Ewart Plimmer has six months to prove Holby's a going concern and panic sets in when Dr Baz Samuels arrives late for work. Kuba Trzcinski turns detective after a dock land tragedy and Megan Roach reprimands Nurse Clive King for drinking on the job. Charlie Fairhead has words with Ambulance Man Andrew Ponting over his attitude to the job and there's a tragedy in the toilets, when a young woman with a stolen baby, locks herself in.
Clive King has to try and find out why two step sisters are unhappy after one of them is badly injured. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear that the injured sister felt unloved by her stepfather and Clive tries to make him aware of the problem. A spot check by the DHSS sends ripples through the department and Ewart upsets his wife by cancelling a dinner engagement.
A football match results in a policeman being stabbed and uncovers an aggressive father's not all he seems, when his son's the suspect. Charlie's at odds with Baz and the DHSS, as Megan rallies support from the staff for a Christian Scientist who refuses to be operated on, with startling results and Duffy prepares for her driving test.
A troublesome reporter and a head injury case put the staff under pressure. Kuba turns on Clive for drinking on the job and a motorway pile up causes the death of two people. A woman with a guilty secret breaks her silence and the police break into her home to find her aged father dead.
The troublesome reporter's causing more problems and Clive joins the AA after admitting his drink problem. A registrar, accuses a mother of being irresponsible when her little girl is found to be drunk and a pet ferret causes mayhem in the department. A Good Samaritan becomes a victim and a surgeon ignores a haemophilia man's plea and gives him a blood transfusion. Ewart tries to change Baz's mind about leaving.
A union meeting over the state of the National Health's closure scheme and Duffy's stand against porno films are just two problems the staff are faced with. Ewart's been kicked out of his home and Megan's being evasive about her health. A law student won't admit he's an epileptic and a young woman involved in a traffic accident, doesn't know she's seven months pregnant. Duffy's demonstration outside the cinema leads to several embers of the staff being involved in scuffles with the police.
Charlie and Baz are an item and the staff have to deal with a battered wife, who fears for her young son. Rose Sherman meets her match when she tries to deceive Ewart over the cleaning contract and Megan confides in him about having to have an operation. An old woman with lice and a man with an ulcer are admitted and the night shift ends with a punch-up and Duffy getting thumped in the mouth.
A crazed woman's attacking mini-cab drivers and Megan's husband, Ted, picks her up and he nearly becomes her next victim. Charlie and Baz argue over private health care, as Rose Sherman finds she can't bribe Ewart. Nurse Trish tells Duffy she's emigrating for better conditions and a safer life after being attacked. Megan finally tells Ted about her operation and Duffy prepares for her driving test.
Andrew and Sandra are having an affair and Duffy failed her driving test. An old man collapses and his friends are determined to be with him until the end. A drunk driver hampers an ambulance taking a car crash victim to Holby but the staff discover he's been fatally shot. A boil on a bum, brings a cocky young man down to size by Baz and Duffy and Ewart's distraught when his daughter becomes a patient.
Megan's smuggled back into casualty as she awaits her operation and Charlie and Baz are getting serious. When three teenagers break into a house and experiment with alcohol and drugs, tragedy strikes and Baz faces the wroth of the dead youth's relatives. A man dressed as Spiderman and a suicidal woman tax the staff and Ewart's thrown into turmoil with the sudden arrival of her daughter.
Charlie and Baz are still an item and Megan has her operation. A proposed Royal visit is playing havoc with Ewart's budget and a young lad's found unconscious in a school's swimming pool and a race against time starts to save his life. Duffy's late for work again and as Charlie fumes, he's unaware she's become the latest rape victim.
A local boxing match ends in tragedy when the winning boxer's found unconscious afterwards and becomes Baz's patient. Charlie teases Andy's extra martial liaison with Sandra and Duffy confides in Megan about her rape ordeal. Ewart's on hand to attend to a breach birth and Susie gets pestered by a drunk man. A wounded policeman and a drug addict are attended to, as the brain damaged boxer has to be transferred to another hospital for a scan.
Megan's awoken by a disturbance in a neighbour's garden and becomes a mediator for the police, to end the siege. Andy and Sandra are at odds as they bring a crash victim in with a suspected heart attack, but dies before the police can interview him. Ewart's suspicions of the woman's well founded, for when the police search the car, they find drugs and a search for her, is mounted. All's now well between Charlie and Baz.
Ewart's wife wants a reconciliation and Baz returns to work amid rumours, she's had an abortion, causing Charlie to fly off the handle. The staff have to deal with an old man's wishes to die, as a young man seeks reassurance on getting married. A bombshell's dropped on the future of Holby and the staff toast a decision to fight for it's survival at the end of their shift.
Ewart's got the backing of the staff, as he fights the department over the closure of Holby and a meeting's held at Megan's house to determine there strategy. Kuba saves a man being attacked by a another man, wielding a baseball bat and a suspected case of Lasser Fever, closes the casualty department down until the patient's transferred to an isolation unit. Charlie throws a party to cheer everyone up and next day a demonstration to make the public aware of the closure, is held outside the hospital.
Ewart meets the new Unit General Manager for Holby, Elizabeth Straker, and the fight's on to reopen the night. A distraught Charlie arrives for duty after finding Baz has left and Megan's getting no support from Ted as she and the other members of the staff fight to get Holby opened again. With public support, the management have to back down and the night shift is reopened.
With Holby opened again, Cyril and Karen, two new student nurses join the night shift and Elizabeth Straker's looking for a victorious Ewart. A man with a drinking problem is puzzled as to how he got there and when a young girl finds she's not pregnant, storms out and becomes a victim of a drunk driver and dies. A distraught Duffy recognises a stabbed patient, as the man who raped her a year ago. The shift ends in party mood and the staff celebrate in Susie Mercier's flat.
Cyril and Karen are on hand to attend to a man who collapses with a heart attack but they fail to save him. Susie's in love with a good looking policeman as Cyril and Karen's relationship falters. Megan's disgusted when she learns Charlie's taken advantage of Karen and tells him to tell her the truth. The staff have to deal with a juggler's broken toe and a fashion model, who refuses to have tests to determine, whether she lives or dies. Ewart turns up late for a meal with his ex-wife, Roz, and upsets her over a financial matter and she tells him she's going to divorce him.
Kuba's native tongue helps calm the wife of a patient brought in and Cyril stops two girls fighting in the waiting room, but ends up in trouble with Charlie. There's a thief on the prowl but Ewart only acts when he becomes a victim. As Sandra and Andy talk about their relationship, they receive a call which they attend but as they return to casualty, they pick up a student, who tried to commit suicide at the local college. The student turns driver, when Andy has to attend to Sandra, fatally stabbed by the other patient, who escapes, but she dies after the staff fail to save her and Andy can't be consoled.
Frank tries to chat up Susie but she's not interested and Duffy complains to Charlie about Dr Mary Thominson. A missing snake cause havoc in the A & E department and a photographer witnesses a brutal stabbing. Andy's finding it hard to cope, as he returns to duty.
Duffy's been promoted to Sister and clashes with Dr Mary Thominson. Charlie's called on to help a group of pot-holers and has to go down into the ground to help one of them. Back at Holby, Kuba is wrongly accused of theft and Susie's furious when her photos are circulated around the department. It's Andy's last day and the staff gather together to wish him well and Ewart demands tighter security.
The black community erupts when the police search for drug pushers and all hell breaks out. Charlie and Ruth are called to the scene as the police have to cope with bombs being hurled at them. Back at Holby, Duffy's first stint of being in charge goes wrong and Megan steps in to restore peace. Ted in involved in an accident in his taxi and Ewart and Elizabeth enjoy a cosy night together.
Megan's moonlighting in an effort to make ends meet, whilst Ted's taxi's out of service. A suspected case of meningitis comes in and Susie tries to find out who is the new man in Duffy's life. Ewart is avoiding Elizabeth, to avoid her being involved in a divorce petition by his wife. The staff are kept busy as they deal with a scalded hand, a twisted knee and a child with a broken arm. At the end of the shift, the staff gather round to wish Karen and Cyril the best of luck in their forthcoming exams.
Ewart's relieved his divorce is over even though his wife took him to the cleaners, but at least he's free to enjoy Elizabeth's company now. A bomb explodes in a house, split into flats and only one person is found alive, but who is he? The jacket he was wearing tells them who he is, but it turns out later, it wasn't his and the staff now have to tell the parents, who thought their son was alive, is now dead. Megan is attacked because of her Irish accent and Duffy and Mary have healed the rift between them. Although she has passed her exams, Karen tells Charlie she intends to leave.
The social services are called in, when a baby's brought in covered in bruises and is then taken into care. Ewart's insisting on employing a security guard after the police were called in to sort out a group of youths. An elderly mother is brought in after a fall in her home, but it's the daughter who's in need of attention because of the stress she under. A tragedy occurs when a group of school kids get high on lighter fuel and the staff have to tell the parents, their daughter has died. At the end of the shift, Duffy gets picked up by Peter and Charlie buys a jeep.
Peter tells Duffy he's HIV positive and she reacts badly to the news. On the eve of their silver wedding anniversary, Ted tells Megan he wants to go partnership with a cousin and start their own mini cab firm and she's furious because it means moving to Cheltenham. A male prostitute saves a man's life but then gets attacked by a gang he had met earlier. A religious nut causes havoc in the waiting room and a letter from Peter causes Duffy to break down. She confides in Mary, who advises her to be tested for the Aids virus. A newly wedded couple, involved in a crash, are brought in but they die of their injuries. Megan's party is in full swing but she's not and Elizabeth asks Ewart if he would like to meet her daughter.
Ted and Megan take a picnic when they go to Cheltenham and although she enjoys the picnic, she doesn't like the place. Cyril bets he can get a date with Mary and finds himself in one of the most expensive hotels having breakfast. Mary tells Duffy later, she ordered everything, just to put him in his place but paid the bill. Two brothers end up in casualty, when they attack a local villain, who stabs them both but the youngest one dies later. The police are on hand to arrest him and the girlfriend, in fear of her life, tells them where the weapon can be found. Duffy's looking for Peter and tells Mary that her test for aids is clear and she's very relieved. Ewart meets Elizabeth's daughter and when he finds she's pregnant but not married, they have different views on what should happen and the evening ends disastrously. Susie regrets going to a seedy club with her friend, on her night off but her quick thinking saves the life of a young thug. He falls on broken glass and severs a
Dr Mary Thominson's parents have come to stay and things are very strained between them all. Megan and Ted argue over the move to Cheltenham and she's not going. George Thominson is rushed in after overdosing and Ewart takes over as Mary comforts her mother. She arranges for her friend Brendan to come and pick her mother up and take her back to her flat and stay with her. Landowners try to drive a group of hippies off their land but a young boy is injured and taken to Holby where the staff have problems, dealing with the trouble they bring. George recovers from his overdose and is impressed with Brendan. Peter turns up and Duffy tells him she was worried about him and tells him her test is clear. The drugs cabinet's been broken into and a rookie cop gets bitten on the leg by one of the hippies and has to have a tetanus shot. Peace is restored when the hippies leave.
Sophie Bennod suffers verbal abuse from her wheelchair bound disabled husband, Tom and when he accidentally sets fire to the bathroom curtains, he deliberately burns himself. She accompanies him to the hospital where his burns are found not to be serious but he has to stay in for a couple of days. She decides she had enough and tells Dr Mary Thominson she's leaving him but is persuaded to speak to Tom first. He is devastated and tells her he loves her, as she walks out of his life, for good. Ewart declares his love for Elizabeth when they spend the day together, by throwing his wedding ring out of her car window. When he starts his shift later, Mary asks him to look at a young woman who is in severe pain but they clash over his diagnosis. She's after drugs but Mary disagrees but later on, he's proved right, when the woman gets up and walks out because she didn't get what she wanted. Duffy refuses to talk to Peter when he keeps phoning so he turns up drunk and causes a commotion un
Ewart's recovering from a heart attack and as Megan worries about the old woman's death and the report she has to submit, Lucinda arrives to be told the bad news. When she receives a copy of her mother's death certificate, she is told by the Coroner she can't sue anyone until the inquest has been heard. Kuba lets slip to Ewart the trouble Megan's in and he's told to leave when his heart rate goes up and Elizabeth has to explain what is going on. Megan goes before the hospital board, to answer their questions and is cleared but now she has to face the inquest. Lucinda befriends Mrs King the next door neighbour, and finds a lonely woman, who's still mourning her husband and arrives in time to raise the alarm, when she tries to end it. She has to be pumped out and Lucinda complains to Charlie, who promptly spells out the risks the woman would have faced, if they hadn't done it. A birthday party ends in tragedy for three nurses, when Francine and Jane are injured in a hit and run and
Megan's now living in a high-rise flat because they had to sell the house to finance the mini-cab business. Charlie gives her a lift to work and Cyril's back, looking for a job and surprised to find Susie's gone. Ewart's feeling low because Elizabeth has left and he visits George, an old friend, who bucks him up. He leaves to return to casualty and findings intruders on the premises, George investigates and is brutally attacked but bites one of them before he passes out. He later raises the alarm and ends up in casualty and Ewart visits him. Later, he recognises one of his assailant's and the police apprehend both of them. Peter's sister brings Duffy a letter from him with a pressed flower in it and tells her he's dead, after driving his car into the river. Dr David Rowe finds it hard to treat a young woman, paralysed from the neck down, after a car she was working on, fell on her. Ewart meets the new out-patient's manager, Valerie Sinclair and battle lines are drawn.
Social worker, Steve Selway, is called by a neighbour concerned about the welfare of a boy but when he investigates, the father attacks and seriously injures him, leaving him for dead, by his car. With no identification on him, the staff battle to save him and as he's sent to the theatre for an operation, Megan recognises him. The police go to arrest the father but the boy's been injured and rushed to hospital where the staff battle to save him but who was responsible? The police bring in a prisoner complaining of chest pains but he is sent back to the cells after being examined but he suffers a fatal heart attack and dies. Charlie meets Valerie and talks about the Observation Ward but an irate Ewart arrives, worried about their conversation, dismisses him and then argues with her over savings to be made. A wedding party arrive suffering with food poisoning and an elderly woman with diabetes is brought in by her son and finds she's going to lose her other leg, through a gangrenou
Tony, the local Vicar, calls on an elderly man whose lost his faith and later finds he's been rushed to casualty, where a delicate heart operation to remove fluid, has to be perform by the on-duty surgeon. Duffy senses Tony has problems of his own and he eventually tells her he's HIV and Ewart's gone on a trip down the river with an old pal to escape the pressures of work, but finds out about the proposed closure of the Observation Ward. He heads back to casualty and argues with Valerie over the news and he's furious with her. A small child suffering from asthma comes in and the cause is put down to the parents arguments.
Amid rumours that the Observation Ward is to be closed, a middle aged woman's rushed in from the airport and found to be a drug smuggler, who has swallowed the assignment, which has to be removed quickly and Charlie and Dr David Rowe are at odds about calling the police. Laura tries to commit suicide in a church, after confessing the baby she's expecting is her brother-in-law's. As the staff battle to save her, her husband's found and shocked to find out about the baby which she's loses. David has to deal with an irate husband who objects to him examining his wife's breast and when Charlie makes an undeserved remark, he puts him in his place. A patient who looks like Peter causes Duffy to freeze and has to ask Cyril to take over and then receives a reprimand from Charlie, but when she explains, he takes her to the church where he's buried and she lays his ghost to rest.
After being attacked by pupils at her school, the teacher returns after plastic surgery on the injuries to her face, only to be taunted by them again. She refuses to report them and when Megan visits that evening, she's shocked at what happened to her. She collapses at school and taken to Holby and told she faces more surgery which will leave her scared for life, and her husband's frustrated that the money they spent on her first operation was a waste. Valerie Sinclair feels Ewart has betrayed her over the proposed closure of the Observation Ward and they have an exchange of words, as Cindy, a squatter, is in a bad way when Keith and Shirley have to deliver her baby in the ambulance and then she rejects it. An irritable patient causes Megan to have a major stress attack and Ewart takes her to his office and she tells him about her problems and then breaks down. The patient who caused her to snap, finds himself on the receiving end when Duffy takes over and treats his injured hand.
Charlie meets Megan at the train station as she returns to work after that fateful night and she feel Ewart's family were wrong in not letting his friends attend his funeral. She tells him she had to have more tests and relieved to find the cancer hasn't returned and Ewart knew about it. A rugby player comes in with a broken nose but it's his mate who tries the patience of the staff, complaining about being kept waiting for him. Valerie Sinclair's found in Ewart's office by Charlie looking for some papers he had and Megan's shocked when a woman confides in her that her husband died suddenly and she hasn't told anyone. A farmer injures his hand on some machinery and his wife, realising it needs stitches, sends him to hospital. A group of rowdy teenagers going aboard, cause one of the mini bus drivers to taking his mind off the road and into the path of the injured farmer's car. Both buses crash and the farmer's car bursts into flames, killing him in the inferno and one of the pup
A little girl's rushed in and the doctors quick actions, saves her life and Megan comforts the relived mother. A man dressed as a rabbit comes in, having been pushed through a plate glass window, needs attention and his companion, also in fancy dress disguised as a chicken, causes a few laughs. Valerie Sinclair is definitely not very popular amongst the staff and an old man who comes in after his wife slashed his private parts during a row, refuses to go home. A woman, suspected of having food poison, is distressed with her partner's impatience and is relieved when he leaves. Nurse Kiran Joghill finds out she's having an affair with a with him and this must be her penance for adultery. A sixteen-year-old boy, the victim of a hit and run accident, is pronounced brain dead and as he had a donor card, the parents are asked if they can use he organs but the father refuses. The irony is, the boy will now have to have a post-mortem and what the father objected to, will happen anyway.
A hairdresser's mood swings causes a disagreement between Megan and David, who tells the woman to keep taking the pills prescribed by her doctor, but when she returns later with a deep gash on her arm, he realises his mistake. Her husband and daughter have suffered over the years as well and Megan finally gets her to agree to seek professional help. An old war hero gets separated from his dog and is totally confused, when he's admitted but all he wants is his dog and Megan cheers him up when she tells him he's been found by the police. Valerie goes to a local bonfire night with friends and gang of kids cause trouble when they steal some rockets and throw them into the fire. Panic sets in, as parents try to protect their kids but Valerie and her friend's son are injured and rushed to Holby. The boy has to be transferred to a burns clinic and Charlie attends to her badly burnt arm and advises her to go home. A little girl comes in with suspected meningitis and Megan has decided to
When a drugs rep talks to a doctor about a drug that some of his patients are taking, is now under review, he requests they all be called in for a consultation and then goes off to start his Locum duty at Casualty. An elderly patient, who took the pledge years ago is furious when Dr David Rowe tells her the gripe water she takes for indigestion, contains alcohol. A retired consultant arrives with her GP husband,knowing what's wrong and she's admitted for a cancer operation. Charlie changes Valerie's bandages and then asks her out but before she can give him her answer, there is an emergency which he has to attend to. Kevin brings his brother Robert in, unconscious and he dies. Dr David Rowe diagnoses the probable cause was his medication and blames his GP. Little does he realise, the Locum on duty is the GP, who breaks the news to Kevin. The two doctors are at odds over it at first but realise they're both on the same side and resolve their differences. When a husband, suffering
Aired only as a repeat. A patient brought in by his boss, is wrongly accused of glue sniffing but when another man comes in with the same symptoms and suffers a heart attack, the workplace's suspected of being the cause. A GP calls for an ambulance for her elderly patient, as bed shortages cause problems and when no bed can be found for him, it's decided to transfer him but dies on the journey, leaving his daughter distraught. A young mother leaves her new born son for the first time and ends up in casualty, to find he was a victim of cot death, but she blames her husband. Megan takes the parents to see their baby and arrangements are made for them to have their son christened. When two students nurses are robbed in their rooms, Cyril offers them accommodation where he lives. Sadie worries about Kuba when he realises his job's in jeopardy and he seeks reassurances from Valerie.
Cyril's keen to find out how his interview went but Charlie‘s keeping quiet about it and Jimmy Powell is in trouble over his attitude to the job and Duffy clashes with the new doctor Lucy Perry, as Charlie shows her round. Duffy tries to help Barbara sort out her children but when she has to have an emergency operation, they are taken into care and her future's not looking good. She's taken to theatre and as she's been operated on, her children arrive and Megan goes to take care of them. Charlie tells Duffy that Megan's in a state of shock because her husband's left her and that why he's keeping her busy. Valerie shocks Charlie and Duffy by admitting they may have to go back to the department for the porters jobs, because of all of the complaints. Out patrolling in their police car, Tony and Nick worry about a young schoolgirl on her own, who refuses to return home and when they leave she gets a lift from a motorist. She soon realises her mistake and as she tries to get out of the
Cyril blames Charlie when Sally gets the job, ahead of him and refuses to talk to him during the shift, but does congratulate her on her promotion. When a group of Americans arrive, he finds himself being offered the chance of a career in the States, which cheers him up and Charlie has to reprimand Jimmy again for slacking off. Beverley Miles falls down the stairs and Eric who is mentally handicapped manages to raise the alarm and goes to the hospital with her, but when her husband Colin arrives, he blames him for the accident. She has to have an emergency operation, performed by Andrew Bower to save her life. Megan tries to help an old man after being reprimanded by Duffy, for failing to see his injury was a dog bite. He confides in her that since the death of his wife, he finding it hard to cope and his dog attacked him because it was hungry. He tells her he has three sons and refuses to be a burden on them and when a woman from the Social Services arrives, he feels she let him
The police jump to the wrong conclusion when two cars are involved in a crash, but they can't interview the suspect because he's in a serious condition. His family arrive to break the news that his sister Karen, and the other two pals are dead and he tells Sheila, his other sister, how the accident happened. She finds Virginia Wilson in the observation ward, who admits she's responsible and the police charge her, but Richard Cumming's has to face many months of anguish, due to her act. A hen's brought in by it's owner and Alex discovers it has a cold, so tells the girl what to do and sends her home. Lucy has problems with a man's dislocated shoulder but Charlie comes to the rescue and resets it. Megan is having problems coping and when Charlie catches her at the medicine cabinet, she admits she's hooked on pills, prescribed by her doctor. Valerie overhears the conversation and tells him to report it but what she needs most, is his help. Duffy drops a bombshell on Andrew as he's abou
A third rate comedian ends up being stabbed in the men's toilet and Jimmy finds him and summons help. Valerie's faced with patient unrest over the conditions in casualty and Lucy is stressed over working conditions, as her exams loom. Duffy has doubts about Andrew's commitment and Megan tells Charlie she's overcoming her pill dependency. Jimmy's in a state of shock and the police question him over the stabbing, as Andrew attends to Arthur and has to call for the crash team to take over. Lucy tells him she wants to specialise in general surgery and congratulates him on his new job and assumes Duffy will go with him. Jimmy gives the department a shake up which amuses Valerie and Duffy carpets Alex for giving a patient some pain killers and tells her she's reporting the incident. Megan tries to find out why a woman swallowed bleach and a man with slashed wrists is brought in, refusing to talk. Charlie tells Valerie he wants Jimmy out but she's unwilling and asks why he's in a bad moo
Grumpy old man, Ivor collapses and his wife, Avril calls for an ambulance. He's snakey to Lucy as she tries to find out a little about him and he refuses to have an operation to relieve a blood clot on his leg. She falls and Duffy finds he hits her and tries to help her but she refuses. Valerie trying to raise funds for the hospital at a posh ball. Simon's taken ill and goes outside then collapses. Wife goes looking for him. A family rowing brings on an asthma attack on little Emily as they try to live in a tiny caravan. The father goes with her but she stops breathing and the ambulance team have to dash through the cars. As they try to save her, Alex has to comfort the father but she dies. An old lady is admitted but there's no hope for her but she's kept in the corridor as they try to find her a bed and Megan tries to comfort her. Richard Godley talks to Lucy about his inexperience. Dan and wife, Sarah come and she's in a state. She's got an eptopic pregnancy. Richard get
A newsagent's son is terrorised by thugs on his paper round and is saved by a passer-by who takes him to Casualty. When examined, he refuses to say how he got the knife wound to his neck and it's comes to light, he's been seen before and Dr Lucy Parry thinks he's being bullied. When his father arrives she tries to convince him to report the incident but he refuses. When Charlie takes over, the father tells him about previous attacks and how the police have failed to protect him and his family, so now they just try to get on with their lives. He takes his son home before returning to his shop and finds his assistant has been harassed and she tells him she can't work for him any longer but agrees to stay on until he can get a replacement. Shortly afterwards, the thugs return and when he tries to stand up to them, he's beaten senseless and is rushed to Casualty. As his family wait for news, the staff battle to save him and he survives, although he's in a serious condition. A mummy's
There's a crisis at Holby due to cut backs and it puts a strain on all the staff, when patients are kept waiting in corridors because there are no beds available. One of Megan's patient's, who has just lost a baby ends up rowing with the husband because of it and Megan has to keep apologising to them for not being able to move her to the ward. Duffy's first patient has a broken leg but she's more upset by the timing of her accident because she was about to go on holiday. After years of holidaying in the UK, she had finally persuaded her husband to go abroad and now they can't go but Duffy sees no reason why, after treatment, they can't go. Charlie and Valerie are at loggerheads over the bed shortage and when she offers him a course to go on, he sees it as a waste of valuable money, in the current crisis. Duffy's not pleased with him either for allowing Alex to go out with the ambulance team. The receptionist, Julie Stevens, is at odds with Jimmy, the porter over getting drunk on
In the town centre a young girl is thrown from a speeding car but when passers-by go to help her, she's abusive. She is still uncooperative when she's brought into Casualty and gives the staff a hard time. Julie's been promoted and when she tries to ask the girl her name, she refuses to tell her. An agency nurse, Glenn Buchanan reports for duty and it's not long before he's chatting Julie up. Megan arrives for duty but seems nervous at the sight of reporters outside. She goes in via the back entrance and it appears she's spoken out to the press about the conditions in the department. A reporter comes in, wanting to talk to her but Julie passes him over to Valerie Sinclair. When he suggests the problems in Casualty were the root cause of a patient waiting for a heart by-pass operation, dying, she's put on the spot but she denies it. An African family rush in with their little girl who is in a bad way. The parents and grandmother are taken to a side room and Julie goes to gather inf
Charlie is disillusioned and tries to confide in Megan but she has problems of her own as she faces an interview with the general manager which could result in disciplinary action. A toddler left on his own whilst his mother goes to work, takes some pills and has to be pumped out, and a worried mother's relieved to find he'll be alright, after a stay in hospital. A farmer facing eviction, drives his long suffering wife to despair and she shoots him when he gives her his shotgun, and when the staff fails to save him, she faces a murder charge. A man who had tear gas sprayed in his eyes, is revealed as a rapist not the victim, and is arrested by the police and Megan gets a warning.
Valerie's day starts off badly, when she oversleeps and ignores a cat's cry outside it's elderly owner's home, as she dashes off work. Jane, a social worker calls and finds her in a bad way and she's taken to hospital, where Valerie can't believe she could have done something to help her. Duffy ticks Alex off for being late for work but ends up with egg on her face, when she finds out the reason. She tried to save a man's life after having a working breakfast with a friend, trying to entice her to change careers. An ex-professional footballer has a drink problem and refuses to believe he's over the hill and expects his injury to take priority over other patients. Charlie's away and Valerie tells Duffy the budget for agency nurses has been frozen again and Jimmy's not happy with his new uniform. An elderly mother has to be admitted and it is Jimmy who sees the strange behaviour of the daughter and tries to get someone to check her, but fails, until she attacks her mother again. She
There's a surprise party at the end of a shift, but a city centre explosion puts the hospital on yellow alert.
Starts with the funeral of Megan's husband Ted and she feels guilty she did not move to Cheltenham with him. Charlie takes her for a drink before returning to work, to find the staff playing a joke on Ash, which doesn't impress Julian Chapman, who seems to be making Beth Ramenee's life unbearable. An old man's brought in and Jimmy wins his confidence and finds he can't afford to feed himself properly and won't ask for help, so Charlie gets Tony Walker on his case but the old man leaves, refusing to co-operate. Ian and Colin are taunted by a group of football louts and are separated, with Ian being chased by them and ending up in casualty with an eye injury. Colin goes to the football match with a couple and the thugs who chased Ian, pick on him and fighting breaks out and Holby's put on standby to receive the casualties, amongst them, Colin's new woman friend. When the extent of her injuries are revealed, he vows to stand by her, as the boyfriend walks out. A grandfather, daughte
Duffy's having sleepless nights with her young son and is relieved to hand him over to her child minder on the way to work. Keith Cotterill is called to a remote place where he and his colleague are threatened for their drugs and they find the tyres on the ambulance slashed. The two junkies end up in casualty after overdosing but the man's in a bad way and Keith spots the girl, who makes her escape but the police are called and arrest the thief. A lorry out of control, careers into a shop front, mowing down a man in front of his wife, and they are taken to Holby, where the staff fight a losing battle, trying to save him. Tony's called in to help her try and face up to her loss, having just moved from the traumas of city life in London. A drinking binge ends in tragedy, when so called friends take a mate out to celebrate his exam results and Charlie has to break the tragic news to his girlfriend, he's dead. At the end of the shift, Charlie faces a personal tragedy, when he finds a
Megan is woken by a crying child and when she investigates, she sees the mother leaving, alone, so she gets ready for work. As she goes to catch the bus, she passes Tony Walker, the Social Worker but he fails to get her attention. Jimmy, the porter, wakes up in a strange place after a night out on the tiles and has to rush off to work. He doesn't impress Julian Chapman by arriving unshaven but Charlie steps in and gives him his electric shaver, to spruce himself up. Debbie, a young mother of two children, has to leave the hostel because of the no eating policy but she has very little money to buy anything. She returns later and borrows a portable stove to heat some soup up for her son, Richie. As she attends to her baby daughter, Richie grabs the saucepan handle and he's badly scolded. When they arrive at Casualty, Charlie puts in a report to the Social Services because he thinks the child might be at risk. When Tony Walker arrives and talks to Debbie, he can't offer her any other
A young woman is brought in after collapsing in a record store and then says she's alright. It later transpires that she and her boyfriend Pete used the ambulance service to help them get away with stealing cd's. They are both ordered to leave by disgusted members of staff. After being seen by Dr Beth Ramanee, Megan attends to the young man's burnt hand and finds out he can't read. Worried about losing his job because of it, she advises him on what to do, to overcome his handicap. David Clarke is ruled by his bedridden mother, Edith and has asked Tony Walker to find her a nursing home. His favourite pastime is phoning the sex lines and getting turned on. Tony calls to tell him it's not going to be easy to find her a placement and as they talk, the old lady falls out of bed and is rushed to Casualty, in a bad way. As David waits in the relatives room, Garry Slater, an unpleasant layabout who has cut his hand and his girlfriend, Lorraine, make a nuisance of themselves, as they wait
On his way to work, Charlie's route is blocked by a long loader lorry backing into a yard but tragedy strikes when it crushes a man and he has to administer first aid. He's taken to casualty but he can't be saved and Tony Walker's being hounded by a mental patient, who's playing games with him and is threatening suicide. When he receives a phone call from him, he realises it's Wayne and the race's on to find him, but unknown to him, he's wandering round Holby, still swallowing pills. A mother brings in her young son Matthew, but he's fine and it's only when Tony recognises her as an ex-patient, the problem is revealed. He takes her to the canteen for a chat where he spots Wayne and gives chase but he eludes him as he hides in the casualty toilets. When he's found, he is in a bad way and a fight is on to save him. A girl with a nail in her foot, is treated by Beth, but when she removes it, the mother faints. Yobs on a bus are thrown off a bus by a middle aged man but he's hurt as he
Duffy has a run-in with a motorist, who almost knocks her down and then finds he was on his way to casualty where he turns on the charm and a friendship is struck. It's a friendship that's not going to last, as he is terminally ill and she visits him after he's been admitted. Jimmy's in trouble again as Julian complains to Charlie and Harry, a porter falls ill and the staff are shocked when he dies. A spat of drunks are allowed to sleep it off but tragedy almost strikes when one of them is discovered by Jimmy to be a diabetic and found just in time. A mother brings her teenage daughter in and the team face a dilemma when prevented from treating her, because her father is bound by religious beliefs. A car race on the open road turns into disaster for two yuppies when Celia's badly injured and Stuart seems more concerned she keeps quiet rather than how she is.
