Holby City

Holby City began in January 1999 as a spin-off from Casualty and is named after the fictional Holby City Hospital in which it is set. The show follows the lives and careers of staff and patients at the hospital and also deals with a range of clinical and ethical issues. The regular characters are all staff, and patients are played by guest actors (occasionally including some famous names such as Eric Sykes, Phill Jupitus, Michael ...

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Holby City, Holby City - The programme, Holby City - Casualty@Holby City, Holby City - Cast, Holby City - Current cast, Holby City - Original cast

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For the usual meaning of this term, see body. Bodies is a 2004 medical drama from BBC3 based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio. The series is the channel's attempt to break into hour long dramas, with its most successful shows to date being half-hour comedies (Little Britain, etc.). The series was also broadcast to American audiences on digital channel BBC America during the late Summer, early Fall of 2005. The drama has been described as a "dark, sometimes funny" take on the favourite genre made popular through shows s ...

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Casualty is a long-running BBC television drama serial, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. It was devised by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin. It is based in and around the fictional Holby City Hospital, situated in Holby, a fictional city bearing a close resemblance to Bristol, where the show is filmed. Bristol landmarks, including the docks and the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge, are regularly glimpsed in the outdoor scenes. The exterior shots of the hospital itself were formerly filmed at the city's technical college, but are now shot on a small industrial e ...

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• Casualty television - Deaths
• Casualty television - Current cast
• Casualty television - Original cast members
• Casualty television - Former cast members

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The first studio was set up in Borehamwood just before the First World War. Film making took off in the inter-war period and there were several different studios in operation. The largest facilities were the MGM-British Studios and the Associated British Pictures Corporation studio - later known as Elstree Studios. While MGM made many glamourous films with stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Ingrid Bergmann its most exciting time was in the 70s to the late 80s when films like the first three Star Wars films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and I ...

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Elstree Studios, Elstree Studios - History, Elstree Studios - The name, Elstree Studios - Selected films made at Elstree, Elstree Studios - List of television programmes made at Elstree Film and Television Studios

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of television spin-offs - #. From 21 Jump Street (1987–1991) Booker From 60 Minutes 60 Minutes II (now 60 Minutes Wednesday) From 77 Sunset Strip Bourbon Street Beat Surfside S ...

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EastEnders - Background. EastEnders was launched at a critical moment in the BBC’s history and was intended to demonstrate the BBC’s ability to produce popular programming. It started airing on the night after a major ident change for the channel, with the show representing the "new face" of the BBC. Critics first derided the new offering, as it was clear that BBC wished to bridge the gap between the network and its competitor, ITV. One news source went as far as to accuse the channel of only having the guts to air the soap after Patricia Phoenix, arguably Britai ...

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List of fictional institutions - Government/international agencies. Hypnos (Digimon) MASK (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) - M.A.S.K. NERV - Neon Genesis Evangelion SHIELD (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, later Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) - Marvel Comics STRIKE (Specia ...

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Ross Kemp - EastEnders. His first credited television appearance was in 1986, playing Graham Lodsworth in Emmerdale Farm (now Emmerdale). But by far his most famous role to date was his award-winning portrayal of hardman 'Grant Mitchell' in the popular BBC series EastEnders. Kemp debuted as hard-man Grant along with Steve McFadden, who played Grant's brother Phil Mitchell, in February 1990. On-screen, Kemp, as Grant, was often at the centre of EastEnders' plots, amongst t ...

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Ross Kemp, Ross Kemp - Early life, Ross Kemp - Acting Career, Ross Kemp - EastEnders, Ross Kemp - After EastEnders, Ross Kemp - Personal life and Glasgow University association

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EastEnders - Background. EastEnders was launched at a critical moment in the BBC’s history and was intended to demonstrate the BBC’s ability to produce popular programming. It started airing on the night after a major ident change for the channel, with the show representing the "new face" of the BBC. Critics first derided the new offering, as it was clear that BBC wished to bridge the gap between the network and its competitor, ITV. One news source went as far as to accuse the channel of only having the guts to air the soap after Patricia Phoenix, arguably Englan ...

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EastEnders, EastEnders - Setting and characters, EastEnders - Setting, EastEnders - Characters, EastEnders - Social realism, EastEnders - History and popularity, EastEnders - Background, EastEnders - History, EastEnders - Popularity, EastEnders - Viewership, EastEnders - Scheduling, EastEnders - International screenings, EastEnders - Critique, EastEnders - Trivia

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Following Sutton's departure from the Head of Drama role in 1981 and his return to front-line producing duties in Shakespeare plays, his place as Head of Drama was taken by Graeme MacDonald. MacDonald had been Head of Serials and later Head of Series & Serials under Sutton, with the two departments having been merged in 1980, remaining so for most of the decade before separating again at the end of it. MacDonald maintained the status quo, and was only Head of Drama for a short time before he was promoted again to run a channel as Controller of BBC Two. ...

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BBC television drama, BBC television drama - Experimental broadcasting and the 1930s, BBC television drama - The return of television and the 1950s, BBC television drama - The 'golden age' of BBC drama, BBC television drama - Changing attitudes in the 1980s and beyond, BBC television drama - The modern era, BBC television drama - Children's drama

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With each different musical interpretation of Cohen's song, it is interesting to note how the lyrics have changed and evolved. However, it seems that these variations may be more due to selection than actual change. In a 2001 interview with The Observer, John Cale said: After I saw [Cohen] perform at the Beacon I asked if I could have the lyrics to "Hallelujah". When I got home one night there were fax paper rolls everywhere because Leonard had insis ...

