Casualty star Jamie Glover is in the middle of rehearsals for his new play, A Child of Science, at the Bristol Old Vic theatre when What to Watch calls him for an exclusive chat about his screen role as unscrupulous medic Patrick Onley in BBC1’s BAFTA-winning medical drama.
“Would you believe I am playing another doctor and he’s also called Patrick! The play is about a real person called Patrick Steptoe, one of the pioneers of IVF, and the medicine that led to the first ‘test-tube baby’,” says the actor, adding that, profession and first name aside, the character couldn’t be more different from his Holby alter-ego, whose duplicitous dealings unanimously united viewers in their dislike for him.