Charlie reaches rock bottom following the death of a close friend and struggles in to work, but when Megan sees the state he's in, she tells him to leave. He goes to the local and strikes up a friendship with Lucy and then goes home to catch up on sleep, which is interrupted by Julian calling on him and words are exchanged. Joe, a minicab driver, chats up Duffy as she attends to his head wound, but another patient has reason to be scared of him. Duffy coaxes her to talk and finds he raped her, she relates her own ordeal, to persuade her to report him to the police. Mandy is on a modelling assignment, when a high heel shoe causes her to fall and the scenery falls on her and she's badly injured. She arrives in a state of shock and Julian's diagnosis is the possibility she has paralysed her left shoulder and her sister Lizzie, sees their lucrative modelling career ending. Charlie finds Lucy at the door and invites herself in for more drinks but she ends up a patient after badly cuttin
Duffy's let down by her child minder and is grateful to receptionist Helen's offer of help but then her mother arrives and agrees to take him. Julian has to operate on stab victim Reg to save his life, as his mother, Mavis arrives and Tony's got problems trying to fetch Reg's daughter Tina. When she finally turns up with a friend, Megan convinces her she's not to blame for his accident but her Gran does and they argue and she leaves. On her return the two agree to unite for Reg's sake and go to intensive care to see him. A wife gets caught with her boss by an unsuspecting husband and when he goes berserk, they all end up in casualty. Julian attends to John's injuries and he admits his affair with Diane, caused Gordon to attack him. As Gordon talks to Diane and the children, they're told John's dead and the police arrest him for murder. A young woman's attempted suicide is thwarted again but when her father arrives, he insists she leaves with him and Tony asks Megan to accompany h
Duffy's at her wits end trying to cope with the pressures of work and motherhood and is relieved, when her mother takes Peter away to give her a break, but Megan decides they should have a girls night out. Josh and Jane bring in a young black remand prisoner, who's been sexually assaulted and Beth intervenes on his behalf, to prevent him being sent back. Jimmy finds his chess mate pal, Frank has been admitted, who refuses to help himself, until his estranged mother arrives and they are reconciled and she offers him a home. A mother and daughter cause concern but tragedy strikes when the youngster takes an overdoes and dies. A gas explosion on a boat has horrific effects on Jenny, who's having an affair with her best friend's husband and has to be transferred to the burns clinic for further treatment. The wife turns up and having got over the shock of the affair, goes with Jenny and leaves Peter to fend for himself.
Josh and Lily are faced with a life threatening situation when they answer a call to an isolated house and are confronted by an axe-man. Inside, they find his elderly father dead but they have to box clever to get out alive. They convince the son that they have to get the patient to hospital but as they drive off, the madman tries to stop them. He later turns up at A&E with his axe and smashes the windows in the entrance and then drives off. He's later arrested by the police and brought into A&E for treatment. Megan gets a visit from Tony's wife Eileen, and finds out he's been lying to her. When a young couple bring their young baby daughter in and she's found to have a broken leg and other old injuries, suspicion falls on the mother but Dr Beth Ramanee has other ideas. She clashes with consultant Julian Chapman and the paediatrician Esther Macauley. When Tony Walker arrives, he too, clashes with Esther and later persuades Beth to get a second opinion, which proves to be the rig
Squatters are thrown off an allotment and end up in casualty where Brian's head wound is attended to and girlfriend, Jody's told she is pregnant. Julian crosses swords with Beth as he takes over one of her cases because Charlie thought she could hand it but his efforts to save the old lady are not entirely appreciated. Her son Howard and his wife Caroline, argue over her treatment but her death pushes them further apart. Jimmy is in trouble with Duffy and Charlie when his girlfriend Andrea, who has a drug problem, reveals he stole the drugs from their department. She eventually tells the truth and clears Jimmy, although Charlie always knew he was innocent. A spillage in a factory causes problems for three men who are overcome by fumes and the young Indian lad, manages to pull Ron and Sam out before collapsing. Ron blames the lad for the accident but has to apologise when he is told he owes his life to him.
Julian joins friends for a fun day of war games and Julian's off-duty dress causes some surprises. A diabetic woman, brought into casualty, suffering from a blackout, finds Ash a comfort. Megan and Beth try to unlock a family secret that could explain a young girl's suicide attempt, Jane and the father tells Megan that his wife died of cancer three years ago. Leigh Clarke's brother Scott, having been hit by a van, tries to cover up the truth by removing him from the scene of the accident before calling for an ambulance.
A jealous man's a dangerous man and Megan's life is at risk when she's held at gunpoint in the crash room. Can Charlie keep his head, even when it's Megan life at risk?
Charlie's back at work but still recovering from his accident, as Nurse Kelly Liddle starts her first day in casualty. Julian's first patient's back with an old knee injury because he won't do as he's told and is warned again he'll lose the use of his leg, if he doesn't rest it. His job soon makes rest an impossibility, as he receives a call to go to the aid of a group teenagers who have fallen down a cliff face. Beth faces a medical board for an interview to move into general practice but has second thoughts when Julian asks her to stay on. A terminally ill husband's wish is to die and she faces an ethical dilemma when the wife hands her his instructions to let him die, but when Karen, his daughter arrives shortly after he has passed on, she is accused of murder and questioned by the police. Julian and Duffy are called out to help in a dramatic mountain rescue but Terry has to have his foot amputated in order to free him and then he is taken to Holby and faces another operation. Th
Megan's left and the hospital is under pressure due to staff shortages. Jimmy's lack of first-aid knowledge has disastrous consequences for his girlfriend's daughter Jenny, who's badly burned in a fire in the local market. Sally James, an old lady comes into casualty in a distressed state but when her daughter arrives she refuses to help. An athletics coach pushes Gina, his protégé too far and she makes the decision to pack it in for the sake of her health. A young WPC collapses and Beth is in court facing charges of negligence. The verdict is suicide but the victim's daughter is furious and is going to take matters further.
When an unconscious young girl's admitted to the hospital's casualty unit, foul play's suspected by Duffy. The man with her later admits he picked her up and took her home for sex. They both show signs of carbon monoxide and she's a teenage runaway. Charlie shows more than a passing interest in Trish Barnes, a new member of staff. A father's outing with his two young children causes more problems with his ex-wife when their daughter is injured and a woman caught shop-lifting collapses but is distraught about her baby. Trish is called upon to help and when the police go to her home they find the baby has died. Beth discovers that she's going to be sued for negligence and is upset by Julian's lack of support.
An old woman refuses to talk when examined and it causes problems for the staff. When frightened by a snake, she starts talking and the mystery's solved but Jimmy wonders if snake charming was in his job description, as he has to find it. Julian's promotion prospects suffer a set-back when he meets a rival for the new consultant's post and two children are in a serious condition after being trapped in an abandoned fridge. A man's heavy drinking results in him dying and Ash having to console the dead man's lady friend. Kelly's career goes from bad to worse. Trish Barnes and Charlie make a date.
A young woman, due to be married soon, loses two fingers and ends up in casualty. Beth's worried about the negligence case and seeks advice from Julian. Duffy's love life may be going well but her relationship with Kelly is definitely on the rocks. Beth has to deal with a woman whose faking illness and calls on Trish for help. Two brothers are at odds over their failing business when one's injured and ends up in casualty. Three teenagers learn the hard way that joy-riding doesn't live up to its name. One's killed, one's seriously injured and the other's in a state of shock. A man found by police with a head wound is later suspected of killing a pawn broker.
A young black kid arrives with his mates after a skateboard accident and cause havoc with their lingo and behaviour. When a bomb explodes in a suburban street and wounds a man, kills his dog, the wife finds the intended victim was a neighbour whose work involves experimenting on live animals. She's unaware that the woman injured, was responsible and Kelly questions Charlie and Duffy's judgement on patient confidentiality. A school teacher tells his girlfriend he's gay after being attacked in a known gay area and a worried mother is shocked to find her son could be suffering from MS.
When a patient's sent home from casualty after treatment but later rushed back and admitted, an angry wife's furious at their action. A drug-pushing pensioner divides a family and wreaks havoc with a young boy's life. Beth's informed that negligence case is to being dropped through lack of money. Jimmy's decision to give up his first-aid course doesn't impress Charlie and Kelly's in trouble again. Duffy's suspicions of a woman with a baby are later proven when the real parents arrive. When things go missing, Norma finds an old lady brought in earlier is the culprit and there's a mixed reception over Julian becoming the new consultant.
It's Peter's birthday and Paul's pressurising Duffy to leave nursing. Nicky Watson's violent boyfriend Steve, gives her a beating and Kelly tries to persuade her to leave him. Sarah, a young cyclist, injured in a road accident involving a lorry has to have an emergency amputation on her leg. There's emotional trauma for Kelly as she comes under pressure to give up nursing too. For career woman Stephanie Freeman there is little choice left. Two students smuggling heroin in by swallowing it and end up in casualty in a serious state and Julian is relishing his new role.
A Nun comes in with a bloody nose and it's revealed later that another Nun hit her. The pressures of student nursing take their toll on Kelly. Meanwhile, Trish Barnes handles a harrowing case of a boy covered with bite marks and a mother's rushed to Holby after overdosing but dies. The young daughter waits for her father to arrive, who has to change his life if he doesn't want the same to happen to her. A blind woman's knocked over by a cyclist on the pavement and both end up in casualty, then she claims she can now see; is it a miracle, Julian doubts it.
It's the day of Kelly's inter-mediate report but where is she? When news reaches the hospital of her suicide, Duffy feels partly to blame and it affects her work. The lift's out of action so Jimmy has to transport patients via the basement and finds a homeless man living there. An elderly woman with a heart problem comes into Holby and while waiting to see the consultant, dies. Two men involved in a crash on a racing circuit are taken to casualty where the wife of the man who caused the crash, has a hard time trying to get through to him. A young lad who's been living rough in London arrives covered in blood, causing problems for the staff. When Trish tries to get his mother to help she refuses because her husband doesn't get on with him.
When attractive Staff Nurse Sandra Nicholl joins the Holby she has problems dealing with an HIV-positive patient, whilst Julian and Jimmy find themselves attractive to her. A reluctant bridegroom involved in a car accident has his fiancée looks to his best friend for an explanation and an anorexic dancer's rushed to the hospital. Julian has to perform an emergency operation and a little boy's rushed in unconscious and the team battle to save him. Lisa Duffin and Paul argue and split up.
A battered wife arrives with her angry husband and he baits Beth when she tells him his wife's pregnant. Julian and Charlie clash over the ethics of organ donation when Beth raises the question. Julian tells a father his son's dead and asks permission to use his eyes. An overweight man ends up in casualty when taunted by local kids and a woman who likes the attention of hospitals, ends up with a real problem.
Beth tries for a transfer and an accidental shooting leads to a family trauma when a little boy finds a gun, then accidentally shoots his grandmother. Two keen gardeners continue their feud in casualty and Charlie tries to make them see sense. Trish wants to pack up social work after being attacked and Ash's sister reveals family secrets.
A scandal involving an MP has painful repercussions and a devoted partnership's tragically disrupted. Rumours abound about cutbacks, leaving the staff concerned about their jobs and an accident could mean the end of a rock star's career.
It's Beth's leaving party and Jimmy announces that he's also planning to leave for a job in the rag trade. News comes through that a plane full of holiday-makers is in trouble over the local airport and Beth's farewell party comes to an abrupt halt. The hospital's placed on standby and everyone rushes back to Holby as news arrives that the plane has crashed into a bridge.
Rookie Dr Rob Khalefa and cheeky Care Assistant Maxine Price find life in the Casualty department tougher than they had anticipated. An agonising decision over a transplant case does little to make life easier for them.
Paramedic Josh becomes implicated in a motorcycle accident whilst off duty. Consultant Julian Chapman has to face the boy's distraught dad Bill and sister Lucy. Meanwhile, Charlie clashes Dr Robert Khalefa when he hands out unwanted medical advice about a patient with stomach pains. Duffy's also in a difficult situation and has to tread carefully.
A seemingly unprovoked crossbow attack causes the Casualty staff to turn detective. A patient, turned away by Norma, dies later, when he's rushed back in as an emergency. A fifteen year old girl is pregnant by her step-father and her mother is horrified. Josh has to deal with another motor cycle accident and Sandra becomes a sounding board to a frustrated Julian.
A hit-and-run victim is admitted to Casualty but the hospital is not the safe haven she had expected when a bogus doctor attacks her. A son's death brings his parents together and an old lady makes accusations about being abused but it is only a ploy to move in with her son. Charlie's got problems with the budget which is £8000 overdrawn.
Charlie Fairhead is out of his depth when confused teenager Carol turns to him for advice about her sexuality. Meanwhile, a pregnant women has been brought in to Holby General by her husband after supposedly falling down the stairs at home. But there seems to be more to the accident than meets the eye. Sandra and Julian make a good team and three old ladies cause havoc when brought in. A daughter cracks, having to care for her mother who's suffering from ME and stabs her but she finds Norma a great help because of her own aged mother.
A married couple's plan to commit suicide together is foiled by the wife's sister. An Asian man, covered in blood refuses to tell them what happened but Duffy suspects it's racism. Ash is having money problems and Charlie's unhappy about the staffing problems. The owner of a printing firm is called out, when the place burns down and learns his son, was trapped in the fire and there are some a few surprise performers at the Casualty karaoke.
The strain's beginning to tell on Norma over the welfare of her mother and Duffy has received a letter about a second smear test. The staff have problems dealing with a handicap girl and a father's worried about his daughter's appearance. Two elderly men argue over a lost love of 40 years ago and end up in Casualty. A squash game ends abruptly when a player is seriously injured and the staff battle to save her. Ash's finances are worse and news spread about Max joining the Territorial Army. Julian puts Sandra in an awkward position when he confesses he's attracted to her.
Duffy becomes involved with a woman whose been raped by her ex-husband. Duffy tries to persuade the patient, Ruth, to report him to the police, but she is terrified of him. Things are also complicated by the fact that Ruth attacked a stranger who tried to help her and he decides to prosecute. An accident happens at the local fox-hunt and a rider and a saboteur are injured. Julian and Sandra reach a new understanding.
Duffy goes for tests and has to be admitted for a biopsy. Julian's paranoid about his relationship with Sandra turning into local gossip. A man collapses during a Jewish ceremony and finds himself in Casualty but fate deals a cruel blow when his wife collapses and dies. Rob treats a man with suspected pneumonia and prescribes penicillin but he is unaware the man's allergic to the drug. A student on a field trip decides that he's fed up with life and takes an overdose. A clinical error involving Sandra has far-reaching consequences for the department. Norma is under great strain, as the condition of her mother takes a turn for the worse.
The budding relationship between Sandra and Julian is beginning to attract attention in Casualty but she's concerned about the disciplinary hearing she is due to attend for giving an injection on Dr Rob Khalefa's orders. Rob tells Simon Eastman that it was Sandra's fault and Ash's money problems hit rock bottom. The staff have to deal with a badly beaten man, a man whose fallen off an electric pylon and a girl who has taken Ecstasy. Sandra has more differences of opinion with Rob and Julian steps in to reprimand Rob for making a wrong diagnoses.
Rob takes a day off to spend with friends, leaving Sandra to face the disciplinary board but it's suspended until he returns. Back on the river, the yacht hits a sand bank and the two women are in trouble. He ends up in Casualty and proves an awkward patient. A well known junkie tells Charlie she wants to quit and Duffy's recent tests are clear.
Ash's day starts off badly and he and his girlfriend decide to part company. A farmer takes violent action when faced with eviction from the family home and kills his baby but the wife and other child are saved, when the police intervene. A paraplegic husband is left in casualty by the wife who can no longer cope and Sandra's in no mood to accept an apology from Rob, after receiving a written warning over her disciplinary hearing.
Julian's day at the circus ends with him having to go to the aid of an injured performer. A knife thrower becomes another casualty and is also taken to Holby. Sandra's relieved to find that Laura, her daughter is safe because she was with Julian. A surrogate mother is beaten up and Sandra recognises her and shatters a childless couple's dream of a baby. Julian and Simon clash over planned staff cutbacks and the staff share a celebration drink with Max on her promotion to the TA.
Julian Chapman is forced to make the most difficult decision of he career. The A & E department is facing a crisis of confidence over staff shortages and when newspaper reporters start investigating, he publicly criticises the management. He clashes with Dr Robert Khalefa and Charlie over the matter, as his affair with Nurse Sandra Nicholl is the talk of the wards. Then following a bitter clash with general manager, Simon Eastman, he decides he has had enough and quits. A promising young skater faces the prospects of her career ending and a owner of a Pit-bull terrier suffers horrific injuries during a dog fight. A man whose been made redundant, takes up competitive cycling and is involved with another cyclist and ends up in casualty.
While festive cheer brightens up the busy hospital shift, there's little Christmas spirit for a wife who takes the law into her own hands. After years of abuse, she attacks her husband, leaving him suffering from multiple knife wounds. A young girl, seeks shelter for the night gets turned away but she's soon back, as she takes drastic action to get admitted. Sandra's having a hard time trying to cope, now that Julian's left.
Dr Robert Khalefa treats the fractured arm of a patient while she wonders if her business relationship with a colleague will stay intact. Duffy is in for a huge shock when she discovers that Andrew Bower, an ex-lover who is also the father of her son, is coming to work at the hospital. Bower is to fill in temporarily following the shock resignation of Julian Chapman.
Charlie's late for a meeting with Simon Eastman as Ash and Nikki argue over her unexpected pregnancy. Sandra receives a letter from Julian and a drunk drive hits a group of people before fleeing the scene. A cry for help goes wrong, when a teenager finds the pressure too much to bare. Duffy has mixed feelings when Andrew meets young Peter.
Andrew hears whose got the consultant's post. A land dispute gets out of hand, and Josh and Jane learn the dangers of being a paramedic on the front line.
Mike Barratt arrives to start his job as the new consultant and his first case is the electrocution of a young boy, left at home, alone and the parents wrestle with their consciences. Duffy is getting more involved with her old lover Dr Andrew Bower and on the professional front she has to care for a young mother, who's been stabbed. Also, two old ladies need help when one collapses after they argue about a man whose favours they used to share many years ago.
The Casualty team face their own personal dramas and the tragic consequences of a robbery. An unemployed man, keen to provide for his wife and child, becomes a driver on a ram-raid, which goes horribly wrong. Charlie's showing signs of stress and Maxine's missing father, turns up to tell her he's in love with a girl, a year older than her.
When a little girl is brought in showing signs of sexual abuse, her father becomes the main suspect. The child tells Duffy that her daddy has been visiting her bed in the night. The staff also have to treat an old man who has been physically assaulted.
A schoolgirl prank backfires over a crush on a good-looking teacher. Easy money has its price for a seventeen-year-old boy on the streets who is picked up by a businessman, but ends up in Holby after being sexually assaulted. Charlie faces the truth about his depression and Duffy realises how serious things have become with Dr Andrew Bower.
The Casualty team are getting very worried about Charlie, who still isn't his old self after sessions with the psychiatric nurse. Is he up to receiving the news that Duffy has for him and will he be able cope with the major crisis when a patient contaminated with nuclear radiation in a road accident, is brought in? A captain and his first officer push themselves too far and an accident happens and Rob's got a new job.
A group of vigilantes runs riot on an estate and the Casualty team go to tend to the injured but some troublemakers follow their friends to Holby and start a fire. The staff struggle to save themselves and their patients.
Holby City's A&E department race to the scene of a major train accident. Consultant Mike Barratt and Staff Nurse Lisa Duffin swing into action in events which are every bit as dramatic as the fire which ended the last series. A stolen car stalls on a level crossing and causes a horrific rail crash and the battle is on to save people trapped in the train. Back at Holby, Charlie is annoyed with Mark over staff problems and Ash fails to get his promotion, losing out to Ken. Josh clashes with Dr Karen Goodliffe, as he tries to do his job.
An enthusiastic student joins the staff, armed with textbooks and lots of questions and her name is Helen Chatsworth. A violent storm sweeps through Holby and a baby is orphaned when her parents are killed in a car crash. Mark Calder is giving Mike and Charlie a hard time, as they fight the cut backs and Mie replaces Norma who has been sent home for drinking on duty. Other casualties include a policeman hit by flying debris, a father stab by his young son, who was defending his mother and two cowboy builders who fell off a roof. Mike has a chat to Karen about her attitude towards the paramedics.
The funfair's in town and there's trouble looming. Jackie Walsh, a pregnant woman, is apparently a victim of muggers but when her brother Kevin turns up, it becomes clear that he is the mugger and she isn't the only victim of his twisted rage. The other problems appear to be in administration, where Mark's feeling the pressure Helen's settling in well and impresses both Charlie and Duffy. Ash finds it hard to accept Ken's appointment and Duffy doesn't know whether to tell Charlie that Ken is gay!
Painful secrets are revealed when a woman insists a car crash victim is not her husband. Clinical nurse Ken Hodges finds that his job, and his personal life, are under review. And he discovers that Duffy can't keep a secret when she tells Charlie his. Mark's brought in Mrs Kingston to monitor staffing levels and clashes with Charlie and Mike. Norma's first day back ends with suspension and Ken gives an old war hero a reason to live. Two kids get trapped in a lift and the emergency services are called to get them out.
Misunderstandings and deceit propel a group of friends towards a distressing climax in Holby's Casualty. The staff have to deal with a daughter, who's been raped and the rapist, who was attacked by a vengeful father. A traffic accident involving the selling of illegal guns ends in tragedy and Mark tells Charlie and Mike that Ken's job is being replaced by a Line Manager.
Nora ends up in Casualty, when she's mugged but her real problem is menopausal. A father wants to die but needs his daughters help and a night out at a disco, ends in tragedy for Ash. A randy lorry driver gets his comeuppance when his ‘three wives' turn up and Charlie's baffled with Ken's attitude.
In a desperate attempt to bolster his self-respect, an man takes up a high-risk sport – with disastrous results. And a male stripper gets a warmer reception than he expected. Mark informs Mike and Charlie that Ken's to be dismissed, to make way for the Line Manager's job and they are furious.
Ash is robbed on his way to work but do the thieves realise what they have stolen? And why is a woman suffering severe abdominal pains?
A grudge match between two stock car drivers creates excitement on the track and lethal behaviour off it. And a young girl seems to know as much about running the casualty department as the staff. There's a bed shortage in the ICU Ward and a wife dies because of it and a gambler who fakes a heart attack, then has a stroke when he finds he had a winning hand. A woman with a brain tumour, shuns her husband. Duffy and Andrew seek professional help to have another baby and Jane Scott finds her first day in administration, tough.
Student nurse Helen Chatsworth says goodbye to her colleagues as her work experience at Holby General Hospital comes to an end. Staff nurse Adele Beckford tries to organise a farewell party for her – but will anyone have time to give her a proper send-off? As Helen leaves, a new face appears in the department. Locum Tom Harley joins the team as a replacement for Mike Barratt, who has left to set up a casualty operation in Africa. He soon brings a smile to Charlie's face, when he makes Mark squirm. Josh and Ryan clash over handling a patient and a memory man pushes his luck too far and ends up a casualty. A dodgy MOT car racket leads to tragedy and the man responsible, is investigated by the police, because his daughter was involved.
Charlie doesn't know what to do when a young homeless girl, turns up at Holby. She's not ill, she just wants a bed for the night and he is her only hope. Will he follow his heart of his head? Meanwhile, consultant Tom Harley is having a few problems of his own. A daughter has been kidnapped from a religious cult by her father and injured in the process. It's a tense situation, especially when the sect's leader arrives to reclaim his follower. Duffy's pregnant and leaves Charlie a letter on his desk when she finds it hard to tell him, she's leaving.
Newly-qualified staff nurse Mary Skillett, joins the staff at Holby but she gets on the wrong side of Duffy, when she turns up late on her first day.
It's an emotional farewell for the pregnant Duffy as she leaves Charlie and the rest of the staff at Holby to become a full time mother. She finds herself counselling the distraught mother of a cot-death baby, as Ash and Adele are both keen to step into her shoes. Jane turns detective and discovers a stab victim is an illegal immigrate A gypsy makes plans when he's told he's got TB and not Aids. As Charlie and Duffy make up, Mike Barrett returns.
Mark's up to no good as he gets Jane to leak a story of the closure of Holby and Charlie's missing Duffy. A daughter can't cope with her father and abandons him in casualty but a guilty conscience makes her return where the staff decide she's the one who needs help. Tempers boil over in the kitchen when a restaurant manager trifles with the chef's sweetheart. And a bee sting brings a man to the verge of death when he and his son are stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Karen's having a hard time swotting for her exams.
The after-Christmas lull is dispelled by the arrival of smoky fire-fighters, a young woman who has lost her sight and an elf with pointed-ear trouble. Then Charlie's life is placed under threat.
A young mother clutches her two-yr-old son, who has stopped breathing, and a distraught mother throws herself into the canal. Two people have intolerable secrets whose crises lead them into Holby's Casualty unit. Rachel's first day is overshadowed by a local paper's story the department's to be closed but Jane admits to Charlie, it's only a rumour. A woman's perm goes wrong and two players from a local cricket match are at odds and have to be seen to by the staff. Karen's told to seek professional help to get her through her exams and sent off early.
A young dancer becomes a conscience-stricken hit-and-run driver. Could the sadistic bully who confronts her in Casualty possibly be her victim? And two competing graffiti artists try to prove their superiority by attempting to scale dangerous new heights. Mark's up to no good as he is evasive with Mike and swears Jane to secrecy, then avoids Charlie like the plague. The hit-and-run driver finds out her victim was at tramp who was taken to Queens where he died of his injuries. Two graffiti artists hurt themselves and Mark returns to announce that Queen's is to close and leaves the staff in a state of shock.
After a lorry overturns and spills its load across a suburban street, the Casualty team have to cope with injuries caused by toxic chemical waste. And a soldier's anger explodes when he returns home to find his wife is not there waiting for him. Mark's secret is out and it leaves Jane high and dry but he's not bothered because he's got a new job with a tobacco company.
A group of middle-aged executives are put through a tough physical assessment course – and two of them prove to be anything but fit. The staff are unsettled by the closure of Queen's and worry about their jobs. An elderly couple causes concern, when the husband is admitted and his notes from another hospital have gone missing. A jealous husband causes problems all round when he becomes a patient.
Dark secrets are uncovered and powerful emotions released when a tortured servant, an unstable young man with a knife and an angry policeman end up in Holby's A&E unit.
It's a busy night for the paramedics when their call-outs include an attempted suicide, a boy hurt at the ice-rink, a young deaf woman hit by a van after an argument with her husband, and a drug addict who accuses Josh of assault.
How deep is beauty? The future suddenly looks very different for two women who have suffered dreadful head injuries. And what is really happening when the school bully gets his comeuppance?
All the emergency services turn out in force and tempers run high after a disturbed man with a gun holds Lucy and one of his wife's clients hostage in his living-room. And an accident on a dry ski slope brings a teenager into an emotional confrontation with her parents.
A blind girl has fallen down a fire-escape and a drug addict has been beaten up. The team struggle through a heavy workload, but where is Charlie? Matters reach crisis point when a man is found sitting in a cubicle pointing a pistol at his own forehead. Charlie's arrives late and he is in a bad mood, even though it's his 40th birthday. Disgusted with the running of the NHS, he's come in to hand in his notice but he gets involved and has second thoughts.
Family loyalties are stretched to breaking point when a young tearaway is forced to choose between saving his brother and freedom. And Charlie has a decision to make which will change his future – and that of the department. Matt joins the staff on the reception desk and Josh, now manning a motorbike, has a fight on his hands, trying to save a young tearaway's brother but he dies later, of his injuries. The staff are shocked when they find a stab victim has sold one of her kidneys and she now faces kidney failure.
Tensions run high in Holby as foot-ball fans gather for the Saturday match. For Kevin, a rookie policeman, the simple arrest of a drunk biker has tragic consequences. Meanwhile, a disabled young girl poses a challenge for new nurse Jude. The arrested biker arrives at Holby with symptoms of being drunk but tests reveal he has a brain tumour of which he dies of later. A disabled young girl confides to Jude that she has a sexual relationship unknown to her mother. Dr Eddie Gordon and Nurse Kate Wilson disagree over involving Social Services with an asthmatic mother and her home alone daughter.
A horrifying chain of events begins to unravel after Rachel is the victim of a disturbed patient. A case of sexual harassment by her brother-in-law is uncovered when a woman appears anxious about her job. Tragedy strikes a couple who are mugged, when the man dies and then the woman tells Ash, although they lived as man and wife, they were in fact brother and sister. Mike Barratt finally admits to Charlie that his wife has left him and taken the kids. An elderly woman is found dead and her daughter is brought in with stab wounds. A mentally disturbed patient is recognised as the missing daughter, who killed her mother and stabbed her sister. When she tries to kill herself, Charlie comes to the rescue and talks to her. She reveals how her family made her life hell and she just snapped.
Two homeless girls are drawn into a murky underworld. A woman who thinks she has the answers to her husband's collapse discovers that life is never that simple. Ash is put on the spot when Mike Barratt takes him into his confidence. Two homeless girls, drawn into a murky underworld of prostitution and drugs, end up in casualty, where one of them dies. The other one decides she'll have to carry on because she can't see any other choices. A woman has to face up to the fact that her husband has cancer and another women goes to extreme lengths to conceal from her husband that she's crashed the car.
Tragedy strikes when two sisters are determined to stop at nothing to see their idols. Charlie finds there's more to a seeming domestic abuse case than meets the eye. Mike's private life becomes common knowledge, as he surprises everyone by working on Saturday. When a young girl dies after being crushed, the family have to reavalueate their priorities, if they are to overcome the loss of a daughter and sister. A psychiatrist finds an insensitive husband is the problem of his wife's illness and a stay in hospital away from the pressures he puts her under, would help. Rachel tries to calm a panic-stricken man convinced he's been impregnated by an alien life-form but all he has is shingles.
