Where is holby set

None of the original 11 characters who began on the show remain, there is a core group of 15 actors employed on the serial drama at any one time. Medical researchers are employed by the drama to verify script accuracy to make the show more realistic. The first series of Holby City averaged 9. Series 19 should be wrapping up in October of this year, with the 20th series of the drama beginning after.

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Why is Holby City being cancelled? BBC medical drama Holby City is coming to an end after TV bosses announced that the long-standing programme which has run for 23 seasons will cease production in The news comes as a shock to some TV licence payers, as many are surprised to see the long-standing drama, which continued filming through lockdown measures , come to an end, and a petition has even been set up begging for a U-turn on the decision, which has already got thousands of signatures.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the amazing team at BBC Studios and all the cast and crew who have been involved in the show since And the current episodes being aired are gripping the nation, as Cameron and his mum Bernie are discovered to be still alive and two characters Ethan and Ian making a return in a few weeks. What a comeback for them both… So why exactly are the BBC scraping such an awesome, nail biting, award winning show?!

It makes 0 sense. And more gripping drama is expected after the BBC shared a teaser clip of what is yet to come…. Coming soon… HolbyCity pic. Following its launch in , Casualty 's sexier sibling was regularly bringing in approximately seven million viewers every Tuesday night, before dropping to an average of between four and five million in recent years.

We don't know whether this played a part in Holby 's eventual downfall, and we probably never will EastEnders is hardly breaking the screen with a 4m consolidated average for May, and Casualty and Doctors come in even lower , but it's unlikely that a long-running drama pulling in much higher and healthier figures would find themselves in the firing line. Since the start of , we have also waved goodbye to key characters such as Ric Griffin, Jac Naylor Rosie Marcel , Essie Di Lucca Kaye Wragg and Serena Campbell Catherine Russell , leaving some fans apprehensive about what the future of the show was going to look like anyway.

News of Holby 's imminent closure naturally left viewers wondering whether Casualty would suffer a similar fate. However, we can confirm that it will be staying on air. As we know, the two shows are partial to frequent crossovers and have shared a handful of characters in the 23 years since Holby 's birth. But will any of Holby 's current cast be transferred over to Casualty more permanently over the next nine months?

That remains to be seen. But we will of course be keeping you up to date on all the news when we have it. Holby City will be going off air in March As the cast and crew shoot approximately four months in advance, filming can be expected to wrap up around November — certainly before the year is out.

As for whether it could be picked up by another channel in the meantime, it's looking unlikely, but Digital Spy understands that it's very much at the BBC's discretion as it has the rights to the show. There would be several factors to consider if it were to be picked up by another channel — most notably when it comes to Casualty. Given that the two shows are, in fictional sense, based at the same hospital, giving another channel full creative control of Holby could invariably run into continuity errors.

Holby City will be airing in its usual Tuesday night slot at 7. Digital Spy now has a newsletter — sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox.