Greg quits Holby!

Greg quits Holby!
Greg quits Holby! (Image credit: BBC)

After finding out that teenager Lucy Haines was being sexually abused by her father, Greg's shocked when Patrick Haines is brought into Holby as a stab victim. Having been sexually abused himself when he was 14, Greg urged Lucy to do something about her own abuse. But when 15-year-old Lucy turns up at the hospital distressed, Greg realises she's stabbed her dad. When Lucy refuses to tell the police about her abuse, Greg confronts Patrick, who questions his interest in his daughter, claiming Lucy only told him she was abused to ease the pain of his own past ordeal. While Greg tells Elliot that Lucy told him she'd been abused, Patrick suggests to a nurse that Greg is having an inappropriate relationship with his daughter. When Patrick's condition deteriorates, Greg hesitates before reviving him and Elliot orders him out of surgery. When Hanssen tells Greg an accusation of abuse has been made against him, Greg tells him it's Lucy's dad - not him - who's been abusing her. Hanssen understands, but must sack Greg for neglecting Patrick. As Greg prepares to leave, will he be able to let go of his past? Meanwhile, with a complaint about a patient's death hanging over him, Malick is distracted on the ward, wondering if he can survive yet another black mark against his name. Also, Michael has a day off to spend with Jasmine before she moves to the States, but his plans for a day of bonding go awry when work interferes yet again.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.