A long-standing feud over territory explodes into violence, forcing a young man to make decisions about his future. Mike races to a shooting and swift action on his part saves the shot man's life. Dr Gordon is reluctant to tell a patient that she's dying. Mike and Rachel make a pleasant discovery about each other. Adam makes a breakthrough in his relationship with his ex-wife.
Ash's professionalism is put to the test by anti-racists and Fascist demonstrators. A demonstration march gets out of control when anti-racists and Fascists clash and Josh witnesses an attack on a black youth but can't help. A DIY enthusiast saves the day as he applies his skills to the problems in casualty and an old man unwillingness to being admitted puzzles Charlie. Kate gets Rachel to talk, after she went missing and admits she needs help.
Mike is called to the rescue when Josh is trapped underground with an injured miner. Brave paramedic Josh puts his life on the line when a man is trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft. Mike is called to the rescue, as he Josh face a tough bonfire night shift. Eddie Gordon loses her patience with a hysterical young girl brought in for biting a security guard's hand, after being caught shop lifting. When the girl's mother hears about the charges, she reveals the security guard is the girl's father and his wife is devastated. Ash's world is set to collapse when the police pay him a visit with regards to last Saturday's fight and he's taken away for questioning and Eddie makes the situation worst for him, when questioned.
Danny, a 10-yr-old boy, is shocked to find his father unconscious. Hospital staff learn that there is a skeleton in the family closet. Charlie informs the staff that Ash is on bail, facing charges of actual bodily harm. Rachel takes time off for counselling and tells Mike it's helping her. After a failed suicide attempt, a father is confronted by his mother-in-law who wants her grandson to live with her. Two casualties from a bus crash arrive but their personal problems appear more serious, Kate and Jude turn social workers to resolve their differences. Throughout the shift, the staff are questioned about the fighting and Matt's statement should help Ash in court.
Hostile rivalries at a village rugby match end in tragedy, and team medic Mike Barratt finds himself back in A&E. Ash, deputising for Charlie, is informed his case has been referred to the Crown Court and it doesn't help when Matt turns up at work in a foul mood. Jude's on hand to talk to him and he confides his family's having problems with his brother. Josh is back in his old job and Liz, his new partner, has an amusing first meeting with Mike Barratt on the rugby field. An affair and a brief lapse of judgement have unfortunate consequences for a son and father at the local swimming pool. Ash and Matt apologise to each other and shake hands.
Is Kate Wilson getting ideas above her station? She disagrees with consultant Mike Barratt over the diagnosis of a patient. Everyone is busy reading about Ash and his assault case in the local paper, including the personnel officer, who sends him home in disgrace in the middle of his shift. Ash's last job before being sent home, is removing a moth from an old lady's ear and they end up sharing a taxi. Meanwhile a father's gift to his daughter has disastrous consequences when the car he bought her is involved in an accident and kills his wife, daughter and his son-in-law. He must face life caring for his two young granddaughters.
An adventure down the sewers for two young boys leads to a race through Holby for Liz and Josh. Matt has evidence that an A&E patient isn't the person she claims to be and Jude tries to solve the puzzle of an old soldier's recurring nightmare.
Mike's dreading spending Christmas alone, but after Rachel's invitation, he might not have to. Meanwhile, the festivities give Charlie and Ash a chance to show some goodwill towards each other. But tidings of comfort and joy are absent for a girl who's brought in to casualty after being violently sick by a railway line. Has she just had too much to drink, or is it something more serious. The shift starts off badly with the death of two young boys and the death of a policeman causes heartbreak for his wife and lover. Two young girls arrive and the staff have to deal with their problems. One of them is pregnant and the other has an eating disorder, leaving both sets of parents are shocked.
Jude finds herself embroiled in a suicide attempt. A teenage prank turns a birthday party into a tragic disaster. Mike owes Rachel an explanation, but her response takes him by surprise. The suicide patient disappears but becomes a victim of a road accident, when he's knocked down by an ambulance, driven by Liz and later dies. Ash comes in to ask Charlie if he would be a character witness in his coming trial.
The team uncovers the secret behind a young girl's mysterious collapse – but what will her religious parents say when they learn the truth? Meanwhile, another youngster pushes his parents to the limit. Matt is threatened by the thug who helped his mate bring charges against Ash and later tells Jude about it. A young boy is attacked by two dogs when he breaks into their home and the owner's concerned about her pets being destroyed. A schoolgirl faces a life in care when her religious parents turn their back on her and her baby son. A car crash helps bring a family together and Emma ends her relationship with Adam. Mike clears the air with Rachel, after returning for his holiday.
Kate is out of her depth when a young girl's confession unearths dark family secrets. The staff have two cases dealing with elderly people, who are at the mercy of their off-springs. One has to endure being beaten by her son but it's the reverse in the other case, where the father feigns suicide, to get his daughter to take him in. A young girl, injured at a railway station, confides in Kate that she's abused by her father, but is she telling the truth? Jude falls out with Matt over he refusal to testify at Ash's trial because he's been threatened and Mike finally asks Rachel out.
Tension are running high at Holby prison where an inmate decides to take advantage of the riotous situation and a warder with a secret foolishly risks his job. A prison riot puts the staff under pressure as they have to deal with the inmates first, before the public, but one wants an unscheduled visit to sort out his martial problems. A surprise do for a prison officer, leaving the service, shocks his wife, when she finds out he's leaving her for another woman. Matt has a bad day when first he tells Ash why he can't testify in court and then finds Jude refuses to talk to him. Then his drunken father is brought in after his mother turn on him, so Matt pressures her to get outside help. Dr Eddie Gordon has last minute swotting to do for her exams and Mike and Rachel are getting closer.
Ash's case finally comes to trial and Matt has an important decision to make. Jude's personal and professional lives collide when a young man with AIDS is rushed into casualty.
It's Ash's first day back. Mike's plans for the future surprise Rachel. A cosmetic operation for a woman leaves her in need of emergency treatment, and a lorry driver and her baby are separated in violent circumstances. Ash has to confront some unsettling emotions on his first day back.
A new arrival of an old flame makes it a memorable shift for Charlie, while a woman's past leads to the destruction of another's future, and a young mother's children cause Eddie and Kate to disagree.
A hold-up in an off-licence goes badly wrong and a phone call from a desperate young girl poses problems for Charlie. A violent fight at an ice-hockey match leads to family recriminations. A mystery illness causes concern for Baz and Eddie, and Kate discovers Charlie's secret.
Ignorance and fear lead to disaster for an air taxi company. A moral argument causes a family rift, and a body found in a skip gives the staff a few surprises.
A father's desperate attempt to get closer to his daughter leads him to commit a crime which backfires. A surfing beach is turned into a battleground after chemical waste is dumped into the sea. Matt is attacked, and Charlie and Bas finally clear the air. Matt and Jude try to come to a new understanding.
A patient with a grievance causes panic at Holby City and it is left to Baz to try and defuse a potentially explosive situation. An horrific injury on a farm poses problems for Josh and Liz when an old woman insists she does not want to be helped. And it's a day of reckoning for Charlie and Baz.
A youth is beaten up in the back room of a club while attempting to track down his gambling addict mother. An elderly woman suffers an accident with decorating equipment.
Toxic fumes are released into the atmosphere when chemical additives accidentally spill while being delivered to a swimming pool. Gloria is evicted by her former lover.
A mugging brings a shy woman and the man she admires together and one of Richard's old flames turns up. It's a sad night in A & E, as Matt has had enough of attending the sick and needy from behind the reception desk and is off to serve the hot and thirsty in his brother's bar in sunny Crete. His leaving party goes awry but can he really leave Jude behind?
One of the most powerful Casualty episodes ever. The truth about Tina's rape comes out and in some very emotional scenes she tells Eve in the staff room. At the end of the episode Josh and Penny are giving Tina and Eve a lift home in the ambulance. Tina asks Eve what she's going to do and Eve replies, ""You're going to get through this""
A boy, Nial, is brought in choking having swallowed the heads of his toy soldiers that he has bitten off. Max and Duffy treat him, and find out he has 6 metal heads and an arm holding a grenade lodged in his stomach. Max tells the woman that they should pass naturally. A man with OCD, Benny, accidentally puts his arm through a glass window while arguing with his daughter. He is brought in to A&E but is very nervous and it is a long time before he agrees to letting Sean and Adam treat him. Duffy is nervous as she is being interviewed for the post of sister later in the shift. Before the interview Max wishes Duffy luck. During the interview Max is hard on Duffy, and so afterwards she is very annoyed with him, as she thought he was a good friend. Duffy goes up to Max's office with him and shouts at him. Max admits that he only acted the way he did because he didn't want Charlie to think that there was anything between them. Duffy was puzzled and asked Max what he meant. They started to k
Max arrives back in A&E as a patient's broken leg is being set. He proposes to Tina and then finds his first patient is a dog, who has been bitten by his owner's snake. It's taken to the staff room to recuperate whilst it's owner goes to do her snake act. But when the snake bites her, she's rushed back into Casualty but there's no snake venom because it was used on the dog. After frantic calls to surrounding hospitals, some is finally found and she is saved. Two sets of parents are at their wits ends after their daughters are rushed into A&E. The twelve-year-old is allergic to light and was knocked down by a car, as she ran after her father. Quick thinking by Max saves the day, when he orders the lights to be dimmed but she has extensive burns to her hands and face. Her parents are reunited and decide to go with her, on her dream holiday to America. The fourteen-year-old is pregnant by a young man who works for her father. He issues orders for the boyfriend to be beaten up an
The ""Well Teddy Clinic"" has the full support of directorate manager Dan Robinson but Holly's enthusiasm fails to rub off on the rest of her colleagues.The project gets more backing, however, when Patrick and Max notice the young attractive teacher Laura with the children. Schoolgirl Michelle follows Patrick around adoringly and even names her Teddy bear after him. Nurses Chloe and Barney both have interviews for the E-grade nursing position. Chloe is dreading the interview while Barney appears to be taking it all in his stride. Charlie is reluctantly arranging a flight to take Louis over to Toronto to join Baz. Duffy seems in better spirits now that her husband has settled into the department but can't understand why she is feeling so tired all the time. Colette cringes with embarrassment when one of her ex-boyfriends, Declan accompanies his wife Ashley into Casualty. Ashley had cosmetic surgery which has become infected. Will Declan recognize this as a cry for help and realize the err
This episode is at Christmas. Holly and Patrick have gone out to lunch to celebrate. All through the meal Patrick is grumpy and Holly gets really annoyed with him and starts to wish she had not brought him. There is snow everywhere and while Patrick is driving Holly back his car breaks down. Patrick can not get a signal on his mobile to call for help so has to try to mend it himself. While he is trying to fix it he falls over and sprains his ancle badly. Holly leads him over to a barn so that he can sit down in the warmth, they sit down in there talking and Patrick reveals to Holly that the reason he does not like Christmas is because when he was 10 years old his mum died on Christmas Day. Holly goes outside again and when she comes back she says that she has managed to get a signal on her mobile and help is coming. She then looks over at Patrick, he is asleep, she says ""Merry Christmas Dr. Spiller.""
Andrew is worried that they're too old for a baby but Dully disagrees. When Chantelle's estranged father Jerry is hit by a cat she and Penny reach a decision about seeking out their natural fathers. Holly is still puzzled about the identity of her secret admirer. Casualty gets a full taste of girl power when a Spice Girls tribute band rush into A&E after ""Baby Spice"" is electrocuted by a faulty microphone. Things hot-up when ""Posh Spice"" tests positive for a pregnancy test and reveals that manager Leslie is the father, leaving ""Ginger Spice"" horrified because he's secretly been seeing her too.
This was Holly's last ever episode. She is captured by Tom who smashes up her car and then takes her away to a disued part of the hospital. He makes her put on a silver dress and says they are going to die right now lying next to each other. However Patrick has realized that she is missing and goes of to look for her. Holly manages to throw a chair out of the window which atracts Patrick's attention. Patrick comes up to rescue her but before he arrives Tom injects her with something that will kill her. When Patrick arrives he chases away Tom and finds Holly unconsious. Patick gives Holly mouth to mouth and she comes round. They hug while Robbie Williams's Angels is playing. So think that they are going to live happily ever after together. But in the next episode that you see, Holly has gone off to Australia and Patrick is having an affair with Rachel. Patrick says Holly's name once more before his death, I think it is so sad that he could forget Holly so quickly, but to me they will al
Rachel goes to sort out a fight but they attack her. She is brought into A&E and Patrick, who is having an affair with her, is put in charge of her. Then her husband Greg turns up. Rachel goes into cardiac arrest and they are unable to save her. Greg is told that she was pregnant and that the baby died with her. Greg knew nothing about the baby and asks how long she had been pregnant for. He is told that it was too early to say exactly but it would only have been a few weeks. Greg is shocked and says that he has been away for longer than that. This means that the baby must be patrick's, this a big surprise for him too. Patrick goes to see Rachel's body and to tell her that he loved her but just as he is kissing her hand Greg comes in. He discovers that this is who Rachel has been having an affair with and must be the baby's father. Greg punches Patrick in the face and starts attacking him. The security throw Greg out of the hospital but do not report him to the police. Patrick goes hom
The episode starts with Patrick lying alone in the river, half dead, after being attacked by Greg James (Rachel's husband) and left for dead. Lara and the police are walking through the woods looking for Patrick. Eventually they find him, the police are prepared to accept he is dead but Lara will not, she gives him mouth to mouth and eventually he comes back into the world of the living. Niki and Comfort turn up in an ambulance and take Patrick back to the A&E department. Lara's boyfriend Craig turns up and is angry when Lara tells him what has happened to Patrick because he thinks she has been cheating on him. However he forgives her and suggests they book a hotel room for the night, Lara refuses though and says that she can't be with him any more. Lara goes to the hospital to see Patrick who has hypothermia and the rist of brain damage. However while she is there Philippa (Max's locum) ropes Lara into helping treat a patient who has been bitten by a snake, Philippa says that Lara sho
Another day in A&E and things are hotting up between Lara and Patrick - even the bump Lara gives Patrick's car can't dent his feelings for her. Things are going less well for poor Dillon who's trying to disengage himself from Gemma, without much success. Charlie's pulled a few strings to get her a hostel place but she's reluctant to leave him. Dillon, however, is only too eager to see Gemma move on. It's Tony's first day as the department's EDA and the staff play a little practical joke on him with bedpans! He slips back into his old security role when a patient gives Lara a vicious slap. Tony is all for calling back-up but Lara restrains him. She guesses, correctly, that the patient is a manic depressive and that they just need to calm the situation. On seeing Lara's shiner, Patrick comments that this is becoming a habit with her! Dillon drops Gemma off at the hostel on his way to work. She's clearly upset to be leaving him and cryptically says that everything has to come to an end.
This episode starts off in the flat, where Patrick is trying to persuade Lara to move and come in live with him. She says no. Patrick sets off for his interview. Meanwhile, a driver on the road had fallen asleep in his car and all his notes had gone over the road. He gets out and goes to pick them all up. A mini bus with kids in, sees him and crashes. Patrick then crashes into some bushes, to avoid the man. He is ok and gets out of his car, to go and see if the kids in the mini bus are ok. The man is still on the road collecting his papers, causing a lorry to hit the mini bus, which pushes it down into a ditch, trapping the occupants. Meanwhile, there is now a big pile up on the road, one of the vehicles being a petrol tanker, which has sprung a leak. Comfort and the other Ambulance Driver get there and realise that loads of people are going to get killed because it won't be long before a car could catch fire. So the Male Ambulance Driver drives it away, but a fire starts up and Com
The staff of A&E are gathered at the crematorium to listen to Max's eulogy for Patrick. The only notable absentee is a red-eyed Lara who's getting ready for her shift. When questioned later she declares that she prefers the land of the living and that's the way Patrick would have wanted it. And it's all change in the department too. Unbeknown to Lara, Patrick's temporary replacement - Dr Simon Kaminski - has arrived. He's already made his mark on the department - by being sick outside A&E! When Lara goes for a lie down mid-shift she's surprised to find a strange man already in there. Luckily Max gets back just in time from the funeral to explain to security exactly who Simon is. He proceeds to introduce himself to Lara as the new Patrick Spiller much to her evident disgust. It's obvious to all around her that Lara's not coping but she refuses to take any time off. Duffy tries to talk to her about how she felt when she lost Andrew but Lara's not ready to hear it. She's not helped when a
A distraught Comfort is finding it difficult to cope with the guilt about her relationship with Fin. She tries going to church to confess her sins but runs out unable to carry on. The day gets worse when she finds out she's been teamed with Fin. He says he's been trying to call her but she's unwilling to talk. She can't see beyond her guilt but Fin is adamant that there's clearly something between them that she just can't ignore. A hectic day for Charlie is made all the worse when Jan tells him a potentially fatal bug has been isolated in a ward upstairs. The subsequent closure of the ward only deepens the chaos in the department. Jan's hoping against hope that they've isolated the problem - Charlie is less confident. Dillon's called to treat a gentleman who Tony discovers is a soldier who collapsed in a gay massage parlour. Tony wonders if his regiment knows the truth and shoots Dillon a meaningful glance. Dillon confronts him and asks him if he thinks he's gay. Tony says he just hate
In the previous episode Niki and Josh have had an argument and Josh has told her that she does not use her initiative so Niki is very angry with Josh. The episode starts with Niki and Fin sitting in the ambulance with Niki doing an impression of Josh. Although Fin laughs at it, he tells her that she has gone far enough and to stop. Niki says Josh is a prat but Fin disagrees and explains that all Josh wants is the best for her and to use her initiative. A call comes through for Comfort and Josh who are in another ambulance, telling them that they have to go to Bull Green where there is an injured man and police will also be on their way. Comfort asks why there are police attending if there is just an injured man. The reply over the radio says that the caller hung up before they could get any more information. However Niki, who is trying to prove to Josh that he is wrong and that she does use her initiative, says that she and Fin are closer to Bull Green and should therefore go there ins
Three months on, Nikki returns to work and finds the experience still haunts her and has to deal with a stabbing victim on her first shift. Jack is embarrased when she finds out about his spontaneous marriage proposal by her bedside. While taking his children out to the fair, Harry finds himself on-duty after a helicopter crash and is forced to deal with the injured as well as deal with his rebellious daughter. He feels guilty when he finds his heroic actions have infact cost lives. After being arrested, Lara is terrified for her future and looks to David's wife to verify her story in court.
Lara begins her court trial and suffers flashbacks and the bad memories associated with her assault. New SHO locum Heather Lincoln arrives and doesn't go unnoticed by Simon, who gives her a guided tour – Colette teases ‘Does the tour include the cold showers?'. Later Dillon unwittingly starts to undress in the staff room, unaware Heather is enjoying the view. Heather, is quick to forget about a drink with Simon after shift, and is about to proposition Dillon, when Simon walks in. Heather gets Duffy's back up by bluffing her way through a patient's case and getting Harry on her side – and Duffy becomes more unhappy when her mother is brought in to the department, seriously ill with breast cancer. Finn is unhappy when he finds he is named in Comfort's divorce papers.
It's the day of Lara's trial, but she's not feeling positive since Melanie Collier denied her husband raped her. Lara tries to convince the jury her act was self-defence. Lara is shocked, when they return their verdict. While Duffy is in court, her mother, Kate, is brought in after her condition worsens. Kate tells Charlie she wishes not to be resuscitated. Duffy is angered by Charlie's attempts at sympathy and finds a shoulder to cry on in new security guard Ryan. Dillon and Harry clash with Charlie over how to treat two sisters, who are found to be drug mules.
Simon gets into hot water when he becomes too involved with a patient and her sister. Josh is not himself and his relationship with Colette is feeling the strain.
A father threatens legal action against the hospital when his son is the victim of a misdiagnosis. Duffy resolves to move on after her mother's death.
Roxanne finds it increasingly difficult to juggle work and motherhood. Both Duffy and Comfort are surprised to learn that they each have an admirer.
Punch-ups, riot acts and romance from Holby. Love blossoms for Duffy. Harry reads Simon and Dillon the riot act over their punch-up, but Heather has the final say.
Josh finds himself in the middle of a conflict between a father and his son; Anna tries to uncover the cause of a patient's illness; and Jack lies to Tony about their father.
Lara faces judgement day in the appeal court; a suspected overdose patient forces Roxy to confront ghosts from her past.
It's Lara s first day back and when Heather's incompetence lands her in deep trouble, Simon and Dillon unite to seek revenge.
Josh rescues a boy from drowning after his father's car rolls into a river. Nikki is refusing to talk to Jack after his behaviour.
Lara realises how vulnerable the events of the past few months have left her. Meanwhile, Nikki is reprimanded for endangering a patient's life, but later redeems herself when called upon to deal with a little girl whose mother has been violently murdered
Lara faces new problems when the police officer who helped put her in jail is brought into the department. An horrific RTA dredges up painful memories for Josh.
A Christmas-tree thief chops off his own thumb and a farmer injures his leg while trying to catch him. Things don't look good for the thief's thumb and there's a valuable lesson to be learned about the care of severed digits. The plastic surgeon suggests replacing the thumb with a big toe. It's then revealed the bloke who nicked the tree is the brother-in-law of the farmer who has been brought in with the injured leg, and therein lies a 15-year family feud. Jack is forced to silence a victim of his father's empire when Eddie's gang confronts him. Lara spends an evening with Harry's kids, unaware of Beth's true feelings.
Spirits are high at the staff Christmas party. As Simon and Colette disappear outside for a kiss, they are unaware that Josh's life is on the line.
Diane, a patient admitted early on, has Parkinson's but her symptoms are not consistent with that disease. Could the fact that her police inspector husband's been feeding her ecstasy tablets help explain her condition? Then what about the young man who woke up the night after the party with a cut on his head? Is he a clumsy drunk or just wasting valuable resources of the department? Having avoided her since the incident at the Christmas party, Simon finally admits to Colette that he wants nothing further from her. The question on everyone's mind is why did Colette ever marry Josh? Meanwhile, Roxy becomes extremely close to a male patient; and after Nikki catches Fin and Comfort kissing she uses the knowledge to her advantage.
A runaway electric saw is brought to life by a naughty youth, who breaks into a shed. When it's blown up, the youth is not looking too good. Laura casts doubt on a young mother and Duffy sees a nursing colleague doing possibly the worst thing a person in nursing, could do. Also, Jack's dad gets what has been coming to him and there's a Mr Lambert who is still fighting the Korean War. Simon's flirtation with a new arrival infuriates Colette, and Josh seems blissfully unaware of his marital problems.
Harry is determined to rid the department of time-wasters. But when a private patient is brought in suffering from post-operative complications, he wonders if he has been too quick to judge.
Josh and Comfort stumble across a badly-injured Jack, while Dillon's Good Samaritan skills are put to use on a neglected teenager with learning difficulties. Meanwhile, Simon's new girlfriend, Jane, visits the department with a close friend suffering from a mystery illness.
It's trying times for everyone in this episode. While Josh can't accept that he and Colette are history, receptionist Jack is having to do some dirty work for his gangster dad. Meanwhile, paramedic Fin's daughter Emma, is brought in to casualty with what looks like a nasty tummy bug. Fin is busy tending a young footballer with a broken leg and can't attend to her and she gets worse. Not the best time for Charlie to return and there's a further blow for him when Duffy announces she's leaving to get married and set up a business.
Duffy's intended, Ryan, is obviously a wrong ‘un and yet everybody is wishing her well as she leaves Holby to set up home and a business with him. Receptionist Jack's foray into his gangster dad's twilight world forces him to make a big decision. Elsewhere, Harry and Beth's relaxing sailing trip becomes a rescue mission when he spots another vessel in distress, which turns out to be packed with illegal immigrants from Kosovo. But not all of them are as helpless as they appear… The police close in on Jack.
It looks as if long-suffering Duffy's beautiful dream may turn into a nightmare, as security guard Ryan proves to be nothing like the perfect man she'd hoped for. Dillon and Colette take it upon themselves to fight it out for her old job, and clash over the treatment of a malnourished toddler. Meanwhile, things seem to be running rather more smoothly for Tony and Ben, who decide their evening together was perhaps more than just a non-night stand.
Ryan is still AWOL with Duffy's money, and this week Duffy puts her house up for sale in order to get the moeny back. Fin and Comfort are called to a suspected break-in and attack, and at the hospital Lara is treating her. Lara is concerned about her and offers her the chance to talk, she doesn't take it up. Harry treats Anna's mum, who wants to meet boyfriend Merlin. Tony asks Ben to move in with him. Comfort tries to talk to the attackee(referred to as battered wife from now on) and tells her that she is always in the eyes of God. Colette maenwhile is doing a pregnancy test in the toilets, which comes out positive. It is Simon's baby.
The paramedics are called out to Sheila's house but are surprised to find it's her daughter-in-law Jenny who's in need of help, pushing Comfort into a confrontation. Has the family abuse gone full circle? Meanwhile, one of Jane's clients is rushed to Holby City with a suspected heart attack.
Events take a tragic turn when Jeff tactlessly threatens a highly-strung man while on a call-out with Nikki, and the arrival of an attractive neurologist causes problems between Harry and Charlie.
Josh, in his new job as duty officer, clashes with Finlay over the treatment of a heart attack patient, while a face from the past ruins Ben's plans for a romantic evening with Tony.
After the death of an adopted patient, Merlin is compelled to search out his own birth parents, while Simon rushes Jane into casualty when she is diagnosed with a tumour, and Harry `s secret dinner date with Selina is interrupted when Tally crashes her car during a driving lesson with Beth.
Harry returns to work after the death of his wife; Simon takes an unprofessional interest in Jane's operation; when Colette is attacked by a patient's relative, she is forced to reveal her pregnancy.
It's Harry's first day back at work after his wife's death, and he puts himself in danger after overstepping the mark. Meanwhile, Bex calls the police when he sees Jack sneak into the hospital to see Tony.
With the power down and the ED in chaos, Harry takes drastic measures to save a patient. As Merlin looks forward to meeting his birth mother, she has second thoughts, and Duffy is in for a shock when a familiar face returns to Holby.
Ryan returns and Duffy has to make a life-changing decision. Jack tries to persuade a reluctant Tony to accept Eddie's offer of a kidney, and Simon is shocked when Jane leaves hospital early and refuses to let him care for her. Meanwhile, Anna is devastated when her mum reveals the truth about Merlin.
New paramedic Luke spends his first day at work trapped in a cellar with a young girl following a gas explosion, Harry's behaviour leads some members of the team to question whether he's returned to work too soon, and Anna's relationship with Merlin is put in jeopardy.
While treating an injured man, Lara suddenly finds herself in a life-threatening situation, Merlin discovers a terrible secret about Anna but is unable to discuss it with her, and Jack is distraught when his father wakes up from his transplant operation suffering from septicaemia.
Anna tells a desperate Merlin that they can't be together, and Jack and Tony say their final goodbyes to Eddie as he succumbs to a post-operative infection. Meanwhile, Simon is heartbroken when Jane stakes a claim for her independence and leaves.
Colette receives some terrible news, but gets no sympathy from Simon. Bex and Luke's secret is revealed. And Jack and Tony say goodbye to Eddie
Bex spreads the word when she overhears Jack say he's planning to propose to Nikki. Josh joins Colette to hear the test results. A Holby United player is brought in.
Colette tells Simon that he's responsible for the genetic abnormalities of their unborn child, and talks through with Comfort whether or not she should keep the baby.
Josh swallows his pride and finally faces Colette, who is finding it very hard working with both him and Simon. Preparations for the wedding are well under way.
Josh and Simon's feud starts affecting their jobs, with serious consequences for Simon's future. Bex revels in the latest tidbit of gossip, to Lara's disgust
Niki is on her way to church with Dillion when the see a man lying on the road. Dillion gets out but the man shoots him and kidnaps Niki. He appears to be working for the man who Jack owes money to (don't know his name). Back at the reception everyone is waiting for Niki. Dillion is brought into the hospital starting a search for Niki. Jack gets a call from Niki's kidnapper saying that he wants all his money back, all £300,000 and Jack must bring it to him on a bridge. Jack only has £100,000 left. He tells Tony not to tell anyone. Jack pretends that he's stuck in traffic and manages to follow Niki's kidnapper back to a canal boat. Niki's kidnapper and another man are in the boat. Once the kidnapper leaves to go meet Jack on the bridge, Jack bursts into the boat but the man with the gun gets the upper hand. Back at the hotel Tony tells the police officers what is happening but only if he can go with them to find Jack. On the boat Jack tries to persuade the gunman to leave them and they
First of a dramatic two-part episode which began the 18th series of Casualty. A packed train is derailed to the thunderous sound of screeching brakes and breaking glass. In the chaos that ensues, a multitude of casualties are tended to by the arriving team who are shocked by the catastrophe.
After losing her legs in the train crash, Anna dies after spending her last few moments alive with her friends and the love of her life Merlin.
As the three doctors are pulled from the cave, Lara forces Harry to consider the consequence of his actions. Simon fights for his life, Jim comes to realise the truth about Nikki and Charlie races off to stop his son being taken away to Canada by his stepdad.
Roxy and Nikki have a big fight resulting in Nikki threatening to leave the home but her mind is changed when Roxy goes into labour in the car, giving birth to a little boy who has trouble breathing. Tally is extremely jealous of Simon and Lara so she throws a brick through Simon's window when she knows Lara's there; she also defaces Lara's car. Contributor: DouMarNutBle
Luke and Josh find themselves being held at gunpoint by a man who demands drugs from the ambulance. There was a struggle in the back of the ambulance and a gunshot was fired. It turned out that the gun had gone off and the man, Greg dies leaving Luke feeling guilty when he finds out he has a family. Roxy continues to spend all her time at the hospital with William. Tally hides important about a patient from Lara putting the patients life at risk. When Lara questions Tally, Tally says Lara deserved it for stealing Simon away from her. Later on Simon tells Lara he loves her.
Harry has to suspend his daughter when she confesses to her crimes against Lara and it's a bad day for Simon as Lara finds a bag of coke in his pocket and after he tells Tally she was the biggest mistake of his life She commits suicide in the hospital toilets and the doctors have to resuscitate her but will she survive? Roxy says a final goodbye to her baby as the surrogate parents take him away and Josh has to suspend Luke following the investigation.
A prison riot forces Harry to shut down most of the department to make way for injured prisoners. One of the prisoners takes Roxy hostage to escape but she is rescued. Harry continues to blame Lara for Tally's condition and things get worse for Lara when Simon turns up at the hospital high on drugs. Meanwhile Abs tells a reporter more than he should have.
Abs faces it tough this week when a young child he is caring for dies and the psychiatric nurse faces the father wrath leaving Abs lying in a pool of blood.
Lara discovers how bad boyfriend Simon's drug problem is this week when she finds him taking speed at work. When Simon goes home Lara predicts the worse and drags Abs in to help her but when they arrive at Simon's he is completely drugged up and Lara is forced to tell Abs she needs help to help Simon. Also Jim annoys his colleagues by trying to enforce new rules which he used in America and Luke and Bex go out for a drink.
