HolbyBlue
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| HolbyBlue | |
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| Genre | Police procedural Drama |
| Created by | Tony Jordan |
| Starring | Cal Macaninch Richard Harrington Kacey Ainsworth Zöe Lucker Tim Pigott-Smith (Series 1) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (to 5 June 2008) (List of episodes) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original run | 8 May 2007 – present |
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| Related shows | Casualty Holby City |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
HolbyBlue is a British police drama television series produced by the BBC, Red Planet Pictures and Kudos for BBC One. The programme is a spin-off of the successful BBC One medical drama Holby City (itself a spin-off of the long-running series Casualty). The first series was broadcast between 8 May and 26 June 2007. A second series of 12 episodes started broadcast on 20 March 2008 on BBC One and concluded on 5 June 2008. It was confirmed on the 5th April 2008 that a 3rd and 4th series of the show will be produced. It is yet unknown whether the show will continue after that.
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[edit] Episodes
Broadcast of the first episode was postponed by a week.[1]
[edit] Characters
Current characters[2]
- Cal Macaninch as DI John Keenan, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Richard Harrington as DS Luke French, 1x01 - (2007 - )
- Zöe Lucker as Station Reception Officer Kate Keenan, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- James Hillier as Acting Inspector Christian Young, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Chloe Howman as PC Kelly Cooper, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Jimmy Akingbola as PC Neil Parker, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Joe Jacobs as PC Billy Jackson,1x01 – (2007 - )
- Elaine Glover as PC Lucy Slater, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Sara Powell as Senior Crown Prosecutor Rachel Barker, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- David Sterne as Desk Sergeant Edward "Mac" McFadden, 1x01 – (2007 - )
- Oliver Milburn as DCI Scott Vaughan, 2x01 – (2008 - )
- James Thornton as PC Jake Loughton, 2x07 - (2008 - )
Returning Characters
- Kacey Ainsworth as Inspector Jenny Black, 1x01 – 2x08, 3x01 - (2007 - 2008, 2009 - )
Former characters
- Tim Pigott-Smith as DCI Harry Hutchinson, 1x01 – 1x08 (2007)
- Velbor Topic as Neculai Stenga, 1x02 – 1x08 (2007)
- Kieran O'Brien as PC Robert Clifton, 1x01 – 2x03 (2007 - 2008)
- Julie Cox & Stephanie Langton as Mandy French, 1x01 – 2x10 (2007 - 2008)
[edit] Production
Actors spent some time shadowing uniform and detective officers at Surrey Police's Woking station, and following an in depth visit to the station's custody centre, it is rumoured that the Holby police station cell block is based on the real thing at Woking. The filming for the first series began in the last week of January 2007,[3] at an old MOD site near Longcross. It is also based at Brunel University, West London, where the external shots of the police station were filmed. Scenes were also filmed in Egham, Surrey. Shooting was also in Woking, Surrey, during the winter in the town centre.
The first series was broadcast on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m., in the regular timeslot of Holby City, which was moved to a Thursday timeslot for the duration of HolbyBlue's run. A second series of 12 episodes was commissioned in June 2007 for transmission in 2008, with filming running until March 2008.[4] The first episode is due to feature a crossover with the characters of Holby City, as the characters from the that programme are interviewed by the HolbyBlue police officers following a "major incident".[5] The BBC's Controller of Continuing Drama Series, John Yorke, has said of the crossover: "Loads of questions are asked in the Holby City episode that are answered in the HolbyBlue episode. That is exciting. It is something the Americans have done for years with shows like CSI and I really like it. You really believe it’s a world."[6] The crossover episodes will be co-written by Holby City creator Tony McHale, and HolbyBlue creator Tony Jordan.[5]
Kacey Ainsworth departed for maternity leave during the second series. The actress will, however, return for the show's third series.[7]
[edit] Reception
The show has come under fire from the public since the first episode. Containing swearing and sex scenes before the 9pm watershed, the BBC received many complaints from viewers and the show was featured on BBC One's Points of View almost immediately after the programme's debut. The show is very different from its parents, Holby City and Casualty in that it aims to "push the boundaries" in pre-watershed television, according to creator and writer Tony Jordan. The second series has been toned down briefly but their are still elements of upsetting and distressing scenes in the programme.
It was also criticised heavily by the Private Eye and other companies for being another TV drama based in Holby.
[edit] DVD releases
The complete series 1 DVD was released 21 April, 2008.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Kris (2007-04-17) 'HolbyBlue' pushed back a week, Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2007-04-27
- ^ Characters & Actors. BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
- ^ Green, Kris. "Filming begins on 'HolbyBlue'", Digital Spy, 31 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
- ^ Hilton, Beth (October 17, 2007). Oliver Milburn joins cast of 'Holby Blue'. DigitalSpy. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
- ^ a b Green, Kris. "'HolbyBlue' returns with crossover ep", Digital Spy, 14 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Hemley, Matthew. "Tony Jordan returns to write for EastEnders", The Stage, 14 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
- ^ Green, Kris. "Kacey Ainsworth to take break from 'HolbyBlue'", DigitalSpy, 7 September 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.
- ^ Holby Blue: Series 1 (DVD). BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
[edit] External links
- HolbyBlue at bbc.co.uk
- HolbyBlue at the Internet Movie Database
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