Holby City

In the surgical department of Holby City Hospital, surgeons Anton Meyer and Nick Jordan race against time to carry out a heart transplant operation, but first they have to make the difficult choice between two possible recipients: Alan Kenyon, Anton's initial choice who turns out to be ill; and Simon Harwood, who becomes panicky when the operation finally approaches. Alan's father Les finds it hard to accept that his son is being delayed again, and bursts into the operating theater during the procedure, and has to be disarmed. Nurses Julie Fitzjohn & Jasmine Hopkins vie for the post of Deputy Ward Sister on Darwin, the cardiology ward, with Jasmine being successful. Nicola Fallon is brought up, and the staff have to contact her parents, who are in Belgium.

Nick Jordan is put to the test when he is the only cardio-thoracic surgeon available to perform an urgent operation. Jasmine Hopkins has to use all of her diplomatic skills to remake a good working relationship with Julie Fitzjohn, who is resentful that she didn't get the job, as the continuing night shifts prevent her seeing as much of her infant daughter as she would like. And there's a tough new ward sister, Karen Newburn, for everyone to contend with; it appears she and Nick have a ‘history’. Jasmine has to lay down the law to Dougie O'Donnell, a patient who she finds smoking cannabis on the roof. Paul Ripley spends a lot of time at Nicola Fallon's bedside, to the anger of her parents.

There's gossip about Nick Jordan & Karen Newburn, following Tina Seabrook telling Ray Sykes and Jasmine Hopkins that Nick is married to Karen. Kirstie Collins, who is helping Muriel McKendrick with the trial of a new drug, finds a severe adverse reaction in one patient, Alan Metcalfe, and wants to alert the drugs company, but Muriel warns her against doing so. The staff of Darwin Ward struggle to stop the spread of the life-threatening MRSA infection, when it is contracted by one patient, Debbie Prewitt from another, Lizzie Coombes. Suspicion about its spread falls on Julie Fitzjohn. Lizzie is a motor-bike racer, recovering after an accident, and is visited by her husband Dave, but she becomes suspicious when she sees him riding off with another woman, Mel.

Kirstie Collins catches Nick Jordan in a compromising situation with Ellie Sharpe in a linen cupboard. Nicola Fallon, the girl in a coma, reaches crisis point, and her parents face an agonising decision. Simon Harwood the heart recipient is back in, with a worsening condition, and Nick fears he is rejecting the new heart and puts him on immuno-suppressive drugs, but Anton Meyer diagnoses it as an infection and changes the medication to antibiotics. Simon is obsessed with finding out about the heart donor. Dennis Johnson, an elderly widower with a heart condition, is visited by his grandson Shane. A young man, Colin, tells several male members of staff that he's in love with them.

Nick Jordan has to assist Anton Meyer on a heart operation on a new-born baby, but he expresses his reservations to him. Julie Fitzjohn helps a young mother with a heart-breaking dilemma. Meanwhile, the pressure builds up for house officer Victoria Merrick, after she saves the life of a patient, Chris Woodhouse, and she resorts to taking drugs at work.

Julie Fitzjohn has been sacked from her other, part-time job at a supermarket, which she has taken to make ends meet. Anton Meyer tells Victoria Merrick that patient Chris Moorhouse is ogin to sue the hospital, because his voice has not recovred. Adrian Walker is still in the ward, worried about the flood at his business premises until his wife, Jackie, and colleague, Mark Simpson, reveal they have been having an affair. Nick Jordan has an altercation with an ex-boyfriend of Ellie Sharpe's, and clashes with Karen Newburn over their troubled past, when he is slow in responding to a paging for an emergency with patient Tom Woodley. When Tom dies, Nick has to help the relatives deciode whether some of his organs can be used for transplant. Anton and Muriel McKendick are still clashing over the allocation of beds. Ruth Reynolds is back in Holby for a heart operation, which causes her to consider the future for her adopted daughter.

