| dbo:abstract
|
- Samuel Noel "Sam" Strachan is a fictional character in the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actor Tom Chambers. The character first appeared on-screen on 3 January 2006, in episode "Mother Love" - series 8, episode 12 of the programme. Chambers was cast in the role after sending a video of himself performing a Fred Astaire dance routine to over 800 television producers, and piquing the interest of BBC Casting Director Julie Harkin. Although he originally auditioned for only a minor role in the show, he was later asked back to audition for the newly created role of major character Sam Strachan. Sam's initial function in the show was that of hospital Lothario – romancing and fathering a child with his boss, Connie Beauchamp (Amanda Mealing), as well as engaging in relationships with Ward Sisters Chrissie Williams (Tina Hobley) and Faye Morton (Patsy Kensit), SHO Maddy Young (Nadine Lewington), and Staff Nurse Zoe Foxe (Alicia Davies). However, he was taken on a redemptive path and was seen to change his philandering ways after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma stage three, with just a 40% survival rate. Chambers left his role in 2008. The character's son, Kieron Patel, was introduced to facilitate his departure storyline and Chambers made his final appearance in Holby City on 23 December 2008, in episode "Maria's Christmas Carol" - series 11, episode 11 of the programme. The character was reintroduced in 2016, appearing in Holby City's sister show, Casualty. Chambers reprised his role for two episodes in February and one episode in September. Producer Erika Hossington announced that Sam would be reintroduced for a longer stint in February 2017 as Sam receives a job at the hospital. The character has proven highly popular with fans of the show, being voted in 2006 'Favourite Newcomer' of the series, and in 2007 'Favourite All-Time Male' within the show. However, in October 2007, the character also came under heavy criticism by drinks industry body the Portman Group, resulting from an incident of on-screen binge drinking, broadcast without showing any negative effects, which the group lambasted as "highly irresponsible." (en)
|
| dbo:child
| |
| dbo:creator
| |
| dbo:firstAppearance
|
- "Mother Love"
- "Hearts and Flowers"
- 13 February 2016 (Casualty)
- 3 January 2006 (Holby City)
|
| dbo:lastAppearance
| |
| dbo:occupation
| |
| dbo:portrayer
| |
| dbo:series
| |
| dbo:thumbnail
| |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink
| |
| dbo:wikiPageID
| |
| dbo:wikiPageLength
|
- 30323 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
|
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID
| |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
| |
| dbp:caption
|
- Tom Chambers as Sam Strachan in 2006 (en)
|
| dbp:children
| |
| dbp:colour
| |
| dbp:creator
| |
| dbp:family
| |
| dbp:first
| |
| dbp:last
| |
| dbp:name
| |
| dbp:occupation
|
- (en)
- Speciality doctor, emergency medicine/cardiothoracic surgery (en)
|
| dbp:portrayer
| |
| dbp:series
| |
| dbp:significantOther
| |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
| dbp:wordnet_type
| |
| dct:subject
| |
| gold:hypernym
| |
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:comment
|
- Samuel Noel "Sam" Strachan is a fictional character in the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actor Tom Chambers. The character first appeared on-screen on 3 January 2006, in episode "Mother Love" - series 8, episode 12 of the programme. Chambers was cast in the role after sending a video of himself performing a Fred Astaire dance routine to over 800 television producers, and piquing the interest of BBC Casting Director Julie Harkin. Although he originally auditioned for only a minor role in the show, he was later asked back to audition for the newly created role of major character Sam Strachan. (en)
|
| rdfs:label
| |
| owl:sameAs
| |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
| foaf:depiction
| |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
| foaf:name
| |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects
of | |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
of | |
| is dbp:significantOther
of | |
| is dbp:significantOthers
of | |
| is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |
