John Barrowman makes his debut as ruthless recruiter Dr Drew on Holby City

John Barrowman makes his debut as ruthless recruiter Dr Drew on Holby City as trailer teases star appearance By Emily Webber For Mailonline Published: 20:49 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 20:49 BST, 24 July 2020 John Barrowman is set to make his debut appearance on Holby City. The BBC hospital drama is set to … Read more

EastEnders and Holby City sets reopen as staff head back to Elstree Studios

Broadcasters have detailed how they’re gearing up to restart the UK’s TV industry once the coronavirus lockdown is lifted. In a 15-page plan, networks such as Sky, the BBC, ITV, ITN, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have explained how they’ll get the cameras rolling in the near future, with sets enforcing rules such as bringing your own cutlery … Read more

Holby City star SHELAGH MCLEOD, 59, has reinvented herself as a film director

When Shelagh McLeod’s film Astronaut is released this month, it will be a moment of triumph for the first-time director. Few women, after all, have made their directorial debut at the age of 59 with a major movie starring an Oscar winner. With Richard Dreyfuss in the lead role (an Academy Award winner in 1978), … Read more

BBC donates fully working ventilators from the set of Holby City to the new Nightingale Hospital

The BBC has donated fully working ventilators from the set of medical drama Holby City to the new Nightingale Hospital in London The corporation shared the news in a tweet, showing workers loading equipment into a van. Holby City executive producer Simon Harper said: ‘We are only too happy to help out and do what … Read more

Holby City and Casualty donate protective medical equipment to NHS amid COVID-19

Medical TV dramas Holby City and Casualty have donated their equipment to the NHS as the coronavirus crisis continues to grip the UK. The BBC shows – both set in hospitals – use real-life medical equipment as props, and show bosses have now passed on the likes of protective equipment such as surgical masks and … Read more

Rapper, who gave Holby City actor’s daughter, 24, hallucinogenic drugs will appeal his manslaughter

Rapper, 31, who gave Holby City actor’s daughter, 24, hallucinogenic drugs then filmed her as she died at Bestival will appeal his manslaughter by gross negligence conviction Ceon Broughton convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence of girlfriend  Louella Fletcher-Michie was given the drug 2C-P by the rapper at Bestival in 2017 Broughton jailed for eight-and-a-half … Read more