Julie Fitzjohn is having trouble finding the money to pay a child-minder to look after her daughter Rosie. The child-minder arrives at the ward, saying she has found another client, and leaves Rosie there, so the staff have to hide her from Karen Newburn for the rest of the day. Julie tells Jasmine Hopkins that she is thinking of taking another, part-time job to get more money. Carl and Jasmine argue about her work, and he hits her, though apologises immediately; she tells him to leave. Christine, a young woman recently returned from honeymoon, is rushed in, having contracted a virus that has caused her heart to enlarge. Her treatment causes conflict between Anton Meyer and Muriel McKendrick, as Anton suspects Muriel is trying to justify the split in beds between cardiac and other cases. David Cousins has come in for a long-overdue heart bypass, but Victoria Merrick spots that something is wrong and arranges at short notice for Mr. Roberts to perform another operation to correct the problem, so that the bypass can go ahead the next day. When Anton is out of the hospital, he puts Nick Jordan in charge of a delicate heart operation on a patient called Harry, and has to ask Kirstie Collins to assist, even though it means her missing an exam. Muriel has to pull some strings to get her another chance to sit it soon. Harry needs someone to look after his dog while he's in hospital and persuades the reluctant Kirstie to do so.

Sunny Sunderland enters a radio phone-in competition, winning a large sum of money, only to discover it's for charity, and nominates the Holby cardiology unit. Victoria Merrick risks throwing away her medical career by continuing to take speed; Sunny Sunderland discovers this and warns her. After the pharmacy pick up on a presciption she writes wrongly, Karen Newburn informs Nick Jordan, who has to give Victoria a lecture. Victoria says she's failed and let everybody down, and that she's leaving, though she later changes her mind. Muriel McKendrick finds an ideal recipient for one of the latest items of medical technology, a £25 000 internal defibrillator - unfortunately, the patient, Audrey, is an ex-nurse and former colleague, who passes on some revealing insights into Muriel's past to Kirstie Collins, much to Kirstie's delight. When Audrey's attempts at help get her told off by the staff, she feels her life is now so worthless that she decides to leave, saying the money could be put to better use in the health service. Two visiting friends of a young patient, Darren Ingram, deliberately disturb his medical equipment, with near fatal results. When they later steal some drugs, they are chased by Jasmine Hopkins, and stab her in order to escape.

Jasmine Hopkins is operated on by Nick Jordan, who has to phone Anton Meyer for advice. As she hovers between life and death, it's discovered she's in the early stages of pregnancy. Only after the staff tell Darren Ingram that his mates could be responsible for two murders does he divulge their names. Ray Sykes and Sunny Sunderland find out about cash-strapped Julie Fitzjohn's double life working in a night club, when Ralph Fornby is brought up from A&E after collapsing with a heart attack in the club, and recognises her. Karen Newburn reprimands her about it, and offers her Jasmine's post temporarily, which she accepts, deciding to give up the other job. Anton Meyer finds out about Victoria Merrick taking speed and suspends her. Kirstie Collins passes her exam and Muriel McKendrick buys her a bottle of champagne.

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2nd Season Winter 1999/2000 (60 min)

Anton Meyer & Nick Jordan are returning from a conference in Florida, when they have to perform a life-saving operation onboard the jumbo jet in a desperate bid to save the life of a pregnant woman, Eleri, and her baby, using just hypnosis for anaesthesia. At Holby, there's the annual blood-donating competition between Darwin Ward & Linnaeus Ward, which the latter usually win. While waiting to give blood, Victoria Merrick is chatted up by Danny Shaughnessy. Jasmine Hopkins returns to work after her potentially fatal stab wounds, still pregnant, but wondering whether to have an abortion; she and Julie Fitzjohn argue about it, and when Julie visits Jasmine later at home, Jasmine starts to have severe abdominal pains. A heart patient, Jeff Jones, comes up to Darwin from A&E. While treating him, Kirstie Collins, who is now a registrar, receives an accidental needle-stick injury, and there is an anxious time for her while the patient's HIV-status is tested.

