Holby 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". Although both shows are set in the same hospital, "Casualty" is primarily filmed in Cardiff, whilst "Holby City" is filmed in Hertfordshire at BBC Elstree Centre. The indoor shots for the first series of "Casualty" were filmed at BBC Television Centre in London. The exterior shots of the hospital used in "Casualty" were formerly filmed at the City of Bristol College;
Hospital at the End of the City Hospital at the End of the City Hospital at the End of the City () is a popular television series first released in Czechoslovakia in 1977. It featured an ensemble cast and received much viewer praise in central Europe. The series ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of twenty episodes. The success of the series inspired the German television series "The Black Forest Clinic". The series followed the story of Dr. Sova and his colleagues at the hospital. The series is a drama and is based on a mix of the lives of the doctors and the patients.