Josh Hudson is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actor Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge.

He starts his rotation at Holby City Hospital alongside F1s Jeong-Soo Han (Chan Woo Lim) and Skylar Bryce (Phoebe Pryce); they often feature together in their early stories.

Most of Josh's stories revolve around his relationship with consultant Ange Godard (Dawn Steele), which is marred by the ethics of a junior doctor-mentor romance and the age difference between them.

The relationship was challenged through the introduction of Josh's mother, Elaine Hudson (Carol Walton), and Ange becoming pregnant with twins.

Writers coincided the twins' premature birth with a bomb explosion at the hospital, leaving the lives of Josh, Ange and his new family unit in danger.

A friendship with clinical lead Eli Ebrahimi (Davood Ghadami) was established as Josh struggles to tell Ange.

The show's casting team hired actor Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge to play junior doctor Josh Hudson.

Chan Woo Lim and Phoebe Pryce were also cast as fellow junior doctors Jeong-Soo Han and Skylar Bryce, respectively.

[3] Cheeky-chappy Josh cannot wait to get cracking on the wards – he's spent six years slogging away in the library and now it's time to enjoy the fruits of his late night labours.

[4]Josh is characterised as a confident, "cheeky-chappy" F1 doctor who is fresh out of university, ready to start his first rotation at Holby City Hospital.

[4] He is charming and on shift, he flirts with elderly female patients and exchanges fitness stories with men of a similar age to himself.

[2] The F1s are immediately "thrown in at the deep end" when they are sent straight into work by senior consultant Henrik Hanssen (Guy Henry) with only a short welcome.

In one story, the trio work their first New Year's Eve shift, which Josh finds dull especially when he is given "an apparently mundane case".

Writers subtly included hints to a relationship in scenes after Josh is introduced,[13] but it was only confirmed in a promotional trailer for the show's 2021 episodes.

When the truth is revealed, Ange appears pleased, which Sophie Dainty of Digital Spy suggested could mean she has "a secret crush" on Josh.

[19] Writers introduced Ange's daughter, registrar Chloe Godard (Amy Lennox), into the story when she develops a crush on Josh.

On shift, Josh and Ange work together to treat a critically ill mother and baby and soon realise they make "a dream team".

[26] Combined with learning about the death of their colleague Kian Madani (Ramin Karimloo), the pair gain "some much-needed perspective".

[28] The storyline highlighted the pair's age difference and introduced Josh's mother, Elaine Hudson (Carol Walton).

[30] Ange confides in Chloe and nurse Kylie Maddon (Amy Murphy) about the news, and they devise a pros and cons list.

[34] At the same time, Josh and Chloe learn that Cameron Dunn (Nic Jackman) has set a bomb to explode in the hospital basement.

[39] Blackwood-Cambridge explained that the trauma of the birth, the "rough" pregnancy, the health of the babies and his mother, and his relationship with Ange contributed to the bulimia relapse.

"[38] They also created a friendship between Josh and Darwin's clinical lead, Eli Ebrahimi (Davood Ghadami), as part of the story.

[38] Josh also impresses senior surgeon Jac Naylor (Rosie Marcel) when he secures a big trial for the hospital.

[46] Lottie Tolhurst was cast in the story as Claudia Blaise, a physiotherapist who attends the same group therapy session as Josh.

[60] Dainty (Digital Spy) called Josh's first shift "a baptism of fire",[2] while Haasler quipped, "What a day to start a new job".

[61] She cringed at the dialogue surrounding Josh and Ange's first time having sex and opined that it was not their "most professional moment, given that he's a very junior doctor and she's his manager".

[16] What's on TV's Claire Buck included Chloe discovering Josh and Ange's relationship in her television highlights for the week.

[22] Josh and Ange's reconciliation after working together on an ill mother and baby was listed in the respective television highlights by Victoria Wilson (What's on TV) and Hannah Verdier from The Guardian.

[26][62] The episodes which begin Josh and Ange's pregnancy story arc were included in Buck's television highlights for their respective weeks.