Nick Jordan has been given two tickets to Paris and a hotel for the weekend by the airline, so he tries to persuade some of the more attractive members of staff to accompany him to Paris for a weekend: Kirstie Collins, then Victoria Merrick, then Karen Newburn. Anton Meyer invites Nick to his club, but Nick makes a fool of himself. Jasmine Hopkins is in Maternity after her pelvic bleed, and has a miscarriage while Karen is visiting her. Claire Ferland is brought to Darwin Ward by her boyfriend Neil Longford, both homeless teenagers, and deeply in love. When it is found that she has an infected hole in the heart requiring immediate surgery, he confides in Victoria Merrick that they are runaways, and she decides to contact Claire's parents, who arrive to hear that their daughter will shortly die from her infection. Neil is suicidal.

Ray Sykes is now the ward union rep, and persuades Jasmine Hopkins to seek compensation from the hospital for the stabbing. Anton successfully fights the airline for his fee for the operation he did in-flight, which he then quietly donates to the Heart Foundation. Nick Jordan & Karen Newburn race to find a donor for a young girl cystic fibrosis patient, Ally Richards, who needs heart & lung transplant surgery, in a chain with another patient, Tommy. But things become even more complicated when Ally's mother tells them that Ally's father isn't her husband Colin, but his best friend, Gary Banks, with whom she had an affair. Ally's sister Jess, befriends the terminally-ill Tommy, and they sneak out for an unauthorised spin in Nick's new car. Meanwhile, the prospect of the Christmas party and the question of who to invite to accompany them hang heavy over Darwin Ward's staff. Following being dumped by her boyfriend, Karen Newburn dances with Nick and kisses him, but doesn't want to take things any further, to his annoyance.

Despite the improvement in relations between Nick Jordan & Karen Newburn at the party, she initiates divorce proceedings. Jasmine Hopkins's initial offer of £500 compensation from the hospital is increased to £5000, possibly with some help from Anton Meyer, though he claims innocence. Nick Jordan and Victoria Merrick have an argument, during which he brings up the subject of her former speed habit. Ronnie Hurst comes into Holby pretending to be his father Edward. They both have an inherited disease and both need an operation for it, but Edward is in the queue ahead of his son. It is not until Nick has opened up the patient on the operating table that the staff realise they have a problem - Ronnie's fiancée Fiona confesses what has happened and why. Damien Wetherall is on the ward recovering from a heart attack, but his boyfriend Clark is finding it hard to cope with and dumps him; Ray Sykes talks to him to try to improve his spirits. A Jewish patient, Rachel, is in for an operation to replace a faulty heart valve, and is so outraged when she learns it will be replaced one from a pig, that she refuses to go ahead. When she collapses, Nick and Victoria disagree whether to proceed, and consult Anton Meyer, who says they should. When Rachel comes round, Anton gives her quotations from the Old Testament to show that she should choose life over everything else.

Mike Barratt, now a General Consultant Surgeon, arrives back in Holby City to run Keller Ward, a new general surgery ward, made out of part of Darwin Ward; Kath Shaughnessy is its Ward Sister, and Jasmine Hopkins applies to be its Nurse Practitioner. His team are thrown in at the deep end when they are forced to treat both the guilty and the innocent after a racist attack. Tony Smith comes up from A&E with his brother who has been badly injured in a fight. The brother is operated on by Anton Meyer, but Tony refuses medical attention from Tash Bandara. Soon, a Mr. Kumar is brought in with a knife through his heart, who is operated on by Nick Jordan & Victoria Merrick. He is followed by the police and his sons Ashok & Sanjay, who say the Smith brothers attacked them. Anton has to have a serious talk with Victoria, when she finds the turns of events hard to deal with. Grace Lyndon is brought onto the ward after a heart attack. Her husband Derek makes a fuss to get her a heart bypass operation, but it is found she is to weak to survive one, and she tells him that she does not want to be resuscitated after any future heart attack, which occurs only too soon.