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Hallelujah song, Hallelujah song - Cover artists, Hallelujah song - Movie and TV soundtracks, Hallelujah song - Lyrics, Hallelujah song - Chord progression

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He is best known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the Star Wars film series and as Urquhart in the film Local Hero. He has also gained some fame for being the uncle of actor Ewan McGregor, who also appeared in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in the role of Obi- ...

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Denis Lawson, Denis Lawson - Life and career, Denis Lawson - Filmography, Denis Lawson - Video games, Denis Lawson - Trivia

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Many newcomers to the town are surprised to discover that, in spite of the word "Elstree" in their names, both of the operational studios are in the Borehamwood part of the town. Indeed, this was true of nearly all of the former studios too. There are a number of reasons for this. When the studios were being established, Elstree was significantly larger than Borehamwood. It must therefore have seemed sensible for anything that needed the name of the town in its name to be called after Elstree rather than Borehamwood. Nowadays, Boreham ...

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His mother, Jean, was a hairdresser and his father, John, was a policeman with the Metropolitan Police force. He has a brother named Darren who is a documentary producer for the BBC. Kemp attended Shenfield High School, where he is remembered as an excellent athlete. He wanted to be an actor from a young age and went on to study drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He has rarely been out of work since leaving the academy in 1985, appearing on stage, in films, on t ...

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Ross Kemp, Ross Kemp - Early life, Ross Kemp - Acting Career, Ross Kemp - EastEnders, Ross Kemp - After EastEnders, Ross Kemp - Personal life and Glasgow University association

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A well known cover of the song is by American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, whose copy has eclipsed Cohen's original in popularity. Most subsequent covers have copied Buckley's version, which in turn follows former Velvet Underground member John Cale's 1991 recording. Rufus Wainwright also covered the track, emphasizing the piano – and his version was included on the Shrek soundtrack in 2001, although it was John Cale's recording from the tribute album I'm Your Fan that inspired Wainwright's and was used in the film ...

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Hallelujah song, Hallelujah song - Cover artists, Hallelujah song - Movie and TV soundtracks, Hallelujah song - Lyrics, Hallelujah song - Chord progression

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The BBC has established a strong reputation in the field of children's drama, although children's dramas are almost universally commissioned and / or produced by the BBC's Children's Department rather than the Drama Department itself. There are however occasional crossovers - Doctor Who, for example, would commonly be regarded as a children's or family programme, but has always been produced by the main Drama Department. Throughout much of the department's history, the epmhasis has been on continuing productions of short-run dr ...

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BBC television drama, BBC television drama - Experimental broadcasting and the 1930s, BBC television drama - The return of television and the 1950s, BBC television drama - The 'golden age' of BBC drama, BBC television drama - Changing attitudes in the 1980s and beyond, BBC television drama - The modern era, BBC television drama - Children's drama

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Already an established national radio broadcaster, the BBC began test transmissions with the new technology of television as early as 1929, working with John Logie Baird and using his primitive early apparatus. The following year, as part of one of these test transmissions, the BBC produced what is believed to be the first piece of television drama ever to have been screened, an adaptation of the Italian playw ...

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BBC television drama, BBC television drama - Experimental broadcasting and the 1930s, BBC television drama - The return of television and the 1950s, BBC television drama - The 'golden age' of BBC drama, BBC television drama - Changing attitudes in the 1980s and beyond, BBC television drama - The modern era, BBC television drama - Children's drama

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List of fictional institutions - Asylums and mental health institutions. Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Gotham City - Batman Belle Isle Asylum, South New Jersey - Aqua Teen Hunger Force Control Corps - Kabuki HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots - Futurama Home for Criminally Insane Humans - Futurama Pescadero State Hospital - Los Angeles, California - Terminator 2: Judgment Day Ravencroft Institu ...

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Based on market research by BBC commissioning in 2003, EastEnders is most watched by 16 - 24 year olds, closely followed by 25 - 34 year olds. An average EastEnders episode attracts a total audience share between 45% and 50%. Aside from that, the 10pm repeat showing on BBC Three attracts an average of 500,000 viewers, whilst the Sunday omnibus attracts a further 3 million. Ever since EastEnders began on the mainstream BBC One, it has achieved some of the highest ...

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EastEnders, EastEnders - Setting and characters, EastEnders - Setting, EastEnders - Characters, EastEnders - Social realism, EastEnders - History and popularity, EastEnders - Background, EastEnders - History, EastEnders - Popularity, EastEnders - Viewership, EastEnders - Scheduling, EastEnders - International screenings, EastEnders - Critique, EastEnders - Trivia

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Created in Thatcherite Britain during the worst economic recession in Britain since the 1930s combined with high unemployment and rocketing crime rates, EastEnders tried to represent this in the social realist tradition. In the eighties, EastEnders featured gritty storylines involving drugs and crime, representing the issues faced by working-class Britain much as Coronation Street did in the 1960 ...

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EastEnders, EastEnders - Setting and characters, EastEnders - Setting, EastEnders - Characters, EastEnders - Social realism, EastEnders - History and popularity, EastEnders - Background, EastEnders - History, EastEnders - Popularity, EastEnders - Viewership, EastEnders - Scheduling, EastEnders - International screenings, EastEnders - Critique, EastEnders - Trivia

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