Jim becomes an unpopular man this week when in Harry's absence the now in charge paediatrician makes a number of changes which start to anger a number of his colleagues. Things get worse for Jim when a patient dies in reception and Jim is blamed because of his new rules. The engagement ring Fin lost at the train site has been found - will this pro-mt Fin to finally propose to Comfort and Simon finally confesses about his drug addiction to Lara.
Lara, Nikki and Josh find themselves taken hostage when they are called to a scene which they enter only to find that a couple of bank robbers need help. As the two armed robbers do a runner they take Nikki and Lara with them as hostages. After driving off in the ambulance, Nikki and Lara are tied up in the back before they stop at a bridge. With the police catching up to them one of the robbers takes one of the hostages out of the ambulance to show they will shoot. However it takes an unexpected twist when the hostage is pushed off the bridge. But who is it Nikki or Lara and will they survive?
Nikki is rushed to hospital as it is reveled she was the one who was pushed off the bridge but will she survive? After a high speed car chase the two robbers are arrested and Lara is brought to safety.
Things go from bad to worse for Nikki, still dealing with the trauma of being held hostage, the young paramedic finds out the right side of her body is paralyzed and Lara begins to blame herself for Nikki's condition.
Comfort & Fin finally say 'I Do' in a beautiful ceremony. Meanwhile Nikki decides that it's time to move on & no longer able to be a paramedic she decides to see a bit of the world and says her goodbyes.
New technician Nina Farr arrives on the job but riles Comfort up the wrong way straight away. Things take a worse turn when she's called to a shout - not knowing that it's her boss Josh whose ceiling has caved in after leaving the bath on - and treats Josh with little respect. Will Nina be able to get past her terrible first day? Meanwhile Josh's date with Caroline doesn't go as planned and Lara takes desperate measures to make sure Harry doesn't accept Simon's resignation.
Nina continues to cause problems for the other paramedics as she ignores Fin's instructions and climbs down a sewer to save a man who is trapped but the oxygen starts to run out and Nina's life is also in danger. Luckily. Nina and the man manage to survive but Nina ends up in trouble with Josh for disobeying Fin's orders. Meanwhile, Simon is summoned to see Harry, knowing too well that his job is on the line. Josh is heartbroken when Caroline decides not to go on another date with him and Bex continues to plot to get Luke back. Contributor: Adam Hague
Josh and Nina have to put their differences aside when they have to rescue Jim's daughter's puppy. Simon and Lara set a date for their wedding but after a stressed out date, Simon turns to drugs once again. Will his marriage to Lara be over before they've even walked down the aisle? Contributor: Adam Hague
Lara and Simon enjoy their last night of freedom tonight but Simon becomes angry when Lara and her girls turn up at his venue. Convinced she is here to check up on him Simon walks out only to be caught taking drugs by Abs. When confronted Simon storms off and heads to the home of another woman. Will Simon cheat on Lara? Meanwhile Tess faces a tough day when she tries to find out how a beaten woman came to get her injuries. Bex tries to get back together with Luke but he ends up going off and kissing Bex's best mate Claire while Abs and Nina look like they're finally going to get together.
It was the day of the wedding. Abs arrived at Simon's house only to catch him with the woman he met last week. Abs was outraged but a defensive Simon threw him out. Simon asked Jim to be best man. Bex overheard Luke and Claire discussing their kiss last week. A distraught Bex slapped Claire. Abs rushed to the wedding to tell Lara about Simon's infidelties. While Jim was flying Simon to the venue, a distraught Lara phoned Simon to call off the wedding. In frustration, Simon took out a packet of pills which he dropped under Jim's seat. As he struggled to get them, Jim lost control of the plane. They crashed and although Jim managed to escape, Simon was caught in the explosion. When the others saw the smoke, they rushed to the crash. They fought to save Simon but were they too late? Meanwhile, Lara fled the wedding with Harry. Oblivious to the crash, she instructed him to take her to the airport. She called ahead and bought a one way ticket to Australia.
Two frantic parents have lost their children and fears that they have left the hospital while visiting their sick great-grandfather. They have been captured on CCTV outside the hospital, but haven't been seen since. A stricken rape victim is brought in, tied with copper wire. Dad knocks on the flats around their home, and comes across a convicted pedophile, who looks shifty. Meanwhile, police have found a bloodied hood, belonging to the girl.
Family friends, police, even hospital staff have rallied around in a desperate search for Adam and Kayleigh. Paramedics Luke and Nina are searching in the sewers for them and come across Adam and Nina goes to save him, but falls and is feared to be paralysed. Adam is in critcal condition and now Lee, a neighbour, is number one suspect after Adam and the rape vitcim have been tied with copper wire, found in Lee's van. Across a river, Kayleigh's body is found and Lee is arrested.
The staff of Holby A&E bid a sad goodbye to friend and colleague Roxy Bird who sets off for a new carreer as a nursery nurse. However the drama happens mainly to Fin who has to go into a burning building to save trapped schoolgirls one of them being his daughter but as everyone manages to survive the shock to follow is when a man blames Fin for his wifes death after he wouldn't treat her because of his heroic actions. Elsewhere Nina appears to be falling for Abs big time
New doctor Selena Manning makes a return to Holby A&E after working at the hospital for a brief spell 18 months ago. The police doctors first day gets off to a good start, she happens to bump into Harry who she nearly slept with when she was last on the wards of Holby. However after laughing and joking about their last meeting together Selena arrives home for a big shock - her husband in bed with hospital receptionist Bex. As Fin goes to a press conference to discuss his heroic actions following the fire he ends up being branded a killer by grieving widower Karl.
Comfort and Fin are shocked and a bit scared this week when they arrive at a shout and when they return to the ambulance it is trashed. Not realising it could me Karl whose wife Fin left to save his daughter from a fire could be involved Fin brushes it off as kids messing about. Things take a later twist when Comfort tells Tess that she is pregnant and will surprise Fin when she cooks a romantic meal for the two of them later on. However Fin never turns up. Meanwhile Tess tells her son Sam not to tell anyone he is her son as he applies for the receptionist job at the hospital and after finally agreeing to go out on a date Abs and Nina's night is ruined when Ellen unexpectedly turns up. Contributor: Adam Hague State
Comfort reports Fin's disappearance when he does not return home and no one has heard from him. Tess' son Sam arrives as a new receptionist and gets off to a bad start with co-receptionist Bex when he arrives late. He also hides the fact that Tess is his mother after Tess tells him it would be better that way but Bex discovers the truth. Meanwhile Ellen tells Abs she may have to leave the country soon as she is running out of money. He is further shocked when she confesses that she is terrified to return to her father as he abuses her. Also Luke turns up at Kate's house to try and help her but will she her husband's 'killer' to help her out of her abusive relationship and Selena bins a bunch of flowers from her husband Will.
Comfort turns to Tess for support as news of Fin's disappearance hits the papers. Nina hits the roof this week when Abs reveals why Ellen can't leave the country. Later on Nina gets a shock when she walks in on Ellen kissing Abs but is everything as it seems. Meanwhile Josh has to break up a fight between Luke & Kate's boyfriend.
Comfort starts to really worry about the disappearance of her husband Fin tonight. Josh discovers Fin's knife in a patients pocket who confesses he found it. After overhearing the police discuss where the knife was found Comfort rushes straight over there. As the police search for Fin, a body is found and Selena is called to pronounce a death but is the body Fin's.Elsewhere Luke invites a beat up Kate to stay at his house to escape her abusive partner.
Abs is shocked when Ellen asks him to marry her this week. He is even more shocked when she reveals that the only reason she wants to marry him is because her visa is running out. When she sees how taken aback Abs is, she tells him she can't go back Ukraine because she will have to face her abusive father but is Ellen telling the truth? Also Comfort is asked to identify a body and breaks down when the body is Fin.
Comfort faces a double blow this week when Tess shows her an article in the newspaper which includes an interview with Fin's wife. After storming round there she comes face to face with Fin's wife Ruth but refuses to believe her. She is then introduced to Fin's son but still won't believe Ruth. To add to her problems she then finds out Fin was murdered. Sam and Bex enjoy a night on the town which leads with Sam facing the brush off from Bex and Abs considers marrying Ellen but in the end he tells her he wouldn't be able to go through with her. Contributor: Adam Hague
Things go from bad to worse for Comfort at Fin's funeral when she collapses with stomach pains. After being rushed to hospital Comfort is told her baby is alive but how much more heartache can Comfort take? Elsewhere Ellen continues to get Abs to agree to marry her so she can stay in the country but he tells her that in no way he will marry her. Guppy re-thinks his decision to be a doctor after yet another mistake and after keeping quiet about being given the brush off by Bex, Sam tells Bex he is embarrassed by their not so active night.
Harry starts the investigation into what happened to the patient who suffered a cardiac arrest. Abs and Ellen are interrogated by Harry and desperate to stay in the country Ellen says she will cover for Abs but only if he marries her. Facing been struck off Abs reluctantly agrees. Also Comfort discharges herself from hospital determined to keep her pregnancy a secret.
There's a dramatic rooftop showdown this week when Comfort comes face-to-face with her husband, Fin's killer. With murderer Karl about to jump Comfort tries to talk him round so that justice can be done but after things get heated Comfort just has to know why Karl did it and as an argument entails Comfort watches as Karl jumps to his death. Is Comfort's nightmare finally over? Elsewhere Ellen reveals her and Abs wedding plans much to the shock of their friends and colleagues.
New paramedic Woody gets off to a bad start when he is caught in a sauna naked and has to be brought into Holby A&E. Selena declares war on Bex. Jim becomes worried about his forthcoming court date in the USA and Abs confides in Claire the real reason he is marrying Ellen.
After finally enjoying herself while at the Christmas party things go back to bad for Comfort when she arrives home and finds Ruth has moved into her flat and she is homeless. Selena continues to harass Bex and Abs finds Sam tending to a patient.
After Nina begs Abs not to marry Ellen because she loves him Abs has a lot of decisions to make but in the end marries Ellen to help her stay in the country leaving Nina heartbroken. Tess gets a shock when she goes round to Comfort's flat after work and finds Ruth, Fin's other wife there. Things go from bad to worse for Jim when he's struck off.
Crossover with Holby Ciy; for part 2, see Casualty@Holby City (2) Catastrophe hits Holby A&E when a truck carrying petrol crashes into the hospital. Even though only at the hospital to collect his things after been struck off, Jim is thrown into the center of the accident when he has to help Holby City character Rosie save a baby's life while Bex's life is put in danger when she takes a man to the drugs section of the hospital to help him find a doctor but it takes a sinister turn when he takes her hostage to help him get drugs for himself. Elsewhere Harry and Luke try to help out in the hospital another explosion happens leaving Bex, Jim and others lives in danger.
Everyone grieves for Jim while Harry raises awareness on the wards which ends in a shock when Charlie returns from Canada. Ellen receives bad news about her visa and Selena continues to bully Bex.
Ellen starts to panic when she finds out her fathers coming to visit and ends up missing her immigration meeting. McFly pop by Holby A&E to surprise two fans who went a long way to meet the famous pop band. Comfort is furious to find Sam tampering with her marriage certificate leading to an argument between Tess and Comfort.
Comfort faces more heartache this week when the pregnant paramedic is rushed to hospital with stomach pains and although it looks like the baby's alive but critical things take a horrible twist when she loses her baby resulting in Comfort blaming herself. Also Ellen faces problems when her father arrives early and Nina tells him Ellen told Abs he abused her. Disgusted in his daughters lies he tells Abs and Nina the truth, Ellen is in the country ilegally after fleeing the country after being charged with fraud. Elsewhere Bex throws Charlie a birthday party to remember.
Abs continues to ignore Nina & Ellen continues to try to get back into his good books which leads to Abs finally snapping at Ellen and throws her out into the streets. Sam continues to act very oddly and his mum Tess still oblivious to her son's odd behavior throws all her effort into getting Comfort the break she needs by jetting her off to Barbados to spend time with Fin's family. Meanwhile Bex thinks she's found Mr Right in Pete.
Abs gives Ellen her marching orders when he catches her lying again. Tess gets a shock when she spots her son Sam burning patients files outside the hospital. Meanwhile new registrar Maggie stops at the scene of an accident to help out, and Charlie receives a mysterious e-mail.
Abs finally stands up to Ellen by threatening to tell immigration about their 'fake' wedding but she then turns nasty. She also makes a big mistake with a patients treatment. Has Ellen made her final mistake? Woody and Luke play a practical joke on Harry, Charlie and Selena. Guppy stands up to his father. Bex feels down after finding out about Pete's cheating ways and Tess really starts to worry about Sam's state of mind.
An inebriated Bex pesters Pete all night after she sees him with another woman at the Valentine's Ball, but the evening soon takes a horrific turn when he decides to walk her home. Meanwhile, Guppy refuses to bow to his father's bullying, Tess remains in denial over Sam's increasingly delusional behaviour, and the net closes in on Ellen. Contributor: Soapaholic State: Un-approved
An emotional Bex reports her rape to the police, but then learns that the doctor who will be examining her is Selina, her arch enemy. Selina is a source of comfort, however, especially when Bex has doubts about pressing charges. She encourages her to ensure Pete doesn't get away with his crime. Meanwhile, faced with a possible murder charge over the death of a patient she neglected, Ellen disappears into the night. Contributor: Soapaholic State: Un-approved
As Sam's condition worsens, Tess and Mike are forced to take him to see a psychiatrist. The day however takes an unexpected turn when after an argument with Tess, Mike storms off and is involved in a car accident. How will Tess cope with this added strain in her life? Elsewhere Harry reveals his very delicate financial troubles to Charlie. Luke supports Bex as she tries to deal with her rape ordeal and an immigration officer interviews Abs and Nina over Ellen's whereabouts.
Tess is told to withdraw Mike's treatment and let him pass away but a miracle happens when he begins to come round. Are things finally looking up for Tess? The paramedics face a tough day when they are called to an accident at the docks which sees Woody save a boy from drowning even though he can't swim, putting his own life in danger. Nina has to give drugs to a critically ill woman but if the drugs don't work Josh's neck will be on the line for letting her. Meanwhile Luke continues to help Bex through her rape ordeal.
Bex returns to work only to be put down by Claire at every available oppurtunity. Following this Bex drowns her sorrows in vodka and the diabetic receptionist collapses in the bathroom while Charlie and Selena find her will she survive? Abs and Nina get closer while Tess breaks down in front of Harry over her family problems and Guppy is comfronted by a face from the past.
After Bex survives her suicide, Charlie advices Claire to take some time off work then Claire shares a secret kiss with Luke behind Bex's back. Abs is visited by a loan shark who says Ellen owes him £5000 and he wants it back off Abs. Tess tells Sam the truth about Mike.
Selena is faced to work with her ex-husband Will on a police related case and as he thinks she wants him back, she tells him she wants a divorce. Luke feels guilty after his kiss with Claire and Nina tells Abs they can escape Ellen's debt by doing a runner.
Bex returns to work this week and looks back to her old self but when Claire talks to her about Pete's court case Bex breaks down. Later on Bex thinks she sees Pete outside her house so calls Luke and after being told he's no where around Bex decides she can't carry on this way and decides she can't carry on with the court case. Elsewhere Tess brings Sam home from the psychiatric hospital sooner than planned leading to an argument with Comfort. Will puts obsticles for Selena to divorce him. Abs steals money from a dead womans bag to pay off Ellen's debt but is persuaded to put it back after Nina threatens to end their relationship if he doesn't and Guppy helps out a young girl who's brother is dying.
Parts one and two of a two-hour "Casualty@Holby City" special aired in four parts over consecutive weeknights. For parts three and four, see Holby City S08E02.
Part one of a Casualty@Holby City crossover. For part two, see Holby City S20E11.
It's Adam's first day as clinical lead. His first job is to show eight new F2s around the ED, which backfires when they are not all what they seem to be. When Adam is called to an emergency at a shopping centre, he chooses new F2 Heather to accompany him. The owner of the centre has set a bomb inside, which explodes, trapping Adam, Heather, Jeff, Polly and a group of homeless people inside. Meanwhile Yuki, May and Lenny are ordered out of resus by now-Trust Doctor Ruth Winters and Curtis' memorial tree is planted.
In the conclusion to the first episode, Adam and the gang get out of the shopping center however he goes back for Heather. He finds her and they set out to get out. Jeff and Lee (the security guard) go in and find them but the roof collapses on Adam, Heather, Lee and the patient. They manage to find the lifts and escape but the lift starts to fall. Adam, the patient and Lee manage to climb up to the exit but Heather, being very slow, is petrified and she screams for Adam to save her. As they both try desperately to reach out for each other, the flaming lift collapses and hits Heather, crushing her and sending her falling to her death as the lift explodes in a fireball that ricochets up the passage, nearly burning Adam. Meanwhile Jessica is frantic and worried about Adam and chaos reigns in the department when the casualties flood in. Adam feels that he has let himself down.
May, Yuki and Lenny start their first shift after Heather's death. Adam patches them off with Zoe and she takes Lenny, Jeff and Polly take Yuki and Ruth takes May. They eventually are asked to sit out. At the end of the day the three go to a counselling session with Ben Harding. He describes May as the Scarecrow (no brain), Lenny as the Tin Man (no heart) and Yuki as the Lion (no courage) from The Wizard of Oz. Meanwhile Zoe is neglecting her work to take mysterious calls about Nick Jordan and an old face returns.
The episode recaps the three weeks before Jordan goes into a coma. These include meeting a penniless Italian hotel maid and a game of cat and mouse on Zoe's part between Nick, his neurologist Dr Frances Lively and the infamous Professor Walter McFey, who Zoe persuades to operate on Nick, with a operation that could either potentially save his life, or leave him with severe disabilities if he pulls through. How far will she go to save her patient?
Ruth attempts to keep her relationship with Jay secret while trying to impress her boss, Consultant Neurologist Sarah Evans. Nick's condition deteriorates and Zoe lies to Frances about Nick consenting to the operation. Ruth finally goes public with Jay but later worries that she might be pregnant.
Ruth discovers that she is indeed pregnant, while Sarah Evans invites her to a surgeons' dinner. Jeff has a new paramedic partner, who he takes a dislike to and reports him to Dixie after catching him looking through a patient's belongings. Zoe yet again abandons her work as Nick is discharged into her care - but he gets in a taxi and goes home alone. Adam is angry with Zoe but she stuns the department by announcing that Nick is recovering after having had the operation.
Ruth goes to the surgeons' dinner with Sarah Evans but leaves Jay behind - Jay turns up and is thrown out, but Ruth collapses, haemorrhaging, due to having taken an abortion pill. Charlie visits Nick, who seems to have given up on life. Meanwhile, the F2s are trapped in resus with Jessica by an angry relative of a dying patient and must perform a difficult procedure while Adam is forced to watch from outside.
Ruth is brought into the ED after collapsing and then spends 3 hours in theatre with the gynaecology surgeons. Sarah Evans tells her that she needs doctors without any distractions on her team, and Ruth coldly pushes Jay away. Adam assigns Lenny, May and Yuki a case of a man who alleges that he can see elves. Yuki manages to diagnose his condition and is asked out on a date by May. Zoe finds that her new boyfriend is a 15 year old schoolboy, who steals her memory stick so that she is forced to see him again.
Zoe is forced to tell Adam and Henry about her missing memory stick and she is given until 4pm to retrieve it. At the last minute, Jordan steps into help Zoe. Polly and Alistair's relationship goes way beyond normal, when Alistair breaks into Polly's flat. Polly is horrified to see him, as all she wanted was a friendship, and she then calls the police.
Alistair's world comes crashing down around him.
To the delight of the hospital staff in the Emergency Department (ED), Jordan returns but, this time, in an unfamiliar administrative role. Jordan is disappointed not to be on the front line but sparks are soon flying when he steps in to assist Lenny in treating bonfire-night casualties. A major incident at a pub, involving a box of fireworks, ensures that it's going to be a long, emotional night in ED. One victim is a young anorexic girl, Fran. To her mother Jenny's consternation, she refuses to have a saline drip in case she puts on weight. Can the medical staff persuade her to accept treatment and talk to her mother about her problems? Meanwhile, it's Jeff's first shift as a solo rapid responder but disaster strikes when, on his first call, he is attacked from behind and left bleeding. The blow to the head also leaves him disorientated and unable to remember exactly who attacked him. For some reason, the name coming to his mind is Alistair.Deeply concerned, Polly decides to pay a visit to Alistair's hostel, where she makes a horrific discovery.
Injured pet shop proprietor Malcolm faces the loss of his home and business and the F2s are given their first patient to treat alone, as the medical drama continues. During a heated discussion with his landlord, Malcolm slips while holding a fish tank and suffers severe lacerations. While Malcolm is in casualty, the landlord is forced to reveal that he wants to build a car park on the site of the pet shop and Malcolm and his wife, Brenda, face losing their home and livelihood. Yuki needs to use all his diplomacy skills when, at the end of his tether, Malcolm decides to take matters into his own hands. Later, Yuki, May and Lenny are thrilled when Adam gives them their own patient to treat - Ruth's friend, Amir, who has a history of heart problems. Ignoring advice from Jordan, however, the F2s decide to follow their own course of treatment. Things go from bad to worse when the patient then goes missing. The F2s conceal their panic but are individually distraught. Elsewhere, paramedic Polly receives some disturbing news about Alistair, which she responds to calmly. However, something is affecting her normally sunny disposition and she is behaving strangely around certain patients.
Tensions are running high in the emergency department as the F2s nervously await an important decision and Ruth struggles to impress Dr Sarah Evans by treating a patient alone. With the department at full stretch treating casualties from a major fire and a car accident victim with cerebral palsy, the F2s bicker through their shift as they anxiously await the fall-out from their treatment of Amir. Adam warns them that they must continue to work as part of a team but Ruth, in particular, is reluctant to work with them and the young medics are uneasy. Could this be the end of their short careers as doctors? Keen to impress neurological expert Dr Sarah Evans, Ruth refuses to ask for advice about the cerebral palsy patient, preferring to struggle on alone. But when the patient's condition worsens, the vastly experienced Jordan steps in to help. Will Ruth be honest about the situation? And where exactly does her future at the hospital lie? Meanwhile, massage parlour workers Bree and Joy are brought into Holby City hospital with burns sustained when a fire broke out in their flat. Both were making plans to escape the controlling clutches of the massage parlour owner, Tony. Bree has the help of her new boyfriend, Dave, but will it be plain sailing for the young couple? nick returns back to treatment with the F2s.
The F2s are thrilled when the dean announces a Junior Academic Fellowship Award which will see one of them win a role in the ED with a lucrative salary. However, Adam warns them they must still work together as a team and not be tempted by individual success. May, in particular, is desperate to win the award. However, mentored by the impatient Ruth, things don't get off to a good start. When a bank robbery goes horribly wrong, injured bank manager, Gal, is brought into casualty with a gun-shot wound. But Gal isn't quite the hero he first appears and his obsessive behaviour brings back some disturbing memories for Polly. When Gal starts waving a gun around the ED, Polly leaps into action, putting everyone at risk. It's time for the young paramedic to relive and confront exactly what happened with Alistair in order to get her life, and career, back in order. Meanwhile, Jordan is keen to return to a more hands-on role in the ED. However, despite the department being at full stretch, Adam won't hear of it. Medical back-up soon arrives in the form of a rather unwelcome face from the past. Trevor impresses Tess with his handling of Isabel, a lonely, elderly lady who has been injured during the bank robbery getaway. Tess bravely invites him out on a date but there's something he's failed to mention to her...
Ruth is horrified when Jonathan turns up in the Emergency Department (ED) looking for her help – much to Jay's surprise, who didn't even realise she had a brother. Jonathan swears to Ruth that he has turned over a new leaf but she sees the track marks in his arms and refuses to believe that he's changed. Later, a group of hard-drinking homeless men cause havoc in ED when they start stealing bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitiser from the wards and take it back to an unsafe hospital annexe to enjoy in private. Tragedy strikes when young security guard Mick, desperate to win Ruth's approval, confronts the homeless men on his own, but Jonathan, who has seen the commotion, is quick to get help. Will his part in the events convince Ruth that he's changed and that she can help him make a fresh start? Meanwhile, Jessica and Adam's wedding arrangements continue apace but Adam struggles to maintain his composure when interference comes from an unwelcome source...
Competition for the fellowship hots up and the pressure is intense for the F2s, as the medical drama continues. Lagging behind the others, Yuki desperately needs to prove himself and, when a work outing goes disastrously wrong, he gets exactly the chance he needs. Yuki is failing fast in the race for the fellowship and his mentor, Zoe, blames it on his lovesick glances for May. She challenges him to ask her out for a drink. However, a coach-load of crash victims proves a serious distraction. Jim, a young man who sabotaged the bus with his best mate, Pete, for a laugh, is horrified when Becky – a girl he fancies – dies in the crash. He confesses all to Yuki, who advises him to do the right thing, but puts himself in danger in the process. Meanwhile, Jordan is desperate to return to the resus room from his exile in admin. Outside the hospital, he is recognised by a man who collapses in front of him. Once revived, it's clear the man has no idea who he is. Unable to get hold of Adam, who is at a school play with Jessica, Jordan decides to deal with the patient himself. But can he cope with the stressful conditions in resus? Elsewhere, Polly attends Alistair's funeral with his friend, Abe – who is delighted when she arrives knowing that she was the only important person in Alistair's life. When she discovers exactly how fantastical he imagined their relationship to be, however, she snaps – revealing exactly what went on between them. A disgusted Abe promises to tell the hospital, threatening Polly's career...
Ruth faces a festive family crisis, Lenny considers the prospect of unwanted early Christmas leave and Zoe continues to enjoy a bit too much seasonal "spirit" in this year's festive offering of the medical drama. As the competition for the fellowship continues, May is frustrated by always being regarded the least-promising of the F2s and plays a trick on Lenny which has far-reaching consequences. Acting on May's misinformation, Lenny mistakenly tells two sisters that their father, Barry, has died. He is severely reprimanded by a stressed and furious Adam and it looks as if Lenny's Christmas leave may be lasting a little longer than he would like. Ruth, meanwhile, is looking forward to celebrating Christmas with a long-lost member of her family when she notices an heirloom has gone missing from her flat. As she's plunged into a world of stolen phones, heroin overdoses and male prostitution, Ruth realises that she's likely to face Christmas alone. Will this mean she's ready to accept the support of ex-boyfriend Jay? As matters finally come to a head between Jordan and Adam over Jordan's role in the Emergency Department (ED), Jordan is forced to face the music over his future as a doctor. Meanwhile, Zoe continues to escape the stresses of her life through the bottom of a bottle. Finally, the staff find out who is responsible for the string of disappearances in the ED. Is there a thief at large or could it be a secret Santa working in mysterious ways?
It's Christmas party fever in the Emergency Department (ED) on Boxing Day as Noel heads to the celebrations at his father, David's, old people's home, and there's also the Dean's annual bash for the staff to look forward to. After a tough night in the ED, Zoe offers Noel a lift to his father's party. Noel is devastated when he doesn't recognise him but seems very close to another visitor, Jimmy. He's further worried by the fact that his father and several other residents seem ill. He begs Zoe to help his father. The F2s are on their way to help Noel's Charity Christmas visit but are suddenly called into action when they come across a car crash. Working together, they manage to stabilise their patients and get them to the ED. They are hailed as heroes by Adam in front of their colleagues and superiors at the Dean's Christmas party later that evening. The Dean, Eddie, proudly boasts to Henry that May is his daughter but she then tells him that she wants to make it on her own. Henry blurts the news to the other F2s and Lenny is disgusted at her lies and Yuki disappointed at her cover-up. Meanwhile, as Adam and Jessica's wedding day approaches, Adam completely loses his cool with a member of staff as the pressure builds at work and home. Ruth and Jay are thrown together to work on a medical case and Ruth finally admits that she's lonely after another family disaster. Letting down her guard, she accepts Jay's comfort and the pair head home together.
Feature-length episode. The big day dawns for Adam and Jessica as they prepare for their wedding but Adam is feeling rather worse for wear, as the medical drama continues. Adam emerges from the on-call room dressed as superman, following a heavy night. He walks past Henry and Zoe with as much dignity as possible but knows Jessica is going to be furious. As he prepares to leave the chaotic ED, he promises Jessica he won't be late – only to walk straight into the path of a patient, who collapses. At their country house venue, Jessica waits impatiently for Adam as the guests start to arrive. Charlie races Adam, who manages to wangle a police escort. As the service gets under way, Adam and Jessica get the giggles. But, before they are officially named man and wife, Tess interrupts – there's been a major road accident. Much to Jessica and the registrar's disgust, Adam returns to the hospital. Back at the hospital, Yuki and May are working well in the crisis unit, but Yuki is struggling to forgive May for her recent deceptions. Meanwhile, Ruth is moved by Jay's sensitive handling of a patient who has been abused. She decides that she'd like to take their relationship further. As their colleagues finish their shift, Adam and Jessica are travelling through country lanes with the kids. As Jessica chats to Zoe on the phone, Adam is forced to swerve to avoid hitting an oncoming vehicle. The call and cords is cut off just before the car skids, flips and lands on a frozen lake where the ice begins to crack. Adam tries to focus as he fights feelings of claustrophobia but, when Harry cries and Jessica leans back to comfort him, the shift in weight causes the ice to crack and the passenger front side is submerged in water. Will Adam get the family out of the car and to safety before it plunges into the icy lake?Back at the hospital, the team battle under hopeless conditions to save the accident victims. As matters go from bad to worse, Jordan faces an impossible choice – to h
The staff try to carry on as normal after the car accident, as the medical drama continues. Meanwhile, Lenny's "brother" turns up at Holby City ready to execute a long-standing plan which could have huge implications for Lenny. Lenny is delighted when long-lost friend Davey turns up at the hospital but he's less than pleased when he hears why he is back. Davey wants to carry out a plan that the two boys hatched when they were younger – to torch the children's home they both grew up in. To Lenny's horror, Davey goes through with his plan, unaware that there is someone else inside the building. Polly's career is on the line when the hearing takes place into her conduct around Alistair's death. The young paramedic is troubled when Alistair's friend, Abe, turns up to tell her that he wants her to know what it's like to lose something she cares about. She is even more concerned when Jeff's attempt to defend her turns out to be less than helpful. Charlie's son, Louis, is back in his father's life, primarily because he needs cash. Charlie is hopeful for some father-and-son bonding but Louis shows his usual disrespect and Charlie is distracted by some health problems of his own. Meanwhile, following the tumultuous events at the wedding reception, Adam has something important to tell someone. But will he find the right time and the courage?
Following the traumatic events of the New Year, Jessica takes a look back at her life, loves and career at Holby. It's 1998 and Jessica is a young nurse, casually flirting with Sean and enjoying wild nights out with best mate Linda. When Linda leaves to travel around America she gives Jessica a pebble saying that if Jessica ever finds herself in trouble it will be her lucky charm. A few years later, Jessica and Sean get married. Sean is keen for Jessica to take elocution lessons so that she sounds like a successful surgeon's wife and Jessica is keen to return to work after the birth of Amelia – much to Sean's distaste. It appears that married life isn't a bed of roses for the couple. When Amelia is older, Sean and Jessica's marriage is on shaky ground when, at a low ebb, Jessica meets Adam in a pub, goes home with him and is moved by their strong connection. Back in the present day, Linda checks up on her old friend and it's time for Adam to find out how his confession has been received.
