Jemma Redgrave has been announced as the latest addition to the cast of Holby City.

Redgrave begins filming her new role as Bernie Wolfe in BBC One’s long-running medical drama this month.

The character is described as “a feisty general surgeon with battlefield experience”.

The actress commented: “It will be great to be practicing medicine again, on one of the BBC’s flagship dramas. I am so happy to be joining the cast.”

Holby City executive producer Oliver Kent added: “When we dreamed up the character of Bernie Wolfe, we immediately thought of Jemma Redgrave and we were utterly thrilled when she agreed to join the Holby Company. Bernie Wolfe will be a force to be reckoned with and I can’t wait to see her locking horns with our established regulars on the wards.”

Redgrave will first appear onscreen in Holby City early next year and will next be seen on BBC One in the opening two-part story of the new season of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who Season 9 has been filming in Cardiff since January and begins on Saturday 19 September on BBC One.

> Here’s everything we know about Season 9 so far.

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