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Episode 26
Elliot fears for his wife, who has motor neurone disease and whose health appears to be getting worse. He also regrets their decision to keep her condition a secret from Martha - not realising she knows something is up and has persuaded Joseph to help her learn the truth. Sam uncovers a family secret when he treats a boy who is undergoing a heart transplant
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Movie/Drama
Soap/Melodrama/Folkloric
Cast & Crew
Paul Bradley
(Actor)
.. Elliot Hope
Holly Lucas
(Actor)
.. Martha Hope
Luke Roberts
(Actor)
.. Joseph Byrne
Tom Chambers
(Actor)
.. Sam Strachan
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Gillian Bevan
(Actor)
.. Gina Hope
Andrew Rose
(Actor)
.. Paul Rose
Jacob Scipio
(Actor)
.. Kris Slattery
Michele Forbes
(Actor)
.. Rhetta Slattery
Charlotte Comer
(Actor)
.. Viv Lester
Martin Jameson
(Writer)
Simon Massey
(Director)
Oliver Kent
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Paul Bradley
(Actor)
.. Elliot Hope
Born:
May 28, 1955
in
Nuneaton
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Holby City.
Early-life:
Bradley was born on May 28, 1955, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He attended the University of Manchester before joining the Royal Exchange, Manchester repertory company.
Career:
Bradley landed his first major role in 1982 in The Young Ones. He's since cropped up in The Bill, Red Dwarf and Bottom but is most noted for his role in EastEnders, where he spent six years as Nigel Bates, and in Holby City, where he has played Elliot Hope since 2005.
Quote:
Speaking about getting the role of Elliot in Holby: 'I was delighted and celebrated by going to New Zealand to watch rugby!'
Trivia:
He has worked as a guitarist for John Otway.
Holly Lucas
(Actor)
.. Martha Hope
Luke Roberts
(Actor)
.. Joseph Byrne
Tom Chambers
(Actor)
.. Sam Strachan
Born:
May 22, 1977
in
Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Best Known For:
Winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.
Early-life:
Tom Stuart Chambers was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, on 22 May 1977. He demonstrated a keen interest in performing arts while studying at Repton School, before attending the Guilford School of Acting and the National Youth Music Theatre, where Jude Law and Jonny Lee Miller were also learning their trade. Tom starred in Brit flick Fakers (2004), before a re-enactment of Fred Astaire's tap dance routine with a drum kit in A Damsel in Distress on a video for casting directors landed him a role in Holby City.
Career:
Chambers began playing dishy doctor Sam Strachan in the medical drama in 2006, but became a household name by appearing in, and winning, the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing after beating Rachel Stevens in the final to take the crown. After three years in Holby City, he quit to briefly join the cast of Waterloo Road as no-nonsense headteacher Max Tyler. From August 2011 until February 2013, Chambers played Jerry Travers in the stage production of Top Hat. After initially touring the UK, it found a home at the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. His recent TV credits include The Great Train Robbery and Father Brown.
Quote:
On Top Hat: 'Doing eight shows a week is very demanding, physically and mentally. I constantly felt exhausted.'
Trivia:
In 2008, Chambers took part in the Great Walk to Beijing, which was organised by singer Olivia Newton-John in aid of breast cancer awareness.
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.
Gillian Bevan
(Actor)
.. Gina Hope
Andrew Rose
(Actor)
.. Paul Rose
Jacob Scipio
(Actor)
.. Kris Slattery
Michele Forbes
(Actor)
.. Rhetta Slattery
Charlotte Comer
(Actor)
.. Viv Lester
Martin Jameson
(Writer)
Simon Massey
(Director)
Oliver Kent
(Producer)
