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The Best Episodes of Holby City Season 4

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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 4 Episode 4 - Things Can Only Get Better
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    S4:E4

    Janice Taylor holds a dinner party to welcome Anton Meyer back to work, his first case badk is a heart transplant patient who has been poorly treated by the system. Janice discovers she is now pregnant to to the latest round of IVF. Alex Adams is jealous when he finds Samantha Kenedy and Ric Griffin together. Word begins to spread about Keri McGrath and Liam Evans.

    Director:John Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Holby City Season 4 Episode 50 - Pills and Frills
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    S4:E50

    Steve finds himself under pressure on the new AAU ward when a school trip ends in disaster. Jess gets more than she bargained for during her first day as a student nurse. Diane gets cold feet when Danny asks if he can move in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Holby City Season 4 Episode 1 - Rogue Males
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S4:E1

    Anton Meyer is seriously injured in a road-rage incident and is brought to Holby for an emergency operation. Mike Barratt's replacement Ric Griffin arrives. Alex Adams plays detective when he realises that the wife of an apparent road injury victim admitted at the same time is driving around in Meyer's car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Holby City Season 4 Episode 7 - Mother Knows Best
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S4:E7

    Janice Taylor wants to proceed with another round of IVF treatment immediately, but Alistair is not so sure. Chrissie Williams offers him a shoulder to cry on over a drink, but it leads to somewhat more. Samantha Kennedy gets badly involved with an anorexic heart patient and her over-protective mother. Janice has to tell Danny Shaughnessy not to take too much pity on a struggling single mother, but he is also becoming increasingly involved with Marija's attempt to evade the authorities.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Holby City Season 4 Episode 23 - Fathers and Sons
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S4:E23

    When Tash's girlfriend shows up at work for a coffee, Tash puts her hand in her bag and gets pricked by a needle. Tash fears for her life and future when she learns that her girlfriend has HIV and Tash might have contracted it. Kath gets into another arguament with Simon which leads to him abusing her worse than ever before and her being admitted to Holby and in need of an operation on her spleen.

    Director:James Strong
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Holby City Season 4 Episode 33 - Touch and Go
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S4:E33

    Kath meets up with Fr Michael and makes it clear that she regrets their moment of passion. Devastated, he attempts to take his own life. Meanwhile, Alex pleads with Jess to think about the future and their bab

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Holby City Season 4 Episode 34 - Coming Home
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S4:E34

    Jess gives Alex several opportunities to talk her out of the termination, but he accepts none of them, and Jess goes ahead with the procedure. Meanwhile, her father Ric is busy trying to organise his birthday drinks, oblivious to his daughter's predicament.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Holby City Season 4 Episode 2 - Ghosts
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E2

    Anton Meyer proves not to be the ideal patient and his recovery suffers a minor setback. Alex Adams and Alistair Taylor have a clash of personalities. Keri McGrath finds herself in a compromising position with Liam Evans after Sandy Harper's 20th birthday party.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Holby City Season 4 Episode 8 - Forgiveness of Sins
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E8

    Danny Shaughnessy goes ahead with his wedding to Marija Ovcar, despite his mother Kath being sure it's a big mistake. Sandy Harper wangles herself the role of bridesmaid. Meanwhile, a young patient of Keri McGrath's is discovered to have had a recurrence of her cancer, while her parents argue because of their different views on religion. A woman comes into Darwin Ward with apparent appendicitis, that under surgery is found to be an infection caused by a swab left behind after a previous operation.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Holby City Season 4 Episode 10 - Care
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E10

    Tragedy strikes when Steve Waring leaves his son to look after his sick mother. On Darwin Ward, a blind man regains his sight after a relatively minor procedure on his lungs, and a cantankerous young homeless man causes problems for Simon Shaughnessy on his first day at work at Holby City, assisting Stan Ashleigh. A heart patient whose son appears not to want the burden of caring for him prompts a spat between Alex Adams & Samantha Kennedy, leading them to explore their personal experiences of caring for their fathers.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Holby City Season 4 Episode 17 - Life Goes On
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E17

    As Owen Davis discovers that his ex-wife is taking his daughter away to live in Sydney, Danny tries to persuade his mother to leave his father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Holby City Season 4 Episode 19 - Secrets and Lies
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E19

    As Alex goes to court, Sam still hasn't told him that she was responsible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Holby City Season 4 Episode 39 - High Risk
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E39

    Registrar Diane Lloyd, an old girlfriend of Ric Griffin's, joins the team on Keller Ward, where preparations are nearing completion for Sam Kennedy's wedding to Ric. Owen Davis is getting more involved with Chrissy Williams. Alex Adams takes up the invitation to join the poorly-attended stag night, and Diane suggests moving to the casino next door, where Ric wagers the £20 000 cheque that Sam is giving him to clear his debts. A young man, Gary Sullivan, is admitted to Keller with abdominal pains, which Ric finds is advanced cancer, and is put in a moral dilemma when the patient asks him to disguise the fact that it predates his taking out a large life insurance policy in favor of his fiancée. Maternity deals with a young mother-to-be who is diagnosed with herpes, and the consequences for her relationship with the father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Holby City Season 4 Episode 45 - New Hearts, Old Scores
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S4:E45

