63 Facts About Arthur Digby

Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actor Rob Ostlere.

Arthur Digby first appeared in the series fifteen episode "Blood Ties", broadcast on 2 January 2013.

Arthur Digby has been described by Holby City's publicity department as "naive and socially awkward" plus holding an "encyclopaedic knowledge" on unusual subjects.

Arthur Digby is a talented doctor and his skills are awarded the medical prize titled, Junior Doctor of the Year.

Arthur Digby's storylines have focused on his career on the hospital's Keller and AAU wards, alongside the various characters that staff them.

Arthur Digby began his CT1 training on AAU where he is entrusted with mentoring Morven Shreve.

Writers then introduced an issue lead storyline for the character as Arthur Digby begins to behave anxiously, self medicating and finally being diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder.

Arthur Digby's casting was publicised a week before he appeared on-screen.

Arthur Digby is introduced into the series during the same episode as Gemma Wilde.

Naive and socially awkward, Arthur Digby often has trouble understanding the subtleties of the human psyche.

Arthur Digby reads voraciously and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of specific and often unusual areas of life.

Arthur Digby is characterised as having his own sense of logic that differs to the rest of the hospital staff.

Arthur Digby is not a mean or spiteful character but genuinely believes he is right.

Arthur Digby plays a comedic role in the show because of his clumsy nature and initially was shown to fall over things on the wards.

Arthur Digby is played as being insensitive in social situations and remains oblivious to other people's feelings.

Arthur Digby is very career ambitious and pressurises himself to succeed.

Arthur Digby is good with the medical side of the occupation but fails to behave confidently when conversing with patients and staff.

Arthur Digby acknowledges that he lacks social skills but this makes him doubt his abilities.

Arthur Digby is enthusiastic about Napoleonic history but Ostlere did not need to research it because he was already knowledgeable in the field of history.

Arthur Digby is stylised with a "preppy look" and the costume department bought in some "out there" costumes for him to wear.

Arthur Digby begins his career at Holby City hospital as junior doctor on beginning the foundation programme.

Arthur Digby is placed on the Keller Ward under the supervision of Consultant Antoine Malick, but fails to impress him.

Arthur Digby later becomes very stressed despite securing the aforementioned prestigious medical prize.

Arthur Digby carries on his rotation of Keller Ward and learns that he has progressed well becoming the top performing F1.

Consultant general surgeon Michael Spence decides to reward Arthur Digby by placing him in charge of the ward.

Arthur Digby told Katy Moon from Inside Soap that Chantelle loves Arthur as a friend only.

Arthur Digby concluded that her character should give Arthur a chance, but noted he does not have the skills to impress her and should try to "man-up".

Arthur Digby then has to attempt to repair their friendship.

Ostlere said that viewers see a change in Arthur Digby and branded it the first time he managed to "man-up".

Arthur Digby forgets to order a scan and Cameron has a heart-attack and dies.

Chantelle offers her support to Arthur Digby, Drummond explained that her and Ostlere's characters are brought to the realisation that their close bond is not helping them overcome their ordeals.

Arthur Digby decides to distance herself from Arthur by going travelling.

Arthur Digby admitted that Arthur's feelings for Chantelle compromised his ability as a doctor.

Dom becomes bored of Arthur Digby being difficult and decides to create tension for entertainment value.

Arthur Digby takes control of Keller on Sacha's orders, but an opportunistic Dom makes him appear unable to manage the situation.

Ames explained his character's scheming against Arthur Digby is motivated by Dom's career driven nature.

Arthur Digby is willing to say and do anything and "will put his own job above anyone else's job".

Ostelere said that Arthur Digby would have reported their behaviour but is compromised because he cares about Zosia and Dom.

The scenes depict Arthur Digby losing his good doctor image and turning into a rule-breaker as Zosia suffers a drug overdose resulting Arthur Digby stealing hospital drugs in an effort to save her life.

In 2015, Producer Simon Harper decided to split up the trio having Dom staying on Keller, Zosia moving to Darwin and Arthur Digby working on AAU.

Arthur Digby took time off work to confront his GAD and returned to work when he felt he had overcome his problems.

Ostlere told Bill Gibb from The Sunday Post that Arthur Digby's storyline was realistic because of the demands junior doctors face in the NHS.

Arthur Digby received much positive feedback from viewers and people with GAD.

Arthur Digby later returned to the hospital, but struggled to settle back into his daily routine.

Arthur Digby was disappointed to learn that he was no longer Morven's mentor, and that he had a lot of work to do to repair their working relationship.

Arthur Digby developed a real sense of freedom through realising what's important about life.

Arthur Digby felt that it was a "difficult decision" to leave but wanted to find new challenges.

Arthur Digby was then informed that his character would be killed off following a diagnosis of terminal cancer.

When he discussed plans to kill off Arthur Digby, Harper was surprised by the actor's reaction.

Arthur Digby told Ostlere that he could create an alternate story enabling Arthur to depart the series alive.

Arthur Digby did not want to be influenced and copy stories from other works and preferred to draw from real-life experiences and scripts.

The examination is a result of Arthur Digby being tested for compatibility to become a live liver donor for Morven's ill father Austin Shreve.

Arthur Digby is proven to be a match for Morven and he is "thrilled" to tell Morven because he "wants to be her hero".

Arthur Digby stated that playing the melanoma story made him increasingly aware that regular skin checks aid in the early detection of skin cancer.

Arthur Digby's mole is removed and is told that the melanoma has been dealt with.

Arthur Digby tells Morven about his condition and accepts he must endure a tough course of chemotherapy.

Ostlere said Arthur Digby was scared and turned to Sacha for "peace of mind" but did not expect to be told that he will die.

Arthur Digby is left in a "state of denial, anger and fear".

Dom believes Arthur Digby is being selfish and Arthur Digby re-evaluates his choice and decides to stay.

Arthur Digby appeared as a vision to Morven as she decides whether to leave Holby with Cameron Dunn.

Arthur Digby appears in the series seventeen episode "Always and Forever", first broadcast on 19 December 2017.

Ostlere's return was announced on 9 March 2022 and Arthur Digby appears in episode 1100, first broadcast on 15 March 2022.

Kayleigh Dray from Closer said that Arthur Digby was a popular character and his death made "tearjerking scenes".