Jasmine Hopkins is appointed Nurse Practitioner to the new Keller Ward. Anton Meyer is appointed Clinical Chairman, putting him in overall charge of surgery in the hospital, to persuade him to stay after his cardiac ward has been reduced in size. A mysterious man without a name appears in Darwin Ward carrying a sick young woman, called Amy, saying she has a serious undiagnosed heart condition, and tries to persuade the sceptical staff to take him seriously. Victoria Merrick soon realises that he is telling the truth. The woman has a baby that she has left with some other homeless people at a squat. Some of the ward staff go with the Stranger to find the baby, because it will have the same, hereditary heart condition, and will need treatment also. Steve Devern is on Keller Ward, after being beaten up on Christmas Day, and tries to steal a wallet from an adjacent locker, but Kath Shaughnessy catches him. He needs a kidney transplant from his brother Martin, but despairs that Martin won't have forgiven him for what his heroin habit has driven him to do in the past. The wallet belongs to Noel Grayson, who Mike Barratt has tell that he is paralysed from the waist down. Noel's girlfriend, Ruth Unsworth, is unsure whether she can stay with him, and leaves for New York. As she is driving out of the hospital, she exchanges glances with the Stranger, and changes her mind, returning to Noel's side.

Jasmine Hopkins is inundated with work on her first day as Nurse Practitioner, mainly from Tash Bandara, who seems determined to give her a hard time. Tash flirts with Kirsty Collins, and her attention seems to be reciprocated. Nick Jordan & Karen Newburn continue their reconciliation, until Nick inadvertantly refers to his 'wife' in front of other staff. Hannah Philips arrives on Darwin Ward, accompanied by her obnoxious husband Greg; she is Anton Meyer's sister, but they don't tell anyone. Kirsty diagnoses a heart tumor, and summons Anton. After much arguing between Greg and the surgeons over whether it is ethical for Anton to operate on his own sister, particularly since he stands to gain the lion's share of her estate under her will, they decide that Anton will assist Nick, but during the operation, Anton has to take over to save Hannah's life. Ria Harris is on Keller for a leg problem, and is found to have a serious blood clot; her diving business partner Cole Walker accompanies her. Ray Sykes takes a continuing interest in the case of Damien Wetherall, who needs readmission. On Nick & Karen's journey home, they help at a road accident, and Nick gashes his arm badly.

Nick Jordan and the car crash victim, Lucy Harper, are brought in to Holby. Nick's arm is operated on, but he is told it could be weeks or even months before he can perform any operations himself. Anton Meyer tells him he has recklessly jeopardised his career. Danny Shaughnessy prepares to cook dinner for Victoria Merrick on their date, despite Anton's disapproval. Victoria Merrick discovers that Lucy Harper is pregnant and has been the victim of a date-rape drug. Her husband Frank initially suspects an employee Tom Lester, and then his brother Kevin. Julie Fitzjohn treats a chef, Paul Heller, who she finds has junkie-style needle marks, and tries to help him get access to his young daughter. Damien Wetherall is ready to go home, and Ray Sykes continues to be more involved with him than he should be professionally.

Danny Shaughnessy & Victoria Merrick arrive at work together, and are spotted by Anton Meyer, who warns Victoria about it. Ray Sykes talks to his wife , as he is still unsure of his sexuality and whether to see Damien Wetherall. Kirstie Collins's alcoholic father, Chris, is in Keller for an operation for his frink-caused pancreatitis. A young man with Asperger's Syndrome, Mark Briggs, needs an operation to cure a hole in his heart, but he keeps delaying. The staff try to gain a better understanding of him in order to convince him to have the surgery, and Anton even plays him at chess. Cassandra Holdsworth, a neurosurgeon friend of Mike Barratt's from medical school, is brought in to operate on a drink-drive victim, Stefan Reece. She is curt with the nursing staff, and offers Mike a one-night stand, which he declines.