While Adam keeps waiting by Jessica's bedside, life goes on in the Emergency Department with exams approaching for the increasingly stressed F2s. When May fails to impress Ruth and makes a clinical error, Ruth unleashes a barrage of anger on her mentee. Feeling low and worried May retaliates, resulting in a furious Ruth sending her home. Lenny can't believe his luck – with May having such a rough time and Yuki unexpectedly missing, it looks like the Fellowship is in the bag. Still raw from her confession about the abortion, Ruth has a heated conversation about May with Jay, during which he tells Ruth that she should try and be more empathetic. Brought up short by this, Ruth pays May a visit at home, where she is horrified to see May slumped in a chair, with an open bottle of wine and some pills nearby. The Ambulance Trust has made its decision in Polly's tribunal about Alistair's death, but she doesn't care either way; too scarred by events, she is determined to resign anyway. Jeff and Dixie blame each other and set out to do everything they can to change her mind. After a long shift, the team head off to five-a-side football practice. Yuki is in disappointing form, but Charlie is delighted to be selected, despite his fitness levels. But his smile soon disappears when Shona arrives looking for the errant Louis. She has some big, life-changing news for Charlie and his son.
It's a day of high tension as the young doctors try desperately to impress, with mixed fortunes, in the F2s' exam. May is given a pep talk by her father, Eddie, and is shocked when he hands her an envelope with the exam questions inside in order to help her along her way. And all the F2s are rattled when Jordan reveals that the exam will also include a day-long assessment, overseen by Henry. Yuki falters while treating Seb, a seriously ill teenager, but redeems himself when he comes up with a brilliant diagnosis. However, when he bravely tells a packed meeting that Seb told him he no longer wants to receive treatment, Henry orders him out of the room. Over-confident Lenny, meanwhile, is disappointed to be stuck in cubicles and, determined to impress, orders a series of tests for elderly patient Chick. However, he is distressed when the tests reveal something sinister and tries in vain to persuade his patient to accept treatment. May initially impresses Henry when surgeon Sarah Evans is rushed to the ED having collapsed in theatre, but she fails to chase up a test result which puts Sarah in danger. She is then horrified to discover that her father and Sarah seem unusually close. When Eddie insists he wants someone more qualified than May to treat Sarah, May is shattered. But will her lack of confidence tempt her to take a peek at the exam questions? Meanwhile, there's more heartbreak for the team as baby Harry is laid to rest and Ruth finally gathers the courage to tell Jay that she loves him, but is it too late?
Adam and Jessica struggle to keep their personal and professional lives on track after the tragic events of the past few weeks. It's the week after Harry's funeral and Jessica is finding it increasingly difficult to live and work with Adam as he reminds her so much of everything she's lost. When Jessica's long-lost friend, Linda, turns up at the Emergency Department with an injured arm, she outlines a proposition to Jessica which gives the grieving mother some food for thought. Elderly patient Mrs Bullock, meanwhile, is brought into the ED distressed and disorientated by a disturbing vision of a clown. Could her condition have anything to do with the energy drinks she's been consuming? Dixie is delighted when her father, Arthur, turns up out of the blue but saddened when he tells her some unexpected news. When Arthur sees Dixie and Jeff sharing a joke together and tells Dixie he's glad she has a supportive boyfriend, something stops her from correcting his mistake. Dog-lover Dom is surprised to be on the receiving end of a vicious attack from reputable businessman Brian, until Brian reveals that Dom's dog had previously mauled his daughter. However, Dom might just hold the key to the family's rehabilitation. Meanwhile, it's the day the F2s find out their exam results and Noel holds firm as they each try to wheedle the results out of him.
(Crossover with Holby City; part two is S12E19: Downstairs, Upstairs (2)) Charlie's chest pains are worsening, and his stress levels increase further when he gets a phone call from the police and Louis - Shona has broken into his house. He angers Louis by refusing to press charges against Shona, vowing to deal with her himself. Later he is forced to chase Shona around Holby and finds her drunk and high, slumped in a graveyard.He starts to drive her home, but a combination of the day's events and worsening pains causes Charlie to cough up blood. Shona rushes for help and Charlie is whisked into the ED, where the team stabilise him. The gang rally round as Charlie is taken upstairs to Elliot and the Holby team.Adam insists he's fine to work, but when he upsets a patient Jordan orders him to attend a counselling session before he returns. Annoyed, Adam begrudgingly agrees but, when he is later drafted in for a five-a-side football match, he takes his frustration out on a vicious player. Adam realises he may not be dealing with things as well as he had hoped.Dixie's dad, Arthur, continues to mistake Jeff and Dixie for a couple and tells his daughter he's anxious to see her settled before he dies. Dixie decides she'll give her dad what he wants and asks Jeff to marry her...
There are two new faces in the Emergency Department this week, as the medical drama continues. Robert Boulter arrives as a handsome young doctor who ruffles May's feathers; and Hotel Babylon's Raymond Coultard plays Dr Matt Strong, who has his heart set on Zoe. Meanwhile, a bereavement counsellor gets more than he bargained for from Adam. May is distracted when a handsome stranger turns up in Holby on a motorbike but, when she sees him in cubicles later, she is her usual snooty self. When the stranger reveals himself as Dr Kieron Fletcher, a young research doctor who's hoping to apply for the fellowship, May is seriously unimpressed. Kieron turns out to be a more than capable colleague, but just what is sparking his unusual interest in Jordan? Relaxing after work with a glass of wine, Zoe contacts Jordan to bury the hatchet and offer her full support now that he's head of the ED. But a bottle later, Zoe is horrified to realise that she's left a stream of messages about their relationship on Jordan's answer machine. The next day, fending off the attentions of her admirer, Dr Matt Strong, Zoe is determined to erase the machine before Jordan hears her drunken ramblings. The ED team, especially Alice, are worried about Adam's increasingly erratic behaviour but their concern is only adding to his problems. Reluctantly, Adam attends counselling to talk through his difficulties but, when the counsellor provokes Adam to get a response, the first session doesn't go quite to plan..
When disaster hits a pleasure cruiser on a lake, Adam is forced to face his demons...but will he accept his own mortality?
Jordan finds himself driven to the middle of nowhere against his will...it seems that someone has something important to tell him.
Dr Mickey Webb, a new doctor, is pranked by Charlie Fairhead and Jay Faldren using the ED starter pack.
Adam seems outwardly to be getting over Harry's death, but as the cracks start to show, Alice realises that he is bottling everything up. And when these pent up feelings are unleashed, Alice finds herself in an impossible situation...
There's a wedding and a betrayal...and one of the gang makes a fatal mistake in resus...
It's the day of a very important internal review at the ED, and Ruth finds herself in an impossible situation with one of her colleagues...will career ambitions ride roughshod over the truth?
A motorbike accident makes Jordan realise that he cares more than he realised about one of his staff. And Zoe receives an interesting offer ...
Adam's insensitivity with an elderly patient backfires...whilst elsewhere, a DNA test comes back with surprising results for all concerned.
As Adam's erratic behaviour spirals completely out of control, events take a nasty turn in an out-of-the-way farmhouse.
With the police closing in, and Adam fighting for survival...an old face returns to Holby...and maybe, just maybe, they hold the key to stopping the madness...
With Holby ED sent into lock-down, the F2s and Charlie fight for their lives as something deadly is unleashed...
Adam is forced to face the loss of his son, while Jordan discovers Jay could be in mortal danger.
Hasina Haque joins the cast as nurse Mads, who struggles to understand the stronger regional accents of her colleagues in her first job since leaving Pakistan, with serious repercussions. Two patients are admitted separately after being shot with ball bearings fired from an air rifle, but Noel's discovery of sinister footage on the internet suggests the two cases may be linked and more attacks are imminent. The incident comes to a head at Holby College, bringing terror into the heart of the fully stretched ED. Guest starring Michelle Collins (Rock Rivals), and featuring an appearance by Holby City actress Jaye Jacobs
The ED is under attack from the Press and public following the college shooting, and Jordan bears the brunt of it. A war veteran and a boy are admitted with wounds caused by an explosion, but their actions lead to the hospital being evacuated, and Ruth eagerly awaits news regarding her application for a surgical job
Jordan has to rally the team after introducing an unpopular new policy, while Zoe suspects a boy who fell from a school building had been taking LSD, which head teacher Mrs Haines claims he has been supplying to other pupils. Kirsty suspects a shooting victim's return to hospital after falling down the stairs is due to deeper psychological issues, and Ruth plans a night of intimacy with her new husband Edward. Guest starring Josie Lawrence (EastEnders' Manda Best) and Michelle Collins (Rock Rivals)
Jordan declares the Clinical Decisions Unit open for business, but the new system leaves Adam struggling to keep up - and some poor decision-making only adds to the chaos. Meanwhile, Yuki and Mads form an unlikely partnership and Edward tries to apologise to Ruth by taking her to dinner. Long-running medical drama, starring Michael French, Tristan Gemmill and Georgia Taylor
Cleaning duties are assigned to the staff in preparation for the impending inspection. However, a visit from Chrissie leaves Lenny distracted, resulting in his losing an elderly Alzheimer's patient and forgetting to tidy his designated area. His day deteriorates further when more negative press about the ED leads to a discovery about his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, Yuki realises Adam has made an incorrect diagnosis. Guest starring David Calder (The Last Enemy) and Serena Evans (The Thin Blue Line)
Jordan tries to improve public perceptions of the department, but Jeff is uncomfortable with the news that he will play a central role in the plans. As the pressure of being hailed a hero becomes too much to bear, he finds it increasingly difficult to keep his emotions under control. Meanwhile, Simone returns to the ward after collapsing in the park - giving her mother another opportunity to vent her anger at the staff, particularly Kirsty. Hospital drama, starring Michael French and Matt Bardock, with Michelle Collins (Rock Rivals) and Anna Carteret (Juliet Bravo)
The senior members of staff attend the memorial service for those killed in the college attacks, leaving Ruth determined to prove she can adeptly manage the department in their absence. However, she struggles to cope when the teenager responsible for the shootings is brought into the hospital from prison, and the situation is complicated further by the admittance of victim Simone, who is forced to face her demons. Meanwhile, Kirsty and Adam's mutual attraction grows, and Jeff tries to come to terms with his feelings
Ruth is determined to prove she is the perfect candidate for the role of Jordan's deputy and sets out to win over the staff by implementing an employee of the week scheme, but her efforts are met with opposition. Charlie is left to care for his baby grand-daughter in the ED when Shona disappears, but his struggle to balance work with personal responsibilities has dire consequences. Meanwhile, Polly becomes frustrated with Jay's apprehension over making their relationship public. Starring Georgia Taylor and Derek Thompson
Jordan attempts to rallies the troops as they have an inspection due any time in the next two weeks. Big Mac and Noel ends up theorising with Mads that the inspector might take the form of a "mystery shopper". Kirsty takes a tablet t help her sleep but she had mistaken the time and receives a call that she is due at work. Kirsty struggles to stay at work and after taking some more drugs she ends up collapsing.
Jordan attempts to rally everyone as the day of the inspection arrives. Jordan ids a bit worried though when he recognises Charlotte, the inspector. Jay is concerned when his grandmother is admitted to the hospital as he he lied to her by telling her that he is a doctor. Jay is able to persuade Ruth to do a job swap and pretend she's a nurse but things don't go quite to plan. Ruth ends up realizing that she still cares for Jay but before she can tell him she sees him kissing Polly. Jordan ends up offering to resign but has a chance to prove himself and the teams worth.
As Ruth's marriage slowly falls to pieces, does Charlie hold the key in stopping her from making yet another reckless desicion? or will he end up a victim of budget cuts. Kirsty's working day continues to be disturpted by her husband's mind games but just what is his secret and will it explain some brusies on Kirsty's arm that Adam has spotted? Polly and Jay's romance hits the rocks.
In an Episode directed by Casualty stars Sunetra Sarker & Suzanne Packer, The gang confront Ruth about her decsion to make Charlie a victim of budget cuts but can anything save his job and will Ruth finally confront her husband about his affair. Lenny vists a woman named Helen and discovers that she is his sister but when he then finds that she needs a bone marrow transplant, will he give her the chance to cling to life?
Kirsty's husband and daughter are rushed into the department following a car crash but is Warren catching on about the tension between Adam & Kirsty? The ED is thrown into dissaray by a patient-flow advisor. Is Ruth about to give her marriage to Edward another chance?
Ruth takes pleasure in revealing the results of a time and motion study but when she then plans a trip to the races in order to boost morale will she be sidelined yet again? Lenny introduces his sister to the gang but will he forced to face feelings he'd rather not face. Jeff returns to work.
Jeff takes the law into his own hands.Mads becomes torn between her own beliefs and the department's.Will Lenny be forced to dash his sister's hopes when he finds out he isn't a suitable donor match?
Jordan returns and goes head to head with Ruth over her polices but will he be forced to put his ambitions on the back burner in order to keep her in line? Lenny and Yuki go to extreme lengths to find a donor for Lenny's sister but when Ruth finds out, Yuki takes the blame but then goes on to drop a bombshell.Warren's violent colours come back to the boil when he reads a text that Kirsty has sent to Adam.
Ruth's sham marriage to Edward continues but when she and his lover James are forced to work together, they clash which to a very fatal drugs mishap. Kirsty continues to struggle to work with Adam but can she put her personal feelings to one side? Mads and Noel host a christmas party for all the patients in the ED.
When Jordan finds himself late for an important meeting, he decides to drive despite his ban – with fatal consequences.
Adam suspects Warren is being physically abusive toward Kirsty, and a tense confrontation between the two men leads to brutal consequences for her. Jordan is kidnapped at knife point and forced to treat a stab wound on Britney Carter, the cyclist who was injured in the car accident. Meanwhile, Tess tries to convince the others they should support Ruth following her difficulties with Edward.
Ruth's fragmented memories of a drunken night point to the possibility she was raped, and she struggles to control the ED in Jordan's absence. The situation grows even more traumatic when a suspected victim of domestic abuse is admitted, and she recognises him as the man who may have attacked her. Meanwhile, a woman's attempts to stop her intoxicated father from driving end in disaster.
Ruth's manic behaviour is exacerbated by the arrival of a mentally ill patient.
After her last beating, Kirsty decides that enough is enough, and it is time to leave.
Ruth finds herself sectioned in a specialist psychiatric unit after she refuses to talk to consultant Andrew Brookfield and she lashes out at Charlie. There are a series of flashbacks involving Ruth. Ruth ends up finding a bond with patient Jim.
Jordan finds his authority being threatened when the hospital's Director of Surgery, Henrik Hanssen, shows up to check out work efficiencies. Mads finds herself being forced to make an official complaint about Lenny. A Royal princess ends up being brought in for treatment.
Warren wakes from his coma and his mother reveals Kirsty's infidelity, leading him to confront Adam about the affair, but the stress proves too much for him to handle. Jordan is reintroduced to former mentor Miriam Turner, the new joint clinical lead, who clashes with him over the treatment of a pregnant Jehovah's Witness, and Jay tries to charm an attractive patient, only for her to assume he is gay. Medical drama, starring Stephen Lord, Lucy Gaskell, Tristan Gemmill and Michael French.
Kirsty and Adam both have to face some unwelcome inquiries from the police. Jay's preoccupation with his health ends up judging his judgment. Kirsty grows more concerned about Nita.
After Nita runs away, Kirsty is worried and she's not the only one, as Jay also has to face up to his own problems.
Jordan is interviewing for Ruth's replacement and Miriam thinks she knows just the person, but her old friend Dr Dylan Keogh seems reluctant to apply. However, when he hops onto a bus to come and meet her, it crashes, and he soon finds himself assisting in the ED. Jay's ultrasound reveals he has cancer, prompting him to admit defeat and tell his grandmother Maryam she is going into a home, and Ruth escapes from the psychiatric ward.
The arrival of a drug trafficker and his sick girlfriend in the ED proves a welcome distraction for Jay, whose surgery is only hours away, while Mads mistakenly believes that Lenny has asked her out on a date. Miriam and Jordan's constant bickering forces Hanssen to admit there should only be one clinical lead, but his revelation that both doctors can apply for the position is an unwelcome one. Ben Turner stars.
Ruth struggles to accept her bipolar diagnosis, but the discovery that former mentor Sarah Evans has OCD and is still a functioning doctor causes her to realise the illness need not spell the end of her career. New member of staff Dylan Keogh perseveres with a patient's treatment despite being threatened with a lawsuit, while a woman suspects her daughter may have mental health problems.
Jay struggles to cope with work as he returns from his operation, and when his grandmother is brought into the ED following a fall at her care home, he lashes out at the assistant he believes is responsible for the incident. Meanwhile, Polly decides she wants to become a counsellor, and Lenny realises the strength of his feelings for Mads. Ben Turner and Steve Miller star.
The competition between Jordan and Miriam intensifies after it is revealed the board will take into account the candidates' appraisals when appointing a sole clinical lead. Meanwhile, Jay is apprehensive about opening his cancer test results and, following a phonecall from Charlie berating him for a lack of commitment to Ruth, he visits her in the psychiatric ward. Starring Ben Turner and Michael French.
Jordan is forced to deal with the aftermath of Polly's death on his last shift as joint clinical lead, and the gang tries to hold things together for the sake of the patients. Meanwhile, Miriam is faced with the possibility of a family reconciliation when her eight-year-old step-grandson visits her in the hospital, and she realises she must choose between her loved ones and her job. Starring Michael French and Cheryl Campbell.
An administration error sees the life of a young boy hanging in the balance and leads to Adam and Tess clashing but should they be pulling together in a time of crisis? Lenny is shocked when Mads reveals that she's engaged but when she and Lenny come close to kissing and she then hails a taxi, has she made a decision that she will regret? Ruth (with Charlie's support) makes a surprise return to the department but during all the chaos, will she fail at the first hurdle?
Tess treats a teenage paitent who used to be friends with her son and when it is revealed that he cannot have a new liver due to his drinking Tess takes drastic action but when Henry finds out and forces her to take the blame for a another paitent death, she refuses and makes a stand against bureaucracy but will the rest of the department support her?
Following Tess's depature the previous week Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco) who is a friend of Adam's ex wife joins the overworked staff at the department. Mads is confronted by the man who forced himself on her in a taxi but will she report the incident to the police in the wake of his behaviour.
Linda struggles to get the team on-side on her first as clinical nurse manager and she is shocked when her one night stand turns up at the hospital with a bombshell. Dylan returns to the hospital for the first time since Polly's death and ends up helping to solve a mysterious patient case.
Adam is worried that he is becoming too detached from his patients and tries to give a patient with terminal cancer a dignified death at home but incurs Jordan's wrath in the process. Dixie has reservations when Jeff agrees to let Karl Fontayne shadow them and her fears soon prove correct when Karl's friend turns up at the ED and trouble soon brews.
Ruth has an interview to determine whether she will be fully reinstated as a doctor, but despite appearing confident, she buckles under the pressure when a stroke victim is brought into the ED. A hung-over Linda clashes with Tess over management styles, and a run-in with a grieving patient prompts her to reassess her attitude. Meanwhile, Jeff continues to mentor troubled teen Karl despite everyone considering him a lost cause.
Sex offender Matthew is brought into the hospital after being attacked former victim's father. Adam is tempted to help him when he says he wishes he was dead especially after a talk with Matthew’s ashamed mother, Goldie. Mads is upset when she finds out that her new friend is the wife of her attacker.
Brothers Michael and Daniel are due in court. Daniel is has asbestos poisoning and is dying, a condition brought on by working for the family business. Michael ends up taking action to stop Daniel from testifying. Dylan is fed up with the Clinical Decision Unit and wants more exciting and unusual problems to solve.
A couple who run a pharmacy take dramatic action against a heroin addict who have been terrorising them with shocking concequences. Jordan is furious when he finds out that the girl that Dylan lent a bed to is underage. A terrifed Mads continues to live in fear of her attacker Ash but can Lenny persuade her to go to the police.
Adam's moralistic attitude leads to him clashing with Kirsty which ends with the truth about Warren's abuse being revealed to the entire staff in the department. Jordan allows Ruth to return to the department on a probationary period but her first day is anything but easy.
Adam finds himshelf under investigation from Jordan as his past medical errors finally begin to catch up with him after a paedophle is admitted into the hopsital. Mads helps to mend the rift between a father and son. Kirsty is given the courage to make a drastic decsion about her future by a patient.
An explosion at an airport sends shock waves through the ED. The gang are pushed to their limits, and Adam is given a chance to atone for his sins - is it too little, too late?
As Jeff and Dixie clean out their ambulance new team members Omar and Tamzin show up. Tamzin makes a bad first impression after she accidentally breaks Jeff's A-Team mug. Jeff and Dixie end up called out to a remote farmhouse, where a drugs baron and a pack of ferocious dogs live. Jordan is concerned that the symptoms of his brain tumour are coming back.
Scarlett and Lloyd start their first shift in the ED as a pair of new nurses. Teaching assistant, Harry finds himself coming unstuck in his new job.
New mother Annie, skateboarder Richie, white-collar worker Chris and teenager Fiona are admitted with sickness and dilated pupils. The race is soon on to get to the bottom of the mystery as their conditions get worse. New nurses Lloyd and Scarlet find it hard to cope with the emotional demands of their positions.
Emma Samms (Dynasty's Fallon Carrington Colby) stars in the show's 25th anniversary episode, as a woman mistakenly convinced she is being pursued by a stranger. Meanwhile, new nurse Lloyd's life is placed in jeopardy when he refuses to break his moral code and lie to a patient, and Zoe is surprised to learn Dylan helps paramedics at the scene of accidents on a voluntary basis. With Sunetra Sarker and Michael Obiora.
Jesse falls from a rope ladder and keeps passing out. Ruth and Jay treat him but as his condition gets worse he needs surgery straight away to relieve the pressure in his brain. Lloyd is responsible for keeping an eye on the injured Seb, who wants to get home to his wife. Lloyd races after he slips away and ends up making a shocking discovery at his house. Ruth ends up being grateful for Jay's support.
Annie and Chloe return to the hospital as Chloe is being treated for a blood clot on the leg and Annie believes that she’s using again. When dealer Felix shows up, it puts Chloe’s safety and the future of the clinic under threat. The appearance of an estranged brother at a funeral ends in violence and a long-held family secret ends up being revealed.
Chloe is in a critical condition after her beating from a dealer. Linda blames Jordan for closing the drugs programme and resorts to desperate measures when Annie's grief and withdrawal symptoms threaten to overwhelm her. Meanwhile, Omar and Jeff learn the importance of teamwork.
A teenage girl is admitted to the ED after losing consciousness on a bridge and falling onto Charlie's car, but the staff are perplexed by her claims that she can see angels. Meanwhile, Scarlett has doubts about a career in nursing, and the treatment of a stab victim puts her abilities to the test.
Charlotte Salt (The Tudors) joins the cast as Sam Nicholls, an ambitious Army medic on secondment. She begins by joining a paramedic crew for the day, but has to rely on her military training when an aggressive driver rams the ambulance off the road. Meanwhile, Noel is keen to increase security after a run-in with an angry patient, but an encounter with a grieving mother (Tracie Bennett) changes his mind
Annie and her pimp Damon are admitted to the ED with injuries sustained from fighting each other, and Linda begins to wonder whether her efforts to save the heroin addict from her destructive habit are futile. Meanwhile, Dylan is shocked when he sees new recruit Sam, and it soon becomes clear the pair already know each other
Jeff and Dixie suspect an elderly man of using their ambulance as a taxi service, but Lloyd investigates the patient's medical history and uncovers the cause of his health complaints. A boy is seriously hurt after being caught in the crossfire between two warring families, and Lenny receives upsetting news
Dixie is forced to take a call during her break, only to become frustrated by what appears to be a hoax. Unhappy with her working conditions, she complains to ambulance controller Louise, but their feud has fatal consequences. Meanwhile, Dylan goes beyond the call of duty to help a frightened youngster whose mother appears to have taken an instant dislike to him
Feature-length episode in which the refurbished ED opens for the first time since the fire. The new facilities are put to the test when a traffic accident occurs on a nearby dual carriageway, and a pipe explosion causes a cloud of poisonous gas to engulf Holby. The staff are stretched to their limits despite the efforts of new paediatric doctor Tom Kent (Oliver Coleman), and as tempers fray, a patient lashes out at Dylan. Guest starring Marshall Lancaster (Ashes to Ashes) and Colin Buchanan (Dalziel & Pascoe).
Paediatric doctor Tom Kent formally joins the team the day after the Silverton explosion, but finds himself investigating a mystery. Dylan accuses Sam of interfering when her efforts to reunite a dying patient with his ex-wife go awry, and Jordan is uncharacteristically ruffled by attractive police chief Yvonne Rippon (Rachel Shelley from The L Word). With Oliver Coleman and Michael French.
Linda's sister Denise, on the run from social services, arrives at Holby ED with her teenage daughter Britney and young son Joe, and turns her sibling's life upside down.
Linda is faced with a problem when Denise fails to return for Britney and Joe, and Dylan meets his match when he treats an acerbic homeless man involved in a traffic accident.
Hospital drama. A woman learns she cannot cope with the challenges of looking after her beloved mother, who has Alzheimer's.
Sam throws herself into treating a patient she believes has been sexually assaulted as a way of distancing herself from her own problems with Keith Parr, much to the worry of Zoe and Dylan.
There's a new paramedic in Holby. Calling himself Rossy, he works alone and is responding to all the shouts faster than Jeff and Dixie. Jeff likes the way Rossy is willing to go into potentially dangerous situations to get the job done. He seems too good to be true, and soon Dixie finds out he might be just that. Meanwhile, 30-year-old Tara is getting ready for a special meal with her boyfriend, Simon. She thinks he may ask to make their relationship a little more formal. But her younger sister, Gemma, is less than thrilled about the idea of them getting married. Does she know a secret about Simon? Elsewhere, Brendan's fiance Ali has found a message on his phone from a woman he has arranged to meet, and suspects him of having an affair. She goes to her best friend Stella for moral support, and together they plan to confront her boyfriend and the woman he is meeting
Sam is told to keep her head down by Jordan after a formal complaint is made to the GMC.
The ED reaps the fallout from the shooting of Jacob Broker when Stevie's girlfriend Jade is brought in, injured as the result of a Farmead Crew attempt to ensure Stevie's silence.
Tensions reach boiling point when Anton's Farmead Crew run riot in the ED. Can Jordan and Yvonne restore order to the chaos?
Sam throws herself into helping an old soldier and his son in an effort to distract herself from the GMC interviews.
Jordan's date with Yvonne is put on hold when a former ED patient nearly dies in the cells, but who is at fault, and can Jordan and Yvonne's relationship survive the investigation?
A woman takes extreme action after living next door to nightmare neighbours for years.
Dr Sam Nicholls' past in Afghanistan.
Sam attempts to treat an injured young woman and her drug addict sister, but is the looming GMC hearing putting her off her game?
Will Sam be cleared of wrongdoing by the GMC hearing? And what painful memories will be revealed when she's confronted by an old friend, Corporal Dean, who has been called to give evidence against her?
The gang are shocked when a young boy dies in the ED and the police, believing his death to be suspicious, investigate his grieving parents.
Dylan and Sam try to put aside their differences in order to get to the bottom of a case.
Tom is once again drawn into the world of Alicia and Jonas, Dixie befriends a teenage misfit and Linda's attempts to build a happy family are dealt a serious blow.
Charlie helps a family deal with a 16-year-old debt which has come back to haunt them.
Lenny and Linda search for her young niece after she gets into the car of a strange man.
Sam's return to the Army is jeopardised when a fellow soldier asks her to lie for him and Lloyd is less than impressed with new nurse Fletch.
The ED staff handle the fallout of a fatal breakdown of communication in the course of a police initiative on a crime-ridden housing estate.
It is three days after the death of Wesley Royce. He was stunned by police in his home after a passer-by reported an argument taking place between him and his partner Faith. He was taken to Holby City Emergency Department, but died unexpectedly. The death is being investigated and the local community are demanding answers...
Jordan is forced to operate on his girlfriend as the continuing riots block his way to the ED.
Jeff and Dixie's relationship.
Zoe's first day as the ED'S clinical lead gets off to a trying start when the team are faced with dealing with the aftermath of a tunnel collapse at a music festival.
Tamsin faces a ghost from her past when she and Jeff attend a call out at a lap dancing club. Sam attempts to unravel the mystery of a patient with amnesia.
Sam and Tom are pushed to their limits when a female cage fighter insists on fighting against their advice, and a wedding is threatened to be ruined by devastating news.
Dylan and Tess must treat an agitated pregnant woman, while Fletch tries to unravel the relationship between a teenage girl and her swimming coach.
The team is put to the test when Holby is hit by severe weather, and the stress of work and dealing with a face from the past leads Big Mac's health to take a dangerous turn.
Medical drama. Fletch plays a practical joke on Lloyd after a staff night out, and Dylan attempts to teach a medical student about the dangers of alcohol abuse.
The team deal with an accident at a troubled small business, and a young businessman with heart problems is demanding staff find his missing phone
Zoe oversteps the line when she attempts to help a vulnerable young woman, and Mac gets into serious trouble on his first day back when a patient with Alzheimer's appears to have swallowed some cleaning fluid.
Zoe struggles to deal with the fallout of a suspected E. coli outbreak, and Dylan is touched by an elderly patient who has lost his beloved wife.
Zoe and the ED reap the fallout from the E-coli outbreak and things go from bad to worse for farmer Rob.
Dylan deals with a woman whose pregnancy is not all it seems, and teenager Angel is desperate to get some cash together to pay off her bullies.
Tamzin's decision not to treat an aggressive patient has serious repercussions, and Tom and Sam differ over how to approach a family with a dark secret.
A family are shocked to find out an intruder isn't all he seems to be, and a woman finds out she's the heir to her nasty aunt's fortune.
Tensions once again rise between Tom and Dominic as they argue over the treatment of a baby with severe hypothermia, and Dylan finally admits that he has not moved on from Sam.
It's Christmas Eve and the nurses from Holby ED head out to party. Fletch dreads all the stress that the big day brings, so he busies himself sorting out everybody else's problems.
Three of the four new student nurses interview each other about their new job at the ED.
Paramedic Jeff arrives at the scene of a school coach crash.
Jordan fights to keep his girlfriend's life support machine switched on but when an ill young woman arrives in the ED, he's forced to reconsider his motives.
It is the day of Yvonne Rippon's funeral, and Nylon gets Jordan to visit him.
Jordan is called on to save the life of the person who killed his girlfriend.
New doctor Ash hits the ground running when he treats a patient with suspected rabies, and Aoife is forced to take control when ex-boyfriend Craig arrives in Holby.
David tracks down his estranged wife, Kate, to get her help in saving their 10-year-old son who is dying of leukaemia. Meanwhile, Zoe has had to go home sick, leaving Ash to deal with the continuing flu epidemic.
Jeff must persuade David to act in his son's best interests, Fletch is determined to help an elderly man in love, and Zoe returns from sick leave and clashes with Ash.
