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HolbyBlue
''HolbyBlue'' (also known as ''Holby Blue'') was a British police procedural drama series. The show revolves around the daily lives of a number of police officers working at Holby South police station. The cast for series one included Jimmy Akingbola as PC Neil Parker, Joe Jacobs as PC William "Billy" Jackson, David Sterne as Sergeant Edward 'Mac' McFadden, Cal Macaninch as DI John Keenan, James Hillier as Sergeant Christian Young, Kacey Ainsworth as Inspector Jenny Black, Richard Harrington as DS Luke French, Zöe Lucker as Kate Keenan, Chloe Howman as PC Kelly Cooper, Kieran O'Brien as PC Robert Clifton, Tim Pigott-Smith as DCI Harry Hutchinson, Sara Powell as Rachel Barker and Elaine Glover as PC Lucy Slater. Velibor Topić and Julie Cox joined the cast in a recurring capacity as drug baron Neculai Stenga and Mandy French, Luke French's wife. By the end of series one, Pigott-Smith and Topic both departed the show. Series two saw the introductions of Oliver Milburn as DC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and premiered on 12 January 1999; the show ran until 29 March 2022. It follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital, the same hospital as ''Casualty'', in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (which include dedicated episodes broadcast as ''Casualty@Holby City'') and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off ''HolbyBlue''. It began with eleven main characters in its first series, all of whom subsequently left the show. New main characters were then periodically written in and out, with a core of around fifteen main actors employed at any given time. In casting the first series, Young sought actors who were already well known in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keenan (Holby Blue)
John Keenan is a fictional character from the British police drama ''HolbyBlue'', portrayed by actor Cal MacAninch. John is a detective inspector in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Holby South police station. MacAninch was involved in a long casting process for the role, but liked playing a police officer as his brothers are policemen. The character is billed as "fearless" and "straight-talking" with a dedication to his job that damages his marriage to Kate Keenan (Zöe Lucker). John's backstory is explored in series two through the introduction of his abusive father (Kenneth Colley). Casting Actor Cal MacAninch called the casting for the role "a long drawn-out process". He had started rehearsals for a play when he first auditioned for the part, and the play was finished when he learned he had been successful. MacAninch commented, "But it was worth it when I saw the scripts. Any actor would love to play Keenan because he's a great hero." The actor also said that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualty (TV Series)
''Casualty'' (stylised as ''CASUAL+Y'') is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 September 1986. The original producer was Geraint Morris. Having been broadcast weekly since 1986, ''Casualty'' is the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world. The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. The show has strong ties to its sister programme '' Holby City'', which began as a spin-off series from ''Casualty'' in 1999, set in the same hospital. The final episode of ''Holby City'' was broadcast in March 2022. ''Casualty''s exterior shots were mainly filmed outside the Ashley Down Centre in Bristol from 1986 until 2002, when they moved to the centre of Bristol. In 2011, ''Casualty'' celebrated its 25th anniversary and moved production to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Powell
Sara Powell (born 23 June 1968) is a British-Jamaican stage, screen and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. Her regular television roles include crown prosecutor Rachel Barker in the BBC's police procedural drama ''HolbyBlue'' (2007–2008), driver Sally Reid in ITV's firefighting drama ''London's Burning'' (1993–1994) and psychologist Cass in Channel 4's sitcom '' Damned'' (2016–2018). She also played historical figure Mary Seacole in the thirteenth series of the BBC One long-running science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' (2021), as well as a number of other characters in its spin-off audio dramas, produced by Big Finish Productions. Early life and education Powell was born on 23 June 1968 in Jamaica. She loved acting from a very young age, making up little shows together with her brother and forcing her father and any guests at home to watch them. She studied acting at London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Television Powell's television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zöe Lucker
Zöe Elizabeth Lucker (born 11 April 1974) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sonya Leach in ''Coronation Street'' Tanya Turner in the ITV drama series, ''Footballers' Wives''; Vanessa Gold in the long-running BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''; Carol Barry in the BBC One school-based drama series, '' Waterloo Road''; and Reenie McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. Education Lucker was educated at Huddersfield New College. She studied acting at Oscars Academy of Performing Arts in Huddersfield, and later at the Manchester Arden School of Theatre. Career In 2002, Lucker began portraying the role of Tanya Turner on ITV drama series, ''Footballers' Wives''. In 2004, she was nominated and won a ''TV Quick'' and ''TV Choice'' Award for Best Actress for her role of Tanya Turner; she was also nominated for a National Television Award in the category of Most Popular Actress for her work on ''Footballers' Wives''. In 2005, Lucker toured New Zealand exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Akingbola
James Olatokunbo Akingbola (born 7 April 1978) is an English television, theatre and film actor. Early life Jimmy Akingbola was born in London to parents of the Yoruba tribe who had emigrated from Nigeria. In 1996, Akingbola started at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in Wandsworth, London. He completed their three-year, full-time acting diploma. Theatre Akingbola started his career on stage at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in ''The Nativity'' for Bill Alexander. He continued in a production of ''Baby Doll'' at the Royal National Theatre. Next he appeared in "Naked Justice" by playwright John Mortimer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, opposite Leslie Phillips. Akingbola played Elvis in the poignant play ''Behzti'' at the Birmingham Rep in December 2004. He worked with rapper and actor Riz Ahmed in the hit play ''Prayer Room''. Akingbola earned four-star reviews for his performance as Bunce. Akingbola acted in the production of Roxanne Silbert's play ''Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Mitchell (writer)
