52 Facts About Oliver Valentine

Oliver "Ollie" Valentine is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actor James Anderson.

Oliver Valentine was initially portrayed as "the golden boy" compared to his sister.

When Oliver Valentine reached his F2 training, the series formed an on-screen duo by pairing him with registrar Greg Douglas.

Oliver Valentine began a downward spiral, and reached "rock bottom" when Penny was killed off.

Oliver Valentine was then central to a special flashback episode, which depicted his battle to cope with her death.

Oliver Valentine went on to date ward sister Daisha Anderson, kiss registrar Jac Naylor, and earn the unreciprocated affection of ward sister Frieda Petrenko, and marry F1 doctor Tara Lo.

Oliver Valentine departed in the episode "Mens Sana In Corpore Sano", dated 9 July 2013.

Oliver Valentine returned on 23 December 2014, for one episode, before making a full-time return on 5 May 2015.

Oliver Valentine arrives at Holby City Hospital as an F1 doctor, alongside his sister Penny.

Oliver Valentine acquires Penny's preferred rotation on the Acute Assessment Unit, where he develops a flirtatious relationship with ward sister Chrissie Williams.

Oliver Valentine discovers that Penny has been having a relationship with a patient, Scott, endangering her career.

Oliver Valentine is promoted to F2 level, and betrays Penny further by revealing her affair with Scott, which results in her failing her cardiothoracic rotation and being moved to the AAU.

Oliver Valentine pushes himself too far in an attempt to impress Greg, which earns the senior doctor a reprimand for leaving him unsupervised.

Oliver Valentine tries to earn back Greg's respect, but panics while attempting to insert a chest drain, and has to be rescued by ward sister Frieda Petrenko.

Oliver Valentine invites her for a drink as thanks, but when Penny discovers that Frieda has romantic feelings for him, Oliver cancels as he does not reciprocate them.

Oliver Valentine's confidence is further damaged when he mishandles a case, which results in a mother leaving her son to die alone.

Penny's career begins to improve, and Oliver Valentine resents her when she is given registrar duties for a shift.

Oliver Valentine confesses to Penny that he cheated in medical school by swapping one of their exam papers, so he passed on her merit while she was forced to repeat a year.

Oliver Valentine writes a letter of resignation, but deletes it after a positive day working alongside Frieda, who encourages him to repeat his F2 year.

Oliver Valentine is left alone on AAU, where he successfully performs a difficult procedure.

Hopeful that Penny will forgive him, Oliver Valentine is devastated to learn that she has been killed in an accident at the crash site.

Unable to cope in the aftermath of her death, Oliver Valentine turns to drugs and alcohol.

Oliver Valentine sends Hanssen a letter of resignation, which includes a full confession.

Oliver Valentine continues and succeeds in his second F2 year under Elliot, who is his mentor.

Oliver Valentine begins a relationship with F1 Tara Lo.

Oliver Valentine learns she has a brain tumor and becomes fixated on finding a cure.

Oliver Valentine begins spending more time at Tara's flat and later moves in.

Oliver Valentine makes a full return from Series 17, Episode 30 and onwards, as the new registrar on Darwin.

Oliver Valentine goes up to ITU after the hospital is taken off lockdown.

Careless and cocksure, Oliver Valentine has always been something of a golden boy, leaving sister Penny in his shadow.

Oliver Valentine is flawed by a lack of confidence and his deceptive nature.

Oliver Valentine has a tendency to land his colleagues in trouble, which has been conveyed through storylines with Daisha and Greg.

Oliver Valentine began to doubt the relationship, and on Penny's advice, convinced Chrissie to break up with him without ruining his career.

Oliver Valentine was displeased by the news, but Chrissie had no expectations that he should provide for her.

Oliver Valentine went on to share a kiss with Jac, a photograph of which was spread around the hospital by Penny, prompting Oliver Valentine to try and hide it from Daisha.

Ward sister Frieda Petrenko developed a crush on him, and was pleased when he invited her for a drink, however Oliver Valentine did not reciprocate her feelings and later cancelled.

When Penny considered giving her career up over a patient she was romantically involved with, in order to protect her, Oliver Valentine ruined the romance.

Oliver Valentine's death was not shown on-screen: a conscious decision made by the production team to fully focus on Oliver's story.

The fast-paced storyline saw Greg initially "kick[ing] against his newfound responsibility", before realising that Oliver Valentine could be beneficial to his own career, which resulted in an "unlikely friendship" forming between them.

Oliver Valentine tried to resign from Holby, though before he left he responded to a dangerous RTA call and saved a patient's life.

Henry explained that Hanssen "doesn't think a good doctor should lose his chance at a career in medicine", after learning Oliver Valentine risked his own life on the job.

Anderson told Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy that Oliver Valentine survived the bereavement over the deaths of his sister and wife.

Oliver Valentine was given redemption in his final scenes so that his fans could believe that he has a future.

Oliver Valentine said there would be "lots of surprises in store" for his character, who he dubbed "Oliver 2.0" due to him being older and wiser.

Oliver Valentine's return was planned to last one episode but Anderson was persuaded to return permanently.

Anderson explained that in the fourteen months since his departure from Holby, Oliver Valentine has been working abroad in South America, drinking heavily and self-medicating with several drugs.

When it emerges that Oliver Valentine's condition is potentially fatal, he asks Elliot to fit him with his new surgical device.

Henrik is shocked to discover that it is Oliver Valentine but agrees to help.

Oliver Valentine wants to retrain as a surgeon following his brain injury.

Henrik begins to worry that Oliver Valentine is not ready to return as he lets his emotions compromise his work.

Oliver Valentine departs in episode 1089, originally broadcast on 14 December 2021.

One Daily Record columnist said that Oliver Valentine "hoped to complete his training on the strength of his nice eyes and pretty".