (episode 11)
• Steve North as Len Chibnall (episode 11)
• Rachel-Leah Hosker as Zoe Smith (episodes 11 & 12)
• Jonno Davies as Leo Powell (episode 13)
• Rachel Bright as Beth Miller (episode 13)
• Richard Frame as Dannie Waites (episode 13)
• Nicholas Shaw as Rory Lycett (episodes 13 & 14)
• Conor Joseph as Ashley Parry (episode 15)
• Mark Arden as Martin Duffy (episode 17)
• Emma Jay Thomas as obstetrician (episode 17)
• Ameet Chana as Mohammed Jaziri (episodes 17 & 18)
• Justina Kehinde as Omolola Yakubu (episode 19)
• Victoria Hamnett as Sara Walton (episode 20)
• Ryan Dean as Dayle Walton (episode 20)
• James Bradwell as River Henderson (episode 20)
• Nic Jackman as Cameron Dunn (episodes 21 – 24)
• Izabella Malewska as Cameron Dunn's accomplice (episodes 21 & 22)
• Billy Boyle as Lennie George (episode 22)
• George Rainsford as Ethan Hardy (episode 24)
• Michael Stevenson as Iain Dean (episode 24)
• Amy Forest as Nicola Bates (episode 25)
• Eloise Black as Jo Fields (episode 27)
• Emily Stride as Susan Johnson (episode 27)
• Greta Nayagam as Matilda Johnson (episode 27)
• Cassie Bradley as Cassie Lockhart (episode 28)
• Paul Chan as Mr McConnell (episode 28)
• Madison Stock as Sara Cross (episode 29)
• Ajay Chhabra as Bashir Khan (episode 29)
• Mykel Williams as Alex Burton (episode 30)
• Sara Stephens as Tina Hardacre (episode 30)
• Kitty Cockram as Erica Hardacre (episode 30)
• Eileen Davies as Doreen Spicer (episodes 31 & 32)
• Chris Packham as himself (episode 31)
• Katherine Jack as Maisie Scarborough (episodes 32 – 34)
• Francesca Lara Gordon as Roxy Ackland (episodes 32 & 34)
• Margot Leicester as Charlotte Donaldson (episode 33)
• Eileen Nicholas as Susannah Wetherley (episode 33)
• Natasha Kamanga as Tianna Gabbidon (episode 34)
• Anna Sari as Amber Richards (episode 34)
• Kevin Wathen as Danny Jones (episode 34)
• Curtis Kemlo as Roger Brierley (episode 36)
• Gary McDonald as Thomas Abara (episode 35)
• Laura Lake Adebisi as Yasmeen Abara (episode 35)
• Darcy Isa as Sharmella Wilson (episode 37)
• Camilla Arfwedson as Zosia Self (episode 37)
• Neil Fox-Roberts as Alan Sullivan (episodes 38 & 39)
• Kate Lock Gaminara as Moira Clark (episodes 38 & 39)
• Niamh Lynch as Hannah Spiceley (episode 38)
• Harry Giubileo as Harry Carabello (episodes 40 & 41)
• Michael Greco as Anthony Carabello (episodes 40 & 41)
• Elizabeth Chu as Stevie Kim (episode 40)
• Lucy Girling as Claire Waller (episode 41)
• Kimberley Okoye as Patricia Cole (episodes 42 & 45)
• Catherine Russell as Serena Campbell (episodes 43 & 50)
• Mike Grady as John Barton (episode 43)
• Pushpinder Chani as Sanjit Singh (episode 43)
• Clare Clifford as Jay Harmsworth (episode 44)
• Hari Dhillon as Michael Spence (episode 46)
• Ged Simmons as Terry Britton (episode 46)
• Akbar Kurtha as Jonathan Latif (episode 46)
• John Michie as Guy Self (episode 47)
• Paul Bradley as Elliot Hope (episodes 48 – 50)
• Lucinda Dryzek as Jasmine Burrows (episode 48)
• Rob Ostlere as Arthur Digby (episode 48)
• Kaye Wragg as Essie Di Lucca (episode 48)
• Sian McLeod as Lizzie Britton (episode 48)
• Hamish Clark as Ken Davies (episodes 49 & 50)
• Zoe Aldrich as Anita Blaise (episode 49)
