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The Best Episodes of Holby City Season 5

Every episode of Holby City Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Holby City Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Holby City Season 5 Episode 7 - Old Friends
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E7

    Terry Fox takes Kath Shaughnessy into work, his daughter Lisa Fox is less than pleased when she sees them kissing eachother goodbye. Danny Shaughnessy is very shocked and disturbed when he realises that Sandy Harper is reporting for the day shift, she had just worked all night as an agency nurse, so as she can earn the money to repay her former flatmates Lisa and Danny. Chrissie Williams shares his concerns when Sandy is making several minor errors. Tom Campbell-Gore's unofficial patient, Johnjo Kinsell, returns, he was left at A&E. His condition worsens and he is brought up for immediate surgery performed by Ric Griffin. Griffin, and Diane Lloyd are deeply puzzled that someone appears to have already operated on the patient using amateur equipment. He is in a very serious condition, and when Sandy makes another Mistake in her care of him, he has to be rushed back into theatre for another operation, in which he dies. Campbell-Gore then has to explain the death to colleagues, the police

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Holby City Season 5 Episode 10 - Leopard Spots
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E10

    Terry Fox proposes to Kath Shaughnessy, But changes his mind once Ric Griffin tells him he has terminal cancer. Marty Campbell-Gore comes back to Holby, which leads to a revelation for Tom, his brother. Bob Butler is admitted to Darwin Ward for a leg artery by-pass operation, but things turn out even worse than he and his wife feared. In Maternity, Mary Jenkins has triplets by Caesarian, but a serious problem with one of them is discovered soon after birth. A teenager who is sick of her mothers drug-dabbling antics, wants to be put into care after her mother is admitted with a dangerous reaction to an ecstacy tablet, which was supplied by Tom Campbell-Gore's dodgy brother Marty.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Holby City Season 5 Episode 13 - Time to Kill
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    S5:E13

    Holby is getting ready to See in the New Year, But Tom Campbell-Gore has returned to drink. When Ed Keating cathces him drinking before an operation, he stops Tom from operating. Kath and Terry Fox go to Terry's beach house, where Terry asks Kath to end His life, she does eventually and reluctantly accept. Danny Shaughnessy and Lisa Fox are caught in a clinch and Midnight and Chrissie Williams decides to keep her baby.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Holby City Season 5 Episode 34 - Seasons in the Sun
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    S5:E34

    Alex refuses to take treatment for his tremor until he is persuade to by Diane who is back on her first day after her termination.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Holby City Season 5 Episode 49 - A Friend in Need
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    S5:E49

    Mubbs was out to impress Rubinda who was on a placement shadowing Rosie. He showed off during an operation and put himself at risk of an HIV infection. Meanwhile, Owen asked Tricia to go on holiday and she accepted. Ric thought Kath's resignation was a mistake and reinstated her. However, when Sarah Palmer's father threatened to go to the papers, Ric backtracked and suggested Kath take some unused holiday. Jess was frozen to the spot when a reporter announced that Sandy had won £150,000 on the lottery. Sandy left Jess, Ric and Kelly large sums of cash and generously paid off Lisa's mortgage.Just as Nic decided to tell Sandy he loved her, he heard she'd dropped everything to be with Danny. Later, the staff gathered for drinks to wish their absent friend well in her new life in Australia and toasted ""the one and only Sandy.""

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Holby City Season 5 Episode 51 - Just Getting By
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E51

    Griffin struggles to cope when Keller comes under the spotlight for its recent suspicious deaths. Owen's plan to keep his relationship with Tricia secret is endangered when holiday snaps fall into the wrong hands.

    Director:Luke Watson
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Holby City Season 5 Episode 52 - Accidents Will Happen
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    S5:E52

    It is Jess's 21st birthday, and Ric is worried he cannot afford to buy her a decent present. But when the cause of the recent Kellar deaths is discovered, Ric is left reeling. Meanwhile, Owen and Chrissie have a good time together.

