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  • TV-PG
  • BBC-1
  • Jul 23, 2002
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • BBC-1
  • Jul 23, 2002
  • 1 h

Summary This series is a spin-off from the long running BBC medical drama Casualty. Set in the same hospital as its sister series, this show follows the everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of Holby City General Hospital.

Directed By: Rob Evans

Written By: Marc Peirson

  • TV-PG
  • BBC-1
  • Jul 23, 2002
  • 1 h
  • TV-PG
  • BBC-1
  • Jul 23, 2002
  • 1 h
Holby City
S4 • Episode 42
Design for Living
Air Date: Jul 23, 2002
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Summary This series is a spin-off from the long running BBC medical drama Casualty. Set in the same hospital as its sister series, this show follows the everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of Holby City General Hospital.

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Episode 1 • Oct 9, 2001 • 1 h
Rogue Males
Rick Griffin arrives to replace Dr. Barratt. Mr. Meyer is involved in a road accident with serious injuries. The wife of the other accident victim is seen by Alex driving around in Meyer's car. He investigates.
Episode 2 • Oct 16, 2001 • 1 h
Ghosts
After Ric Griffin removes the bullet from Dr Meyer's spine, Meyers proves to be a troublesome patient. During Sandy's 20th birthday party, Keri and Liam get into a regretful situation. Danny tries to help an illegal immigrant.
Episode 3 • Oct 23, 2001 • 1 h
Men Are from Mars
Episode 4 • Oct 30, 2001 • 1 h
Things Can Only Get Better
Episode 5 • Nov 6, 2001 • 1 h
Reflected Truth
Episode 6 • Nov 13, 2001 • 1 h
Starting Over
A bus driver is devastated that he hit a pedestrian. Meanwhile the pedestrian is also in the hospital across from his room and tells the staff that it was a suicide attempt. The drivers friend overhears this and confronts him.
Episode 7 • Nov 20, 2001 • 1 h
Mother Knows Best
Episode 8 • Nov 27, 2001 • 1 h
Forgiveness of Sins
Danny and Maria's wedding day. Kath has one last go to try to stop the sham wedding. A young girl has a inoperable tumor and Keri tells her she is dying before her parents do.
Episode 9 • Dec 4, 2001 • 1 h
Woman in the Dark
A convict with a brain tumor offers her liver to a dying girl. She murdered her own daughter, and wants to make amends before she dies. Danny is starting to regret getting married to Maria.
Episode 10 • Dec 11, 2001 • 1 h
Care
Steve leaves Robbie to look after his wife Emma and she has an accident with tragic results. Alex and Sam sort out their differences. A blind man gets his sight back after surgery on his stomach. Meyer investigates this "miracle".
Episode 11 • Dec 18, 2001 • 1 h
It's a Family Affair
Episode 12 • Dec 23, 2001 • 1 h
'Twas the Night...
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 2001 • 1 h
Shadow of a Doubt: Part 1
Episode 14 • Jan 8, 2002 • 1 h
Shadow of a Doubt: Part 2
Episode 15 • Jan 15, 2002 • 1 h
Trust
Episode 16 • Jan 22, 2002 • 1 h
Hello Goodbye
Danny sees Kath's black eye and beats up his father Simon. Marija has to choose between Danny and her ex husband Goran. Sam admits to Chrissy that she spiked Alex's drink at the New Year's party.
Episode 17 • Jan 29, 2002 • 1 h
Life Goes On
Episode 18 • Feb 5, 2002 • 1 h
All My Sins
Episode 19 • Feb 12, 2002 • 1 h
Secrets and Lies
Court for Alex today. Fran lies about her son's accident. Alex breaks down on the stand, and during the recess, Sam tells him what she did. Then she begs Fran to tell the truth, and tells her she spiked the drinks.
Episode 20 • Feb 19, 2002 • 1 h
The Love That Binds
Stan's wife collapses in the car park and is admitted. Sam swears off men. Chloe, a young girl with learning disabilities is about to have a hysterectomy and it is her mother's decision.
Episode 21 • Feb 26, 2002 • 1 h
Choose Life
Episode 22 • Mar 5, 2002 • 1 h
To Have and Have Not
Episode 23 • Mar 12, 2002 • 1 h
Fathers and Sons
Episode 24 • Mar 19, 2002 • 1 h
Cruel to Be Kind
Episode 25 • Mar 26, 2002 • 1 h
Gamblers
A woman wants to abandon her little boy because the doctors gave him a transfusion. She considers her son impure now and doesn't want him. Tash gets her HIV test results from the needle prick.
Episode 26 • Apr 2, 2002 • 1 h
Birthday
Episode 27 • Apr 9, 2002 • 1 h
Change of Heart
Episode 28 • Apr 16, 2002 • 1 h
We Band of Brothers
Episode 29 • Apr 23, 2002 • 1 h
Letting Go
Liam wakes up from his coma. Simon disputes Kath's divorce papers. A woman who can't have children kidnaps a baby from it's sleeping mother. Keri forgives Liam for raping her.
Episode 30 • Apr 30, 2002 • 1 h
Second Chances
Samantha catches Alex leaving the flat after he slept with Jess. Liam is paralyzed. Owen's daughter is discharged. Alex tells Jess that he does not want a relationship and breaks her heart.
Episode 31 • May 7, 2002 • 1 h
Hearts and Minds