Despite having spent most of the night in the operating theater, Anton Meyer and Victoria Merrick fail to save the life of their patient. Victoria was over-optimistic to his distressed pregnant wife, and she is angry that she was given false hope when they have to tell her the truth. A flu bug means the wards are short-staffed. Suspicion is aroused on Keller Ward when Eddie Burke, a prisoner, is brought in with his guard Graham Boyd, having swallowed drawing pins. The nature of his crime divides opinions and friendships between the staff. He asks Julie Fitzjohn to help him escape, but Jasmine Hopkins points out that she could be jailed for it, and he returns to the ward. Ray Sykes goes back round to Damien Weatherall's flat to say he's sorry, and finds him collapsed with an overdose; despite Ray & Kirstie Collins's resuscitation efforts, Damien dies.

It's Nick Jordan's first day back, and Anton Meyer warns him to be more careful of his hands in future. Ray Sykes has attended Damien Weatherall's funeral, at which he was the only mourner. There's gossip on the wards about Tash Bandara and Kirstie Collins, which Tash doesn't mind, but Kirstie does. Heart patient Janice Alexander is recovering from an operation, and is visited by her sister, Liz Jameson. Liz doesn't get on with Victoria Merrick, and asks for a more senior doctor, but when he comes, Nick tells Victoria to have more faith in herself. Nick discusses with Karen Newburn about what to do next in their reconciliation, and ignores Victoria's repeated pagings until it is too late. Michelle Jenkins is in Keller Ward for a mammectomy, accompanied by her son Peter; her estranged husband, Terry, says he wants custody of the child or he will tell him what she really does for a living, but it turns out he knows already. Dennis, a builder, is in Darwin Ward, flirting with the nurses, so Jasmine Hopkins decides to teach him a lesson.

The local paper runs a story about Nick Jordan after the death of Janice Alexander, and Anton Meyer has to persuade the hospital trust not to suspend him. Tash Bandara apologises to Kirstie Collins, and tells her that she really cares about her. Nikki Hayes is brought onto Keller Ward, accompanied by her mother Caroline, having had an unsuccessful operation to discover the cause of her stomach pains. Tash suspects she is suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, being mistreated by her mother to gain attention for them. When the notes from her previous hospital arrive, they show there was also a suspicion of it there, and the staff confront the mother. Kath Shaughnessy goes to help the hospital chaplain, Bill Moorcroft, sort out clothes for charity, when he collapses and has to be taken to Darwin Ward, where he is diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, which requires urgent surgery. He is also struggling with a loss of faith, talking it over with his wife Maddy, and asks her to contact their estranged daughter, Angela.

Danny Shaughnessy suggests to Ray Sykes that he go out to the Arabian Gulf to work, to make a break in his life after Damien Weatherall's death, and, initially, Karen Newburn refuses to give Ray a reference, but later relents. A young student, Tim Wells, suffers a severe allegic reaction while in bed with his much older college lecturer, Frances Burnham, which is traced to the rubber in the condom he was using. Melanie Scott, a young agoraphobic with a heart condition, is in Darwin Ward, and when she has been medicated, Danny has to restrain her libidinous impulses. A young man injured in a motorbike accident is brought into Keller Ward, and Jasmine Hopkins finds his wallet, identifying him as Simon Martin. His mother Tessa Martin comes in, accompanied by her best friend, Donna Gasperi. Simon is in severe pain, and Tash Bandara diagnoses it as Sickle Cell Anemia, even though he is white and SCA only affects people of African descent. After he dies, a tragic case of mistaken identity is discovered.

Nick Jordan has to face his negligence hearing on the death of Janice Alexander, which gets off to a very shaky start, with Victoria Merrick and Karen Newburn having to give evidence. He visits Janice's sister, Liz Jameson, asking for her forgiveness, and following an opening of his heart to the tribunal as well, is allowed to continue working, but decides to resign himself. Karen also tells Nick that their marriage really is finished. Danny Shaugnessy has been on some dates with Julie Fitzjohn, but still wants to keep his options open. Mike Barratt and his team have a potential crisis on their hands when faced with a case of the deadly and contagious disease diphtheria when Keller Ward admits two Ukrainian sisters, the Dachovias. Bobby Johnson is on Darwin Ward waiting for an angioplasty, when his wife arrives, they argue over his compulsive gambling.

