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"Holby City". What's on TV. IPC Media. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Rival registrar Sahira has charmed the bosses with her 'home-made' cupcakes, though, and is now seemingly top of the list for pioneering surgical procedures - what is Jac prepared to do to reclaim her top-dog position?
"Holby City". What's on TV. IPC Media. 22 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Hapless Elliot Hope faints after being stung by a bee, giving the show's writers all the excuses they need to draw parallels between Jac Naylor, whose lofty position is under threat from Sahira (Laila Rouass), and a queen bee. Henrik Hanssen appears to be favouring old friend Sahira, who may need to perform some skilful surgery to win over her peers.
"Holby City". What's on TV. IPC Media. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. a new consultancy position on Darwin looks tailor-made to rev up the rivalry between Sahira Shah and Jac Naylor
"Holby City". What's on TV. IPC Media. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. It's Malick the misunderstood macho man and Sahira the sensitive saint, as two of the newer characters at Holby take centre stage. [...] Sahira risks her chance at the consultant's job when she gets overly-involved in the case of a terminally ill man and misses her interview, meaning Jac - who would never have that kind of problem - gets the gig.
"Holby City". What's on TV. IPC Media. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Hanssen almost cracks a smile as he tries to resurrect the glory days of his surgical double-act with Sahira.
Simon, Jane (1 March 2011). "Holby City - BBC1, 8pm". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 11 July 2011. Seriously rattled by Sahira's presence, Jac throws herself into a tricky procedure to try and get one up on her rival.{{cite news}}: soft hyphen character in |quote= at position 74 (help)
Simon, Jane (15 March 2011). "Holby City - BBC1, 8pm". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 11 July 2011. there are two new relationships bubbling away as Sahira and Greg Douglas bicker and steam at each other over her babysitting dilemmas and Dan asks Sacha to put in a good word for him with Chrissie.
Simon, Jane (31 May 2011). "Holby City - BBC1, 8pm". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 11 July 2011. there are signs that Hanssen's as human as the rest of them and his professional crush on Sahira may well turn out to be his Achilles heel. He's hurt tonight when she seems to be taking Greg's side against his – and he's willing to gamble with a patient's life just so that his pet can have a juicy operation to practice on. For all I know, hospitals really are run like this and the person cutting you open is not the most qualified surgeon to do so, but the one who the director of surgery likes the most. Let's hope not, though.{{cite news}}: soft hyphen character in |quote= at position 22 (help)
Moon, Katy (5 July 2011). "Super Women!". Inside Soap. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Dealing with life-and-death situations every day means you have to be made of strong stuff and the ladies of Holby are testament to that. Watch tonight's episode and you'll see registrar Sahira Shah show her true mettle as she battles to save the future of the cardiac trauma unit and Darwin. Think hospital politics are boring? Not when Sahira's involved! It usually takes me a while to warm to a new character, but Sahira is different. She could be so annoying, because she appears to have it all. Intelligence, looks and balances her sparkling career with marriage and motherhood. But she's no Stepford Wife-with-a-stethoscope. Sahira isn't perfect and doesn't pretend to be. That's what makes her so endearing – along with her passion and determination. It's no wonder she's captured cold Hanssen's heart. Sahira comes from a tradition of strong Holby women.
Many much-loved characters are set to leave Holby City in the coming months, so how will you fill the gaps left?
Hopefully with new and equally iconic characters. You've already seen Henrik Hanssen, played by Guy Henry, who's amazing. We have some other characters coming in as well. Laila Rouass will play a registrar, Sahira Shah, and we've got another lead who was a guest artist in Holby. They were so fantastic, we brought them back in a new capacity - but I can't say who it is yet!
When did you hold your last storyline conference, and what came out of it?
It was last week, and we've worked everything out till the end of the series, which will take us up to round this time next year. It's going to be about Henrik's relationship with Sahira and discovering what her character is all about. She'll get involved with Greg and put Jac's nose out of joint - and Jac will find it difficult because Sahira isn't all handbags at dawn! Sahira comes in, makes people cupcakes and is well liked.
