70 Facts About Diane Lloyd

Diane Lloyd is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actress Patricia Potter.

Diane Lloyd first appeared in the series four episode "High Risk", broadcast on 2 July 2002.

Diane Lloyd is characterised as an "ambitious" female determined to succeed in a "male-dominated world".

Diane Lloyd is portrayed as unlucky-in-love and has numerous failed relationships during her time on the show.

Diane Lloyd terminates a pregnancy following the death of her lover, charge nurse Steve Waring.

Diane Lloyd has been featured in the special episode, "Tuesday's Child", which sees Diane Lloyd travel to Ghana to convince Ric to return to Holby City hospital.

Diane Lloyd covers for him and is suspended for three months.

Diane Lloyd becomes down on her luck, quits her job and commits suicide by stopping her car on the railway track just as a train was passing.

Diane Lloyd appears as a vision when Ric Griffin goes into cardiac arrest during brain surgery to remove a benign tumour.

Diane Lloyd takes her work very seriously but knows how to let her hair down after a trying day.

Diane Lloyd was a fragile, highly-strung soul unable to express her emotions well.

Diane Lloyd is ambitious and her dedication to the role annoys other staff - but she is not afraid to have fun.

Potter said that Diane Lloyd "tries so hard to be professional all the time" but this often leaves her "wound up and emotional".

When Diane Lloyd reaches her thirtieth birthday, she decides that she should try and settle down.

Diane Lloyd creates problems between them by bragging to midwife Lisa Fox that Diane will do whatever he asks of her.

Diane Lloyd is angry with Danny's violent outburst and questions whether she wants to continue their relationship.

Diane Lloyd thinks she is pregnant and goes to registrar Mubbs Hussein for an ultrasound scan to confirm it.

Diane Lloyd's reaction is to ask for a termination and she is upset so decides to confide in Ric.

Diane Lloyd informs his daughter Jess Griffin who has previously had an abortion and she offers Diane advice.

Diane Lloyd is included in a storyline which helps introduce the surgeon Will Curtis.

Diane Lloyd then thinks she will not see Will again so asks him out on a date.

Diane Lloyd is surprised to see him and realises that their attraction was not real.

When Diane Lloyd was introduced into the show it was revealed she is Ric's ex-girlfriend.

Ric and Diane Lloyd would have an on-off relationship lasting her entire duration of the show.

Ric returns following an extended break from the hospital, which causes Diane Lloyd to talk about him.

Diane Lloyd is angry because Joanna did not wear her seatbelt while driving and accuses her of being a bad mother.

Diane Lloyd is shocked and has to consider her career commitments.

When Owen offers Diane Lloyd parenting advice, she tells him to mind his own business.

Diane Lloyd tells Owen that they must spend more time with Jack, prior to the hearing.

Diane Lloyd accepts and Chrissie is angry that Owen has set up a home with Diane and baby Jack.

Diane Lloyd concluded that Owen wants Diane but warned that she "is always going to be looking over his shoulder" with Chrissie waiting for Owen.

Diane Lloyd goes to work as normal but soon break down and blames Owen for losing the custody battle.

Diane Lloyd tells Diane that her impending marriage to Owen will not last.

Hobley told Lynne Michelle from the Sunday Mirror that Chrissie's motive for snaring Owen from Diane Lloyd is because she can see he has moved on with his life.

Diane Lloyd is unfaithful after an emotional chat with Ric leads to a kiss.

Diane Lloyd has no idea that Owen has spent the entire eve of their wedding in bed with Chrissie.

Potter added that Diane Lloyd has never trusted Chrissie, who is brazen enough to help Diane Lloyd to get dressed for her wedding.

Diane Lloyd's boyfriend visited her on-set and she ran up to him wearing the dress.

Diane Lloyd gets drunk and takes Owen outside for a kiss.

Diane Lloyd then tries to convince him to go back to her house but he refuses.

Writers made the story more complicated by introducing a pregnancy with Diane Lloyd being the expectant mother.

Diane Lloyd has no idea that Chrissie's scheming is beginning to work, as she even convinces Owen that he does not love his wife.

Owen and Chrissie's affair gained momentum after Diane Lloyd suffers a miscarriage.

Owen is excited when Diane Lloyd receives a job promotion and he heads home to celebrate with her.

Chrissie chases after Owen and confronts him, telling him that he does not love Diane Lloyd and is avoiding their inevitable break-up.

Diane Lloyd tells Diane that he has had an affair with Chrissie and will be getting back together with her.

Diane Lloyd was featured in a special episode of Holby City titled "Tuesday's Child" which was broadcast on 5 July 2005.

Diane Lloyd travelled to Elmina, Ghana to film the episode during a five-week location shoot.

Diane Lloyd stayed in a hotel but got to know local families and how they lived.

The episode features Diane Lloyd travelling to Ghana to locate Ric and attempt to convince him to return to Holby City.

The episode culminates with Diane Lloyd admitting she has romantic feelings for Ric and kissing him, before returning home.

Quarshie told a reporter from Inside Soap that Diane Lloyd's arrival caused Ric to question his life choices.

Nick wants to change everyone's opinion of him and thinks that seducing Diane Lloyd will get other staff on his side.

When Diane Lloyd begins to struggle with research projects and carrying out clinical duties, Nick offers to help.

Diane Lloyd covers for Nick when a patient dies as a result of a medical error in the operating theatre.

Diane Lloyd's silence brings her role in the operation into question and she is blamed for the death.

The future of Diane Lloyd's career is placed in-front of the hospital board and they suspend her.

Diane Lloyd becomes stressed with Nick and slaps him for not telling the truth.

Diane Lloyd is killed when her car collides with a train, which was ruled as a suicide.

Diane Lloyd accuses him of still being in love with Diane and he does not deny it.

In 2019, Quarshie said that Ric viewing Diane Lloyd's body was the saddest scene he had ever filmed on the show.

In July 2019, it was announced that Potter had agreed to reprise the role of Diane Lloyd to celebrate the show's twentieth anniversary.

Diane Lloyd's storylines have been chosen in tabloid journalism "pick of the day" features numerous times.

In one story Diane Lloyd secures the role of locum consultant which Jac Naylor applies for.

The Daily Mirror's Jane Simon was not optimistic about Diane Lloyd securing the job that Jac had applied for.

Simon praised insults Owen's daughter Katie made towards Diane Lloyd, agreeing that Chrissie was better looking and "drippy Diane Lloyd's" marriage would not last.

Diane Lloyd branded Diane a "dozy cow" because she was not more concerned about disliking at Chrissie.

Diane Lloyd added that "a fairly convincing story" had been created in the weeks prior to her death, where she gradually became disillusioned, isolated and fed up.

Diane Lloyd ridiculed Diane's reliance on Ric during a time of crisis.

Jim Shelley writing for the Daily Mirror criticised a dialogue mistake during a scene featuring Diane Lloyd requesting an ambulance and oxygen whilst being stuck in remote Ghana.