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The Best Episodes of Holby City Season 3

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Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Holby City Season 3 Episode 10 - Anyone Who Had a Heart
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    S3:E10

    Tensions run high on Otter Ward when a major road traffic accident brings tragedy to one family as they face up to the death of their son, and joy to another as they are told that their daughter can have a long-awaited heart transplant. Meanwhile, Dr Taylor gets tough with Keri.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Holby City Season 3 Episode 8 - A Christmas Carol (1)
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    S3:E8

    Meyer faces his greatest challenge when his surgical career is threatened by illness. Is he capable of operating on eminent surgeon and former teacher Ian Richards? Julie is forced to reassess her priorities when her daughter, Rosie, is taken seriously ill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Holby City Season 3 Episode 9 - A Christmas Carol (2)
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    S3:E9

    With her daughter's life in jeopardy, Julie believes that only Meyer can save her. But is Meyer up to the challenge? Stan and Danny set about putting on a show for the children in Otter ward.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Holby City Season 3 Episode 15 - Winner Takes All
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    S3:E15

    Janice Taylor becomes emotionally involved with a young patient when he demands more than medical help after his mother dies. Victoria Merrick jumps to conclusions when she treats a young teenage girl with amnesia and bruising.

    Director:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Holby City Season 3 Episode 19 - Private Lives, Public Faces
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    S3:E19

    Alex Adams's professionalism is under the spotlight when he becomes irate with a young heart-transplant patient who forces him to confront his past. Dr Anil Bannerjee's competence is questioned when a patient claims to have been awake under general anesthetic during an operation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Holby City Season 3 Episode 30 - The Road Less Travelled
    9.0/10(15 votes)

    S3:E30

    Mike Barratt considers a transfer to a hospital in New Zealand, to get away from the frustrations of the constraints on his work at Holby. New ward sister Chrissie Williams arrives, and gets off on the wrong foot by being rude to Jasmine Hopkins. One of Stan Ashleigh's schemes accidentally causes a widespread power cut in the hospital, interrupting operations, and trapping Anton Meyer in a service lift with James Campbell, who is becoming increasingly distraught over the death of his daughter, for which he holds the hospital staff responsible, despite Meyer's assurances and the conclusions of the in-house investigation. Victoria Merrick's murderer is identified.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Holby City Season 3 Episode 11 - Extra Time
    8.9/10(12 votes)

    S3:E11

    Janice Taylor finds herself at the centre of a legal battle when a teenage girl refuses life-saving treatment. Kath attempts to reconcile an estranged couple.

    Director:Indra Bhose
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Holby City Season 3 Episode 14 - Night Shift
    8.9/10(13 votes)

    S3:E14

    Its a tricky night for the otter ward staff when a young nurse takes it apon herself to take part in a round of the ward with possible tragic concequences. Victoria manages the situation and gets her first ""well done "" from her boss Janice Talyor.

    Director:Indra Bhose
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Holby City Season 3 Episode 7 - The Trouble with the Truth
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S3:E7

    Jasmine's involvement with a patient causes a stir on the ward. Mike has to make a difficult decision. Romance is in the air as Sandy plays Cupid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Holby City Season 3 Episode 16 - Silent Witness
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S3:E16

    An ex-alcoholic is admitted with a bleeding oesophagus: his wife suspects that he's been drinking again, but is it fair to jump to conclusions? Meanwhile, the staff of Darwin Ward celebrate too hard in advance of Liam Evans's wedding, which does not go according to plan.

