Former Holby City actress Pearl Chanda has criticised the BBC for axing the popular hospital soap after 23 years. Soapland was left in disarray when the BBC announced its decision to axe Holby City last month, stating at the time that the show would come to an end in March of next year.
And rising television star Pearl, who starred in a 2013 episode of the show as the character Imogen Parker, slammed the "shameful" axing of the show.
Speaking to the Express.co.uk, the 26 year old stated: "I'm a real lover of soaps and I think that kind of television really helps to bring audiences together. "They can explore things through those shows in a really interesting way because the audiences are so large.
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