Graham Mitchell is a British television screenwriter, most known for crime dramas. He has written 27 episodes of ''The Bill'', as well as being the lead writer on the 2005 live episode. Career He has also written for the ''Casualty, Mersey Beat, Holby City'', and '' The Body Farm''. He was part of the regular core writing team on the awarding-winning spin-off ''HolbyBlue''. During its lifespan, ''HolbyBlue'' was nominated for six awards: Best Drama at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards in 2007 and 2008; Best New Drama Series at the TV Quick & TV Choice Awards; actresses Zöe Lucker and Kacey Ainsworth for Best Actress, also at the TV Quick and ''Inside Soap'' Awards, and actor Jimmy Akingbola for Best Male Performance in TV at the Screen Nation Awards. Since 2014, he's been writing for the long-running crime drama ''Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Howman
Chloe Howman (born 1978 in London, England) is an English actress. The daughter of actor Karl Howman, her sister is actress Katy-Jo Howman. Career The sisters' first appearance was in 1986 with their father, as children in his series ''Brush Strokes''. After training at LAMDA, Chloe's adult roles started in 1997 in the soap opera ''Family Affairs'' as Julie-Ann Jones, daughter of Pete Callan. She later appeared as Tara in '' Hollyoaks: Movin' On,'' and as Helen in the series '' Life Begins'' and '' Making Waves''. She later appeared in ''HolbyBlue'' in a leading role. Howman appeared in the BBC medical drama, ''Casualty'' as staff nurse, Rita Freeman Rita Freeman is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', played by Chloe Howman. She first appears in the Casualty (series 28), twenty-eighth series episode "Once There Was a Way Home – Part One", f .... Howman made her first appearance on 10 August 2013 and chose to leave the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kacey Ainsworth
Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1968) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Little Mo in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' and Cathy Keating in ITV drama ''Grantchester''. Early life Ainsworth trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from 1991 to 1994. Career In 2000, Ainsworth joined the cast of BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', She portrayed the role of Little Mo, and made her final appearance in May 2006. Ainsworth has also appeared in other television series such as ITV police drama ''The Bill'' and detective serial ''A Touch of Frost''. She also starred in ''Famous and Fearless'' on Channel 4. In February 2007, Ainsworth appeared in an episode of '' Hotel Babylon'' as a tabloid editor. From 2007 to 2008, she appeared in BBC drama ''HolbyBlue'' as Inspector Jenny Black. On 29 March 2014, Ainsworth appeared in ''Casualty'' as DS Annie Reardon. Later that year, she began appearing in ITV detective drama ''Grantchester'', as Cathy Keating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jordan
Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British television writer. He was listed as the number one television screenwriter in the United Kingdom by ''Broadcast'' magazine in 2008 and among British broadcasting's top twenty in ''The Stage'' in 2009. For many years, Jordan was lead writer and series consultant for BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. Jordan had written for the programme since 1989 including the 2008 single-hander " Pretty Baby...." and is considered to be an 'elder statesman' of the show, for which he has written over 250 episodes . Career Beginning his career as a market trader, Jordan began writing at the age of thirty-two. He joined ''EastEnders'' after sending a spec script to the BBC about market traders, with a covering letter saying he had been born and raised in the East End of London. The BBC turned down the spec script, but gave him a job on ''EastEnders'' because of his apparent life experience. Afraid of what would happen if the producers found out that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holby
Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, the setting for the BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'', and the police drama ''HolbyBlue''. It is based on the real city of Bristol, where ''Casualty'' was formerly filmed, and is notionally located in the fictional county of Wyvern in South West England, not far from the border with Wales. While ''Casualty'' has been filmed in Cardiff since 2011, ''Holby City'' is filmed in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Both shows are set in the same fictional Holby City Hospital. Holby has an airport called Holby International. Holby City Hospital Holby City Hospital is the fictional hospital within the city in which ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'' are set. It is based on the Bristol Royal Infirmary which the original script writers spent time observing in the 1980s in order to garner ideas for ''Casualty''.Hilary Kingsley(1995) ''Casualty'' The Inside Story, Penguin Books, Although both shows are set in the same hospital, ''Casualty' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Jacobs (actor)
Joe Jacobs (m. 1983) is an English actor. Jacobs has appeared in Prime Suspect series 5 as Campbell Lafferty, ''The Bill'', ''Holby City'' and is best known for his role as PC Billy Jackson in the BBC police drama ''HolbyBlue''. The son of actor Clarke Peters Peter Clarke (born April 7, 1952), known professionally as Clarke Peters, is an American-British actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freamon in the television series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008) and Albert Lambrea ..., and grandson of broadcaster David Jacobs, he was in '' Night & Day'' (2001), ''The Lives of the Saints'' (2006), and ''The Commander''. References External links * 1983 births Black British male actors English male television actors English people of American descent Jewish English male actors British Jews English people of African-American descent Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