    Director:Luke Watson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Holby City Season 5 Episode 6 - Lear's Children
    8.9/10(12 votes)

    S5:E6

    Lisa is furious when she discovers that she can't claim insurance because Sandy hasn't been paying the premium.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Holby City Season 5 Episode 41 - Eyes Wide Open
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    S5:E41

    Charles Merrick operates on Alex Adas and Diane comes along for support. Meanwhile, Sammi Sattar is in for a sperm test to see why they aren't able to conceive.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Holby City Season 5 Episode 44 - Home
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    S5:E44

    Alex Adams feels more deppressed about his Parkinsons when he attends his father's funeral and meets his estranged family.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Holby City Season 5 Episode 12 - Sins of the Father
    8.8/10(13 votes)

    S5:E12

    Tom Campbell-Gore's parents turn up at Holby, and his father is pushed into watching one of his sons operations. A pair of lungs become availible but can only go to one of two brothers, the sickest of which is given the chance, he however will not accept, and passes the opportunity to his brother. This is all due to the brother's father liking the younger and (slightly) healthier brother. The changover takes too long and the organs are taken to another hospital. In a fit of rage Tom damages the theatre and blames his problems on his father. Terry Fox and Kath Shaughnessy have to get married in hospital as Terry is too ill To go to the Registry Office. Ric Griffin also has to tell terry that he only has weeks to live.

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  12. Holby City Season 5 Episode 20 - Dominoes Falling
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S5:E20

    Sean Hunt comes to Holby to get money from Sandy but when she can't givr it to him, he starts stealing it from patients in the hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Holby City Season 5 Episode 23 - One of Our Own
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S5:E23

    It's relationship chaos for the staff at Holby this week. Owen discovers the truth about Chrissie; Mubbs and Jess's secret's out; and Tony wakes up to the reality about his relationship with Ben. In theatre, Ric and Diane try to save Tony's kidney but it's unsalvageable. He's placed on dialysis until a suitable donor is found. Meanwhile, Ben blames himself and feels helpless. To make matters worse, John turns up declaring his undying love but Ben's not interested. Ben confides in Danny about what really happened—Danny warns him if Tony decides to press charges, he could be arrested for GBH, or manslaughter if he dies. Ben realises the serious implications and takes action: moments later, he tells Diane his decision to donate his kidney and she does a blood test. Is Ben trying to save his own skin? Tony finally wakes up, and is devastated to learn the seriousness of his condition. Ben tells him he's going to donate his kidney and apologises, but Tony's bitter and confused.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Holby City Season 5 Episode 29 - Desperate Measures
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S5:E29

    After the crash, Ben and Steve are trapped in a car severly injured. When the medics get to the scene, Ric realises that Steves leg is too damaged to save and they can't get to Ben because Steve is in the way. So Ric deides that Steve needs an amputation. When they get Steve out they can get to Ben but when they get Ben out, they discover that he is too badly injured to save and he dies.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Holby City Season 5 Episode 35 - Mum's the Word
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    S5:E35

    On the day of the funeral of Chrissies baby, she asks Tricia to do the planning but asks her and Owen not to come, but they do.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Holby City Season 5 Episode 37 - Private Lives
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    S5:E37

    Proffessor Zubin Khan joins the Holby Team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Holby City Season 5 Episode 42 - The Parent Trap
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    S5:E42

    Tricia is assigned to be Owens PA but she annoys Rosie and Tom tries dating both Diane and Anita and he tries to persuade Anita to turn down the job at Columbia University.