Big Mac thinks he may have finally found the woman of his dreams but when she mistakes him for a doctor he doesn't set her straight. Ash clashes with Zoe when he carries out a risky procedure without telling her.
Ash and Zoe struggle to make a teenage boy accept the severity of his father's condition, while Linda helps a pregnant woman cope with her waster boyfriend.
Jeff is caught up in a marital dispute, and Robyn breaches patient confidentiality.
Robyn has to try and save her friend's life when a day at the fairground goes badly wrong.
Tom helps a young man with a troubled home life. Jamie treats a young boxer.
Zoe and Ash must work together to reunite two schoolgirls injured during a science exam.
Zoe goes out of her way to help and protect a young girl who she believes is at risk of female genital mutilation. Fletch deals with a man who needs to take responsibility for his health and lifestyle.
Jeff is distressed when his father and sister are involved in a car accident.
When hoodies break into an off-licence, it is more than just a random attack, and a family must pull together to stop the gang's reign. When a confused and disoriented Godfrey brings his dog Lulu to the ED, it takes teamwork to discover the sad truth behind his condition.
Ash deals with his daughter's admission to the ED after being hit by a drunken police driver, while Tom's judgement is called into question when a baby he has discharged nearly dies.
Linda's nursing experience enables her to see the bigger picture concerning a patient.
Tom is determined to show that a previous misdiagnosis isn't affecting his confidence.
When Tess witnesses a stabbing she becomes involved with the attacker and victim.
Ash and Zoe have to protect a local shopkeeper who has been harassed by unruly kids.
When Marcus is mugged, Sam and Fletch work together to reveal who the real victim is.
Tom is on a personal visit to a prison when unrest breaks out and trouble ensues.
New trainee doctor Lily jumps straight in to investigate a disastrous robbery on the open road, while Dixie builds a bond with a game old bird to help her carry out a romantic mission.
Nurse Rita is late for her first shift as she contends with an injured neighbour whose hoarding has got out of control, while Jamie bonds with a failed asylum seeker too scared to tell the authorities he's gay.
Lily is assigned to an emotional case involving a teenage cancer patient.
Treating two brothers tests Iain and Jeff's ability to get on.
Rita and Ash look after a young girl who is keeping secrets from her boyfriend.
Iain helps a teenager caught up in a fatal car crash to face up to the truth.
Tess has to confront her own problems when a pregnant woman is involved in an RTC.
Ash and Tess work to discover why a mother and daughter are so at odds about how far the team should go to save the father's life, while Jamie accidentally helps crack open a love triangle.
Rita's day with the paramedics brings her close to a patient in a serious entrapment.
Iain is deeply affected by two police officers who stir up his memories of army life and Charlie tries to help a young family keep hold of their little girl.
The exclusive episode begins with Iain agreeing to visit a fellow former soldier, who he served with in Afghanistan. Persuading Sam to accompany him to the hospital where Kenny is being treated, they are surprised to discover it’s not a veterans’ hospital, but a rehabilitation centre for soldiers suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Inside the centre, Kenny welcomes Sam and assumes she and Iain are now together. He reminds her of all the letters Iain used to write to her, much to Sam’s confusion as she never received any. As Iain struggles to confront his own past the bond between him and Sam deepens. And when Sam has to make a call to Tom, will she tell the truth about where she is and who she is with?
Lily suspects steroids are to blame for a violent dispute between some rugby players.
Fletch has to rescue a child from danger when two brothers are involved in an accident.
Sam and Tom's wedding plans are disrupted when a man is electrocuted by a Christmas tree.
A new locum doctor called Cal shows up for work and his skills are soon tested after a girl with kidney trouble is trapped in a crashed car hanging precariously off a bridge. Ethan discovers the truth about an art student whose sight has been endangered by some flying glass.
Dixie and Rita see a woman running away from an alley in distress, and decide to approach one of the men who was with her. After one of the men hurts himself, he blames Dixie for his injuries. Ethan and Cal are puzzled by a patient who managed to lose his voice.
Rita helps a rape victim gain the courage to press charges, while Zoe treats an eccentric ex-Tiller girl who must tell the truth about the daughter she put up for adoption.
An intruder breaks into Robyn's home leading her to impale her foot as Ash decides to teach Lily a lesson.
With his friend still distressed, Ian tries to help as a keen eye helps a younger brother.
A pair of environmental activists are brought in for treatment after causing the explosion of a lorry during an anti-fracking demonstration, and Ethan's conscience is tested when it turns out they are both hiding secrets from each other. Rita and Zoe help a desperate prisoner repair his relationship with his mother, while Lily and Ash go head to head at the latter's disciplinary hearing
Former director of surgery Connie Beauchamp returns to the hospital and manages to make a good impression on her first day as she saves a man from prison. Ash decides to finally take his daughter Ella in hand.
Connie, Zoe and Lily work together to try and help a father and his daughter, but it proves difficult as the girl suffers from ADHD. Charlie helps a biker come to terms with the fact that his his wife is suffering with dementia.
A prank by a group of girls leads to the discovery of a morbidly obese man suffering a severe asthma attack - but if he is to be treated properly, the medics need to extract him from his first-floor window. The paramedics witness a motorcyclist fleeing a crime with the victim in pursuit, so when his bike skids they are well placed to deal with his badly broken leg - and before long, Dixie finds herself bonding with the angry young criminal. Back in the ED, Robyn is flattered by Cal's support for her during an assessment, only to have her hopes dashed
Fletch attempts to build bridges between a feuding father and son following a car crash in which another sibling suffered a serious head injury. Cal tries to impress Lily as they work together on a patient who appears to have used the internet to diagnose himself with a brain tumour, and Jeff agrees to cover for Ash's daughter, Ella, after she suffers an allergic reaction to ketamine at Robyn's house party
Dixie informs an injured motorbike rider that his mother is in a hospice and that if he doesn't go see her soon, it could be too late. Zoe attempts to find out more about Ginny, a woman who collapsed at her birthday party. Fletch really needs to gt his hands on some money forcing him to ask for extra shifts at work.
An adult reading lesson does not go to plan after a woman becomes jealous of her tutor's girlfriend and causes her to end up in hospital after she suffers with an asthma attack. An elderly woman and her couple of grandchildren make plans to have the best day ever but things don't go to plan.
Ash works out the truth about his daughter after a patient’s experience with drugs goes bad. Fletch fights to repair a broken family on a couple’s wedding day.
Tess is in a awkward position when a pregnant teenager has issues with her father. Cal has to help out a family in which two siblings are feuding after a horrible accident at a Italian restaurant.
Hospital drama. Connie tries to help a father come to terms with his son's sexuality, while Cal helps treat a severely paranoid patient.
Rita finds herself in a quandary when a fire in a care home for the elderly leaves her with access to a terminal patient whose ongoing treatment raises a number of concerns - ones that may not be popular if she opts to raise them with the regular medical staff. Lily treats a man with toothache, but persuading him to acknowledge the real cause of his pain proves to be a difficult task. Elsewhere, Connie questions Zoe's competence during a meeting with CEO Guy Self (guest star John Michie), and Lofty returns to the Emergency Department
A man with dementia is brought in after suffering a bump to the head, and after giving the staff the runaround he finally settles down thanks to Connie. But as his condition worsens, can she save him? Jeff and Tamzin are called out to a party where the boiler has exploded, putting intense pressure on an already busy department as an influx of revellers turn in the ED. Ethan and Rita suspect one of the partygoers of being bulimic, while a frustrated father is forced to leave without his ill son being seen.
Zoe sticks up for the ED when the press turn up but a horrific helicopter accident is the last straw that pushes her to make a difficult decision.
Metal thieves attempt to steal copper from a railway line, only for one of them to be injured and taken to the ED - leaving the other two to cause an accident that derails a train. Among the passengers is a boy being packed off to boarding school and Tess, who must fight to save the youngster's life. But when she becomes trapped herself, Fletch makes a massive sacrifice to save her. Back at the hospital, Connie spends her first day as clinical lead, Ethan and Lily make up, and Cal is still in the doghouse
A highly competitive man ignores Ethan's advice to take it easy after a car accident, putting himself and his son in danger when they take part in a cross-country race - although it does bring Jeff a new love interest in the shape of race organiser Samantha (former Corrie star Michelle Collins), who is also injured along the way. A pregnant woman and her builder are trapped by a collapse on the site of her house build, while back at the hospital, Connie begins to assert her authority over the department
A drugs counsellor enlists the help of a former addict to carry out a carjacking in his desperate bid for money - but when he ends up coughing up blood, it turns out there is something he has been keeping from his wife. Cal is negligent when dealing with the carjacking victim - something that doesn't go unnoticed by Connie - and a leukaemia survivor is suspected of hurting her baby, while Tess returns to the department with a new-found sense of direction in her life. There's tension between Tamzin and Jeff when he goes on a date with Samantha
Rita is thrown when her husband Mark turns up at the ED after being badly beaten in prison. He refuses to have any treatment unless she agrees to talk to him about their divorce. Connie, unaware of Rita's connection with Mark, resorts to disrupting the nurse's job interview in order to get him to surgery. How long will Rita be able to keep her secret? Lofty and Cal use some creative thinking to reunite a couple struggling to cope with their autistic son, Cal also continues his game of chess with brother Ethan. Returning after a four-week break
Cal and Ethan jointly solve a medical mystery after a man suffering from numerous undiagnosed conditions is brought in suffering an epileptic fit. When a patient is revealed as the revenge target of a taxi driver, Rita digs deeper and helps him to admit to his wife the full facts of the tragic road accident in which he was the driver. Following the discovery that Rita's husband is alive, the staff in the ED continue to struggle to accept the truth about the colleague they had been led to believe was a grieving widow. As Connie discusses her feelings on the senior staff nurse position with Tess, has Rita now ruined her chance of promotion?
Zoe is feeling the pressure of reaching her 40th birthday and finds unexpected support in the form of an ex- patient. Cal steals Ethan's proposal idea, but Lily is determined to reveal the truth to Connie. Meanwhile, the competitive duo treat a man who has struck by a falling crate, and when a routine CT scan picks up a pre-existing condition and his son suffers an allergic reaction, alarm bells are sounded. Meanwhile, a building site accident brings a warring father and son closer together as an illness is revealed, Mac convinces Jeff he's being followed by Tamzin's boyfriend Dave, and Rita's behaviour starts to worry both staff and patients when her drinking becomes impossible to conceal
Jeff discovers that Samantha has been keeping a big secret from him when he comes face to face with her husband. Although the paramedic protests his innocence, the two men soon come to blows, with Samantha caught in the middle - but then someone grabs a kitchen knife. Meanwhile, Max helps a young couple stand up to their families, who don't want them to be together, and Charlie returns to work, although it's clear he's not firing on all cylinders
Rita loses her temper with a patient when she turns out to be dishonest, Cal helps a schoolgirl come to terms with her HIV and Max convinces a rock legend to come clean. Hospital drama, starring Chloe Howman, Richard Winsor and Jamie Davis as the emergency medical staff
Connie's old boss Andrea returns to the ED as the specialist doctor to a young heart patient, and her insistence that the boy should be operated on, despite his obvious weakness, makes Connie suspicious of her motives. A young man sneaks into the department, deeply distressed by a huge abscess in his mouth, and Lofty becomes concerned for his mental health. Dixie's nose is put out of joint by Tamzin and Jeff's relationship, claiming she doesn't trust Tamzin - but is it just jealousy? Ash visits Rita at home and ends up covering for her at work, while Charlie gets a day off - which he spends hanging around the ED.
A wedding ends in disaster when the floor collapses, and as Robyn and Ethan assist the paramedics, it seems the only way of freeing the trapped bride is to amputate her leg. Back at the hospital, Max struggles to win over a teenage girl who has been brought in with severe abdominal pains, while Lofty grows suspicious when a woman treated for minor injuries later returns with bad facial wounds. Is she a victim of domestic abuse?
Connie celebrates the department hitting its targets by taking a few select members of her team out for the day. However, the medics soon lose their way, and as they focus on maps and sat-navs, minibus driver Ethan takes his eye off the road for one second too long - leading to a horrifying collision. Connie manages to get to her phone, but will the ambulance be in time to save her and the others? Back at Holby, as Jeff's relationship with Tamzin takes another step, he finally makes it clear to Dixie where she stands, while Cal faces embarrassment when two old flames turn up at the hospital
A couple of old faces return to Holby as the team gathers for the funeral, on an emotional day that proves draining for most. Ash can't help but feel guilty about his colleague's death, Dixie throws herself into work and Cal worries when Ethan disappears from his hospital bed to attend the funeral. Meanwhile, Lofty treats an OCD sufferer and a new member of staff makes an impression on Noel. Chelsee Healey joins the cast
A man dies from a mysterious injury, leaving Connie wondering whether she missed something. Cal and Ethan discover a rare virus that connects two patients. Hospital drama, starring Amanda Mealing, George Rainsford and Richard Winsor as the emergency medics
Connie has a complaint made against her, while Dixie continues to rage about Jeff - causing ripples through the department and a confrontation with Ash, who still feels guilty about his colleague's death. Lofty treats a boy who is sick of being stopped and searched, and Zoe makes a welcome return - and brings an extra surprise with her
It's football derby day in Holby and the fans are getting in the mood with a few pints in the pub - and before long a fight breaks out, requiring the paramedics to be called out. The ED staff are kept on their toes, however, when the violence spills over into the hospital corridors. Meanwhile, a young woman injured at the pub is hiding something from her fiance, Ash struggles to cope under pressure and Dixie continues to grieve for Jeff. Rita's promotion is announced to the team, and Mac makes a decision about his career.
A suspicious death leads Lily on a murder mystery investigation that nearly costs her life.
An asylum seeker is admitted after a fall but when she refuses life-saving surgery because of her religious beliefs, Ash becomes increasingly frustrated in his attempts to convince the patient to change her mind. Big Mac experiences his first day as a health care assistant, and tries to help a Burmese man reunite with the daughter he hasn't seen since she was a young girl, and Ethan has trouble diagnosing a teenager who is convinced she has cancer like her mum - so Dylan steps in to help
Ash is angered by a patient's lifestyle choice, Big Mac treats an old lady who seems confused after foiling a robbery on a shop and Ethan has a breakthrough. Connie is forced to bring her daughter into work
Ash disagrees with Dylan about how to treat a suspected overdose. Cal treats a patient with a large abscess, and Zoe gets annoyed when Cal flirts with her patient.
Honey reveals a shocking secret which rocks Noel's world. Ash, Charlie, Dixie and Iain attend a call-out to a cathedral when a chandelier collapses leaving the congregation crushed under rubble. Lily treats a man who is insistent he is Jesus. Connie and Grace's relationship strains as Connie continues to prioritise patients over her own daughter.
Connie continues to fail with coping with her daughter and her problems escalate when news of the video footage reaches her and she accuses Zoe. Charlie criticises Connie's manner with a struggling young mother and goes on to provide the help she needs. Honey and Noel make some progress in their fledgling relationship of daughter and father.
Tess hands in her resignation as clinical nurse manager, prompting Lofty to convince Rita to apply for the new position. Connie is shocked to discover the video footage has leaked online. She faces further heartbreak as Grace reveals she wants to live with her grandmother instead. Zoe treats a male who has fallen through a shed roof, but his symptoms show he has scurvy.
Connie struggles without Grace, and the day of Hailey Blake's court case arrives. Connie throws herself into work and treats a hallucinating patient who, upon taking LSD, jumped seven metres from a shopping centre into a ball pit below. As Ethan discovers a mysterious scar on her lower abdomen, he becomes suspicious and investigates further. Zoe treats Hailey after she suffers a panic attack outside the ED, and after later conversing with Connie, they reach the conclusion to not go any further with their court case. Robyn decides she needs to become more helpful, so sets up a food bank.
Rita's first day as Clinical Nurse Manager gets off to a bad start when her disgraced husband Mark turns up to talk to her, having been released from prison. When Connie's daughter Grace is reported missing, Connie accuses the ex-con of abduction. Honey hurts her ankle while re-auditioning at the pole-dancing club, and to keep things discreet she calls on Ethan to help, while Lofty deals with a patient who thinks her child is being abused.
A single father and his two teenage children are brought in after a car crash, but the dad only seems concerned about his daughter, leaving his son feeling neglected. Big Mac's money worries lead him to a pawn shop - where he encounters a window cleaner who appears to have been stabbed - and a man is admitted with abdominal pain, although the doctors become suspicious when they can find nothing wrong with the patient. A determined Connie throws herself into work after losing Grace, Tess returns to the department and Honey is upset when Ethan gives her the cold shoulder - especially after they had been getting so close.
Rita fights for a soldier, Robyn sees that even good deeds have consequences and Lofty confronts his fears. It's inspection day, what could possibly go wrong?
Connie helps a mother realise that sometimes acceptance has to come in place of justice.
Lofty and Dylan bond over a patient with a big secret. Connie helps a teenage girl.
Dixie convinces former drug addict Dave not to give up on himself, or his relationship with his father and son after an accident involving his caravan exposes drugs in a cupboard. Connie finds a friend in Alfred, a patient suffering from motor neurone disease who used to be a surgeon, and discovers he is finding life unbearable in a care home. Zoe and Max continue their secret fling, but the porter decides he wants everything out in the open and gives Zoe till the end of the shift to come up with a reason to stay private.
Lily faints while on a shift, treating a man with an arrow stuck in his rear. Later, when Dylan offers to give Lily a taxi she denies the offer and decides to rides her moped home instead. Overtired, she falls asleep while driving. Meanwhile Amy Hills, an air hostess, is knocked unconscious by falling hand luggage on a plane. Lily's husband resorts to drug taking and collapses, sweaty, in the emergency department. Connie is furious at Rita after a meeting between the two results in Connie missing her farewell to Alfred.
Due to having worked excessive hours, Lily falls asleep on her moped while driving home. In a blur, she crashes into a schoolgirl. When she is later interrogated by the schoolgirl's father she admits she was overtired, so the father angrily blames Connie and Lily. However, Lily is in the clear, as the schoolgirl later admits that she deliberately stepped out in front of Lily's moped to stop her father from going on a business trip abroad. Rita decides that enough is enough and tells the nurses to work to rule by doing only what is in their job descriptions instead of letting senior staff make them do porter's work and suchlike. A mother and baby are admitted, and when amphetamines are found in their blood the staff become concerned, but it is later found that a man was making methamphetamine in the flat below and letting drug vapour rise upstairs. He is later admitted to the hospital after his meth lab explodes.
Zoe's day starts with a video call from Maggie. Zoe is then torn between treating a six-year-old girl who was run over by her father or a pregnant woman fearing her baby is coming. She prioritises the six-year-old girl; but she dies. Then, on the way home the pregnant woman suffers contractions, causing her ex-boyfriend to be distracted resulting in a car crash. When they return to the hospital, Zoe must choose whether to perform a caesarian or REBOA - she picks the REBOA, however both the mother and baby die. However Zoe then wonders what the outcome would be if she retook her day. Zoe retakes her day, this time prioritising the pregnant woman. The six-year-old girl dies. On the way home the pregnant woman is again involved in a car crash and is admitted again; however this time she performs a caesarian. The baby survives but the mother dies. Zoe then gets up half an hour earlier: this time everything goes right - the six-year-old survives, and so does the mother and baby.
Connie continues to help her friend Alfred, who has motor neurone disease, and gives him special treatment. But as his condition deteriorates, she is placed in a quandary when he asks her to help him die. A former heroin addict lies about his past to protect his future wife, little realising the danger he is putting himself in, while a young woman is brought in after deliberately crashing her car to claim on the insurance. Ethan discovers that Cal stole his money, Taylor disappears and Iain applies for a new job.
A pregnant young woman gives birth in the back of Dixie's ambulance - but when her pushy teacher arrives at the hospital claiming to be adopting the baby, Connie suspects the confused new mum was coerced into the agreement. A schoolboy takes revenge on the bully who is making his life a misery, although it backfires when both his tormentor and his teacher are badly injured. Cal is hurting following Taylor's disappearance and apologises to Ethan for stealing his money
A construction worker outside the hospital loses control of his digger, taking out the power in the ED and half-burying a young woman - who just happens to be his own daughter who had come to see him. Alfred is rushed in with pneumonia and when Connie insists the team don't intervene, Rita becomes suspicious. Cal receives a phone call from a distressed Taylor and finds her in a public toilet with a knife in her leg, having got mixed up with the wrong people. It's a bad wound and she is refusing to go to hospital, so he realises he needs Ethan's help. But things don't quite work out as expected
As a new shift starts at Holby, Connie wakes up in a police cell, desperate to prove her innocence in the Alfred case - but she reckons without Rita's interference. Two teenage lovers are brought in after a house fire suspected of being arson, although things soon get confusing when the girl's mum appears and no one seems to be telling the truth. A young woman catches Lofty's eye when she comes in with an infected tattoo.
It's the day of Connie's trial for Alfred's murder - will Rita come forward with the evidence required to clear her name? A young girl from a care home is admitted after cutting her wrists, and the staff have reason to suspect she is being abused. An elderly woman ends up with hypothermia after swimming in the sea. But when her daughter turns up at the hospital, it seems there's more to the patient's story than meets the eye
Charlie goes to Bucharest to track down his missing son Louis, taking Connie with him. They discover that Louis is addicted to heroin, and owes money to some shady characters. Charlie tries to stop his son from selling his kidney on the black market to pay his debts, while Connie offers moral support to Louis' girlfriend and finds comfort with a local doctor - only to realise he may not be trustworthy
Marcus, a young, talented skater, gets mixed up with the wrong crowd and ends up robbing an arcade run by the unscrupulous proprietor Keong. When the situation escalates, a skate-shop owner tries to stop the incident coming to a tragic end. Meanwhile, in the Emergency Department, Charlie worries about Louis's wellbeing following his return from Romania, and Lily helps a young woman - who happens to be one of Keong's employees - escape a difficult situation involving a wager placed on her ailing mother's odds of survival by her decidedly dodgy boss.
Cal and Ethan plan to travel to Finland, to help a patient take part in a potentially life-saving clinical trial. However, they soon find themselves entangled in a wider family crisis involving a son who is unable to come to terms with the seriousness of his mother's illness. Meanwhile, Zoe tries to connect with the victim of a car accident who seems to be unable to speak, Dylan's successes as the clinical lead are brought to an abrupt end when Connie takes back the role, and Zoe decides to move into a flat with Max after growing weary of life with the gang
Louis sticks up for a lost teenage girl, unwittingly leading to his heroin addiction becoming common knowledge, and forcing Charlie to take action. Meanwhile, a patient dies while under Dylan's care following a botched team-building exercise, and Connie returns with a new leadership technique, leaving her colleagues less than impressed
Dixie tries to help an unstable mother, Suzy, who is grieving for her baby, but soon suspects that she has abducted another one to replace her own, leading to a dramatic turn of events that puts Suzy and the child's lives at risk. Cal reluctantly teams up with a leukaemia patient to work together to raise money for charity by producing a nude calendar, while Charlie finds Louis trying to take heroin and takes him to see the body of a dead addict for shock therapy, leading Louis to issue one more cry for help
Charlie continues his efforts to help Louis manage his heroin withdrawal, but seems to be fighting a losing battle with his son, while Cal convinces a pushy mum to come clean to her daughter after she fails to reach a beauty pageant. Robyn and Zach finally share a kiss, Dylan's bad day suddenly improves after he mistakenly pockets a 'lucky' talisman, and Zoe and Max fall out over money, with Max choosing to spend a night sleeping in the car after his embarrassment becomes too much for him to bear
A mother on the run from the police sacrifices her life for her pregnant daughter, while Dylan learns the power of belief through a patient who has a holistic therapist, and decides that the number four is unlucky for him. Charlie's continuing battle with Louis takes a dramatic turn when he finds his son in a drug den, and his threat to inject himself if Louis does finally leads to his offer of help being accepted. Meanwhile, Cal reveals he is taking exams with Ethan, Robyn breaks up with Zach, and Lily is on the hunt for a partner
Ethan is caught up in a complex murder case when he falls for an enchanting woman called Bonnie, who brings nothing but trouble. This special episode, written by Mark Catley, sees Hanssen give his team in the Emergency Department a pep-talk during a night shift, ahead of a dramatic evening. Iain and Dixie find a distraught Bonnie in a tattoo parlour with her boyfriend Clyde bleeding on the floor, and though she claims her lover left a suicide note, Ethan is suspicious that she is the one who pulled the trigger
An unlikely hero leads the team to a crucial diagnosis and things get worse for Dylan as he struggles with his obsessive behaviour compulsions. Rita helps a desperate man to realise that he needs help, and new nurse Jacob Masters makes quite an impression on the staff, especially with Connie
Jacob starts his first day at Holby's accident and emergency department, and he immediately has to put his powers of persuasion to use when a lie nearly costs a girl her life.
When a dad is given an ultimatum - move away with work or lose his job - Charlie helps him do the right thing for his daughter. A son attempts to break off his father's recent engagement to a younger fiancee and lands her in the Emergency Department, but Max is on hand to convince him to respect his father's decision. Meanwhile, Honey's plans to impress Ethan are ruined when Lily continues to pursue him, and Max and Zoe decide not to break the news of their engagement - but it soon gets out
Following an accident in his truck, Dylan's father Brian is admitted to the Emergency Department. It is clear he and and his son are not on good terms, and Dylan takes out his anger and frustration on Dervla, causing the hound to run away. Louis steals Tess's crucifix so he can get money for drugs, but Charlie tracks him down and, realising he has developed deep vein thrombosis, takes him to the hospital. Meanwhile, Jacob's romantic side is revealed and Lily lets Ethan go
Dylan creates a scene in front of his colleagues when he hits back at staff nurse Lofty, so Connie gives him one day to prove he is fit enough to carry out his medical duties. Tess's son Sam visits the hospital and introduces her to her first grandchild, meaning she has a difficult decision to make. Meanwhile, after helping Max out with options for the big day, Big Mac is overjoyed when he is asked to be best man at his wedding to Zoe, and Ethan takes the opportunity to ask Honey out after her unsuccessful date
Zoe visits Dylan and persuades him to get help for his OCD, and Lily desperately seeks her parents' approval after being promoted to registrar. Meanwhile, the team helps a father forgive his daughter after he discovers she gave her mother the pill that caused her untimely death. Elsewhere, a man lies to his girlfriend about an accident involving her seven year old son, but Ethan convinces him to come clean. Plus, Ethan and Cal find out they have failed their exams, and Louis refuses to see Charlie at rehab
On the night before their wedding, Zoe and Max head out to celebrate their final night of freedom… but will Greta’s unexpected appearance reawaken Zoe’s doubts? Meanwhile, Max and Lofty’s night takes a surprising turn when they end up back in the ED… but will Max’s mishap prevent him from getting to the registry office on time?
The day of carefree porter Max and senior consultant Zoe's wedding finally arrives, but it seems someone has developed cold feet. The drama continues at the reception when a drunk Louis lashes out at Max, and in all the commotion, a flame heater is knocked over, resulting in a deadly blaze. Meanwhile, back at the ED, a patient blames Louise for causing her miscarriage when she treated her as a nurse at another hospital, and Dylan tries to bring his anxieties under control after being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Jacob institutes emergency protocol after gang violence takes a deadly turn.
Tensions rise, and gang crime threatens to spill in to the hospital corridors.
It's a big day for Louise as an unusual romance flourishes at Holby ED.
There's a new doctor in the ED as life and death hang in the balance.
Terror comes to Holby, and the innocent get caught in the crossfire.
Iain and Dixie are pushed to the limit, but their rewards are many.
Cal's back on an even keel. Can things only get better?
Cal gets more than he bargained for when Taylor presents him with a surprise. How will he react? Will Taylor stick around to find out?
Charlie helps a father and daughter deal with their grief.
Jacob helps a harassed teacher to accept help, but can he take his own advice?
Things get fishy when an unlikely patient comes into the ED.
Alicia is pushed to her limits and proves she's a brilliant doctor, but will it be enough?
Dixie is forced to ignore her gut feeling, and Cal faces every parent's nightmare.
A young couple have their wedding torn apart by an unsupportive father.
The harsh conditions of the season bring some people together, but others are torn apart.
Connie dismisses Jacob's correct instincts.
It's Christmas Eve and spirits are high, but not everyone is feeling merry.
Cal struggles with his recent discovery but discovers he's much braver than he thinks.
Dixie steps up as the hero but is left feeling bittersweet.
The ED is pushed to the limit, but the team pull together under difficult circumstances.
Jacob teaches a hopeless man how to approach his crush, while Ethan becomes disillusioned.
Dixie helps a man face the truth but will she make the right decision about her own life?
Ethan is back in full swing, but his world is about to be shaken.
It's Valentine's Day and not everyone is feeling the love.
Connie needs to step up and prove her love for Grace, but the clock is ticking.
As Lofty gets the hang of his new role, could a fatal error make his victory short-lived?
Lofty has to make a statement. With his friends' support, what will he decide to say?
Lofty faces the consequences of his actions and has a life-changing decision to make.
Connie's ready to say yes to love, but there's just one person she needs to tell first.
Connie is faced with the prospect of never seeing Grace again.
Jacob takes it upon himself to track down a dangerous drug dealer in Holby.
Rita gets the shock of her life when a ghost from her past arrives at the ED.
Big Mac's secret is getting on top of him.
Fate forces Max and Zoe to work as a team, whilst a poisonous spider gets loose in Holby.
A new doctor starts at the emergency department and she is about to get a baptism of fire.
Dylan gets a nasty surprise when a familiar face arrives asking for forgiveness.
Big Mac struggles to hide the toll his addiction is taking.
Elle is forced into a corner after a shocking discovery.
Can Big Mac overcome his demons and help a young girl in need?
Elle tries to save the life of a mother and her unborn child.
Jacob shows some uncharacteristic nerves, while Rita gets caught up in her own lies.
Dylan treats his family, while David uncovers Glen's secret.
Rita gets a frosty reception from the ED, while Iain struggles to assert his authority.
Connie deals with a case too close to home; will she and Grace find a way through?
Relive the stunts, explosions, emotional storylines and Hollywood guest stars as Derek Thompson and Cathy Shipton (Charlie and Duffy) celebrate their 30 years in Casualty.
Jacob and the rest of the paramedics come to Connie and Grace's rescue and a helicopter is sent for the doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Charlie celebrates his 30th year at Holby City Hospital.
As yet more emergency cases arrive at Holby's ER, relative newcomer Elle does her best to rally the troops. Meanwhile, Alicia is left in a difficult position after she discovers an uncomfortable truth.
The aftermath of Connie's car crash continues give the staff of Holby's ED cause for concern, as Jac Naylor comes down from the wards to conduct emergency surgery on a patient close to everyone's heart. Meanwhile, Robyn struggles to come up with ideas for `something special' to do for Glen, and an unexpected friendship begins to form when Lily tries to help Iain realise he doesn't need to be `Mr Action Man' all the time
Ethan's efforts to avoid Alicia prove futile when the pair are dispatched to rescue a professor and her son after they fell into a cave while out jogging. As the pair descend into the fissure by winch, debris begins to fall, and sparks fly as Ethan tries to reassure a claustrophobia Alicia. Meanwhile, Louise is disheartened when the trust denies her funds for a new relatives' room, so Noel helps her to seek donations from the public, and one of Holby's cleaners takes a tumble while trying to leave the hospital with a set of suspiciously full bags.
