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Holby City guest star John Barrowman suggests possible return for his character

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John Barrowman has teased future appearances by his new Holby City character Drew Nicholson-Heath.

The Torchwood star is making his first appearance tonight (July 28) as the new locum doctor, nicknamed 'The Poacher' as he's always on the lookout for talented surgeons to recruit.

While the stint has been billed as a one-off, Barrowman suggested on today's Lorraine that he could be back for more in the future.

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"We don't know whether he's going to be a good guy or a bad guy, but through the grapevine he might be coming back," he said.

Explaining his character, Barrowman continued: "He's trying to poach for a very large hospital in Dubai, in the Middle East, and that's where he has made his money, that's why he's doing what he's doing. He's broke because he's had so many divorces over the years.

"It's interesting because he comes in and everybody think he's going to be stirring it up to poach, but he actually ends up finding out some really interesting information about someone in the hospital who's not doing what they're supposed to."

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We do know that Drew has a history with Holby's Ange Godard, which Barrowman suggested could play a factor in a possible return.

"We're not sure if they've just had a relationship, or if she was one of the previous wives – that hasn't been delved into yet," he explained.

"But the one thing that they said when I was on was they wanted to make sure our chemistry was good together, so that if the time came for him to return there's something we tease the audience with there that we can build on later."

Holby City airs on BBC One.


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