    Director:Ian Barnes
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Holby City Season 5 Episode 48 - All That You Leave Behind
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    S5:E48

    The health inspectors' report is far from positive, so Helen decides to question the nurses over who is responsible for the gross negligence. Kelly brings up her displeasure with the situation during her interview and ends up blaming Kath—who then suffers the brunt of Helen's bullying tactics as she takes her turn in the hot seat. Elsewhere, Rosie attempts to play Cupid for Mubbs, but things go from bad to worse when he invites his date to a lap-dancing club.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Holby City Season 5 Episode 5 - Long Day's Night
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    S5:E5

    When Danny, Lisa and Sandy host a Bon Fire night party at their flat, it soon turns to tragedy when a drunk Sandy accidentally sets fire to the flat. Ben has to be admitted to the hospital because of smoke inhalation.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Holby City Season 5 Episode 9 - Every Cloud...
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    S5:E9

    Kath Shaughnessy and Terry Fox's plans to have a Christmas are wrecked by terrible news. When he starts suffering severe abdominal pains Kath takes him to see Ric Griffin at Holby. Ric takes him to have surgery, only to find that cancer has spread throughout Terry's Body. Lisa Fox eventually finds out the real situation with her father, and vents her feelings towards Kath Shaughnessy to her face. Following Owen Davis's proposal, Chrissie Williams is torn between him and Ed Keating, at least until when a patient, Fran Turner, tells her about her marrige breakdown... and how stupid it was. . Sandy Harper's admirer, Sean Hunt, sends her a big bouquet of flowers, and ends up lending her the money to repay Danny Shaughnessy and Lisa. In Maternity, a case of eclampsia in a woman pregnant by donor insemination leads Lisa into an awkward situation with the husband. Helen Frost, the wife of a major hospital benefactor, is admitted, and when Ric suspects she may be HIV-positive, her husband bec

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Holby City Season 5 Episode 33 - Think Again
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    S5:E33

    Diane discovers that she is carrying the late Steve Waring's baby and requests for an immediate termination.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Holby City Season 5 Episode 38 - Can't Always Get What You Want
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    S5:E38

    As Chrisie attends her daughters funeral, Elizabeth Woods is admitted to Holby where the attraction between her and Zubin grows.

    Director:Luke Watson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Holby City Season 5 Episode 14 - Hair of the Dog
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    S5:E14

    At her Boyfriend Seans party, Sandy Harper is drugged and raped by Seans friend, Sean gave her the drug in a drink for part-payment to his friend. Lisa Fox and Kath Fox are starting to cope with Terry's death. Lisa doesn't cope well dealing with a couple and their Caesarian-born daughter, who has a potentaly serious condition. Tom Campbell-Gore was selected to perform some pioneering surgery on a heart patient using a new robotic system for Heart transplants. But the strain of having another of his patients die prior to the operation, and having to do the operation while being watched by a group of seinior medics, is too much to handle, and he turns to the vodka (again). Ed Keating finds Tom drunk and covers-up for Tom again, but later Ed gives Tom an ultimatum. The operation is a success and the party of medics leave happily.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Holby City Season 5 Episode 11 - Sinners and Saints
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    S5:E11

    Chrissie Williams and Kath Shaughnessy show their engagement rings to the other staff. Kath is busy trying to arrange the wedding for as soon as possible. An old flame of Tom Campbell-Gore arrives with er husband who needs a major heart operation. Dispite Tom's best efforts and two sessions of surgery he does not survive. Kath is torn because her catholic faith will not allow a second marriage and is upset because the new and very strict chaplain Father Sankar will not bless the marriage. Mubbs Hussein runs the staff chrismas raffle, the top prize of £250 is won by Sandy Harper, a bottle of whiskey is won by Tom Campbell-Gore, who is an alcoholic. Sandy realizes that her new boyfriend Sean who's intentions over his Grandmother Minnie are financial, and he is not the wonderful person she thought he was.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Holby City Season 5 Episode 36 - Endgame
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    S5:E36

    The New health care assisstant Nic Yorke starts on his first day and gets a lot of attention from the female nurses but the only one that really catches his eye is Sandy Harper.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Old Friends" is the best rated episode of Holby City season 5. It scored 9.0/10 from 13 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 19, 2002.