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Oliver Valentine
Oliver "Ollie" Valentine is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by actor James Anderson. He first appeared in the eleventh series episode "Proceed With Caution", broadcast on 9 June 2009. Oliver was introduced alongside his older sister, Penny (Emma Catherwood), as a Foundation House Officer 1 (F1) on rotation at Holby City Hospital. Series producer Diana Kyle intended their inclusion to have an "instant impact on the wards." Anderson was selected to play Oliver; he spent time with a real F1 doctor and trained with the programme's medical advisors to prepare for the part. It took him around six months to ease into the role, and a further six to feel comfortable in it. Oliver was initially portrayed as "the golden boy" compared to his sister. Boyishly charming and medically talented, he nonetheless lacked confidence in his ability. When Oliver reached his F2 training, the series formed an on-screen duo by pairing him with registrar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holby City (series 11)
The eleventh series of the British medical drama television series ''Holby City'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 21 October 2008, and concluded on 13 October 2009. Episodes Cast Main characters *James Anderson (English actor), James Anderson as Oliver Valentine (from episode 34) *Rakie Ayola as Kyla Tyson (until episode 8) *Paul Bradley (English actor), Paul Bradley as Elliot Hope * *Tom Chambers (actor), Tom Chambers as Sam Strachan (until episode 10) *Hari Dhillon as Michael Spence (Holby City), Michael Spence *Rebecca Grant (British actress), Rebecca Grant as Daisha Anderson *Tina Hobley as Chrissie Williams (episodes 1-2, from episode 19) *Jaye Jacobs as Donna Jackson *Patsy Kensit as Faye Byrne * *Rosie Marcel as Jac Naylor *Amanda Mealing as Connie Beauchamp *Duncan Pow as Linden Cullen *Robert Powell as Mark Williams (Holby City), Mark Williams *Hugh Quarshie as Ric Griffin *Luke Roberts (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrissie Williams
Christine "Chrissie" Williams (also Levy) is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by Tina Hobley. She first appeared in the third series episode "The Road Less Travelled", broadcast on 5 June 2001. Hobley decided to leave ''Holby City'' and Chrissie's final appearance occurred in the sixteenth series episode "Merry-Go-Round", which was broadcast on 19 November 2013. Development Chrissie first appeared in the final episode of the third series of ''Holby City''. The episode was titled "The Road Less Travelled" and was originally broadcast on 5 June 2001. Executive producer Mal Young approached Hobley about the possibility of joining ''Holby City'' and she stated her interest. Young created the role especially for Hobley because he thought a "bitchy" role was suited to her. Chrissie was also created to replace the vacant Ward Sister role following the departure of Julie Fitzjohn (Nicola Stephenson). Chrissie is introduced via the show's cardiotho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony McHale
Tony McHale (born Anthony John Wright, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a British actor, writer, director and producer, who is known for starring in ''Coronation Street'' and also known as a "stooge" to Jeremy Beadle on ''Game For A Laugh'' and later ''Beadle's About''. He trained at the Rose Bruford College. He also enjoyed a long stint as a writer/story consultant/director on the top rated BBC1 soap opera ''EastEnders'' from its conception to the mid 1990s. He co-created BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', and served as its executive producer and showrunner from 2007 to 2010. Tony also served as a core writer on numerous other TV dramas. Early life Tony McHale was born Anthony John Wright in Wibsey a suburb of Bradford in West Yorkshire. His father Gordon Wright was a police officer and road safety specialist who was awarded an MBE for his work. His mother Madeline Wright was a school teacher. He attended St Paul's Church Primary School, Buttershaw, where he passed his elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Loach
James Loach (born 6 June 1969) is a British film director. Early life Jim Loach was born in London to Ken Loach and Lesley Ashton in June 1969, one of five children. He studied philosophy at University College London. Career Loach intended to pursue a career in journalism. He joined the BBC where he worked as a researcher for Sue Lawley and Anne Robinson. He turned to directing in 1996 while working on the Granada Television, Granada TV Current affairs (news format), current affairs programme ''World in Action''. He went on to direct several episodes of ''Coronation Street'' in 2000, and subsequently directed episodes of ''Bad Girls (TV series), Bad Girls'', ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road'', ''Shameless (UK TV series), Shameless'' and ''Hotel Babylon (BBC series), Hotel Babylon''. His first feature film ''Oranges and Sunshine'' was released on 1 April 2011. The film starred Emily Watson as Margaret Humphreys, the social worker who exposed the scandal of child migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acute Assessment Unit
