HOLBY City bosses have devastated fans confirming the series’ final ever show will air on March 29.
The Casualty spin-off has been on air for 23 years, but TV bosses decided its finale would come at the end of March.
They announced the cancellation of the medical drama in June, 2021, in a statement that rocked BBC viewers as the long-standing programme has been on the air for 23 years.
The final scenes of the long-standing programme were filmed in December, 2021, despite an online petition demanding a change in the decision.
A stalwart for BBC audiences, Holby City was cancelled in a bid “to reshape the BBC’s drama slate to better reflect, represent and serve all parts of the country”, according to a statement released by the broadcaster.
The statement also read: “We are incredibly proud of Holby City but it’s with great sadness that we are announcing that after 23 years, the show will end on screen in March of next year.”
As the end looms in the horizon, some Holby City stars have broken their silence.
This includes actress Rosie Marcel who has teased a “spectacular” ending to the show when its cancellation was announced.
She said: “What we have planned is really spectacular, the ending is a massive nod to the NHS and to everyone making this show.”
“We have nearly 300 people here who are losing their jobs, yet we’re all soldiering on and pulling out the stops.”
“We could have just given up and gone ‘Sod this’, but we’re not.”
Rosie added: “Just wait and see what we can do.”
Some former stars were also adamant on saying their goodbyes with Holby City, paying tribute to an iconic show through social media.
Holby star James Anderson, who played on-off character Oliver Valentine, took to Twitter to pay his respects in December 2021.
He wrote: “Proud to have served alongside many of you. So grateful.
“I hope your last hours are full of that same love that bore you and filled our hearts for so many years.”
Niamh McGrady, aka Mary-Claire Carter, followed up to share her love with the “Holby family today and always”, seven years after her exit.
She remembered: “I cried for days when I left Holby City in 2015.
“Such a joyful place to work and where I forged amazing friendships and learned my craft.
“There will be a Holby shaped hole left in my heart forever.”
Emotions are running high but, for now, the twenty-third series of Holby City continues on BBC One.
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