    Director:Brian Kelly
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Holby City Season 3 Episode 20 - Family Ties
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S3:E20

    When Julie Fitzjohn adopts the role of mediator in an effort to reconcile a dying man with his estranged son, she is soon forced to reflect on her own situation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Holby City Season 3 Episode 1 - The Deep End
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    S3:E1

    A serious road accident involving a motorbike cuts short the bus journey to work for Jasmine Hopkins & Julie Fitzjohn. Meanwhile, back at Holby City, new cardio-thoracic surgeon Alex Adams and new junior nurse Sandy Harper are immersed in a struggle to cope with the chaos caused by an infection scare.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Holby City Season 3 Episode 12 - Runaway
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    S3:E12

    Tash faces a professional crisis when a patient fails to come round after an operation. Steve and Jasmine confront danger as they hunt for a missing boy. Dr Taylor clashes with an over-protective mother. Keri has to deal with an unexpected visitor to the ward.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Holby City Season 3 Episode 17 - Tip of the Iceberg
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S3:E17

    Tash Bandara faces difficult personal and professional decisions when her estranged father pays her a visit and is diagnosed with a serious illness. Meanwhile, Liam Evans helps melt the ice between two dancing partners whose feelings for each other are more than just work-related.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Holby City Season 3 Episode 25 - I'm Not in Love
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    S3:E25

    Victoria Merrick has a tough time when a teenager steals her wallet, and Janice Taylor gives her a dressing down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Holby City Season 3 Episode 27 - The Mourning After
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E27

    Alex Adams faces Samantha Kennedy's jealousy and the hostility of colleagues in the aftermath of the shocking news. Martin Bradford proposes to Julie Fitzjohn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Colin Wyatt

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  17. Holby City Season 3 Episode 2 - Too Much Too Young
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    S3:E2

    Victoria Merrick is thrown into the deep end in pediatrics. Jasmine Hopkins's traumatic past helps her care for a patient who's convinced she has ovarian cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Holby City Season 3 Episode 3 - The Real Thing
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S3:E3

    When a well-known hospital fundraiser, John Wooldridge, demands a risky operation, Mike Barratt has to decide whether to refuse, or bow to management pressure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Holby City Season 3 Episode 4 - First Impressions
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S3:E4

    The pressure is mounting for Julie as her trial period as ward sister comes to an end. Difficult patients, incompetent staff and domestic problems all contribute to making this a day from hell. Meanwhile, Steve is proved right when an apparently straightforward case turns out to be something far more sinister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Holby City Season 3 Episode 5 - Against All Odds
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S3:E5

    Sandy makes a play for Adams at the hospital party. Kirstie takes hospital rules into her own hands when she gives an elderly patient an unlicensed drug.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Holby City Season 3 Episode 18 - Borrowed Time
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S3:E18

    Danny Shaughnessy faces a career crisis when he reveals more than he intends to a 15-year-old patient, and Keri McGrath finds herself embroiled in a mother/daughter conflict. Meanwhile, young love on the ward encourages Victoria to reconsider a romantic proposition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Holby City Season 3 Episode 6 - Moving On
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    S3:E6

    Keri befriends a teenage runaway with a guilty secret. Kirstie performs a dangerous emergency rescue. Victoria teaches a difficult patient a lesson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Holby City Season 3 Episode 13 - Choices
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    S3:E13

    Mike's day gets off to a bad start when a politician dies during a routine operation - and when a newspaper reporter gets hold of the story, things go from bad to worse. Alex solves a riddle with welcome consequences for a new mother.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Holby City Season 3 Episode 24 - Release
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S3:E24

    Victoria Merrick is traumatised by the death of a patient.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Holby City Season 3 Episode 28 - New Beginnings
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S3:E28

    Alex Adams and Guy Morton are forced into uneasy proximity. Jasmine Hopkins has stern words of advice for Julie Fitzjohn when she does not appear to be herself. Miranda Locke is readmitted, with self-harm wounds, and the police take an increasing interest in her. Sandy Harper picks up a mistake by Samantha Kennedy, and suggests the probable cause of a patient's severe symptoms, and eventually gets Julie's commendation. Martin Bradford asks Julie to go to Brighton with him, as he is to get a good new job there, but she is so confused she decides to break things off with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Anyone Who Had a Heart" is the best rated episode of "Holby City" season 3. It scored 9.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/28/2000. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "A Christmas Carol (1)".