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
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