The twentieth series of the British medical drama television series Holby City began on BBC One on 2 January 2018 in the United Kingdom. The series consists of 52 episodes. Kate Hall is the series producer and Simon Harper is the executive producer. In episode one, Camilla Arfwedson returns as former regular character Zosia March in a guest role and Catherine Russell reprises her role as Serena Campbell in episode six. James Anderson (Oliver Valentine) departed the series in episode 13.
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Production
The series began airing on Tuesday nights on BBC One from 2 January 2018. Simon Harper continues his role as the executive producer of the show, while Kate Hall serves as the series producer. The series consists of 52 episodes, a decrease since the previous series.
Rosie Marcel revealed in an interview with Inside Soap that a main character would be killed off "fairly soon".
Cast
Overview
The twentieth series of Holby City began with 15 roles receiving star billing, including Guy Henry as chief executive officer and consultant general surgeon Henrik Hanssen, Paul McGann as director of surgical innovations and medicine and consultant neurosurgeon John Gaskell, Bob Barrett as Sacha Levy, a clinical skills tutor, consultant general surgeon and the clinical lead of Keller ward,, Hugh Quarshie as consultant general surgeon Ric Griffin, and Rosie Marcel as director of cardiothoracic surgery, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon and clinical lead of Darwin ward Jac Naylor.Hermione Gulliford, meanwhile, portrays consultant neurosurgeon Roxanna MacMillan, James Anderson and Olga Fedori appear as cardiothoracic specialist registrars Oliver Valentine and Frieda Petrenko, David Ames continues his role as Dominic Copeland, a specialist registrar in general surgery. Belinda Owusu and Salma Hoque portray F1 doctors Nicky McKendrick and Meena Chowdhury, and Alex Walkinshaw stars as director of nursing services Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher. Jaye Jacobs appears as staff nurse, and later senior staff nurse, Donna Jackson and Kaye Wragg and Lee Mead feature as staff nurses Essie Di Lucca and Ben "Lofty" Chiltern respectively. Additionally, Jules Robertson continues his semi-regular role as porter Jason Haynes.
Anderson departed his role as Oliver Valentine in episode 13. He confirmed his departure on Twitter after the episode's broadcast, commenting, "It's with a full, heavy heart that I now move on to adventures new." Essie also left the series in episode 13. Sasha Morris of Daily Star reported that Wragg had left the cast, but Wragg confirmed on Twitter that it was a break. Essie will return in episode 28, which will be broadcast on 10 July 2018.
Camilla Arfwedson reprised her role as Zosia March for only episode one. After taking a break from the serial in the previous series, Catherine Russell returned to her role as consultant general surgeon and clinical lead of AAU Serena Campbell. Serena returns in episode 6. Marcus Griffiths joins the cast as registrar Xavier "Zav" Duval in episode 8. Jemma Redgrave also left her role as Bernie Wolfe during the previous series, although producer Hall confirmed that she would return when she decided to end her break. Russell confirmed on 6 February 2018 that Redgrave would film several episodes in March. She will return in episode 24. Olivia Poulet joins the semi-regular cast as chief executive officer Abigail Tate in episode 14.
The series features several recurring characters, and numerous guest stars. Gruffudd Glyn stars in the two opening episodes as prisoner Danny Fincher. Actress Sara Stewart appears in episode 2 as cardiothoracic surgeon Professor Arianne Cornell, following her appearance in episode 1067 of Casualty. Dana Smit reprises her guest role as Sara Johannsen, the wife of Fredrik Johansson (Billy Postlethwaite), in episode 4. Wanda Ventham stars as Shelaigh Chiltern, the grandmother of Lofty, from episode four. Macey Chipping features in episode 7 as Fletch's daughter, Evie Fletcher, having last appeared in March 2017. Poppy Jharka reprises her guest role as Amira Zafar in episodes 11 and 12. Kai O'Loughlin returns to his role as Mikey Fletcher, Fletch's son, in the series. He appears in episode 18 and 20. On 1 February 2018, it was announced that actress Gemma Oaten would reprise her role as nurse Sydney Somers for one episode, having previously appeared in two episodes in the previous series. Sydney stars in episode 20.
Hall announced that this series would continue to crossover with Casualty. A trailer teasing the show's summer storylines revealed that Casualty character Ethan Hardy, portrayed by George Rainsford, would be guest appearing in an episode in the near future.
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References
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External links
- Holby City at BBC Online
- Holby City at the Internet Movie Database
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