Producers of BBC medical drama Holby City have donated fully working ventilators from its set at Elstree to be used in London's new NHS Nightingale Hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The news was shared in a BBC Studios tweet, with a photo of workers unloading equipment from a van. Holby City executive producer Simon Harper said they wanted to help "the courageous and selfless real-life medics".
The drama, which is set in a fictional West Country city, has current paused production amid the coronavirus outbreak. It is not yet clear how many ventilators have been donated, or why operational medical equipment was used on set.