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Honesty
Episode 27
The tension between Ric and Nick reaches crisis point during a bowel transplant operation, and Diane is forced to pick sides. Joseph treats a Bosnian woman who does not speak English, and is unaware of the full extent of her condition - but his decision to tell her the truth has disastrous consequences. After dealing with a medical emergency in the lab, Matt realises he misses treating patients
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Cast & Crew
Hugh Quarshie
(Actor)
.. Ric Griffin
Michael French
(Actor)
.. Nick Jordan
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Luke Roberts
(Actor)
.. Joseph Byrne
Adam Best
(Actor)
.. Matt Parker
Rosie Marcel
(Actor)
.. Jac Naylor
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
Amanda Mealing
(Actor)
.. Connie Beauchamp
Paul Bradley
(Actor)
.. Elliot Hope
Tina Hobley
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Williams
Martin Hancock
(Actor)
.. Reg Lund
Karl Morgan
(Actor)
.. Ryan Baker
Karen Bryson
(Actor)
.. Helen Logan
Remi Wilson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Logan
Steven Cree
(Actor)
.. David Harlam
Melinda Kremo Hart
(Actor)
.. Sonja Kovacevic
Velibor Topic
(Actor)
.. Mirko Kovacevic
Jessica Tomchak
(Actor)
.. Tina Wilson
Claire Armspach
(Producer)
Ian Jackson
(Director)
Jenny Lecoat
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
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?
Michael French
(Actor)
.. Nick Jordan
Born:
September 17, 1962
in
Bow, London
Best Known For:
Playing EastEnder David Wicks and Casualty's Dr Jordan.
Early-life:
Born Michael Clark on September 17, 1962, to parents David and Sheila. He's the son of a greengrocer and has two sisters - Helen and Jane. He was interested in the stage from an early age and was a keen member of a local drama club. He later trained at the Mountview Theatre School, and was a 'blue coat' entertainer at the Holiday Club International in Majorca.
Career:
Michael spent 10 years appearing on stage and working as an air steward before his big break came in 1993 when he landed the part of David Wicks in EastEnders. He stayed in Walford for three years before leaving to appear in Crime Traveller (he returned briefly in 2012 to mark the death of his on-screen mother, Pat Evans). More TV roles followed in The Gentleman Thief, Born and Bred, and The Fabulous Bagel Boys. He also featured in radio plays and did video game voiceover work. Between 1998 and 2013 he had various stints playing Dr Nick Jordan in Casualty and sister programme Holby City. He returned briefly to EastEnders in 2012 to mark the death of his on-screen mother, Pat Evans. He rejoined EastEnders as a regular character in September 2013.
Quote:
On playing Nick Jordan: 'I want it to show in my eyes that I know what this guy is going through. I've got to be as real as I possibly can.'
Trivia:
On the West End stage, French has appeared in West Side Story, Chicago, Joseph, and Les Miserables.
Patricia Potter
(Actor)
.. Diane Lloyd
Luke Roberts
(Actor)
.. Joseph Byrne
Adam Best
(Actor)
.. Matt Parker
Rosie Marcel
(Actor)
.. Jac Naylor
Born:
May 06, 1977
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Jac Naylor in Holby City.
Early-life:
Rosie Ellen Celine Marcel was born in London on May 6, 1977. Her mother, Lindsey, was an actress, and her father, Terry, was a film and TV director. She has a sister, Kelly, and a brother, Luke. Her first taste of acting came at the age of three when she played a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the National Theatre. As a teenager, she landed roles on TV in Press Gang, The Castle of Adventure and Growing Pains.
Career:
Marcel went on to have recurring roles in The Vice, The Bill and Bombshell. She is best known for playing Jac Naylor in medical drama Holby City, a part she has played since 2005.
Quote:
'I don't like to mince words, it's best to be honest and clear with people in as nice a way as possible.'
Trivia:
Marcel has a black belt in karate.
Kelly Adams
(Actor)
.. Mickie Hendrie
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.
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.
Tina Hobley
(Actor)
.. Chrissie Williams
Born:
May 20, 1972
in
London
Best Known For:
Holby City and her Corrie days.
Early-life:
Very shy as a child, London-born Tina was sent to speech and drama classes in an attempt to counter her introversion. Hobley enrolled with a very strict speech and drama teacher, whom she adored and stayed with for many years, before moving from there to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (WDADA).
Career:
Hobley is best known for playing feisty ward sister Chrissie Williams in BBC medical drama Holby City. After graduating from WDADA, where she trained from 1990 to 1993, Hobley starred in a number of TV dramas, including Coronation Street, Harbour Lights and The Bill. In 2014, she took part in Celebrity MasterChef. She has also appeared in All Star Mr & Mrs, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy and Big Star's Little Star with her daughter Olivia. In early 2016, she was a contestant on Channel 4's sporting reality show The Jump.
Quote:
'I haven't lived the normal actor's life, where I don't know where my next job is coming from - but that in itself feels exciting.'
Trivia:
Hobley supports the Starlight Foundation.
Martin Hancock
(Actor)
.. Reg Lund
Karl Morgan
(Actor)
.. Ryan Baker
Karen Bryson
(Actor)
.. Helen Logan
Remi Wilson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Logan
Steven Cree
(Actor)
.. David Harlam
Melinda Kremo Hart
(Actor)
.. Sonja Kovacevic
Velibor Topic
(Actor)
.. Mirko Kovacevic
Jessica Tomchak
(Actor)
.. Tina Wilson
Claire Armspach
(Producer)
Ian Jackson
(Director)
Jenny Lecoat
(Writer)