Duffy pushes Charlie into attending a 50-year school reunion, where he bumps into old crush Gloria, and former bully Allan, who just happens to be Gloria's husband - and does not seem to have changed his brutish ways. As Allan's playground antics get the better of Charlie, a scrap ensues, leaving the old ruffian with more than just a bruised ego. Meanwhile, a very public argument between David and his ex-wife Rosa prompts their troubled son to act out in a very dangerous way, and Alicia tries to take her mind off her drunken antics with Ethan by helping a frail - but wily - elderly patient with a cat-based dilemma
Ethan struggles to make Alicia's birthday a day to remember as Lily deals with a family feud too close to home
Robyn's plans are thwarted when her ailing sweetheart Glen's health takes a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, Dylan's clinical skills are put to the test
Elle calls Connie's ability to focus on the job into question following her recent brush with death, and Robyn's plans for the future take a sudden, unexpected turn.
Robyn faces a difficult decision, while Ethan passes up the chance of happiness for the sake of his brother.
Dylan is distraught when Dervla goes missing - although it soon turns out new F1 Sebastian (Rik Makarem) knows something about the dog's disappearance. After waking up with Alicia, Cal is forced to admit his true feelings for her, but she remains unsure about committing to a relationship.
A spark of attraction remains between Charlie and Duffy, but with the status of Duffy's struggling marriage still unconfirmed, neither seems brave enough to take the plunge and ask the other out. However, when Duffy's pregnant daughter-in-law turns up the ED, the star-crossed pair find themselves delivering a baby - and repeating history. Meanwhile, Dylan discovers his new student Sebastian is the son of one of Holby's established surgical consultants, and is feeling the pressure of living up to his father's lofty expectations
Grace wakes up, and seems well enough to go home, but Connie is terrified the consultants are letting her leave because they have given up on her recovery. Unable to process the future for her daughter, Connie chooses to work rather than being with her, but when Hugo - an 11-year-old boy who claims to be one of Grace's schoolmates - arrives in the ED after attempting a dangerous hitchhiking trick, Connie is forced to face the reality of her situation. Meanwhile, Elle reveals the team is due to receive an undercover inspection, and Duffy tells Charlie she has asked her husband for a divorce
After a disappointing review, Jacob, Charlie and Duffy decide to challenge the team, questioning if Noel, Louise and David have the heart, brains and courage to do their jobs. Meanwhile, Alicia writes Ethan a touching biography for his online dating profile. But does any other woman understand him like she does?
Ethan struggles to bury his feelings for Alicia, as she and Cal become increasingly intimate. In an effort to get over his unrequited crush, Ethan invites another girl to the Christmas party, but the gesture doesn't stop him fixating on Alicia once he arrives on the scene. Meanwhile, Charlie and Duffy take advantage of the festivities to announce their relationship, but things turn sour when Ryan, Duffy's husband, turns up
Holby plays host to its very own Christmas Carol when ruthless department store manager Larry is admitted to A&E after getting caught up in a Christmas Eve sales riot at his shop. Also injured in the chaos is Toby, the son of Larry's put-upon deputy Rob, who was forced to bring his child in to work due to his inability to pay for child care. As the miserly Larry lashes out at his staff for their inability to contain the disaster, young Toby manfully weathers the pain of his injuries to give his father's boss a piece of his mind. Meanwhile, Duffy's estranged husband Ryan is also caught up in the fracas, and when he too is admitted to the ED, he makes use of his hospitalisation to try to repair his fractured marriage - much to Charlie's dismay
Dylan's anger builds as rumours about Sebastian's accusation against him spin out of control, leading to a charged public confrontation. Cal is determined to keep his relationship with Alicia casual, and steals Ethan's research proposal to go to South Africa for three months. As Ethan vents his frustrations, he decides he won't let his brother walk all over him any more. Meanwhile, Charlie offers to take care of all the plans for his and Duffy's wedding, but is he up to the task?
Dylan becomes the source of gossip after Seb's allegation, but Max and Jez are determined to help him and try to record Seb confessing his guilt. Alicia and Ethan wake up together in blissful happiness, but are forced to face the consequences of their actions, and Connie spots something in Grace's medical notes that leads her to reporting Elle to the GMC
A scuffle at an illegal rave leads an over-enthusiastic sergeant causing serious head injuries to a 19-year-old man and later planting drugs in his belongings to corroborate his claim that he had been assaulted twice by his quarry. Jacob is dubious about the sergeant's story and takes a police constable to one side in an attempt to persuade her not be an accomplice to her superior's crooked ways. Elsewhere, Elle's career is on the line as Connie goes on the warpath, David struggles to connect with his son, and Cal suspects Alicia's infidelity
Belle, a supervisor from a young offenders institute, is brought into the ED after being struck over the head with a wok by one of her charges, and Iain is dismayed to discover the assailant in question is his estranged younger sister Gem. However, there is more to Belle and Gem's conflict than first meets the eye, as the youth worker demonstrates a damaging attitude toward the young people in her care. Meanwhile, Connie treats Jamieson, who injured himself while exercising, and is claiming to be much younger than he appears. The case takes a more dangerous turn when the truth about his age is revealed, along with the motives of his much-younger fiancee
Alicia is surprised to discover her long-estranged parents Howard and Jackie are planning to give their marriage another go. However, when old family friend Martin turns up at their surprise anniversary party, and seems to have a falling-out with Howard, it soon becomes clear there is a secret third wheel in their relationship. Meanwhile, Charlie balances his over-zealous wedding-planning with caring for a reluctant teenage football star, and Cal's trust in Alicia is tested when he discovers she has a secret phone hidden in her locker
The morning of Charlie's wedding arrives, and Cal and Ethan wake hung-over following a riotous the stag party. However, the pair have no memory of the previous night's events, Charlie is missing, and Cal seems to have acquired a mysterious suitcase, which is cuffed to his wrist. Retracing their steps takes them back to a B&B, a tattoo parlour and a strip club, leading to a deadly encounter with a criminal intent on reclaiming the suitcase. Meanwhile, Duffy worries that her groom has developed cold feet, Iain receives a visiting order from Gem, and Elle learns a second complaint has been made against her
The day of Elle's hearing arrives, and Connie makes sure Grace is present as a visual reminder of Elle's mistake. Giving her testament, Connie delivers an exaggerated version of her daughter's condition, and makes it clear she will stop at nothing in the pursuit of her vendetta. However, when Grace collapses in the bathroom, severely injuring herself on broken glass, it falls to Elle to save the girl's life. Meanwhile, back in the emergency department, Robyn has doubts about whether she is fit to be a mother, after discovering her colleagues are placing bets on how she will manage
Iain is unexpectedly reunited with his sister when he is called out to an emergency involving his mother, but his efforts to make amends for his past have unforeseen repercussions. The hospital is inundated with binge drinkers, including a hen party that has ended with the bride getting shot with a bow and arrow. Dylan struggles to cope, but the experience gives him an idea. Grace returns to work, but seems to have lost her ability to talk
Steph, the woman responsible for Grace's hospitalisation, is rushed into the ER after attempting suicide in prison. The staff face an upward struggle in finding out what pills she has taken, one which is made all the more difficult by the patient's refusal to speak - and the cold distain of both Connie and Jacob. However, when it becomes clear Connie visited Steph in prison not long before she tried to claim her own life, things become even more complicated. Meanwhile, Iain helps Gem to get a job in the hospital coffee shop, and when Grace's continued silence is ruled as being a psychological issue, Sam decides it may be time to take her home
David prepares to hand Ollie over to his aunt, who will be taking him back to Rosa in Spain. With their separation imminent, father and son spend one last day together - in the ER. Iain suspects Gem is up to her old tricks when she short-changes a customer at the coffee shop, and Dylan presents himself to the board to pitch an idea to raise awareness of alcohol abuse. However, when his presentation fails to hit the mark, Louise takes matters into her own hands, and drags the board members into the corridors of the ER to witness firsthand the pressure binge drinkers are placing on the hospital's resources
The Holby staff become increasingly concerned about David's manic behaviour when he impulsively buys a fancy car on the way to work, and behaves inappropriately at the pub. Concerned for his safety, a heavily pregnant Robyn takes it upon herself to intervene, but ends up placing herself in jeopardy in the process. Meanwhile, back at the ED, a man with potentially fatal burns is admitted after rescuing a fellow driver from her crashed car, and the gang prepares to throw a 60th birthday party for Duffy - even though she's actually 56
David takes a heavily pregnant Robyn to a graveyard, and makes a candid confession about his mental state while visiting his brother's final resting place. However, any further progress is halted when Robyn suddenly goes into labour. Meanwhile, on the booze bus, Jez manages to impress Louise with his compassionate attitude toward an avid gamer who was mugged, losing the mobile phone on which he kept pictures of his late daughter. Back at A&E, Lily has serious concerns about a 12-year-old girl who seems to be exhibiting classic symptoms of drug withdrawal
Robyn is feeling positive following the premature arrival of her daughter Charlotte. However, it seems she is failing to grasp the seriousness of her baby's illness. As the child's condition worsens, Robyn struggles to decide whether to follow her head or her heart in authorising treatment. Meanwhile, Cal tries to find a way to ease the passing of Miriam, an elderly woman with end-stage lung cancer, but trouble arises when Miriam's daughter Neeve registers a complaint against him for prolonging her mother's suffering
Alicia wakes up in Sam's bed, while Iain and Gem's relationship is tested when they spend the day together on the rig and Iain is confronted with his biggest fear. Evie is confronted at home by a masked intruder who attacks her and ransacks the property, and when Evie manages to escape, she is hit outside by Susie's car
Connie makes an effort to show how much she cares on Grace's birthday, but Grace rejects her, and David returns for his first day back at work with his resignation letter for Jacob. Meanwhile, Robyn worries there is something wrong with baby Charlotte, but Duffy and Charlie reassure her it is just a minor cough
Stan Cullen hopes to escape the tyranny of a bullying boss by burning down a building on a secure construction site. However, he is unaware that his wife Tamzin has the same goal in mind, and happens to be inside the building he has set ablaze. Meanwhile, Cal confronts Sam, claiming he has been intimidating Lily into working overtime, and Jez wakes to find himself in the bed of Elle's 17-year-old son Kalen, resulting in a tense stand-off in the ED
The first day of Cal's planned strike arrives, and while he and his allies set up their picket line, Lily struggles to decide where her loyalties lie. Inside the hospital, the industrial action causes trouble for Sam, who resolves to make up for staff shortages by manning the ED himself, despite his lack of experience. Meanwhile, Iain's pride over Gemma's recent achievements is dashed when he realises she was the one who leaked lurid pictures of Alicia online, and a hard-line racist is admitted after being injured in a pub brawl
Sam's rash decision to man the ED himself during the staff strike comes back to haunt him when Roy Ellison's wife and son turn up at the hospital, and discover what has happened to him. The Ellisons quickly prove that violent behaviour runs in the family, and when their actions on the ward become unacceptable, events begin to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, Iain and Jez find Lily unconscious in the car park, after Gem accidentally hit her while driving erratically. Racked with guilt, Gem decides to hand herself in, but Lily's prospects remain grim
Louise confronts Jez about his infidelity, but when he comes clean and reveals his secret squeeze is Mickey, she is left stunned. A revelation about the events of the previous week leaves Ethan reeling, and Charlie makes it is personal mission to restore the spirits of everyone in the ED
Now that Grace is living with Sam, Connie and Hugo have become a contented family unit of their own. However, when Hugo's father Jim gets in touch, and tells Connie he is planning to take Hugo back, the troubled youngster runs away. Determined to keep him from harm, Connie, Jim, Jacob and Phil, a policeman receiving treatment in the ED, mount a search. Meanwhile, Lily returns to work to get closer to Iain, but proves she is still not quite at the top of her game when she fails to notice a patient rescued from the ruins of a collapsed building has tell-tale track-marks on her arm
Elle agrees to deliver a career talk at her son Blake's school, but her speech is derailed when she discovers some unexpected truths about her child and his friends. Luckily, Josh and Jacob are on hand to help.
Violence at a right-wing rally outside a local Muslim community centre brings plenty of patients in to Holby's ER, including Mickey, who Jez is dismayed to learn has still been supporting his racist family. Ethan discovers Scott Ellisson has been released from police custody without charge, and when he turns up at the hospital alongside his injured brother, Ethan spots a chance to confront him about Cal's death. Meanwhile, Iain worries Lily is overdoing it as she prepares for her consultancy exams, and Duffy tries to help Charlie process his grief, as he ignores his own emotions in an attempt to help his colleagues deal with Cal's untimely demise
The day of Cal's funeral arrives, and when details emerge of how his brother spent his final moments, a troubled Ethan turns to drink. Meanwhile, a school trip to France comes to an abrupt end when a scuffle on board the coach causes it to crash. As a result, the ED is inundated with teenage patients, including Sean, whose unusual vitamin tablets ring alarm-bells for the staff, and Sky, whose mother is a long-term advocate of alternative medicine, and is not happy about her daughter receiving an X-ray scan
Alicia's concerns about Ethan escalate when she discovers he hasn't been sleeping, and has instead been keeping watch outside of Scott Ellisson's flat. Elsewhere, Iain and Lily begin the day with a spring in their step after their night together, but cracks begin to show in their blossoming relationship when they disagree over how to deal with an elderly couple hospitalised following a botched suicide pact. Plus, sparks fly between Connie and Sam
The ED staff are surprised when Sam shows up to work in scrubs instead of his usual suit. He reveals he has stepped down as medical director, and is now joining the department as a speciality doctor. Dylan struggles to cope in the wake of Cal's death, and ends up having a panic attack while trying to treat a feisty retired nurse who admitted herself to hospital with a self-diagnosed heart attack. Luckily, David is on hand to reach out to the difficult patient, and get to the bottom of what's bothering Dylan
Ethan discovers Scott's brother Mickey is in a secret relationship with Jez, and he seeks to befriend the lad and turn him against his sibling. However, when Mickey proves to be too terrified to help, Ethan turns to blackmail instead, earning disapproval from both Jez and Alicia. Meanwhile, Connie pulls rank on Sam when he asks for time off to take Grace to a physiotherapy session, and later, Sam spots a chance to undermine Connie while treating a bride who mysteriously collapsed at the altar
Tensions between Jez, Iain, Mickey and Scott look set to reach fever pitch after Mickey is brought in to the ED, having been injured during a police chase following a race-related assault on a shopkeeper. Desperate to keep his relationship secret from his hardline brother Scott, Mickey puts on a front and insults Jez, but when Iain realises Scott has intimidated the shopkeeper's wife into silence, he decides to make use of his knowledge to ensure justice is done. Meanwhile, Max takes an interest in attractive mortuary assistant Tara during a speed-dating session at the Hope & Anchor, but the situation becomes complicated after Tara faints, resulting in an illuminating trip back to the hospital
Scott is admitted to the ED after taking a nasty fall during a fight with Mickey, and while Ethan is initially assigned to take care of him, the powers-that-be quickly realise this is a bad idea. Meanwhile, with both her sons in hospital, Ellisson matriarch Denise turns up on the ward, and it is not long before she discovers the reason her boys were scrapping. Connie delights in bringing Grace into the department to show off her recovery, but when the youngster gets in the way of her mother's work, it becomes clear their relationship still isn't on an even keel
Paul Unwin, the man who co-created Casualty back in 1986, returns as a guest writer for an episode that covers the span of an hour within Holby's Emergency Department. Duffy has her hands full as she is shadowed by a pair of school-girls planning to enter the medical profession, and Jez is crippled by guilt after he manages to rescue a woman from a house fire, but did not realise he saved her at the expense of her baby. Meanwhile, Ethan throws himself into his work following the incident with Scott, and when the ailing leader of a marching band arrives feeling unwell, Louise is forced to leave him in triage, with disastrous consequences.
Medics from Holby head for France to offer their expertise to migrants stranded at a refugee camp. There, Alicia takes a shine to British medic Cameron Hamilton, who has been on the scene for a while, helping the camp's women and children. Meanwhile, Dylan finds himself becoming emotionally involved in the plight of two Sudanese orphans, who have fallen prey to ruthless people-traffickers, and back at the hospital, Connie is shocked to learn Sam has resigned and seems to have disappeared - taking Grace with him.
The team of Holby medics continue their efforts to help migrant refugees in need of medical attention on the French coast. However, Dylan is fast becoming frustrated with how little he can offer the camp, and makes a decision he may come to regret. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Jez faces the repercussions of crossing paths with the Ellissons, as an improvised explosive is thrown through the window of his home, placing both Robyn and baby Charlotte in jeopardy.
The coroner's report into Scott Ellisson's death is due to arrive, and Ethan hopes that - whatever the outcome - the result will allow him to move on with his life. While a conflicted Ethan struggles with his guilt, Lily realises she needs to find a new date for her cousin's wedding, and Iain agrees to step in, but when the pair break down en route to the event, nothing can save them from the ire of Lily's domineering Aunt Ling. Elsewhere, intensifies his search for Sanosi's missing uncle, but finds himself in mortal danger after he pursues a thief onto a dilapidated boat.
Dylan is finally successful in reuniting Sanosi with his uncle Kamal. However, the reunion of the two families proves far from successful when Kamal is rushed to hospital suffering from abdominal pains that turn out to have been caused by his swallowing bags of heroin. Alicia wants to learn to drive to improve her career prospects and Elle offers to give her a lesson - which ends in a collision.
Iain is stunned when former registrar Samantha Nicholls shows up the ambulance station ready for her first day as a paramedic. The pair struggle to adjust to their new working relationship, any questions Iain has are put out of mind when he and his new partner are called to rescue a shifty woman from a car crash. Meanwhile, back at the ED, Alicia decides to play matchmaker for Jacob and Elle as they work together to care for fun-loving elderly couple Iona and Margie.
Connie tries to get to the bottom of her health problems, and while she waits for the results of a scan, she pours her attention into helping Ethan improve his teaching abilities. However, when the news finally arrives, it is not good. Meanwhile, Charlie and Josh face the unpleasant consequences of a heavy night out, but refuse to admit their partying days may be behind them, forcing Duffy to intervene. Plus, romance seems to be in the air for Elle, when she is surprised to realise she has great chemistry with a young patient's father.
Dylan is forced to bring Sanosi into the Emergency Department, much to David's dismay, and Lily grows ever more jealous of the bond forming between Iain and Sam. Meanwhile, Connie struggles to deal with the severity of her diagnosis, and tries to come to terms with what it means for her future.
The truth finally catches up with Connie, as her symptoms begin to manifest, and Ethan realises she is the mystery `heart patient' she has been quizzing him about. Determined to keep her illness under wraps, Connie blackmails Ethan into performing an urgent surgical procedure on her himself. Meanwhile, the day of Alicia's driving test arrives, but nerves get the better of her when she accidentally runs over her instructor's foot during one last lesson.
Connie distracts herself from her personal problems by trying to get to the bottom of the squabbles between Dylan, David and Louise, who have been in conflict over Dylan's decision to smuggle Sanosi into the UK. Meanwhile, Lily is made uneasy by the natural chemistry between Sam and Iain, who she discovers have a romantic history together, and Max tries to deliver bad news to mortuary assistant Tara, whose new squeeze seems to have a troubling secret.
Dylan helps a patient who was placed into foster care to protect her from her mother's abusive partner, and the encounter makes him realise that he must do what it right for Sanosi - even if it isn't always the easy thing. Meanwhile, Elle's new beau Marty receives a rude awakening when her sons catch them together in bed, and what was already a tense situation becomes even more awkward when he turns up at the hospital seeking help with a particularly sensitive problem.
Rash, a new junior doctor, prepares to begin work in Holby's emergency department, but his first day gets off to a bad start when his mother nearly runs over Connie while dropping him off at the hospital. Meanwhile, Lily faces the tough decision of whether to stay put at Holby - where she can continue to pursue romance with Iain - or take the research position in Hong Kong.
Ethan realises someone knows he let Scott Ellisson die after a sinister note is left in his locker. His first suspect is Connie, but when he discovers she has resigned herself to meeting an early demise, he turns his attention away from his own problems and tries to change her mind. Meanwhile, a vigilante and the suspected paedophile she was `bringing to justice' are both admitted to the ED, David tries to help Rash overcome his nerves, and Robyn plans a christening for baby Charlotte
The day of Charlotte's christening arrives, and when a flustered Robyn steps into the ED staff room, she finds herself face-to-face with Glen - the terminally ill fiance who jilted her at the altar - very much alive. Naturally, Robyn has a few questions, and Dylan fills in the blanks by flashing back to the morning after Charlie's stag do, when he found a depressed Glen drinking away his woes in a rough karaoke bar. Determined to convince him not to give up on life, Dylan enlists the aid of his feisty old university tutor Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson - an eminent brain surgeon in the US - to assess Glen's case. She reveals that pioneering surgery could save Glen, but the risks are high. However, with Dylan's help, Glen realises the birth of his daughter has given him a new purpose in life and a fresh dream to chase.
Connie attends her first day of chemotherapy, and in her absence, she places Ethan in charge of the ED. However, his overly thorough approach causes delays, and when the situation gets on top of him, it is up to Duffy to give him a tough love pep talk. Meanwhile, Robyn is dismayed to learn Glen has taken a job as a porter in the department, but he manages to prove his worth dealing with an injured priest with a suspicious fixation on antibiotics
Connie's illness has a noticeable effect on her work, and even as she continues to brush away help from Charlie, her presence in the ED places her at greater risk of infection. Meanwhile, Ethan shows up late for his practical consultancy exam, and the arrival of new coffee shop worker Polly looks set to signal an improvement in Max's love-life, until he makes an excruciating faux pas while trying to flirt
Elle has a shock in store for Jacob. Rash questions his future as a doctor after treating an old girlfriend.
Chemotherapy is taking its toll on Connie, but she remains determined to fly to America to spend Christmas with Grace. However, when she is unexpectedly called into the ED by Hanssen due to a sudden staff shortage, her efforts to battle through the shift place her festive plans - and her life - in danger. Meanwhile, a lonely Sally Hodge (guest star Pam St Clement) returns to the hospital to find an unexpected partner in crime on the ward
The truth about Connie's illness is out, following her dramatic collapse while at work. As she recovers, she is devastated to hear that her colleagues are aware of her terminal diagnosis. Worse still is the news that her tumour has grown, and complications now mean that her consultant refuses to operate. Discharging herself, Connie persuades Ethan to drive her to London for a second opinion, but when she loses consciousness en route and is rushed into emergency surgery, her put-upon protege faces an agonising wait for news. Meanwhile, back at the ED, Dylan struggles to hold the fort, in the absence of more experienced hands
Max is reunited with James, and old friend from medical school, who enters the ED with his fiancee Aisha after she falls victim to a seemingly spontaneous acid attack. The encounter also gives him cause to re-evaluate his relationship with his estranged wife Zoe, who has arrived at the hospital seeking a reconciliation. Meanwhile, Elle reveals she wants to tell Blake that Jacob is his father, and when the lad is admitted to the department with a compass stuck through his hand, now seems as good a time as any
Elle panics when she wakes one morning to find Blake has not been home, and an already tense situation is made worse when he arrives in the ED with his friend Miles, who has been beaten unconscious. The teen claims burglars broke into Miles's flat and attacked him, but Jacob - already aware that Miles had been bullying Blake - smells a rat. Meanwhile, Connie makes a surprise return to the department ahead of Ethan's consultancy exam, and Robyn, David and Glen rally round to cheer up Noel, who is missing Max
Dylan struggles to keep his alcoholism under control, as staff on the ED deal with what is suspected to be a case of domestic abuse. Meanwhile, Ethan's first day as Clinical Lead fails to go according to plan, as he finds himself veering wildly from one disaster to another, and he starts to understand the real pressure of leading a team
Alicia takes matters into her own hands when queuing ambulances put patients in danger, while new F1 Bea gets a rude awakening on her first day.
On the day of her son's trial, Elle finds herself looking after the boy he assaulted. Are his new injuries related? Bea's one-night stand leads her to find out Rash's secret.
Under-pressure Ethan makes a decision that exposes the weaknesses of the ED and gives ammunition to the anonymous blogger. It is Gem's first day as a porter.
The pressures of clinical lead cause Ethan to lose his way as a doctor.
Dylan struggles to keep his alcoholism a secret from his colleagues. Bea pushes herself to greater heights to impress Ethan.
Pressure on Ethan intensifies as he has a day to track down the blog author or it's his neck on the line - is Alicia on the cusp of being outed? Rash must face his fear.
Rash's new-found confidence is tested by a prisoner, who also leads Gem into danger. Bea goes up against confident F1 Eddie for a coveted training course.
The day of Robyn and Glen's wedding arrives, but the groom has a seizure while getting ready at the hotel. Dylan performs a CT scan on him that confirms his cancer has returned, but he keeps quiet and gets through the ceremony, with tragedy striking as the couple depart for their honeymoon. Rash treats a woman suffering from anxiety after the death of her fiance
Glen faces a heartbreaking decision on what should have been the happiest day of his life.
Ethan's pregnant patient holds a nasty surprise.
Bea's day goes from bad to worse professionally and privately. Will it end sourly? How will Leigh-Anne cope with Ethan's confession?
Ethan is in danger of crossing a line with Leigh-Anne, while Robyn throws away a present from Glen after he questions whether she is fit to be in work. Bea wakes up in an alley calling for help, which comes in the form of nightclub bouncer Johnny, who initially refuses treatment for his own nasty cut
Connie is back, and she has a big idea for the ED - but Charlie is not convinced.
Iain and Sam, neck-deep in water and running out of time, are forced to make a life-changing decision. When Bea's secrets are revealed, she finally has to confront her demons.
Iain and Sam find a confused woman with deep lacerations to her head wandering the streets, and when they take her into the ED, Connie instantly recognises her as a friend from chemotherapy. Bea struggles to regain her confidence on her first day back at work, while Alicia and Ethan have a heart-to-heart and agree to be friends again.
Alicia struggles to process the events of her night with Eddie, and collapses at work after refusing to take a break. Just as she starts to open up to Ethan about her problems, Elle interrupts. A girl breaks out of her house to run away with her boyfriend, but the coach they are travelling on crashes, while Jacob is determined to get Blake to study.
Eddie realises Alicia is scared of him after discovering that she has swapped all her shifts to avoid him. Meanwhile, Bea receives a phone call about her dad and leaves work to pick him up from the police station, and Sam and Jacob discuss which of the ED staff she would be able to beat in a boxing match.
With Dylan nowhere to be found, Connie and Elle are forced to work together to pitch for funding for a new trauma centre. With both women struggling to hide their resentment of each other, their relationship hits rock bottom. Elsewhere, Bea grows concerned for Alicia, while Gem and Rash are tasked with looking after Connie's goldfish.
Struggling to keep a lid on her emotions following her night with Eddie, Alicia pushes Ethan away. She then has to deal with Leigh-Anne, who arrives in the ED with her son Kiegan, but a shocking confession from Ethan leaves her feeling even more alone. Connie returns and immediately notices that someone has killed her goldfish and replaced it. With Elle's encouragement, Connie has some fun waiting for the culprits to reveal themselves and puts the pressure on. Elsewhere, Robyn asks for more overtime due to her parking fines.
New paramedic Ruby (former EastEnders star Maddy Hill, who played Nancy Carter in the soap) is pushed to her limits on her first day with Iain and Sam. She expertly revives an overdosed drug addict, who repays her by punching her in the face. Alicia struggles to work with Eddie and her angry outbursts increase, but she opens up when Bea confronts her with concerns about her behaviour. Elsewhere, it's the 70th anniversary of the NHS and Noel wants to celebrate with homemade stickers, while Sam apologises to Jacob for standing him up.
Bea tries to give Alicia the help she needs following the attack, while Eddie tries to rebuild their relationship - only to be told they are purely professional colleagues. Jacob lies to Sam and tells her that Blake knows about their relationship. Elsewhere, after overhearing Sam express her doubts that she will last another shift, Ruby attempts to build bridges with her colleagues and patients. A father and son are brought in with injuries they refuse to explain, raising suspicions of abuse - but it is not clear who is the abuser and who the victim.
Alicia finds herself on a collision course with Bea after deciding not to report her rape. Connie clashes with Elle when she puts a patient in danger.
Alicia plucks up her courage to tell the police that she has been raped. Eddie accompanies the paramedics who are called out to treat Jon's wife after she suffers serious burns - and is arrested on his return to the hospital. Bea leaves to make a fresh start in Paris, and Alicia receives an unwelcome visit that has devastating consequences.
Iain visits a patient at home, who has frequently tried to harm herself in the past, but decide she does not need help at the moment - despite the concerns of her boyfriend. However, while driving back to the hospital, he witnesses her attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge - which in turn, causes a major crash putting several lives in danger - including Sam's
Ciara comes back into Dylan's life, while the fallout from the crash affects the whole department.
Wanting to keep busy, Alicia arrives back at work in the ED earlier than expected, and Connie gives her the job of medical lead for the day. OAPs Joseph and Reggie decide to sneak out of their care home and make their way to a diner looking forward to a full English breakfast, but just as they arrive, Reggie collapses and an ambulance is called. Louise is ready to give Dylan a piece of her mind about bringing on a CQC investigation, until she learns that he is going to clean out Sam's locker later on.
Tensions run high on the day of Sam's funeral, as a grieving Iain faces his tribunal hearing.
Iain returns to work, but there is a frosty atmosphere between him and Ruby. Whilst on a call Iain comes across an unconscious Base, and when he awakens Base explains he got kicked out the flat as it was Mia's. Elsewhere, David and Ciara fight over Dylan, and Alicia admits to Ethan that she is not ready for a relationship.
Dylan is forced to treat Ciara when she comes into the hospital suffering from abdominal pains. After looking at her symptoms he orders a pregnancy test, which comes back positive. Meanwhile, Iain secures Base a place in rehab, but on the way there, Base disappears, and Duffy makes doctor's appointment and gets Robyn to cover her.
Ruby and Iain are less than pleased to be working a shift together and their day goes from bad to worse when they are pranked by a group of children and have to deal with an emergency labour. Duffy confides in an old flame.
Jacob is shocked to find Omo, his schizophrenic mother, has arrived in the ED along with his son Blake. Elle goes to deal with Omo, who refuses to believe there is anything wrong and resists treatment, thinking that Elle is keeping her there on Jacob's orders. Elsewhere, Gem asks Ruby if she can swap bedrooms and is delighted when she agrees.
Rash reels from his break up with Gem as she refuses to accept his apology, while David reaches desperation point and gets in touch with Zsa Zsa to help in the quest to find Dylan - but events quickly spiral out of control.
Ciara wakes up on the floor surrounded by smashed glass, and Joel insists on taking her to the ED. Once alone, Ciara apologises to Dylan for the awkwardness of the situation, but as she is discharged she collapses and admits it could be her liver. With the nursing team understaffed, Charlie has to call Duffy in - even though she has recently undertaken a night shift.
