Holby City
Series 4
Drama series depicting the frenetic daily lives of the doctors, nurses and patients in the hectic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital. The unit is run by the autocratic Consultant Surgeon Anton Meyer (George Irving) assisted by arrogant sidekick Registrar Nick (Michael French) who find themselves in a continuous running battle with Consultant Muriel McKendrick (Phyllis Logan) over beds with the rest of the staff caught in the cross-fire.
Where to Watch Holby City • Series 4
52 Episodes
- Rogue Males
E1Rogue MalesAnton Meyer is seriously injured in a road-rage incident and is brought to Holby for an emergency operation. Mike Barratt's replacement Ric Griffin arrives. Alex Adams plays detective when he realises that the wife of an apparent road injury victim admitted at the same time is driving around in Meyer's car. - Things Can Only Get Better
E4Things Can Only Get BetterJanice Taylor holds a dinner party to welcome Anton Meyer back to work, his first case badk is a heart transplant patient who has been poorly treated by the system. Janice discovers she is now pregnant to to the latest round of IVF. Alex Adams is jealous when he finds Samantha Kenedy and Ric Griffin together. Word begins to spread about Keri McGrath and Liam Evans. - Forgiveness of Sins
E8Forgiveness of SinsDanny Shaughnessy goes ahead with his wedding to Marija Ovcar, despite his mother Kath being sure it's a big mistake. Sandy Harper wangles herself the role of bridesmaid. Meanwhile, a young patient of Keri McGrath's is discovered to have had a recurrence of her cancer, while her parents argue because of their different views on religion. A woman comes into Darwin Ward with apparent appendicitis, that under surgery is found to be an infection caused by a swab left behind after a previous operation. - Woman in the Dark
E9Woman in the DarkOwen Davis confronts Alistair Taylor about his growing relationship with Chrissie Williams, but he claims nothing is going on. A young woman is brought in suffering from advanced liver disease. A woman prisoner is also on the ward, who, when she is fully diagnosed, wants to do something that Ric Griffin is sure will give the medical ethics board a tough decision. - It's a Family Affair
E11It's a Family AffairMaria finally kisses Danny. A heart patient has two wives who don't know about each other until today. Steve's son Robbie is rushed to hospital with alcohol poisoning. Steve and Robbie come to terms with Emma's death. Alistair professes love for Chrissy and she breaks it off. We see Chrissy's name badge under the bed where Janice is lying. - 'Twas the Night...
E12'Twas the Night...A rugby player gets a broken leg in a match. He dies from a brain bleed. After investigating, it is revealed that his best friend punched him in the head and caused it. Janice finds Chrissy's name badge and confronts Alistaire and he weasels his way out of it. He gives her the necklace that he bought for Chrissy. Janice is pregnant. - Shadow of a Doubt (1)
E13Shadow of a Doubt (1)New year's eve party. Alex leaves early, but promises to get back to Sam. While he is gone, he saves a man in a road traffic accident, and runs over a little boy. The police give him a breathalyzer and he fails. Sam is annoyed that he did not come back. A former girlfriend brings her little girl to the hospital and Alex thinks it may be his daughter.Alistaire starts annoying Chrissy, and she rejects him again. - Shadow of a Doubt (2)
E14Shadow of a Doubt (2)Jamie, the child that Alex Adams knocked down, is starting to recover in Otter Ward when he suddenly worsens, needing an urgent operation, but dies in theatre. Blood tests confirm the positive breathalyser, and Alex is charged with drink-driving. Samantha Kennedy becomes increasingly remorseful that she was the one at fault, but still can't bring herself to confess to him or anyone. Dr Gupta's wife gives birth by Caesarian to their fourth child, and first son, in the Holby maternity unit, but almost at the cost of her life. Alistair Taylor prepares to leave his wife for Chrissie Williams, though she continues to consistently reject him. He and Owen Davis end up brawling in the car park, after Owen intervenes to stop Alistair hassling Chrissie. Janice sees them, and finally realises what has been happening. - Trust
E15TrustThe affair becomes public because of Alastair and Owen's fight. A little boy needs a bone marrow transplant, but both his parents don't match. His mother calls her ex boyfriend who happens to be her husband's best friend. Luka's birthday party and Kath is worried about Simon's drinking. Maria's ex show up and Danny gets the sofa. In a drunken rage, Simon hits Kath. - Life Goes On
E17Life Goes OnSandy meets a new guy Ben at a club, only to find out that he is starting work at Holby City tomorrow, as a midwife. A cancer patient finds out that he is going to die before the birth of his baby. His wife decides to induce her labour so he can see his child before he dies. Danny makes up with Kath for hitting Simon. - The Love That Binds
E20The Love That BindsSamantha Kennedy vows that she's off men for ever. A young woman with learning difficulties, Chloe Edwards, is in the maternity ward for complications with her pregnancy, and her mother is concerned. Stan Ashleigh's wife collapses in the hospital car park while delivering him to work, and she is admitted to one of the wards for tests and treatment. - Choose Life
E21Choose LifeAlex tries to get Sam fired by telling Meyer about the spiked drink. Meyer won't do it because she was off duty. Ben decides to invite his parents for dinner to tell them he's gay. He asks Sandy to come for moral support. Problem is, Sandy recognizes them from the cancer ward. - Fathers and Sons
