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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 Worst Episode
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    Holby City Season 1 Episode 6 - Brave Heart
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    #1 - Brave Heart

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Holby City Season 2 Episode 2 - Puppy Love
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    #2 - Puppy Love

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Holby City Season 2 Episode 3 - Destination Unknown
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    #3 - Destination Unknown

    S2:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Holby City Season 2 Episode 4 - You Can Choose Your Friends
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    #4 - You Can Choose Your Friends

    S2:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Holby City Season 2 Episode 8 - A Marriage of Convenience
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    #5 - A Marriage of Convenience

    S2:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Holby City Season 2 Episode 16 - Into the Woods
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    #6 - Into the Woods

    S2:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Holby City Season 4 Episode 5 - Reflected Truth
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    #7 - Reflected Truth

    S4:E5

    Keri McGrath's rape is investigated by a tribunal. Darwin Ward is troubled by a manic depressive heart patient. Marjica Ovcar has to bring Luka back for an emergency treatment, even though she cannot pay for the treatment she has already.

    Director:John Alexander
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Holby City Season 4 Episode 12 - 'Twas the Night...
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    #8 - 'Twas the Night...

    S4:E12

    Just before Christmas on Keller Ward, David Thomas, a young rugby player is brought in having sustained a bad leg fracture. Sandy Harper takes a fancy to him and stays late to decorate his bedside with extra tinsel. He dies during the night from complications from an unsuspected head injury. Chrissie Williams has to tell Alistair Taylor repeatedly that their affair is over. Janice Taylor finds out that she is pregnant again, but finds Chrissie's badge under the marital bed and sees husband Alistair behaving suspiciously with Chrissie. She confronts him, but he denies it sufficiently convincingly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Holby City Season 4 Episode 13 - Shadow of a Doubt (1)
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    #9 - Shadow of a Doubt (1)

    S4:E13

    On New Year's Eve, Sophie, an ex-girlfriend of Alex Adams, arrives at Holby City, bringing with her a daughter he was completely unaware of. A strong-willed 77-year old, Annie Hackett, coerces Ric Griffin into doing an operation to remove part of her colon, against his advice. Simon Shaughnessy gets very drunk while still on duty, and has to be escorted off the premises by his family. Kath Shaughnessy's suspicions about Chrissie Williams and Alistair Taylor are as good as confirmed. Alex arranges to spend the evening with Samantha Kennedy, and she surreptitiously plies him with more drinks than he was wanting. He leaves temporarily to finish discussions with Sophie, but is then pressured into attending a road traffic accident. While driving back to rejoin Samantha, a child runs out in front of his car too late for him to avoid. He is then given a routine breathalyser on the spot.

    Director:Keith Boak
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Holby City Season 4 Episode 14 - Shadow of a Doubt (2)
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    #10 - Shadow of a Doubt (2)

    S4:E14

    Jamie, the child that Alex Adams knocked down, is starting to recover in Otter Ward when he suddenly worsens, needing an urgent operation, but dies in theatre. Blood tests confirm the positive breathalyser, and Alex is charged with drink-driving. Samantha Kennedy becomes increasingly remorseful that she was the one at fault, but still can't bring herself to confess to him or anyone. Dr Gupta's wife gives birth by Caesarian to their fourth child, and first son, in the Holby maternity unit, but almost at the cost of her life. Alistair Taylor prepares to leave his wife for Chrissie Williams, though she continues to consistently reject him. He and Owen Davis end up brawling in the car park, after Owen intervenes to stop Alistair hassling Chrissie. Janice sees them, and finally realises what has been happening.

    Director:Keith Boak
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Holby City Season 4 Episode 15 - Trust
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    #11 - Trust

    S4:E15

    Ric's Daughter shows up at Holby to ask for money and makes a date with Liam in the meantime, however he promptly cancells on her when he finds out whose daughter she is.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Holby City Season 4 Episode 18 - All My Sins
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    #12 - All My Sins

    S4:E18

    As Lisa breaks up with Mubbs, Alex prepare for his trial.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Holby City Season 4 Episode 20 - The Love That Binds
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    #13 - The Love That Binds

    S4:E20

    Samantha Kennedy vows that she's off men for ever. A young woman with learning difficulties, Chloe Edwards, is in the maternity ward for complications with her pregnancy, and her mother is concerned. Stan Ashleigh's wife collapses in the hospital car park while delivering him to work, and she is admitted to one of the wards for tests and treatment.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Holby City Season 4 Episode 21 - Choose Life
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    #14 - Choose Life

    S4:E21

    Ben invites his parents to dinner with the intention of telling them that he is a homosexual.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Holby City Season 4 Episode 22 - To Have and Have Not
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    #15 - To Have and Have Not

    S4:E22

    Ric Griffin's day goes from bad to worse when Samantha accidentally bumps into his car in the car park and his daughter shows up again asking for more money. He says no and makes her get a job as Owen's new PA.