Meyer and Alex take sides about whether to give a Down Syndrome man a heart transplant. Kath feels her relationship with Father Chambers is moving too fast. Ric's son Leo joins the team.
Episode 32 • May 14, 2002 • 1 h
Lives Worth Living
Liam is discharged and can't cope with people feeling sorry for him. Jess is pregnant with Alex's baby and Samantha tries to influence her to abort the baby.
Episode 33 • May 21, 2002 • 1 h
Touch and Go
Kath wants to break off with Michael, but he has sent a letter of resignation. Liam is acting fine and happy, but when no one is home he is suicidal. Michael tries to kill himself. Kath tells him that she never wants to see him again.
Episode 34 • May 28, 2002 • 1 h
Coming Home
While Ric is planning his birthday, his daughter Jess is still undecided about an abortion that has been scheduled for today.
Episode 35 • Jun 4, 2002 • 1 h
Sweet Love Remembered
After taking Owen back after his affair with Chrissy, Laura struggles to make her family whole again. Liam is considering if he could go back to Holby and do his job properly in a wheelchair.
Episode 36 • Jun 11, 2002 • 1 h
Calculated Risks
There is a charity auction with the men of Holby. A few of them are nervous about who will bid on them. Pam McGrath starts today as the new Risk manager, and has turned a few heads on day one.
Episode 37 • Jun 18, 2002 • 1 h
Taking Cover
Tash's old girlfriend Mel comes back, only to give her disturbing news. Mubbs makes a grave error and a baby may not survive because of it.
Episode 38 • Jun 25, 2002 • 1 h
Love and Devotion
Keri gets her date with Mubbs that she won in the auction. Keri's mother Pam interrupts it and Mubbs feels awkward because earlier that day he was intimate with Pam.
Episode 39 • Jul 2, 2002 • 1 h
High Risk
Owen is getting involved with Chrissy again. The new registrar Diane Lloyd in one of Ric's old girlfriends. Sam gives Ric a cheque to clear his debts, and on his stag night, he goes to the casino to wager the whole thing.
Episode 40 • Jul 9, 2002 • 1 h
Winner Takes It All
Samantha and Ric's wedding day arrives. Alex wants to go to Sam and tell her of his true feelings, and what Ric did with her money. Sam is having big doubts about the wedding because she still has feelings for Alex.
Episode 41 • Jul 16, 2002 • 1 h
From This Moment On
Alistair is back at Holby to ask a very pregnant Janice for a divorce. Keri walks in on Mubbs and her mother Pam while they are supposed to be having a meeting and is shocked by what she sees.
Episode 42 • Jul 23, 2002 • 1 h
Design for Living
Now that Owens daughter Katie knows about Chrissy, he is on edge. Danny invites Lisa to live with him and Sandy. Sandy is angered that he did not consult her.
Episode 43 • Aug 1, 2002 • 1 h
Judas Kiss: Part 1
There is something wrong with Janice and Alistair's baby. Katie runs away from home and Chrissie is pushed into taking care of her. Sam goes behind Meyers back to the parents of his patient.
Episode 44 • Aug 6, 2002 • 1 h
Judas Kiss: Part 2
Sam's actions may have caused a child's death and Meyer suspends her, so she resigns. Janice and her baby are in critical condition after the birth. Katie is admitted to hospital with severe burns.
Episode 45 • Aug 13, 2002 • 1 h
New Hearts, Old Scores
Sam has launched a complaint against Meyer and he is under investigation. Some of the other doctors believe the allegations by Sam to be true. Is Chrissie responsible for Owen's daughters burns?
Episode 46 • Aug 20, 2002 • 1 h
Pawns in the Game
Meyer breaks his operating ban to save a child. He is exonerated, but resigns. He is leaving for the USA and Alex is going with him. Chrissie has a house warming party without Owen's knowledge. Mubbs and Lisa get back together.
Episode 47 • Aug 21, 2002 • 1 h
A Second Chance
The new consultant is Tom Campbell-Gore, the very Doctor who investigated Meyer. Ric and him have words over a patient.
Episode 48 • Sep 3, 2002 • 1 h
The Private Sector
Chrissie and Owen's relationship becomes strained and Owen looks to his work as a distraction. Ric performs radical surgery on a teenage boy, with bad results.
Episode 49 • Sep 10, 2002 • 1 h
Ghosts
Ed Keatings; ex wife shows up to a football match with her new boyfriend and they have words. Ed punches him and he has a heart attack. Lisa's dad Terry has a tumour and he keeps it from her.
Episode 50 • Sep 17, 2002 • 1 h
Pills and Frills
Robbie Waring's friends steal drugs from the ward. Steve chases them and one of them get hurt. Terry Fox's surgery is successful.
Episode 51 • Sep 24, 2002 • 1 h
Last Chances
Terry decides to get a divorce after his surgery. Diane keeps a distance from Danny after he had his friends to her apartment for a party without her knowledge.
Episode 52 • Oct 1, 2002 • 1 h
Torn
Terry convinces Kath to divorce Simon. Simon shows up on the ward and attempts to beat her up. Katie's 10th birthday party is a disaster.
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