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• List of awards and nominations received by Holby City

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• Sam Strachan

• Maddy Young

• Anton Meyer

• Holby City (series 1)

• "Tuesday's Child"

• Holby City

• Donna Jackson

• Oliver Valentine

• Casualty (series 30)

• "Too Old for This Shift"

• Casualty (series 29)

• HolbyBlue

• Casualty (series 31)

• Holby City (series 18)

• "One" (Casualty)

• "Man Down" (Holby City)

Did you know? articles
• ... that Holby City woman is a voter demographic in the United Kingdom considered influential to the outcome of the next United Kingdom general election?

• ... that Holby City hospital's disabled CEO Vanessa Lytton is played by Leslie Ash, whose own disability resulted from a hospital stay?

• ... that British actress Emma Catherwood observed real bypass surgery being performed in preparation for her role as F1 Penny Valentine in the medical drama Holby City?

• ... that "Tuesday's Child", an episode of the BBC medical drama Holby City, was filmed entirely on location in Ghana?

• ... that a kiss between Dan Hamilton and Antoine Malick in the UK medical drama Holby City was criticised for "following the trend" of depicting gay relationships?

• ... that Holby City character Oliver Valentine has been described as "a doctor with the blue eyes of Fonda and the medical competence of fondue"?

• ... that NHS Blood and Transplant stated several people had asked to be removed from the UK organ donor register as a result of a storyline involving Holby City character Mo Effanga?

• ... that actor Michael Thomson toured a real-life hospital to help him prepare for his role as Jonny Maconie in Holby City?

• ... that Louise Delamere decided to make her Holby City character Colette Sheward childless after reading a national statistic?

• ... that Ty Glaser shadowed a surgical team at Whipps Cross University Hospital to help her prepare for her role as Gemma Wilde on Holby City?

• ... that actress Camilla Arfwedson attended three auditions to secure the role of Holby City character Zosia March?

• ... that David Ames auditioned for another Holby City character prior to winning the role of Dominic Copeland?

• ... that actress Sarah-Jane Potts filmed her own audition for the role of Eddi McKee in Holby City, after she was approached by the show's casting director?

• ... that Jules Knight auditioned for the role of Holby City Harry Tressler four times before he was cast?

• ... that the Holby City production team built a new set featuring real pharmaceutical equipment for the introduction of the character Amy Teo?

• ... that William Beck, who played Dylan Keogh in Casualty, was told by the producers that Dylan should not smile?

• ... that actress Georgina Bouzova feared that people would spit at her because of the behaviour of her character Ellen Zitek?

• ... that to prepare for his role as surgeon Raf di Lucca in Holby City, actor Joe McFadden watched open-heart surgery?

• ... that actress Charlotte Salt likened her Casualty character Sam Nicholls to Lara Croft?

• ... that the role of Lofty Chiltern in Casualty was specifically written for actor Lee Mead?

• ... that Casualty producers worked with the Association of Air Ambulances for over half a year on the special episode "Too Old for This Shift"?

• ... that the BBC medical drama series Casualty received criticism for a series 29 episode which featured a crash that viewers believed resembled the 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash?

• ... that actress Lucinda Dryzek secured the role of Jasmine Burrows in Holby City while she was training as a hairdresser?

• ... that the Casualty episode "Exile" was filmed entirely in Bucharest?

• ... that in order to accurately portray her character Kirsty Clements' domestic violence storyline, actress Lucy Gaskell spoke to women affected by domestic abuse?

• ... that the actress Claire Goose began research for her character Tina Seabrook's rape storyline, before the writers scripted it?

• ... that show creator Tony Jordan wanted HolbyBlue to emulate the American police dramas Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue?

• ... that fans noticed Doctor Who references in a promotional trailer for Paul McGann's first episode in Holby City as John Gaskell?

• ... that actor Jamie Davis asked his former co-star Sunetra Sarker to reprise her role for his departure in Episode 1068 of Casualty?

• ... that Casualtys list of special episodes' includes the first webisode for a BBC continuing drama?

• ... that the Motor Neurone Disease Association criticised the two-part Holby City episode "Group Animal" for misleading viewers about a cure for motor neuron disease?

• ... that actor Art Malik wanted viewers of Holby City to perceive his character Zubin Khan as an "educated Muslim man"?

• ... that actress Jan Pearson's favourite storyline as Holby City character Kath Fox was a love affair with a priest?

• ... that the Holby City production team worked with Parkinson's UK to create a Parkinson's disease storyline for the character Alex Adams?

• ... that Radio Times critic Alison Graham called the character Jacob Masters "a cocky narcissist" following his debut in Casualty?

• ... that to create the fireball effect in episode 1094 of Casualty, the show's production team packed ten different explosions into one blast?

• ... that a storyline about domestic abuse from the eighteenth series of Holby City sparked 177 calls to the BBC's support line?

• ... that the Casualty production team wore medical scrubs on-set during the filming of the episode "One" so they could disguise themselves if they were caught on camera?

• ... that the storyline of Holby City two-part episode "A Simple Lie" was compared to the Charlie Gard case?

• ... that actress Chloe Howman compared her Casualty character Rita Freeman to a Jack Russell Terrier?

• ... that actor Charlie Condou was offered the role of Ben Sherwood in Holby City without an audition?

• ... that despite suffering from vertigo, actor Bob Barrett performed his own stunt on the hospital rooftop in the Holby City episode "Man Down"?

• ... Casualty struggled to portray the open-air scenes from Episode 1067 as winter because passers-by were wearing summer clothing?

• ... that a same-sex kiss, broadcast in January 2020, between the Casualty characters Marty Kirkby and Jack Ward received 111 complaints?

• ... that scenes of Honey Wright driving in Casualty had to be filmed carefully as actress Chelsee Healey could not drive?

• ... that due to her Casualty character Ruby Spark near-photographic memory, actress Maddy Hill had to learn all the intricate details of the medical terminology used by the character?