Holby City Holby City Holby City (styled as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama "Casualty", and premiered on 12 January 1999. It is set in the same hospital as "Casualty", in the fictional city of Holby, and featured occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both "Casualty" (which featured dedicated episodes broadcast as "Casualty@Holby City") and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off "HolbyBlue". Its first executive producers were Young and Johnathan Young, who were
Holby the cast since the show's 1986 conception. Holby South is the fictional police station in which "HolbyBlue" was based in its two series run. St James is another hospital located on the other side of Holby, and although not shown is referred to regularly. Other hospitals located in Holby which were referenced in the past include Queen's, St Luke's, St Francis', St Austin's and St Thomas'. Another fictional Holby is the setting for the Danish TV soap "Ugeavisen" ("The Weekly Paper"), made by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and first shown in 52 weekly episodes in 1990-91. DR described this