    As a result of Sam's threat, Meyer's abilities as a surgeon are under investigation by a new heart consultant Tom Campbell-Gore. Adams also begins to question Meyer's judgement.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Holby City Season 4 Episode 6 - Starting Over
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S4:E6

    Janice Taylor endangers her unborn baby, and Tash Bandara's attempts to save a patients life are met with hostility.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Holby City Season 4 Episode 9 - Woman in the Dark
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    S4:E9

    Owen Davis confronts Alistair Taylor about his growing relationship with Chrissie Williams, but he claims nothing is going on. A young woman is brought in suffering from advanced liver disease. A woman prisoner is also on the ward, who, when she is fully diagnosed, wants to do something that Ric Griffin is sure will give the medical ethics board a tough decision.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Holby City Season 4 Episode 26 - Birthday
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    S4:E26

    Philippa Calcutt, a woman with an advanced intestinal cancer, is visited by both a friend from church and her sister, who fears the friend is having an undue influence on her. On the children's ward is an 8-month-pregnant 15-year-old girl with an overbearing mother and a young boyfriend, Dean Flynn - Steve Waring's attempts at advice don't help smooth things for any of them. Samantha Kennedy holds a joint 30th birthday and flat-warming party, even summoning up the courage to invite Alex Adams, who declines. He in fact meets up with Jess Griffin, not knowing who she is, and awkwardly ends up at the party anyway. There, Steve gets into a brawl with an old school-friend Craig Campbell, resulting in a serious injury, and the calling of an ambulance and the police, who search Ric Griffin and find his considerable stash.

    Director:Julie Anne Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Holby City Season 4 Episode 24 - Cruel to Be Kind
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    S4:E24

    As Danny and Father Michael try to set up a new flat for Kath, Steve trys to start a relationship with Lisa but changes his mind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Holby City Season 4 Episode 40 - Winner Takes It All
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    S4:E40

    Sam Kennedy & Ric Griffin's wedding day dawns, and the final preparations are in hand. But Alex Adams is in a quandary about whether to tell Sam what Ric has done with her money, and what his true feelings for her are. Ric can't summon up the courage to tell Sam, and is beginning to have doubts about the wedding. Sam realises that she wants Alex to rescue her from her situation, but nevertheless goes to the Register Office. Gary Sullivan is found to be in a much worse condition that thought, and he has to find the courage to tell his fiancée the truth, while she has something to tell him; they decide to get married on the ward.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Holby City Season 4 Episode 48 - The Private Sector
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    S4:E48

    The atmosphere between lovers Chrissie and Owen becomes tense, and Owen immerses himself in the case of a pregnant schizophrenic who is reluctant to take medical advice. Ric finds himself in hot water after performing drastic surgery on a budding teenage sportsman in an effort to save his life.

    Director:Bill Britten
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Holby City Season 4 Episode 51 - Last Chances
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    S4:E51

    Terry Fox continues to ask Kath for a date unil she finaly agrees and Lisa still hasn't been told the real reason why her father is a patient.

    Director:Julie Anne Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Holby City Season 4 Episode 3 - Men Are From Mars...
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S4:E3

    Keri McGrath is traumitised after her evening with Liam. A father learns of his daughters condition following the removal of a blockage from her airways. An obese patient refuses an appendectomy. Janice Taylor has another session of IVF.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Holby City Season 4 Episode 49 - Ghosts
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    S4:E49

    Tempers flare at a staff football match, and Ed Keating's past returns to haunt him. Kath accuses Danny of neglecting his studies to spend time with Diane. Terry Fox struggles to break some devastating news to Lisa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Holby City Season 4 Episode 11 - It's a Family Affair
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    S4:E11

    Chrissie Williams wakes up with Alistair Taylor in the Taylors' bed. Steve Waring's son is increasingly upset over his mother's death, and skips school to binge drink at home, causing Steve to have a stressful time sorting him out. On the wards, a young man is admitted with acute pancreatitis, but Tash Bandara's sympathy is more limited than the man's father's. A long-distance lorry-driver patient with a heart problem is visited by two women who each think that she is his wife. Marija has to have it pointed out to her than Danny actually fancies her.

    Director:Julie Anne Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Holby City Season 4 Episode 16 - Hello Goodbye
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    S4:E16

    Marija has to make the desicion of going away with her first husband, Goran, or staying with Danny. Sam Kennedy confesses to Chrissie that she got Alex drunk and after seeing his mother's black eye, Danny beats up his father in the car park.

    Director:Julie Anne Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Things Can Only Get Better" is the best rated episode of "Holby City" season 4. It scored 9.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by John Alexander and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/30/2001. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pills and Frills".