Tuesday, March 30, 2004
YOU WERE A PRIEST-SHAGGING, HUSBAND-KILLING OLD TROUT. BUT WE LOVED YOU ALL THE SAME.
It's the end of an era tonight, as Kath Fox (nee Shaughnessy) hangs up her sensible blue Holby City uniform for the very last time.
Incredibly, her reign of terror on the wards of Holby has lasted almost five years. In that time, she has tutted disapprovingly at most of the goings-on, while herself making time to almost kiss Mike Barratt, get beaten up by her abusive husband, shag a priest, be an overprotective mum to Danny, nab a second husband, kill him, get off with his murder, get accused of a load of other murders, get stabbed by the real murderer, recover, then snare yet another man and, finally, run off with him. You can see why she needs a bit of a rest, really.
Actress Jan Pearson – Holby's longest-serving cast member – is quite happy to be going, though, as she feels Kath has done all she can (including that Holby rite of passage – getting stabbed in the basement and lying undiscovered for hours).
"It got to the point where the writers had to keep out-doing themselves," she noted. "What the hell are you going to do to top the last big storyline with the serial killer? There was a fantastic Harry Hill sketch where he had Kelly coming in machine-gunning the ward. And I could see his point."
There's good news for any of you dirty sorts who fancy seeing our Kath out of uniform, too – Jan's looking for a saucy, sexy role for her next acting challenge after playing such a goody-two-shoes (apart from the murdering and the priest shagging, of course).
Kath, we will miss you. Until next week, when we will have completely forgotten you.
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