• Chizzy Akudolu as Mo Effanga (episode 50)
• Hugh Quarshie as Ric Griffin (episode 50)
• Tracy Wiles as Helen Davies (episode 50)
• Luke Roberts as Joseph Byrne (episode 50)

Episodes

Episode #	Series #	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original airdate
1053	1	Episode 1053	Dean Byfield	Patrick Homes	6 April 2021
1054	2	Episode 1054		Lucia Haynes	13 April 2021
1055	3	Episode 1055	David Innes Edwards	Rebekah Harrison	20 April 2021
1056	4	Episode 1056		Joe Ainsworth	27 April 2021
1057	5	Episode 1057	Daikin Marsh	Ciara Conway	4 May 2021
1058	6	Episode 1058		Tom Powell	11 May 2021
1059	7	Episode 1059	Suri Krishnamma	Davey Jones	18 May 2021
1060	8	Episode 1060		Isla Gray	25 May 2021
1061	9	Episode 1061	Jamie Annett	Joe Ainsworth	1 June 2021
1062	10	Episode 1062		Michelle Lipton	8 June 2021
1063	11	Episode 1063	Steve Brett	Phil Mulryne	15 June 2021
1064	12	Episode 1064		Andy Bayliss	22 June 2021
1065	13	Episode 1065	Dean Byfield	Katie Douglas	28 June 2021
1066	14	Episode 1066		Jenny Davis	7 July 2021
1067	15	Episode 1067	Christopher McGill	Patrick Homes	13 July 2021
1068	16	Episode 1068		Becky Prestwich	20 July 2021
1069	17	Episode 1069	David Innes Edwards	Joe Ainsworth	27 July 2021
1070	18	Episode 1070		Johnny McKnight	3 August 2021
1071	19	Episode 1071	Katherine Churcher	Ciara Conway	10 August 2021
1072	20	Episode 1072		Katerina Watson	17 August 2021
1073	21	Episode 1073	Karl Neilson	Saneh Ali Matt Naylor	24 August 2021
1074	22	Episode 1074		Davey Jones	31 August 2021
1075	23	Episode 1075	Dean Byfield	Andy Bayliss	7 September 2021
1076	24	Episode 1076		Isla Gray	14 September 2021
1077	25	Episode 1077	Steve Brett	Katie Douglas	21 September 2021
1078	26	Episode 1078		Kellie Smith	28 September 2021
1079	27	Episode 1079	Jean Stewart	Jess Green	5 October 2021
1080	28	Episode 1080		Patrick Homes	12 October 2021
1081	29	Episode 1081	Martin Smith	Rebekah Harrison	19 October 2021
1082	30	Episode 1082		Ed Sellek	26 October 2021
1083	31	Episode 1083	Tania Diez	Rebecca Wojciechowski	2 November 2021
1084	32	Episode 1084		Emma Dennis-Edwards	9 November 2021
1085	33	Episode 1085	David Innes Edwards	Emily Groves	16 November 2021
1086	34	Episode 1086		Ciara Conway	23 November 2021
1087	35	Episode 1087	Emma Lindley	Philip Lawrence	30 November 2021
1088	36	Episode 1088		Joe Ainsworth	7 December 2021
1089	37	Episode 1089	Christopher McGill	Kat Rose-Martin	14 December 2021
1090	38	Episode 1090		Isla Gray	4 January 2022
1091	39	Episode 1091	Jamie Annett	Davey Jones	11 January 2022
1092	40	Episode 1092		Andy Bayliss	18 January 2022
1093	41	Episode 1093	Miranda Howard-Williams	Rebecca Harrison	25 January 2022
1094	42	Episode 1094		Ed Sellek Jayshree Patel	1 February 2022
1095	43	Episode 1095	Michael Lacey	Michelle Lipton	8 February 2022
1096	44	Episode 1096		Isla Gray	15 February 2022
1097	45	Episode 1097	Karl Neilson	Ciara Conway	22 February 2022
1098	46	Episode 1098		Sophia Leonie	28 February 2022
1099	47	Episode 1099	Jamie Annett	Patrick Homes	8 March 2022
1100	48	Episode 1100		Katie Douglas	15 March 2022
1101	49	Episode 1101	David Innes Edwards	Andy Bayliss	22 March 2022
1102	50	Episode 1102		Joe Ainsworth	29 March 2022