Long-running BBC hospital drama Holby City will end for good at the end of March, the BBC has confirmed. The Casualty spin-off was first broadcast in 1999 and will be replaced by the returning school drama Waterloo Road.
The last episode of the medical show will be on BBC One on Tuesday, March 29, BirminghamLive reports. The ending of Holby City sees another TV mainstay leaving the screens as Australian soap Neighbours is also to cease production.
A statement from the BBC said: "We are incredibly proud of Holby City but it's with great sadness that we are announcing that after 23 years, the show will end on screen in March of next year.