Reception Holby City (series 2)

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—jaci stephen of daily mail, contrasting similar hiv storylines on holby city , chicago hope.

on 22 november 1999, 3 days before series première, director of channel 4 gub neal called bbc cease production of drama programmes. neal highlighted holby city example of station s safe programming, denouncing perceived abandonment of quality productions in favour of star-led series , endless soup of indistinctive programmes . daily mail s jaci stephen echoed gub s concerns, writing excessive salaries paid star-names had resulted in dilution of overall talent, , rise of shallow, cliche-ridden drama, success of dependent upon little more undemanding audience s lack of intellectual ambition. stephens wrote that: more obvious in holby city, doctors , nurses outnumber patients 25 one. criticised storyline saw kirstie potentially infected hiv following needle stick injury, contrasting negatively similar storyline on chicago hope. stephens concluded series sentimental, simplistic tosh.


reviewing search hero , guardian s nancy banks-smith commented on series casting: had uneasy sensation had met half these people before in assorted soap operas. if having emergency caesarean in economy class, last person want see @ other end of cleverly improvised coathanger cindy s fancy man eastenders. fellow guardian critic adam sweeting criticised series writing, observing: in holby, no cliché need ever fear being denied admittance. natasha joffe critical of series writing, opining holby city seemed bit soggy following nick s departure, , criticising casualty-esque love of didactic plot mirroring between doctor , patient storylines.


by february 2000, holby city had become new drama series under bbc 1 controller peter salmon average more 9 million viewers. series saw griffin win best actress award @ 2000 ethnic multicultural media awards role jasmine.








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