18 Facts About Guy Self

Guy Self is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City played by John Michie.

Guy Self first appeared in the sixteenth series episode "Sink or Swim", broadcast on 26 November 2013.

Guy Self admitted that he was not squeamish and enjoyed the realism achieved by the prosthetics department.

Unpredictable, assertive and driven, Guy Self is a leader who demands excellence from others.

Guy Self is a spontaneous, original thinker who seldom lets rules dictate his lust for work and life.

Guy Self's job gives him "incredible self-belief", although he does not always get things right.

Michie thought Guy had a tendency to push himself and his colleagues too hard.

Guy Self added that women are one of Guy's weaknesses.

Michie was pleased to receive the storyline, as he believed it would finally show the audience why Guy Self is the way he is.

Michie explained that Guy Self deliberately kept his mother away from Zosia, as she subjected him to physical and mental abuse when he was a child.

Guy Self had been working with and relying on Tristan to get his neuro centre built.

Guy Self decides to report Tristan's attack on Zosia to the police, but Tristan blackmails Guy Self by threatening to reveal his suicide attempt.

Guy Self then realises that he needs to leave the hospital for the sake of his mental health.

Guy Self thought Guy could make a return in the future, even though things are resolved with "a good ending" in the episode.

Guy Self uses a patient, who needs an expensive surgery, to facilitate his return to Holby.

Guy Self returns following the privatisation of Darwin ward by external company Kestrel, which Guy Self has shares in.

Guy Self explains that he has already spoken to Max McGerry and will not perform the operation.

Guy Self stated that it was during his second episode that viewers got a "first proper feel for him and it's not all that fuzzy".