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The Best Episodes of The Royal

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The Best Episodes of The Royal

Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.

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  1. Background image for Wishing and Hoping
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Wishing and Hoping

    S2:E4

    A frantic mother and father bring their daughter to the Royal for whooping cough treatment, and Cheriton is shocked to hear the girl hasn't been vaccinated because of her parents' fears of the side-effects. Tragically, the youngster dies - leaving the worried staff to cope with an influx of children in need of immunisation.

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  2. Background image for One of Those Days
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - One of Those Days

    S2:E5

    Ormerod rushes to help following a boating accident, but realises he's been sent to the wrong location, and when he finally arrives at the disaster scene, his efforts to save a man's life prove futile. On returning to the hospital, he angrily chastises Lizzie for the misinformation - only to realise he was too hasty in blaming her. Can he make amends? Meanwhile, PC Ventress comes to the Royal with two men who had been fighting over a girl, and one promptly collapses due to a brain haemorrhage. Weatherill faces a testing time when she helps deliver a baby which is tragically stillborn and nurse Meryl reveals she suspects she may be pregnant.

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  3. Background image for For Those in Peril
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - For Those in Peril

    S3:E11

    The hospital staff have an intriguing case on their hands when local tramp Sebastian Fox is found dead. Ken Hopkirk rummages through his belongings and is surprised to find war medals, leading to the discovery that he was a decorated Navy hero. When a relative is traced but refuses to help with funeral arrangements, the Royal team decide to give him a fitting send-off by scattering his ashes at sea. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Goodwin is shocked to discover a farmer's cattle herd have contracted a disease which has passed into cheese that's available in the area, and Jill Weatherill, Matron and Sister Brigid encounter a runaway girl.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  4. Background image for From This Day Forward
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    #4 - From This Day Forward

    S5:E12

    A fishing trawler causes havoc at a wedding reception and Adam has to make a difficult choice.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  5. Background image for Stolen Dreams
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Stolen Dreams

    S7:E6

    The hospital staff are pushed to their limits when an amusement arcade collapses. In the search for survivors, a child is found with a suspected blood-clotting disorder and the team must find his mother to obtain his medical history. Stella enters the wreckage to free a girl who is trapped under a fruit machine, but when she becomes blocked in, Frankie tries to save her - and declares his feelings in the process. After another collapse both Frankie and Stella become trapped. The staff work fast to try and free them.

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  6. Background image for Loved and Lost
    8.7/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Loved and Lost

    S5:E1

    Dr. Ormerod returns to work after his accident, but when his brusque treatment of a hypochondriac schoolgirl ends in tragedy, it's clear he still needs time to recover. New nurse Catherine Deane starts her rounds on the wards, and Mr. Middleditch has a surprise announcement to make.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
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  8. Background image for Fever
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Fever

    S5:E5

    The hospital has its hands full when a typhoid epidemic breaks out in the community. Things get worse as the disease's source is traced back to the wards and staff struggle to locate it. Dr. Weatherill is forced to reprimand Dr. Ormerod after catching him sleeping on the job - but also has a startling piece of news to give him.

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  9. Background image for Thinking Too Hard
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #8 - Thinking Too Hard

    S5:E3

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Letting Go
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #9 - Letting Go

    S5:E6

    Frankie faces trouble when someone tries to steal his motorbike

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  11. Background image for Price of Progress
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Price of Progress

    S5:E10

    Dr Makri takes a crash course in dealing with Yorkshire folk. Stella deals with the confessions of a window cleaner.

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  12. Background image for Cometh the Hour Cometh the Man
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Cometh the Hour Cometh the Man

    S5:E2

    Mr. Middleditch brings his reign to an end as he hands over the ledgers to the new administrator - having craftily secured the hospital's future. Dr. Ormerod's plaster comes off, Mr. Rose risks his own skin to save a friend during a game of golf, and a trivial accident leads a family to make a major and heartbreaking discovery.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  13. Background image for Keep On Running
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Keep On Running

    S5:E11

    A patient who set fire to his own shop attempts to avoid police questioning by leaping into an ambulance and driving off towards the pier - unaware that Alun and a sick man are in the back of the vehicle.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  14. Background image for Coffin Fit
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Coffin Fit

    S1:E3

    Claude Greengrass causes a kerfuffle with a coffin containing the remains of his deceased sister and a mysterious phone call only serves to raise suspicions. Jill Weatherill has trouble with a patient who refuses to accept her condition, while Dr. Cheriton panics when he arrives at the scene of an accident bereft of vital medical equipment.

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    Director:Paul Walker
  15. Background image for Immediate Care
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Immediate Care

    S1:E5

    Dr. Cheriton has the unenviable task of informing a patient she has little time to live, and the situation soon prompts the wedding of the year. Arriving at the scene of an accident at the railway station, Dr. Ormerod is forced to make a drastic decision, but an oncoming train signals disaster. Gambling fever grips the hospital when a champion jockey is admitted and, as always, Greengrass is in the thick of the furore.