An acute admissions unit is a short-stay department in some British, Australian and New Zealand hospitals that may be linked to the emergency department, but functions as a separate department. The AMU acts as a gateway between a patient's general practitioner, the emergency department, and the wards of the hospital. The AMU helps the emergency department produce a healthy turnaround for patients, helping with the four-hour waiting rule in the United Kingdom. An AMU is usually made up of several bays and has a small number of side-rooms and treatment rooms. They are fully equipped with emergency medical treatment facilities including defibrillators and resuscitation equipment. Patients From the emergency department, patients can be moved to AMU where they will undergo further tests and stabilisation before they are transferred to the relevant ward or sent home. Also, patients can be admitted straight to AMU from their general practitioner if he or she believes the patient need ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jing Lusi
Jing Lusi (Chinese: 陆思敬; born 16 May 1985) is a British actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Stan Lee's Lucky Man'', the 2018 hit film '' ''Crazy Rich Asians'''' and BAFTA nominated series '' ''Gangs of London''''. On stage, Lusi was part of the original cast of the European premiere of Amy Herzog's play '' 4000 Miles''. She has presented for the BBC, as well as being the focus, for the documentaries ''My Chinese New Year'' (2015) and ''Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth'' (2016). Early life and education Lusi was born on 16 May 1985 in Pudong, Shanghai, and moved with her parents to the United Kingdom at the age of five. Her family settled in Southampton, her father having been granted a scholarship to study a master's degree at the university. She studied at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, then read law at University College London. Career Lusi's first television role was in the BBC's BAFTA award-winning medical drama series ''Holby City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Fedori
Olga Victorivna Fedorishcheva ( uk, Ольга Вікторівна Федоріщева, Ol'ha Viktorivna Fedorishcheva; born 17 March 1984), known as simply Olga Fedori, is a Ukrainian actress who works in English language films and programmes. She is best known for portraying Frieda Petrenko in the BBC medical drama '' Holby City'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2017 to 2019. Early life Fedori was born in Ukraine, where she studied international relations and law at Donetsk National University. During her first year of university, she participated in a study abroad program in Neosho County, Kansas, studying at Neosho County Community College (NCCC). After finishing her first year at NCCC, Fedori transferred to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While a Harvard student, Fedori performed at the American Repertory Theater and other theaters in Boston. Fedori graduated from Harvard in 2004, and began working in Off-Broadway productions in New York City. In addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frieda Petrenko
Frieda Petrenko is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama '' Holby City'', played by Olga Fedori Olga Victorivna Fedorishcheva ( uk, Ольга Вікторівна Федоріщева, Ol'ha Viktorivna Fedorishcheva; born 17 March 1984), known as simply Olga Fedori, is a Ukrainian actress who works in English language films and programmes .... She first appears during the Holby City (series 12), twelfth series episode "Together Alone", originally broadcast on 17 February 2010. Frieda was introduced as a nurse, before retraining as a foundation doctor. She departs during the Holby City (series 14), fourteenth series episode "Wolf's Clothing", originally broadcast on 15 May 2012. Frieda guest stars in a Holby City (series 17), series 17 episode, originally broadcast on 22 September 2015, as a patient diagnosed with tuberculosis. Fedori reprised the role again in 2017 and returns in the Holby City (series 19), nineteenth series episode "We Need to Talk About Fredrik", o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Marcel
Rosie Ellen Celine Marcel (born 6 May 1977) is an English actress. Marcel is known for her role as Jac Naylor, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon lead in the BBC drama series ''Holby City'', a role she has also played in sister series ''Casualty''. She is also the daughter of television director Terry Marcel and sister of writer and actress Kelly Marcel. Career Marcel describes herself as being from a "dramatic" family, and she had her first job at the age of three as a fairy in ''A Midsummer Nights Dream'' at the National Theatre. In 1985, she appeared in ''Bergerac'' as an abducted child, Michelle. In 1989, Marcel was cast as Sophie in the children's comedy drama ''Press Gang''. Marcel played a sidekick to Paul Reynolds' character Colin Mathews. She enjoyed the experience, especially scenes in which she had to bite on sweets that made fake blood pour from her mouth. In 1999, Marcel played Donna Palmer in '' Days Like These'', which was set in the 1970s. Marcel later recalled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jac Naylor
Jac Naylor is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', portrayed by Rosie Marcel. She made her first screen appearance during the series eight episode "Bird on a Wire", which was originally broadcast on 22 November 2005. The character is introduced alongside Luke Roberts and Tom Chambers as Joseph Byrne and Sam Strachan, respectively. Jac is characterised as a highly ambitious, forthright surgeon who is career-oriented. Her backstory states that her mother placed her in foster care aged twelve. Marcel took maternity leave in 2014 and Jac temporarily departs in the seventeenth series episode "Go the Distance", originally broadcast on 14 April 2015, after reuniting with Jonny Maconie ( Michael Thomson). Marcel returns for two appearances during her maternity leave, before returning in the eighteenth series episode "A Delicate Truth", originally broadcast on 24 November 2015. Marcel worked with producers to emphasise Jac's bitchy characterisation on her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