Base works for Ross in his meth lab to pay off his debts. He collects 16-year-old Harry to work with them, and watches on as Ross physically asserts his authority over the teenager. Duffy wakes up in a hotel room having slept with Bill. Full of guilt, she sends him away and gets ready to leave. On her way out, she hears a call for help and reluctantly treats Naima, who was found passed out in the hotel swimming pool by her fiance.
Determined to learn from medics in other departments, Louise is excited for a shift on the maternity ward. However, student nurse Jade stumbles into work late, and Louise is not impressed by her actions. Meanwhile, Charlie remains suspicious of Duffy, and Iain makes a call to the wellbeing team, finally seeking help about his mental-health struggles.
Dylan puts himself and Ciara in jeopardy when he takes a chance on love, while student nurse Marty (former EastEnders star Shaheen Jafargholi) arrives at the ED on his first day eager to please. Louise witnesses an elderly man being robbed by a gang of youths on bicycles, but soon learns not to judge a book by its cover. Elsewhere, Iain gets the runaround when asking for help, and Duffy catches Charlie answering her phone.
In the aftermath of the crash, Ciara is desperate to get away, but Dylan is determined to treat those who have been injured - despite receiving a head wound himself. On his return to the hospital, he reflects on his hopes for a future with Ciara in spite of everything that has happened, while at home, Ciara considers her own needs.
After a hard day, Iain seeks comfort in the wrong place. Duffy makes a shocking diagnosis
Bill is admitted to the emergency department suffering from chest pains. Charlie agrees to help him find out if his daughter is still drinking, but ends up discovering his affair with Duffy. A teenager is brought in after having been apprehended by the police, and while Ethan wants to discharge her as soon as possible, Alicia suspects her case may be more complicated. Marty tries to arrange a date with Joshua - but they may end up having some company.
Dylan faces a traumatic Christmas in Resus. Noel is delighted to have met his Christmas fundraising goal, but can't quite decide on a charity to give the money to.
Iain gets beaten up, and Marty chooses his career over friendship with Jade.
Alicia learns to trust her own medical opinion, and after self-diagnosing herself with dementia, Duffy visits a doctor to get checked. Robyn bans Marty from looking after Charlotte after she finds out he gave her a temporary tattoo, Marty and Jade fight over which of them needs to move out, and Iain and Ruby agree to forget about the kiss.
Alicia finds out that she has been offered a place on a coveted paediatric fellowship in Manchester, forcing her to make a decision on her future. Elsewhere, Marty's lies begin to catch up with him, while Elle is disappointed when she has to hand back to reins as clinical lead to a returning Connie.
Iain heads to Base's flat, but when he does not answer the door he becomes concerned and climbs through a window, only to find Base has taken an overdose. Louise goes out of her way for Ernest when he comes to the ED for a once-over, while Gem and Ruby look for somewhere new to live when Alicia's house goes on the market.
Jan learns the truth about her son and forgives Iain, while Ethan begins to move on from Alicia. Louise stands up for Jade and vows to protect her team in the future, Duffy panics when she forgets that she bought Charlie a birthday present, and Iain signs up for his first counselling session.
Ernest arrives for his surgery, only to find it has been cancelled as there are not enough beds. Louise sets to work freeing up a bed for him, but it is soon taken by another more critical patient. Connie is attacked by an unknown assailant on a flight of stairs, while Rash asks Gem to help him decide between paediatrics and cardiology.
Iain reaches out to someone from his past, but he does not get the response he was hoping for. Connie cannot remember the attacker, and is terrified that they could still be out there. Meanwhile, Marty and Jade learn to work together and decide to call a truce, and Louise takes a stand and hands her resignation to Charlie.
Marty plays counsellor for a couple who having problems with their relationship. After a busy and fulfilling day - treating patients including a girl involved in a hit and run accident, and two women who are attacked in a nightclub - Iain feels that his work with Ruby is done. Elsewhere, Dylan sees maggots cleaning a wound and gets an idea, and Ruby moves in with Jade and Marty.
A cyber-attack rocks Holby hospital at the worst possible time. Meanwhile, Ruby learns to trust her instincts as Iain’s life hangs in the balance.
The aftermath of Iain's attempted suicide ripples its way through the emergency department. Gemma struggles to come to terms with what has happened, and makes it her mission to piece together why Ian attempted suicide. Meanwhile, wracked with guilt, Ruby goes out of her way for a patient, and Connie tells Elle off for addressing the team about Iain's progress.
Duffy finally lets Charlie in on her big secret and tells him about her Vascular dementia diagnosis. Charlie decides that it may be best to pull her from the night shifts, when symptoms are most likely to appear. Meanwhile, new registrar Archie Hudson is thrown into the deep end on her first day after leaving her hospital induction early, and Connie reluctantly praises Elle's success.
Archie butts heads with charming paediatric locum registrar Will Noble when they meet in the car park. Will reconnects with old university friend Ethan and ingratiates himself with the staff by treating them to coffees and getting to know them. Archie is not fooled by his charm offensive and keeps a close eye on Will. Elsewhere, Jade learns she's passed her exams by the skin of her teeth, and Gem thanks Jan and Ruby for their help.
Charlie snaps under the pressure of keeping Duffy's ill health a secret, and Rash puts aside his dreams of travelling the world to stick by Gem. Connie is shocked when a paramedic is attacked by an unknown assailant. Meanwhile, Dani arranges to meet with Ruby, and secretly activates a tracker on Ruby's phone.
Connie comes face to face with her attacker, and Will goes above and beyond what is expected of him, but his actions only make things worse. Meanwhile, Ruby starts to feel uncomfortable when Dani keeps turning up out of the blue, Jade's nursing registration comes through, and Jan and Ruby discuss Iain's return.
With Gem’s help, Rash makes the choice to follow his dream of travelling. Will risks Connie’s wrath to help a patient, Charlie realises that he has underestimated Duffy, and Jade is excited to finally be a registered nurse.
Working as a 999 call handler helps Iain learn to open up, though he feels frustrated not to be out in the field.
Iain goes above and beyond on his first day back as a paramedic after his suicide attempt, and Duffy starts to doubt whether she should have been so open about her diagnosis. Meanwhile, Connie offers Will another interview, and Elle is left feeling hurt when Connie doesn't react to her choice to take a new job.
Will faces the biggest medical dilemma of his career when Toby returns to the ED. Ruby continues to keep Dani a secret, allowing her to get even closer. Charlie and Duffy renew their vows, and Marty returns to the ED from secondment to find Jade miffed that he didn’t keep in touch
Elle learns the truth about her new job and confronts Connie to find out if she gave her a glowing reference to get her out of the emergency department on purpose. Meanwhile, Jacob makes a shocking discovery about his mother leaving psychiatric care, and Ruby continues to hide the truth from Dani and her team.
Iain steps up and offers his support to Jan. Trouble shooter Ciaran arrives in the Emergency Department. With just three months to turn things around, he is determined to shake things up, much to Connie's dismay. Meanwhile, Jacob decides to confront Jet in an effort to fight for his mother's wellbeing.
Ruby plucks up the courage to confess about Dani, Jade finds someone who believes in her and starts to believe in herself, Ciaran is tested by the team and discovers he’s got a battle on his hands, and Archie and Will bond over making fun of Ciaran’s productivity charts.
Connie’s worst fears are realised when she comes back from her conference to find Ciaran has taken over her ED and her office. Everything important to her is slipping away. Meanwhile, Jacob uncovers the truth about his mother and vows to protect her.
Duffy makes the tough decision to hang up her uniform. Jacob discovers a truth from his past. Connie is furious with Ciaran when she finds out that Duffy has stepped down.
Jacob says a final goodbye to Omo, and a desperate Archie turns to Ciaran for help.
Iain learns to put patients first without compromising his mental health. Jade is gutted when she discovers Marty has won the bursary, until she hears about all the obstacles he has overcome to get to where he is. Gem considers joining Rash on his travels, but decides to stay for Iain's sake.
Connie takes the opportunity to prove herself, but it ends in disaster. Duffy proves her worth in the ED but gets caught up in Connie's mistake, and after a tough day, Iain plucks up the courage to talk about how he's feeling and realises just how far he's come.
Reliving the events of the previous day and unable to escape her own guilt, Connie schemes to save herself by planting a seed of doubt in Duffy's mind. Meanwhile, New porter Rosa makes quite the first impression in the emergency department. As she goes beyond the requirements of her role and gets involved with the patients, David thinks she is overstepping the mark.
When David sees that Charlie is struggling to cope, he intervenes and tries to remind Charlie that he is not alone, with his work 'family' there to help him every step of the way. Meanwhile, Marty's mother is rushed into the emergency department, and he and Jade have to keep up the pretence of being boyfriend and girlfriend in front of his family. Elsewhere, Connie continues to cover her tracks as Ciaran and Archie decide to keep an eye on her, hoping to catch her out.
Feature-length episode of the hospital drama with the staff of Holby's accident and emergency department as they deal with more sick and injured patients. The walls start to close in on Connie when the hospital board notices the high rate of benzodiazepine prescriptions in the emergency department, and she is forced to choose between her addiction and her career. Meanwhile, Iain takes a stand as he defends the paramedics in the emergency department, and Duffy learns that she does not need to be a nurse to be able to help others.
Rash returns to the ED and is immediately thrown into dealing with an attack at a market in Holby, while Ethan attends the scene. And David’s son Ollie arrives at the ED out of the blue.
Ethan struggles to cope in the aftermath of the incident at the market, and decides to throw himself into his work. When Theo, an old friend from university, arrives at the emergency department with his daughter Effie, who has Cystic Fibrosis, Ethan puts himself on the line to give her a chance. After the loss of his mother, Rash decided to delay his return to work, but soon finds himself helping a mother and baby in desperate need of care. Meanwhile, Duffy worries about the future.
Duffy volunteers at a care home and finds out how overlooked some residents can feel, and she decides to express her concerns to Charlie. Meanwhile, David is devastated when his ex-wife Rosalene calls him because their son, Ollie has run away. David finally finds him on a bridge, but Ollie slips off and is rushed into the emergency department where he undergoes a dangerous procedure. Elsewhere, Ethan pulls some strings to try and get Effie on the CF trial, and Archie returns for his first day back at work.
Archie takes justice into her own hands to support a wronged patient, a friend from Iain's past helps him think about his future, and Rash struggles to cope as pressure mounts.
Rash’s career is threatened when he is blamed for Mason’s mistake. Iain’s confidence is knocked by Jan and Ruby’s surprised reaction when they hear he’ll be going for the HEMS job. Effie gets onto the CF trial thanks to Ethan’s lies.
David and Ollie continue to butt heads, Rash decides to fight to stay in Holby, and a new member joins the paramedic team.
Mason struggles to ask for help in his most difficult week as a junior doctor, David’s bubble is burst when Rosalene starts to fight for custody, and Ethan struggles to convince Effie to go through with the trial
During a routine CQC investigation, Robyn is devastated to realise she can't rely on Duffy. Ethan stifles his feelings and turns his back on Effie, and Rash protects Mason from Dylan.
Ruby tells Jan that she no longer wants to work with Lev after she learns about his shady past. Rosa and David put their fake relationship into action, and the terror attack continues to haunt Ethan.
It's an emotional rollercoaster of a day for Rash as events take their toll on staff and patients alike. Dylan struggles in his role as clinical lead, and Archie is desperate to impress Dylan but instead accepts friendship from Will.
Jacob attempts to make a difference in two patients' lives, while Ruby helps Archie get to the bottom of an ED mystery.
A desperate Charlie seeks help from an old foe, whilst Faith and Lev find themselves living through their worst nightmare.
Marty suffers a betrayal, a guilt-ridden Charlie questions his decision to put Duffy in a care home, and Archie and Connie bond over their work.
An anxious Charlie searches for Duffy, who is missing in hostile weather conditions. Meanwhile, Lev is unable to accept the severity of Luka's prognosis.
The ED pulls together in Charlie’s time of need, and Connie struggles to conceal her guilt from Archie.
Ruby and Violette's relationship is pushed to the limit and Harmony's life is put in danger. Will struggles to finish a tedious report for Connie and turns to Lara for help, but he soon learns he should not mix his personal life with his work. Elsewhere, tensions run high when Ethan and Rash are forced to work
Violette tries to get clean in rehab and prepares to fight Ruby for custody of baby Harmony. Faith struggles to cope with Luka’s diagnosis and considers joining a support group.
Faith and Lev prepare for Luka’s surgery. Charlie returns to work earlier than expected, throwing himself into work as a distraction from his grief, but soon becomes agitated when he realises a few things in the ED have changed in his absence.
Ruby fails to juggle Harmony and work, and Marty pushes Jade to the limit.
New paramedic Fenisha makes a big impact, and Jacob is forced to go behind Charlie’s back.
A heartbroken Lev struggles with Luka’s chemotherapy, and grieving Charlie finally snaps.
Marty finally acknowledges how dangerous his behaviour has been outside of work and decides to change his ways. Meanwhile, Ethan questions what he really wants when Fenisha turns him down, and David suggests that Dylan's behaviour indicates feelings towards Faith, but Dylan denies it. Starring Shaheen Jafargholi and George Rainsford.
Rash defies Connie while dealing with a complex case, and Ruby makes a life-changing decision.
Fenisha’s happiness comes crashing down, and a familiar face is brought into the ED.
Noel’s suspicions are proved right when he catches a predator, and Fenisha battles with a difficult decision.
Fenisha pushes Jan too far, Jade must confront her past, and Jacob makes an unexpected friend.
When Charlie inadvertently gets caught up in a hostage situation at the ED, he must decide where his loyalties lie. Dylan does everything he can to keep Faith safe, putting his life on the line in the process. Will asks Fenisha for a second chance.
Jade meets her birth mother and finally uncovers the truth behind her past, whilst Charlie is reminded of Duffy when treating a man who has recently received a heart transplant.
Lev reflects on a traumatic childhood after connecting with a patient of similar heritage, and Jan struggles to prioritise her marriage over her work.
Ethan battles his PTSD and throws himself into action after a dangerous incident at Holby Comic Con, and Faith leans on Dylan for support after Luka's latest scan.
Jacob is concerned when Nate is brought into the ED struggling to breathe, and temptation gets the better of Lev.
David struggles to manage his bipolar symptoms as his past comes back to haunt him, and Dylan’s morals are pushed to their limit.
An utterly conflicted Dylan struggles to contain his fury at Lev, and Fenisha steps up to help in Jan’s hour of need.
Jacob betrays Connie’s trust, Noel makes a heartbreaking mistake, and opinions in the ED are divided when an illegal stowaway falls from the sky.
Marty reconnects with his homophobic father, and Rash is forced to intervene as disaster strikes the ED and the team are thrown into chaos.
When the coronavirus pandemic hits Holby ED, Connie struggles to protect her team, Will becomes disillusioned with his work and Fenisha rushes to keep her baby safe.
Jacob wants more from Connie, but will she be able to make the time for their relationship with mounting pressures on the ED and an increasingly disillusioned Will.
An exhausted Will tries to make peace with the ED on his last day, Robyn does everything she can to help a conflicted patient, and Rash plucks up the courage to get himself a date.
Faith and Dylan are brought closer together, but when Faith is in peril after her ambulance crashes, will Dylan be able to save her in time? Ethan reveals his deepest fears to Rash and realises he must trust his judgement. Leon learns that the ED always has his back.
Jacob’s life is thrown into peril when a suspected bomber enters the emergency department, and an exhausted Marty struggles to accept his father’s attempts at reconciliation.
A harrowing domestic abuse case brings things to a head between Fenisha and Jan, while Lev grapples with the truth that is tearing apart his family.
With Fenisha’s life in danger, Ethan must race against time to try to save his family.
In her moment of crisis, can Fenisha let Ethan in? Grace turns out not to be the little girl Connie expected, and Rosa encourages Ollie to try his luck.
Can Jan make the ultimate sacrifice to save her son? Faith and Lev do everything they can to keep their marriage together, and Connie interferes in Grace’s love life.
Jan’s fear is tearing her apart as she desperately tries to keep her son safe. Connie takes out her frustrations on Jacob’s new relationship, and a bit of fun accidentally leads Charlie to create a betting ring.
As paranoia eats away at her marriage, will Faith finally give in to temptation with Dylan?
Faith's personal struggles end up putting her daughter in danger. Tina finds herself in Connie’s war path.
When Grace takes Ollie’s life into her own hands, it threatens to ruin Connie’s relationship with her daughter forever.
Dylan realises it’s best to move on, and David realises Rosa isn’t coping. Can an old friend save Jan from breaking point?
Faith finally cracks as her family unit falls apart, Marty battles with his conscience, and Iain puts himself on the line to protect Jan.
Jade’s confidence is crushed when a night out turns to disaster, Fenisha discovers the painful truth about Ethan’s diagnosis, and Tina pushes her luck with Jacob.
Jan must decide between honesty or saving her marriage, Leon battles for his job, and Jacob and the team grapple with treating a white supremacist.
Will Lev ever be able to trust his colleagues again?
Jade takes justice into her own hands, and Jan is moved to fight for a worthy cause.
Rash’s past is revealed when an old friend arrives in the ED. Iain and Faith bond as they treat a dementia patient and her adoring husband. And Tina reminisces about her grief for Nat.
Marty’s family life crashes around him as he confronts a familiar face, and Jacob realises the true extent of his feelings for Tina.
Fenisha’s life is thrown into disarray when a familiar face from her past appears. Rash fights to prove his competence, and Marty goes the extra mile to support women’s issues.
Lev ruins his chance at happiness, Ethan is forced to consider the future of his family, and Charlie receives an unexpected visitor.
Tina allows her jealousy to get the best of her, Faith attempts to rescue Lev from self-sabotage, and Robyn reconnects with an old friend.
A terrifying accusation throws David and Rosa’s family into disarray, and Fenisha discovers the truth about Ethan’s feelings for her.
Lev finally admits the truth about his sexuality, Rash glimpses Tina’s manipulative side, and Charlie is left reeling when he’s accused of breaking up a marriage.
Fenisha makes the ultimate choice to follow her heart, and David is distraught to realise he’s destroyed his family.
Jacob struggles to find a safe path as tensions with Tina escalate.
As Fenisha and Ethan prepare for their big day, Matthew battles his emotions, Lev faces up to his sexuality once and for all, and Ollie’s mystery illness is finally diagnosed.
Ethan and Fenisha are running late for their big day, and Tina’s manipulation of Jacob continues.
Ethan is rushed into the ED, and a new face appears in the department, ready to exact revenge on those who have wronged her.
Jacob reaches a turning point in his relationship with Tina. Ethan struggles to balance work, grief and being a single parent, and Teddy uncovers Jan’s secret.
A medical crisis brings Jan and Ffion together, and tensions between Matthew and Ethan finally come to a head.
Tensions escalate between Tina and Jacob as outsider Iain gets an insight into their issues, and Jade lets Stevie in on an awful secret.
A surprise reunion and an unexpected betrayal force Jade to question whether the ED is really the place for her.
Matthew’s memories of his time in Africa begin to impact his work, while a chance encounter from his past forces Rash into a very difficult situation.
When Tina returns to the ED, Jacob is forced to confront the reality of their relationship. Teddy attempts to welcome a new face into the paramedic family.
A day in the life of Holby's paramedics. Sah, Iain, Jan and Teddy contend with the realities of being on the front line.
Desperate to help, Rash becomes further embroiled in the gang, and the consultants fight over the clinical lead job.
Stevie gains an unlikely friend, Jacob’s denial threatens his job, and Robyn gets distracted by Paul’s return to the ED.
Stevie’s grief fuels her rage towards Ethan, and Rash finds himself and his family in danger.
Jan and Ffion are forced together in a terrifying hostage situation, and Stevie’s job hangs in the balance.
Rash’s life hangs in the balance when he is kidnapped, and Dylan fights to help a patient who struggled to advocate for herself.
As the team battle to keep the ED supplied with oxygen at Christmas, a troubled patient from the past returns for revenge.
As Iain battles for his life, will Charlie recognise Laura in time?
New doctor Paige makes a dramatic first impression on the ED team, and Faith decides it’s time to move on.
Paige is determined to redeem herself on her first ED shift, while Dylan fights for Paula’s right to keep her baby.
Stevie fears for her friend when Faith crosses a dangerous line. When Bodhi is taken ill, will Ethan be able to be the father his son needs?
Faith and Stevie come to blows as Faith continues to spiral. Iain is shocked to find himself working with ex-lover Chrissie.
Dylan rushes to Paula’s aid when she goes into labour. Robyn makes a life-changing discovery.
Robyn must come to a decision about her unexpected pregnancy, while Paige tries to change her bedside manner.
Faith’s world comes crashing down when Luka is targeted by a predator. Teddy encourages Sah to open up.
An impossible medical dilemma reawakens past trauma for Matthew, while Marty worries that his relationship with Adi is moving too fast.
Charlotte’s classmate is brought into the ED in a critical condition, while Teddy is visited by his overbearing mum.
Matthew struggles to suppress his past trauma, while Marty’s relationship is put to the test.
Iain risks everything to help a patient in a desperate situation, and Paul encourages Robyn to be bold.
Teddy pushes himself to the limit to help a patient in need, while Marty grows suspicious of what Adi is hiding from him.
Stevie resorts to drastic measures when Matthew’s symptoms worsen, and Paul faces the consequences of his actions.
Iain jeopardises his relationship with Chrissie when he tries to track down Keidi’s sister. Dylan worries he’s made the wrong decision by supporting Paula.
Paula fights for custody of Ena in court, and Marty finally discovers Adi’s secret.
Teddy prepares to leave Holby, and Faith treats a colleague who could be useful to Stevie.
Matthew grapples with his PTSD, and Marty must come to terms with Adi’s decision.
Iain uncovers a dark case on his search to find Elvira, and Ollie is led astray by his classmates.
Old wounds reopen when Ethan lands a date with a police officer.
Sah comes face-to-face with a figure from their past, and David tries to win Ollie back onto his side.
Iain puts his life on the line, and Paige grows closer to Rash.
Paige and Rash try to hide their relationship from the ED, and David fights to save a patient from herself.
Rash struggles to do the right thing for Paige, and Robyn steps up to help Marty and Adi with their surrogacy.
David must come to terms with Ollie’s dark choices, and a patient from Paul’s past pushes him to be honest with Robyn.
David struggles to come to terms with his son’s actions, and Stevie clashes with a new colleague.
Stevie struggles to control her emotions on Emma’s birthday, while Sah has an unwelcome visitor.
On the day of Ollie’s funeral, will David be able to forgive his son? – Faith is shocked to discover Natalia has a secret.
David searches for answers when he fears he’s the target of an explosion, but is he really ready to know the truth about Ollie?
Rash struggles to give Paige space on the day of her BRCA gene test results, while Sah makes a difficult choice.
Brimming with optimism, Charlie returns from his Greek holiday to find the ED backed up. Teenager Manisha Nepali has just died in resus from a drug overdose, having had to wait outside for more than 40 minutes. Patients from the dock fire are still being treated and there are no beds. Morale is at an all-time low, but Charlie refuses to let this news or Dylan's bad mood dent his good one. Elsewhere, David is not coping as well as he thought
Desperate to clear Ollie's name, Rosalene tries to persuade David to talk to a journalist she believes is sympathetic to their side of the story. But her pleas fall on deaf ears. Dylan takes a stand for his team, but Marcus may not be willing to hear what he has to say. Stevie has had all she can take of her noisy neighbours, so agrees to go flat-hunting with Faith
Robyn starts to have doubts about the surrogacy while Iain and Faith’s friendship is tested.
Stevie and Dylan clash, Robyn struggles with IVF side effects and Sah returns to work.
David accidentally exposes his true identity to Susan, while Stevie realises she values her relationship with Marcus more than she thought.
Sah resists Jools’s attempt to be there for them and their dad, while Charlie helps Dylan overcome a confidence crisis.
Faith and Iain team up to try to save a family they have seen in the ED before, while Robyn’s responsibilities start to take a toll.
Marty sees Adi’s true colours, while Stevie is knocked down a peg by an old enemy.
Stevie gets an amazing opportunity, while Paige begins to have doubts about her relationship with Rash.
Stevie’s exciting opportunity is jeopardised by a patient, while Jan is seriously affected by her workload.
Faith realises a friend is suffering, while Stevie’s mentorship pushes Paige to make a mistake.
The pressure reaches boiling point for Jan in a special improvised episode.
Dylan’s clinical lead duties are disrupted by a patient from his past, while Rash worries about Ashok’s strange behaviour.
Stevie has a revelation about her relationship with Marcus, Rash realises he doesn’t need to deal with Ashok alone, and Paul worries he’s not enough for Robyn.
Jan and Sah build bridges, and Dylan expresses concern about a care home.
Jacob throws himself into work, Ethan has a revelation, and Dylan makes a shocking discovery.
Rash realises Ashok is in more trouble than he thought, Stevie struggles, and Paul surprises Robyn.
Jacob’s heroics help persuade Marcus change is needed, while Dylan’s investigations get him into trouble.
Dylan clashes with an old rival. Robyn and Paul make a life-changing decision, and Stevie seeks comfort from Marcus.
Stevie learns the truth about Marcus, and a patient causes friction between Max and Faith.
Jacob tries to gain the respect he needs from his department, Rash struggles with his dad’s welfare, and Stevie is haunted by Marcus’s abuse.
Robyn stands up to Jacob. Marty and David struggle to put patient care first, and Iain and Faith have to work closer than ever.
Charlie questions his loyalties as the ED reaches breaking point, David and Marty make a difficult decision, and Jacob realises his actions might have devastating consequences.
Dylan fights to bring an abuser to justice, Jacob finally faces his guilt, and is there more to Faith’s dishonest patient than meets the eye?
An unexpected arrival in the ED forces Faith to confront her darkest secret.
The paramedics welcome a surprising recruit, and a new face in the ED turns Max’s world upside down.
A difficult patient brings back a past Jan would rather forget, and can the new nurses impress Max?
Jan’s patience is pushed to the limit, and can Iain persuade a new team member to stick to the rules?
Stevie has a crisis of confidence, and Jan tries to set some boundaries.
Jodie faces her fears, and Faith takes a dangerous risk.
Jodie’s night out turns into a nightmare, Faith is given bad news, and an eager Ryan is tormented by Max in the ED.
Faith’s resolve is tested to breaking point, and Jacob goes too far.
Iain is forced to face a past trauma as Faith buckles under mounting pressure, whilst Jodie sees a more caring side to Max.
Max causes trouble for Jodie, and Gethin pushes Jan away.
Jan’s actions have a disastrous ripple effect, and Jodie lets off some steam.
Faith makes a terrible mistake, and Rida has a mystery to solve.
When rumours spiral out of control, Jodie makes a tough decision, and a secret is uncovered, leading to a test of Iain and Faith's relationship.
A special episode to mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS, where we follow the team on a typical day in the emergency department.
Relentless back to back shifts at the ED bring about disaster for Donna whilst Faith recoils from the one person who could actually help in her recovery.
A lie spirals out of control for an already guilt-ridden Donna.
Faith’s secret threatens to be exposed under new rules, and Donna’s guilt skyrockets when a familiar patient arrives at the ED.
Donna grapples with her guilt, and Jan's loved ones keep a secret from her.
Donna deals with an angry Max after her confession, and Rida comes to Rash’s rescue.
Max’s health fails him, but he remains in denial, whilst Faith’s lies unravel, and Teddy seeks advice from Gethin.
Stevie keeps a close eye on Faith as she implodes, Jodie has an unexpected reunion, much to Max’s dismay, and Teddy makes an impulsive decision.
Despite criticism, Jan agrees to help Gethin, Faith watches helplessly as her secrets spill out, and Donna plays a dangerous game at the ED with Max.
Donna has to accept a painful realisation as her sentencing looms, while Stevie tries and fails to help a friend in need.
Jan heads to Switzerland with Gethin, but is she making the right decision?
Taking on more responsibility, Stevie is tested to breaking point, the truth connects Max and Jodie, and Faith returns to the ED, but not in the way she'd expected.
With his nurses' safety at risk, Charlie vows to help them, Teddy struggles to grieve, and stubborn Max has a painful realisation concerning his future.
Sah begins to doubt an important choice, and Jodie is faced with the reality of her decision.
A fearful Stevie takes decisive action at work, and Dylan overcomes his pride to help an ailing Max.
On her first day back at Holby, Faith struggles with new restrictions, Rash steps up, but is he ready? And Stevie jumps to conclusions, causing her to doubt herself in her new role.
Iain is gutted when Faith draws a line under their relationship, Rida feels guilty about her friendship with Rash being on rocky ground, and Teddy has doubts over his engagement to Paige.
Max pushes himself too far, Stevie makes a fatal decision, and Iain keeps a secret from Faith.
Rash’s decision to go to work backfires, Cam’s hopes are dashed, and Stevie is faced with a painful reminder of the past.
Stevie’s demons catch up with her, Paige’s career prospects hang in the balance, and Siobhan is determined to make a change on her first shift as Rash struggles to say goodbye.
Iain goes looking for a missing Natalia. Charlie’s fears come true, and Max is presented with an opportunity that conflicts with Jodie’s wishes.
Charlie vows to prove there is good in the world – with disastrous consequences. Stevie is proven right, but can it save her job?
As Charlie’s life hangs in the balance, can Stevie regain her confidence in time to save him?
In the wake of his dad’s death, Rash deludes himself into thinking he’s fine. But with mounting pressure at work, how long will it be before he cracks?
Jacob is given a second chance to do the right thing. Rida questions her future after a catastrophic incident rocks her and Rash, and Nicole has to make a shocking admission.
Dylan faces disaster when he doesn’t listen to Rash, Teddy’s night turns sour after an encounter with a boisterous hen party, and a downbeat Ngozi turns to a colleague for support.
Dylan is haunted by his past mistakes, while Tariq and Rash collide when Tariq ‘plays the hero’. Nicole is forced to come clean about her secret.
A vulnerable Teddy is horrified when he is confronted by an unwelcome visitor, whilst Nicole is determined to prove herself to Stevie. Can Rash learn to take therapy seriously?
Jacob fights for his grandchild, but is he ready to step up? And a still vulnerable Rash forgoes help when he treats a familiar face.
A new exposé about Holby Hospital has shaken the team, whilst Dylan is cracking down on Patrick. The pressure is building on Siobhan, and Cam’s doubts are creeping in.
During an explosive shift, Iain discovers Teddy’s secret, Dylan and Stevie try to prove that Patrick is a danger to patients, and Jacob questions himself as a grandfather.
Crossover with Holby Ciy; for part 1, see Casualty@Holby City (1) Catastrophe hits Holby A&E when a truck carrying petrol crashes into the hospital. Even though only at the hospital to collect his things after been struck off, Jim is thrown into the center of the accident when he has to help Holby City character Rosie save a baby's life while Bex's life is put in danger when she takes a man to the drugs section of the hospital to help him find a doctor but it takes a sinister turn when he takes her hostage to help him get drugs for himself. Elsewhere Harry and Luke try to help out in the hospital another explosion happens leaving Bex, Jim and others lives in danger.
