Holby City: Hard Lesson to Learn
09:45 am - 10:50 am, Friday, April 3 on U&Drama (20)
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Hard Lesson to Learn
Episode 44
Zubin arranges for Ric to be reunited with his estranged son, a situation that becomes complicated when it transpires his girlfriend is six months pregnant and hooked on drugs. When she goes into premature labour, it falls to Jess and Zubin to save the baby. Connie leaves Will to handle an emergency heart operation on his own, but Mickie comes to the rescue, displaying surprising surgical skills. Former EastEnders actress Lucy Speed guest stars as a patient expecting quads
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General
Movie/Drama
Soap/Melodrama/Folkloric
Cast & Crew
Verona Joseph
(Actor)
.. Jess Griffin
Art Malik
(Actor)
.. Zubin Khan
Daon Broni
(Actor)
.. Leo Griffin
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Noah Huntley
(Actor)
.. Will Curtis
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Hugh Quarshie
(Actor)
.. Ric Griffin
Ian Aspinall
(Actor)
.. Mubbs Hussein
Kayvan Novak
(Actor)
.. Reza Abbassi
Lucy Speed
(Actor)
.. Angela Pritchard
Denise Black
(Actor)
.. Judy Pritchard
Harri Earthy
(Actor)
.. Gabby Watson
Christopher Hehir
(Actor)
.. Tash
John Voce
(Actor)
.. Supervisor
Tony McHale
(Writer)
Simon Meyers
(Director)
Sharon Hughff
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Verona Joseph
(Actor)
.. Jess Griffin
Art Malik
(Actor)
.. Zubin Khan
Born:
November 13, 1952
in
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Best Known For:
The Jewel In The Crown and A Passage To India.
Early-life:
Born Athar Ul-Haque on November 13, 1952, in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. One of six children, he moved to London when he was two. At the age of 10 he was sent to boarding school in Pakistan to 'rediscover his roots', returning to England a year later. He had his first theatrical experience at school and decided he wanted to act, a choice that didn't please his parents. He tried business studies before winning a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1974.
Career:
Malik took on minor roles until his big break came in The Jewel In The Crown. During the filming, director David Lean headhunted him for A Passage To India. Both were released in 1984, bringing Malik instant fame. In demand ever since, he has appeared in a host of TV and movie productions, including Bond movie The Living Daylights. He established himself as a movie villain in 1994 action blockbuster True Lies, and played a special needs teacher in acclaimed thriller Clockwork Mice. In recent years, Malik has appeared on the small screen in Life Support, Hotel!, Messiah, Holby City, The Nativity, Upstairs Downstairs, and Borgia.
Quote:
'Am I a star? I hope not, because star is just rats spelled backwards.'
Trivia:
Malik was on the verge of being declared bankrupt before he landed a lucrative role in True Lies.
Daon Broni
(Actor)
.. Leo Griffin
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Born:
April 22, 1968
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Connie Beauchamp in Holby City and Casualty.
Early-life:
Amanda Jane Mealing was born in London on April 22, 1968 and grew up in Dulwich, South London. The youngest of four children, she is the only adopted member of her family. Her older brother, who was 14 years her senior, died after using heroin when she was 15. At the age of six, Amanda made her professional debut in a Julie Andrews TV special. She started taking Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy, before enrolling full-time when she was nine. As a child star, she went on to land roles in Just William, The Morecambe & Wise Show, and Grange Hill.
Career:
Mealing went on to appear G.B.H., Anglo Saxon Attitudes, The House of Eliott, The Darling Buds of May and The Detectives. She had recurring roles in Jake's Progress, The Grand, and The Lakes. She joined the cast of Holby City in 2004, playing cardiothoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp. During a break from the series, she appeared in Strike Back: Project Dawn, Death in Paradise, and Law and Order: UK. In 2014, she reprised her role as Connie Beauchamp in Holby City sister show Casualty.
Quote:
On her Connie Beauchamp character: 'She's on a mission to take over, and she doesn't care whose toes she has to step on to do it.'
