Holby City’s final episode air date confirmed – and it’s just days away

Holby City fans have been waiting to hear more details about the much-anticipated final episode of the BBC show. So they will be thrilled to hear that the special hour-long finale of the medical drama, which will air on March 29, will feature some very familiar faces from the past.The BBC series has now confirmed the fan favourites who will be making an appearance - from Hugh Quarshie’s Ric Griffinin to Chizzy Akudolu’s Mo Effanga.

Holby City fans are still heartbroken that the much-loved medical drama is coming to an end. And it seems emotions are running equally as high for the cast and crew of the long-running BBC series, which will come to a close at the end of March. Now, the show’s star Guy Henry, best known as hospital boss Henrik Hanssen, has opened up on what the last days of filming were like, confessing that saying goodbye “completely floored” the team.The actor, who has been on the show since 2010, confessed: “It has all been emotional because we've had to say goodbye to crew as we've gone on, every time that happens it just completely floors us.” Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Guy, 61, continued in his interview with Digital Spy: “It's been so emotional.

Holby City star Guy Henry, who is best known as hospital boss Henrik Hanssen, has opened up about the mementos he has taken from set to remember his time on the long-running BBC series. In a new interview, Guy spoke about his sadness that the show was coming to an end, before explaining he’d requested some of Henrik’s belongings so that a part of his alter-ego would always be with him.

With Holby City drawing to a close, fans have been treated to various cameos including the return of Hari Dhillon as Michael Spence and John Michie's reprisal of his role as Guy Self.The latest to join the list of Holby City comebacks is Paul Bradley who returned to the hospital as Elliot Hope in Tuesday's episode (15 March). A firm favourite of fans, it's no surprise many of them went wild when he appeared on screen and flocked to social media to share their excitement. One wrote: "Welcome back Elliot a legendary character #HolbyCity @BBCHolbyCity," followed with heart eye emojis.

MasterChef will be back very soon… though you might not recognise it right away. The BBC has confirmed that the 2002 series of the cookery competition will officially kick off on BBC One on Wednesday, March 23, back at the earlier time of 8pm. There will be a shift in schedules for the rest of the week with the show not airing at all on Thursday, and then a double bill from 8pm to 9.

The Great British Bake Off is back with a new celebrity special in aid of Stand Up to Cancer.The show will be welcoming a new line-up of famous faces to the tents in the hope of impressing Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with their bakes. Each episode will see four celebrities compete in the Bake Off tent, with a total of five episodes being aired in total.

A second robbery on a Netflix set has taken place within the space of a week, this time, ironically, French heist series Lupin.

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