    Director:James Strong
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Holby City Season 4 Episode 27 - Change of Heart
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    #16 - Change of Heart

    S4:E27

    The morning after the party, Ric Griffin is released from police custody, and, after an unofficial reprimand from Anton Meyer, reconsiders his application for a lucrative administrative job at the nearby Hadlington private hospital. Janice Taylor is suffering from dizziness, which Owen Davis deduces is anemia, but also the stress of the impending divorce. Teenager Oliver Gordon is in for a check after a fall at home, when Steve Waring finds a lump in his neck. It is an anxious time for his mother, until Ric can do a biopsy. American cardiac surgeon Alan Fletcher returns, with his wife, who is in the final stages of rejecting her transplanted heart. They beg Anton Meyer to use an experimental artificial heart pump to save her life.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Holby City Season 4 Episode 28 - We Band of Brothers
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    #17 - We Band of Brothers

    S4:E28

    A case of the Norwak virus is discovered on Darwin Ward, but Ric Griffin decides to try to stay open and contain the outbreak. At the flat, Liam is disturbed by noise from next door, and going round to complain, finds an unconscious, bleeding woman in the open doorway. A man with a bat ties Liam up, but he is released when the woman comes round. In tackling the man to prevent him harming his son, Liam is badly injured in a fall.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Holby City Season 4 Episode 29 - Letting Go
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    #18 - Letting Go

    S4:E29

    Liam comes round from his operation, and is in pain. It is then discovered he is suffering from Peritonitis and was rished back into theatre. He then finds that he is paralysed from the waist down.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Holby City Season 4 Episode 30 - Second Chances
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    #19 - Second Chances

    S4:E30

    As Liam finds it hard to accept that he will never walk again, Sandy tries to comfort him.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Holby City Season 4 Episode 31 - Hearts and Minds
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    #20 - Hearts and Minds

    S4:E31

    A decision must be made whether a young woman or a boy with down syndrome will recieve a heart that has become available.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Holby City Season 4 Episode 32 - Lives Worth Living
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    #21 - Lives Worth Living

    S4:E32

    Liam returns to find his life turned upside down. A young mother learns that her unborn child is terminally ill and must decide whether to abort the pregnancy. Alex is thrown by the news that Jess is pregnant with his child.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Holby City Season 4 Episode 37 - Taking Cover
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    #22 - Taking Cover

    S4:E37

    Mubbs puts a baby's life at risk and endangers his career. The reappearance of an old girlfriend forces Tash to re-evaluate her priorities.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Holby City Season 4 Episode 38 - Love and Devotion
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    #23 - Love and Devotion

    S4:E38

    Mary Harrow, a successful novelist who needs two operations, tests the loyalties of Darwin Ward's junior doctors to their senior colleagues. Sam Kennedy's subsequent need to prove her feelings for Ric Griffin to him culminates in an unusual request. Mubbs Hussain gives Keri McGrath the date she won at the auction, but when they get back home, her mother Pam arrives and Mubbs feels awkward in the light of what they had been doing earlier. Parents Kelvin & Marcia Lyme have their desire to adopt a child tested when he is diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia. Owen Davis visits Chrissie Williams at home to tell her he's getting back with his wife, but then proceeds to jeopardise it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Holby City Season 4 Episode 41 - From This Moment On
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    #24 - From This Moment On

    S4:E41

    Alistair Taylor is back at Holby on another temporary assignment, and proposes divorce to Janice who is nearing the end of her pregnancy. On the day after the events of the wedding day, Sam Kennedy confronts Alex Adams about their relationship. Keri McGrath makes a shocking discovery when she walks in on a meeting between her mother and Mubbs Hussein. A woman is brought in after collapsing in the street from a heart condition; her husband, who hasn't seen her for a year, is very keen to see her, and even more so when Alex lets slip that she has recently had a baby. A road traffic accident brings in an injured woman, Liv Woods, and her daughter, Natalie, who is pronounced brain dead; her husband is already there having brought in their other daughter who needs a kidney transplant. Janice has to persuade them to let Natalie be a transplant donor.

    Director:Rob Evans
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Holby City Season 4 Episode 42 - Design for Living
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    #25 - Design for Living

    S4:E42

    Owen Davis's day goes from bad to worse. Sandy Harper is less than pleased when Danny Shaughnessy asks Lisa Fox to move into their flat.

    Director:Rob Evans
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Brave Heart" is the worst rated episode of "Holby City". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/16/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Puppy Love".