E23Fathers and SonsWhen Tash's girlfriend shows up at work for a coffee, Tash puts her hand in her bag and gets pricked by a needle. Tash fears for her life and future when she learns that her girlfriend has HIV and Tash might have contracted it. Kath gets into another arguament with Simon which leads to him abusing her worse than ever before and her being admitted to Holby and in need of an operation on her spleen. - Cruel to Be Kind
E24Cruel to Be KindKath leaves Simon and gets Danny to pick up her belongings. Father Chambers and Danny paint and decorate her new place while she is at work. A woman wants to leave the man that cared for her and raised her two sons, for another man, who happens to be her husband's much younger employee. - Birthday
E26BirthdaySamantha invites Alex to her birthday party, but he declines. He meet Jess in a bar, and she takes him to the party. He finds out Jess is Ric's daughter and she is flatmates with Samantha. A fight breaks out with Steve and his old friend. Police come, Ric calls them racist, he gets arrested for not cooperating. - We Band of Brothers
E28We Band of BrothersA case of the Norwak virus is discovered on Darwin Ward, but Ric Griffin decides to try to stay open and contain the outbreak. At the flat, Liam is disturbed by noise from next door, and going round to complain, finds an unconscious, bleeding woman in the open doorway. A man with a bat ties Liam up, but he is released when the woman comes round. In tackling the man to prevent him harming his son, Liam is badly injured in a fall. - Sweet Love Remembered
E35Sweet Love RememberedOwen has to decide whether the time is right to move back in with Laura, while he struggles to support a prisoner who could be separated from her newly born baby. An old flame of Liam's returns, and he finds himself questioning whether he has a future at Holby General. - Calculated Risks
E36Calculated RisksOwen Davis is tempted by Chrissie Williams's advances, and the two are soon brought together by a woman forced to re-evaluate her relationship because of deteriorating health. Keri McGrath's past comes back to haunt her when her man-eating mother turns up. Holby City gets sexy when the eligible men are auctioned off for charity. - Love and Devotion
E38Love and DevotionMary Harrow, a successful novelist who needs two operations, tests the loyalties of Darwin Ward's junior doctors to their senior colleagues. Sam Kennedy's subsequent need to prove her feelings for Ric Griffin to him culminates in an unusual request. Mubbs Hussain gives Keri McGrath the date she won at the auction, but when they get back home, her mother Pam arrives and Mubbs feels awkward in the light of what they had been doing earlier. Parents Kelvin & Marcia Lyme have their desire to adopt a child tested when he is diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia. Owen Davis visits Chrissie Williams at home to tell her he's getting back with his wife, but then proceeds to jeopardise it. - From This Moment On
E41From This Moment OnAlistair Taylor is back at Holby on another temporary assignment, and proposes divorce to Janice who is nearing the end of her pregnancy. On the day after the events of the wedding day, Sam Kennedy confronts Alex Adams about their relationship. Keri McGrath makes a shocking discovery when she walks in on a meeting between her mother and Mubbs Hussein. A woman is brought in after collapsing in the street from a heart condition; her husband, who hasn't seen her for a year, is very keen to see her, and even more so when Alex lets slip that she has recently had a baby. A road traffic accident brings in an injured woman, Liv Woods, and her daughter, Natalie, who is pronounced brain dead; her husband is already there having brought in their other daughter who needs a kidney transplant. Janice has to persuade them to let Natalie be a transplant donor. - Judas Kiss (1)
E43Judas Kiss (1)A dying child needs a risky operation in order to survive. However, Sam does not have faith in Meyer's ability to carry out the procedure as he performed it before a little girl died. She voices her concerns to the child's parents who then discharge their son from the hospital. The boy returns in a critical condition. Meanwhile, Janice is thrown into turmoil when her unborn baby is in danger. And Chrissie is forced to care for Owen's runaway child. - Judas Kiss (2)
E44Judas Kiss (2)The child did not survive the operation and the parents hold Sam responsible as she influenced their decision. Meyer suspends Sam for breaking his trust however Sam does not feel she is to blame and resigns. Before leaving she vows to expose Meyer as she believes his methods are flawed and have caused too many deaths. Meanwhile, Janice and her baby's lives hang in the balance after a traumatic birth. Owen is shocked to discover that his daughter is admitted with severe burns due to Chrissie's babysitting. - A Second Chance
E47A Second ChanceTom Campbell-Gore's first day as consultant on Darwin does not exactly go according to plan as he clashes with Ric Griffin over patient confidentiality. Lisa Fox hosts a family lunch with unexpected consequences. Meanwhile, Danny Shaughnessy and Diane Lloyd find it hard to keep their relationship professional. - The Private Sector
E48The Private SectorThe atmosphere between lovers Chrissie and Owen becomes tense, and Owen immerses himself in the case of a pregnant schizophrenic who is reluctant to take medical advice. Ric finds himself in hot water after performing drastic surgery on a budding teenage sportsman in an effort to save his life.
