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Encyclopedia > HolbyBlue
HolbyBlue

Series logo from previews
Genre Police procedural
Drama
Created by Tony Jordan
Starring Cal Macaninch
Richard Harrington
Kacey Ainsworth
Zöe Lucker
Tim Pigott-Smith
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes Series 1: 8
Series 2: 12 confirmed
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run May 8, 2007[1]
Chronology
Related shows Casualty
Holby City
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Contents

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 350 × 202 pixelsFull resolution (350 × 202 pixel, file size: 5 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Screenshot of HolbyBlue series logo from previews. ... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to accurately depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Tony Jordan on the set of EastEnders Tony Jordan is the lead writer and story consultant for BBC Soap Opera EastEnders and has written for the soap since 1985, he is considered to be a somewhat veteran of the soap. ... Cal Macaninich (born 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor. ... Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor. ... Kacey Ainsworth (born October 19, 1971 in London, England) is a British actress, best known for playing the long-suffering Maureen Slater (nicknamed Little Mo) in the BBC television soap EastEnders. ... Zöe Lucker (born April 11, 1974 in Huddersfield) is an English actress best known for her role as Tanya Turner in ITVs Footballers Wives, and is a former most popular actress nominee for the UK. // HolbyBlue (2007-) Bombshell (TV Series) (2005) Bad Girls (2004) Footballers Wives (2002-2006... Tim Pigott-Smith as Peter Creedy in V for Vendetta. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (129th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. ... Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ...

History and broadcast

HolbyBlue (styled Holby/Blue) is a British television drama series which premiered on BBC One on 8 May 2007. It was announced in the Spring of 2006, as a spin-off from the popular BBC One drama Holby City, itself a spin-off of the long-running Casualty. BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see 8 (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ... Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world[1], first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. ...


The series is broadcast on Tuesday nights at 8pm, in the place of parent show Holby City, which, during the period of HolbyBlue being broadcast is moved to Thursdays. HolbyBlue runs for one hour, and has been re-commissioned by BBC One to return in 2008 as a twelve-part series. Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Filming and locations

Actors spent some time shadowing uniform and detective officers at Surrey Polices' Woking Station, and following an in depth visit to the station's custody centre, it is rumoured that the the Holby Police Station cell block is based on the real thing at Woking. The first series show was filmed during the winter months of late 2006 and early 2007 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 at number 59 Nobles Way in Egham Surrey. Shooting was also in Woking, Surrey, during the winter in the Town Centre. One can assume that a similar filming regime will be used to shoot the second series at the end of 2007. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... Longcross is a small village in Surrey, England. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...


Criticism

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 it's parents, Holby City and Casualty in that it aims to "push the boundaries" in pre-watershed television, according to creator and writer Tony Jordan. Points of View is a long-running television show shown in the United Kingdom on BBC One, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks. ... Tony Jordan on the set of EastEnders Tony Jordan is the lead writer and story consultant for BBC Soap Opera EastEnders and has written for the soap since 1985, he is considered to be a somewhat veteran of the soap. ...


Characters

The following is a list of characters from the BBC drama HolbyBlue. ...

External links

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

References

  1. ^ Green, Kris (2007-04-17) 'HolbyBlue' pushed back a week, Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2007-04-27


 

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