8.8/1029 votes#1 - Absent Friends
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2007
Weatherill decides to return to work after having a baby. A local family prove a handful for the hospital staff. In Africa, Goodwin faces the horrors of war and makes a promise to a dying woman - but can he keep his word?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1025 votes
#2 - Home And Dry
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2007
Goodwin returns to England with Nkeshi, but his plans for her future face some opposition. A singing superstar requires a hospital stay but Frankie almost loses his job when the paparazzi catch them in flagrante.
Director: Tim Dowd
Writer: Sarah Bagshaw
- 8.6/1020 votes
#3 - Hoping For The Best
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2007
When a mother falls seriously ill, staff at the hospital are faced with a dilemma.
Director: Duncan Foster
Writer: John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch
- 8.4/1021 votes
#4 - Fear Of The Expected
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2007
Lady Isabella Martindale has had a horse riding accident and is driven to THE ROYAL by her Chauffeur Tom, who Lizzie takes an instant liking to! Whilst Mr Rose diagnoses Lady Isabella with a broken ankle, Adam Carnegie tries to charm her into making a donation to the private wards.
Director: Duncan Foster
Writer: Patrick Melanaphy
- 8.4/1026 votes
#5 - Dr Who?
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2007
Due to a mix-up over the job offer two new doctors arrive at the hospital to take up the position. Meanwhile, Catherine makes her feelings clear to Carnegie about their relationship and Stella's night out ends badly.
Director: Ian Bevitt
Writer: Mark Holloway
- 8.1/1021 votes
#6 - Cursed and Blessed
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2007
An expectant mother attends for treatment, but is harassed by her ex-husband. Stella is relieved to find she has not contracted an infection from her attacker, but suffers accusations of lying to save her reputation. Meanwhile, Sister Brigid makes a misguided suggestion, and a surprise visitor from overseas forces Goodwin to reconsider his future plans.
Director: Ian Bevitt
Writer: Sarah Bagshaw
7.9/1024 votes#7 - Starting Over
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/2007
Mr Middleditch makes a surprise return to the hospital in the back of an ambulance, having hurt his ankle while fishing. Stella grudgingly welcomes Marian McKaig as her room-mate, but the new nurse quickly catches Alun's eye. Meanwhile, a frantic mother calls for Mike's help at a hippie commune, where her hostile husband is refusing help from the outside world.
Director: Tim Dowd
Writer: Marc Pye
- 8.1/1018 votes
#8 - Coming to the boil
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/2007
A case of anthrax prompts an investigation from the Public Health Office.
Director: Tim Dowd
Writer: John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch
- 8.6/1020 votes
#9 - Scabs
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 9/30/2007
A piano teacher (guest star George Costigan) remains suspiciously secretive about his past when brought in to casualty after collapsing outside the hospital. Matron's revelation about Susie cools Alun's interest in her, and Mike takes pity on a mother while he treats her son. Elsewhere, Jill delivers bad news to an elderly patient and the porters are forced to take industrial action in support of a colleague.
Director: Ian Bevitt
Writer: Mark Holloway
- 8.3/1017 votes
#10 - Laura
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 10/21/2007
A commuter train crash initiates an emergency caesarian operation on a pregnamt woman, unfortunately the baby is transported to ashfordly General, and fate claims the life of the premature infant, making Jill more determined than ever to support Carnegie's plans for a preemy baby unit at the hospital. Meanwhile, local farmer Sam Benson (guest star Jack Deam) causes concern with his erratic behaviour, and Stella's rapist requires life-saving surgery after being attacked by the father of another victim.
Director: Ian Bevitt
Writer: Jane Hollowood
- 8.6/1018 votes
#11 - Can't Buy Me Love
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 10/28/2007
Suspicion falls on Adam over missing hospital funds and Mike attends a meeting to assess the mental welfare of a 50-year-old man who still lives with his mother. Elsewhere, Gordon's ex-father-in-law pays an unexpected visit with some sobering news and Ken has a confession to make to his colleagues.
Director: Tim Dowd
Writer: John Flanagan, Andrew McCulloch
- 8.7/1021 votes
#12 - Love and Loss
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 11/4/2007
Jill becomes unwell after earlier receiving the results of a pregnancy test. Elsewhere, when a baby goes missing, suspicion falls on the parents of a girl admitted with a broken ankle. Meanwhile, Gordon makes a discovery about a diabetic patient that explains his behaviour and, in a dramatic finale, tragedy looms over the hospital.
Director: Tim Dowd
Writer: Sarah Bagshaw
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Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Genre:Drama
Network:ITV1
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Absent Friends" is the best rated episode of "The Royal" season 6. It scored 8.8/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/25/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Home And Dry".