 Holoway was awarded the "TV Times" Personality of the Year award in 1976.In 1984 he had a starring role in the "Minder" episode "A Star is Gorn" in which he played Zac Zolar, a pop star tired of his fame who fakes his death so as he may be rid of the corrupt influence of his agent.From 1985 Holoway toured in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", one of the most successful runs of the musical.