Trivia:
Mealing discovered that her birth mother modelled for Biba in London during the 1960s and her biological father was a half-Sierra Leonean poet and activist. The day after giving birth to her second son, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She made a full recovery.
Noah Huntley
(Actor)
.. Will Curtis
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Hugh Quarshie
(Actor)
.. Ric Griffin
Born:
December 25, 1954
in
Accra, Ghana
Best Known For:
Playing Ric Griffin in Holby City.
Early-life:
Hugh Antony Kobna Quarshie was born on December 22, 1954, in Accra, Ghana, where he spent the first few years of his life. He moved to England and grew up in Golders Green, north London. Hugh went to school in Cheltenham and later studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford, where he was president of the African Society, and co-director of the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company. After graduating, he worked as a journalist, becoming a sub-editor at West Africa Magazine.
Career:
Made his small-screen debut in 1979 TV movie The Knowledge, and later featured in TV series Angels, Surgical Spirit and Medics. Appeared as Julius Caesar and Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starred in a string of movies including Highlander and Nightbreed. While filming Star Wars: Episode One _ The Phantom Menace in Italy, he drew more autograph hunters than co-star Liam Neeson because of his role as a priest in Italian horror film La Chiesa. He was asked to reprise his role of Captain Panaka in Attack of the Clones but turned it down. Over the past few years he has appeared in Conspiracy of Silence, The Afternoon Play, Doctor Who and Holby City.
Quote:
'My attitude to acting is if you take it too seriously then you're not taking your life seriously enough.'
Trivia:
In 2010, he traced his Ghanaian and Dutch origins in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
Ian Aspinall
(Actor)
.. Mubbs Hussein
Kayvan Novak
(Actor)
.. Reza Abbassi
Born:
November 23, 1978
in
London
Best Known For:
His mad-hatter characters of Fonejacker and Facejacker.
Early-life:
Born in Cricklewood, London, British-Iranian Novak was then privately educated at Highgate School.
Career:
Novak provided voiceovers for video games including Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but it was the Bafta award-winning Fonejacker that he co-created with Ed Tracy which would go on to earn him big-time success. A while later, spin-off Facejacker followed, after Novak made appearances in Holby City, Spooks and the George Clooney movie Syriana. He impressed the critics in Chris Morris's comedy Four Lions, a project which also attracted Bafta gold.
Quote:
On his Facejacker make-up: 'It's quite time consuming. Each character takes about three hours. But it's worth it, because the transformation is awesome.'
Trivia:
He supports Liverpool FC.
Lucy Speed
(Actor)
.. Angela Pritchard
Born:
August 31, 1976
in
Croydon
Best Known For:
Playing Natalie in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Lucy Speed was born in Croydon in 1976. She has an older brother, Dan. As a child, she loved ballet and when a teacher recognised her potential, Lucy's parents acquired an agent. She attended a theatre group school alongside future co-star Nigel Harman, and enjoyed two terms at the Italia Conti Academy. During the next few years, Lucy appeared in an array of commercials, TV series and theatre roles.
Career:
Lucy landed her big break aged 17 with the role of Natalie Price in EastEnders. She remained with the soap for just over a year, before making appearances in the films England, My England, Keep the Aspidistra Flying and Shakespeare in Love. She continued to work on TV too, appearing in Dangerfield, Holby City, Love Soup and the US series Unsolved Mysteries. In 1999, Lucy rejoined the cast of EastEnders to reprise her role as Natalie, eventually bowing out in 2004. In 2007, she joined the cast of The Bill.
Quote:
'I've been acting for 25 years, so you just take the jobs as they come along. It just so happens that you're once in EastEnders.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Lucy loves horse riding, skiing and continues to dance.
Denise Black
(Actor)
.. Judy Pritchard
Harri Earthy
(Actor)
.. Gabby Watson
Christopher Hehir
(Actor)
.. Tash
John Voce
(Actor)
.. Supervisor
Tony McHale
(Writer)
Simon Meyers
(Director)
Sharon Hughff
(Producer)
