Nick Jordan (character)

Nick Jordan
Casualty and Holby City character
Michael French as Nick Jordan.
First appearance	One from the Heart, 21 November 1998 (Casualty) Whose Heart Is It Anyway?, 12 January 1999 (Holby City)
Last appearance	Downstairs, Upstairs, 15 February 2010 (Holby City) Life Goes On 2 February 2013 (Casualty)
Created by	Mal Young and Tony McHale
Portrayed by	Michael French
Duration	Casualty: 1998, 2008–2013, Holby City: 1999–2000, 2006, 2010
Spinoff(s)	Casualty@Holby City (2005)
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Occupation	Clinical Lead, Senior Consultant in emergency medicine (prev. consultant general surgeon, specialist registrar, cardiothoracic surgery, specialist registrar, vascular surgery)
Spouse(s)	Karen Newburn (divorced)
Significant other(s)	Kirstie Collins, Jac Naylor, Diane Lloyd, Ruth Winters, Zoe Hanna, Yvonne Rippon

Nick Jordan is a fictional character from the BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City, portrayed by actor Michael French. Jordan first appeared in two episodes of Casualty in 1998, before becoming a main character in spin-off show Holby City from its 1999 conception, in the role of Cardiothoracic Surgical Registrar. He departed from the show in its second series, returning for a 2005 Christmas crossover special between the two series, styled Casualty@Holby City. He returned again to Holby City in 2006, taking on the role of General Surgical Consultant, departing a few months later in order to pursue a transfer back to cardiothoracics. In 2008, he rejoined the cast of Casualty, becoming Clinical Lead of the show's Emergency Department. French left his role as Nick Jordan in February 2013, four weeks after his return.

Nick Jordan was created in 1998 by BBC executives Mal Young and Tony McHale. He was conceived as a Cardiothoracic Surgical Registrar who would become a main character in new medical drama Holby City - a spin-off of the station's long-running Casualty. Unlike Casualty, which focused on the Emergency Department of the fictional Holby City Hospital, Holby City would centre around the hospital's cardiothoracic surgical ward, Darwin. The main characters were all staff on the ward, with Nick Jordan working on the surgical firm of lead Consultant Anton Meyer. Discussing the show's conception as a spin-off, Young has explained: "Like most people I’ve often wondered what happens next to those patients who come in after accidents. Where do they go when you see them disappearing upstairs on a trolley at the end of an episode? As I thought about this, it struck me – why start afresh when you’ve got the basis of a series already? People have busy lives and if they already follow a number of soaps, they take to a new drama series when they make sense quickly. This could be a way of helping that to happen."