Holby Holby Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, the setting for the BBC medical dramas "Casualty" and "Holby City", and the police drama "HolbyBlue". It is based on the real city of Bristol, where "Casualty" was formerly filmed, and is notionally located in the fictional county of Wyvern in South West England, not far from the border with Wales. While "Casualty" has been filmed in Cardiff since 2011, "Holby City" is filmed in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Both shows are set in the same fictional Holby City Hospital. Holby has an airport called Holby International. Holby City Hospital is the
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