HolbyBlue, the eagerly anticipated first production from Tony Jordan’s new company Red Planet Pictures, comes to BBC One. The involvement of co-producers Kudos (Life On Mars, Spooks and Hustle) adds to the stellar creative team behind HolbyBlue, a series which is sure to attract attention from the fanbase of its sister dramas Holby City and Casualty.

The challenges facing the police officers and CID unit of Holby South are very different to the traditional “bobby on the beat” – hard drugs, even harder gang members and the constant threat of terrorism all combine to prove that modern-day policing isn’t just about robberies and Asbos. Despite being weighed down by never-ending bureaucracy, the officers of Holby South aspire to be the best, putting their personal opinions and passions to one side in order to make Holby a safer place to live.

Straight-talking DI John Keenan (Cal Macaninch, Sorted) lives for his job and will stop at nothing to secure a conviction. John somehow manages to be a great dad to his two young children, but a lousy husband to Kate (Zöe Lucker, Footballers’ Wives). They are both playing the field following their recent split, but it’s clear that neither is really ready to move on. When Kate applies for a job at the station, John’s recent fling with colleague Rachel Barker, CPS (Sara Powell, Family Man) is set to make all their lives even more complicated.

HolbyBlue will air on BBC One later this April