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    Director:Keith Boak
  16. Background image for Kiss and Tell
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Kiss and Tell

    S1:E6

    The cause of a schoolboy's illness is found too close to home, while a bit of teamwork brings Ormerod and Weatherill closer than they expect. Cheriton's flatwarming party goes with a bang, and Ventress spots an impostor on the ward.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
    Writer:Neil McKay
  17. Background image for Crash
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Crash

    S1:E7

    A serious coach crash throws the Royal into chaos, and for one member of the staff, the incident proves exceptionally traumatic. Cheriton has a bombshell for Nurse Taylor.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  18. Background image for All at Sea
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - All at Sea

    S2:E1

    Gordon struggles to cope following the coach crash which left his wife horrifically injured and turns for comfort to colleague Jill, who tries to persuade him to take time off work. Meanwhile, a woman arrives at the Royal requiring an emergency hysterectomy following an illegal abortion, and pleads that the whole affair be kept secret from her fiance, and Greengrass is shocked to discover he has a long-lost daughter.

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    Director:Keith Boak
  19. Background image for Snakes and Ladders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Snakes and Ladders

    S2:E2

    A teenage boy is brought into the Royal having fallen from a cliff, but it soon emerges that the incident was a suicide attempt as evidence of extreme depression comes to the surface. Cheriton contacts the youngster's psychiatrist but is taken aback when electroshock therapy is suggested as a form of treatment, so ventures to the family home to recommend an alternative — only for tragedy to strike. Meanwhile, a hypochondriac causes chaos at the hospital when she insists her dog be treated following a snake bite, and a heart-to-heart between Weatherill and Ormerod leads to a passionate kiss.

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  20. Background image for The Last Waltz
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Last Waltz

    S2:E6

    As preparations get under way for the Royal's charity ball, Ken Hopkirk is forced to rescue the band hired for the evening when their van breaks down en route. Meanwhile, Dr. Weatherill faces a traumatic time as one of her patients discovers she has contracted syphilis and Dr. Ormerod resolves to move on when it emerges that his wife will not recover from her coma.

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    Director:Paul Duane
  21. Background image for The Unbreakable Chain
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Unbreakable Chain

    S3:E1

    A student nurse causes quite a stir when she arrives in the middle of the night, while Ken and Alun contend with a farming family suffering a crisis. Brigid and Jill deliver a Down's syndrome baby whose parents don't want anything to do with it, and Lizzie's crash diet has alarming consequences.

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    Director:Adrian Bean
  22. Background image for If Not for You
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - If Not for You

    S3:E2

    Tragedy strikes at the Royal v Ashfordly General rugby match, as Cheriton dives to score a try, only to be pounced on by opponents. It soon emerges that his injuries are serious, and Ormerod rushes to help his colleague - but his efforts prove futile and Cheriton dies at the scene. Meanwhile, Alun is involved in a road accident caused by a man who recently suffered a stroke, and student nurse Samantha Beaumont fails to impress Matron and Sister Brigid by putting pink sheets on the ward's beds.

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    Director:Adrian Bean
  23. Background image for Doing the Rounds
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Doing the Rounds

    S3:E3

    New GP and anaesthetist Dr. Jeffrey Goodwin has a tough first day at work when he witnesses a car crash, gets attacked by one of the drivers involved and has his own vehicle and possessions stolen on his way to The Royal. After recovering from his injuries, Goodwin treats local landowner Lord Firminger who's collapsed on his estate, and gets off to a shaky start with Rose by asking him to perform emergency surgery on a cancer victim. Back at the hospital, Cheriton's mother Annette arrives to collect her dead son's things, surprising staff nurse Meryl Taylor by revealing a photo of a fiancee she never knew about.

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    Director:Tim Dowd
  24. Background image for Consequences
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Consequences

    S3:E4

    Ormerod faces a difficult dilemma when Caroline's father Henry turns up suggesting they turn off her life-support machine, having done all they can, but the guilt-ridden doctor wonders whether he'd only be letting her die so he can be with Weatherill. Meanwhile, Goodwin puts his career on the line when he allows a member of the public to cure a back injury, student nurse Samantha Beaumont is less than impressed by a date with theatre technician Alun Morris and a patient's pet parrot causes chaos in the hospital.

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  25. Background image for Skin Deep
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Skin Deep

    S3:E7

    Brigid arrives at a decision and Lucy Klein is disturbed by the unscheduled reappearance of a figure from the past. Mr. Harper rests on his laurels, certain his future is assured, while Ormerod and Weatherill reveal they are about to end their relationship - only to find the news is already common knowledge.

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    Director:Paul Duane
  26. Background image for Cliffhanger
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Cliffhanger

    S3:E8

    Goodwin comes to the aid of a man brought in with a leg injury which his friend claims was sustained in an agricultural accident, but it soon emerges that he's actually suffering a gunshot wound - prompting his panic-stricken acquaintance to pull a revolver on the hospital staff. As armed police surround the Royal, the doctors strive to persuade him to hand over the gun, but will they be able to prevent further bloodshed? Meanwhile, Ormerod helps fossil collectors hurt in a landslide, Matron tries to convince Sister Brigid to return to work and student nurse Samantha Beaumont is less than impressed at the offer of a date with Alun Morris.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Wishing and Hoping" is the best rated episode of "The Royal". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Judith Dine and written by Michael Russell, it aired on 6/15/2003. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "One of Those Days".