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The Best Episodes of Holby City Season 1

Every episode of Holby City Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Holby City Season 1!

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Genres:SoapDrama
Network:BBC One

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Whose Heart Is It Anyway?" is the best rated episode of "Holby City" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Happy Families".

  • Whose Heart Is It Anyway?
    6.6/1017 votes

    #1 - Whose Heart Is It Anyway?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1999

    In the surgical department of Holby City Hospital, surgeons Anton Meyer and Nick Jordan race against time to carry out a heart transplant operation, but first they have to make the difficult choice between two possible recipients, Alan Kenyon and Simon Harwood. Nurses Julie Fitzjohn and Jasmine Hopkins vie for the post of Deputy Ward Sister.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Happy Families
    6.6/1013 votes

    #2 - Happy Families

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/1999

    Nick Jordan is put to the test when he is the only cardio-thoracic surgeon available to perform an urgent operation. Jasmine Hopkins has to use all of her diplomatic skills to remake a good working relationship with Julie Fitzjohn. There is a tough new ward sister, Karen Newburn, for everyone to contend with; it appears she and Nick Jordan have a ‘history'.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kill or Cure
    6.8/1012 votes

    #3 - Kill or Cure

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/1999

    Kirstie Collins, who is helping Muriel McKendrick with the trial of a new drug, finds a severe adverse reaction from a patient, and wants to alert the drugs company, but McKendrick warns her against doing so. The staff of Darwin Ward, the cardiology ward, struggle to stop the spread of the life-threatening MRSA infection; suspicion about its origin falls on Nurse Julie Fitzjohn. There's gossip about Nick Jordan and Karen Newburn.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love and Death
    7.8/1010 votes

    #4 - Love and Death

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/1999

    Kirstie Collins catches Nick Jordan in a compromising situation with Ellie Sharpe in a linen cupboard. Nicola Fallon, the girl in a coma, reaches crisis point, and her parents face an agonising decision.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Never Judge a Book...
    7.5/1010 votes

    #5 - Never Judge a Book...

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/1999

    Nick Jordan has to assist Anton Meyer on a heart operation on a new-born baby, but he expresses his reservations to him. Julie Fitzjohn helps a young mother with a heart-breaking dilemma. Meanwhile, the pressure is building on house officer Victoria Merrick, after she saves the life of a patient, Chris Woodhouse, and she resorts to taking drugs at work.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brave Heart
    7.8/1010 votes

    #6 - Brave Heart

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/1999

    Nick Jordan helps a family to make a difficult decision, but he can't escape a clash with Karen Newburn over their troubled past, as well as an altercation with an ex-boyfriend of Ellie Sharpe's. Anton Meyer and Muriel McKendick are still clashing over the allocation of beds.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take Me with You
    7.8/1010 votes

    #7 - Take Me with You

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/1999

    The treatment of a young woman, Christine, causes conflict between Anton Meyer and Muriel McKendrick. Nick Jordan is put in charge of a delicate heart operation by Meyer, and has to ask Kirstie Collins to assist, even though it means her missing an exam.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Staying Alive - Part 1
    8.0/1011 votes

    #8 - Staying Alive - Part 1

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/1999

    Sunny Sunderland enters a radio phone-in competition, winning a large sum of money - for charity. Victoria Merrick risks throwing away her medical career by continuing taking drugs. Muriel McKendrick finds the ideal recipient for her latest breakthrough in medical procedures - unfortunately, the patient is a former colleague, who passes on some revealing insights into McKenrick's past to Kirstie Collins, much to Collins's delight. Two visiting friends of a young patient, Darren Ingram, deliberately disturb his medical equipment, with near fatal results. When they steal some drugs, they are chased by Jasmine Hopkins, and they stab her in order to escape.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Staying Alive - Part 2
    7.8/1011 votes

    #9 - Staying Alive - Part 2

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/1999

    Jasmine Hopkins is operated on by Nick Jordan, but hovers between life and death; it's discovered she's in the early stages of pregnancy. Ray Sykes and Sunny Sunderland find out about cash-strapped Julie Fitzjohn's double life working in a night club. Karen Newburn reprimands her about it, and offers her Hopkins's post temporarily, which she accepts, giving up the other job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A