Mike Barratt has arranged a 24-hour outdoor team-building course for six of the staff: Danny Shaughnessy, Kath Shaughnessy, Jasmine Hopkins, Julie Fitzjohn, Ray Sykes and himself. By now Ray has accepted a job offer in Dubai. Danny asks Jasmine Hopkins out again, without telling Julie that they're finished. Sammy Briscoe is admitted to Darwin Ward with a heart murmur that will end his boxing career; Victoria Merrick tries to help him find a replacement career, but Anton Meyer tells her to put all her energies into the career she trained for. When a breast-cancer patient, Maggie Haney, is admitted to the ward, it prompts Tash Bandara to confide in Kirstie Collins about a lump she has found on herself. Kirstie tells her to get it seen to, but it takes Maggie to persuade her.

Julie Fitzjohn and Jasmine Hopkins find that Danny Shaughnessy has been two-timing them. Tash Bandara's test results arrive back, and show it was just a cyst and not breast cancer. Mike Barratt leads his team on the team-building course, during which he steps on an illegal animal trap and breaks his leg. The others have to quickly improvise treatment out in the field, to prevent Barratt losing his leg. Then things get worse as he is found to have a broken rib that is putting pressure on his heart. For the first time, Victoria Merrick assists Anton Meyer with a heart transplant, on Jill O'Hanlon, a woman with a much younger huband, Brendan. When Anton lets slip her real age, Brendan walks, and has to be persuaded to return, to talk Jill into the operation, which she is now having doubts about. Gavin Cunningham is in Keller Ward with a skull fracture after a mugging, though it turns out he received his injuries from his violent wife.

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3rd Season Winter 2000/2001 (60 min)

A serious road accident involving a motorbike cuts short the bus journey to work for Jasmine Hopkins & Julie Fitzjohn. Meanwhile, back at Holby City, new cardio-thoracic surgeon Alex Adams and new junior nurse Sandy Harper are immersed in a struggle to cope with the chaos caused by an infection scare.

Victoria Merrick is thrown into the deep end in pediatrics. Jasmine Hopkins's traumatic past helps her care for a patient who's convinced she has ovarian cancer.

When a well-known hospital fundraiser, John Wooldridge, demands a risky operation, Mike Barratt has to decide whether to refuse, or bow to management pressure.

Pressure mounts on Julie Fitzjohn as her trial period as ward sister comes to an end, and Steve Waring is proved right when an apparently straightforward case turns out to be something far more sinister.

Kirstie Collins puts her medical career in jeopardy when she gives an elderly patient an unlicensed trial drug. Alex Adams is in trouble when he ignores Mike Barratt's guidance.

Keri McGrath befriends a teenage runaway with a guilty secret, but her approach causes conflicts with her colleagues. Meanwhile, Kirstie Collins performs a dangerous emergency rescue that has unforeseen consequences for her career.

Jasmine Hopkins is accused of unprofessional conduct when she becomes emotionally involved with a cancer patient.

Anton Meyer starts suffering symptoms that could indicate he is developing motor neurone disease. Julie Fitzjohn's daughter Rosie is taken seriously ill, and she fears she could lose her.

As Anton Meyer awaits his own test results, Julie Fitzjohn is adamant that only he can carry out a life-saving operation on her daughter Rosie. When he refuses, she accosts him about it.

A major road traffic accident brings both devastation and joy as the death of one child means another can live by receiving a long-awaited heart transplant.

Steve Waring gets Janice Taylor & Keri McGrath to give up smoking. Avid football player Ged Simmons is admitted with a hernia, and is given the opportunity to choose between rebuilding his relationship with his ex-fiancée and football. Keri McGrath has to deal with a deaf boy on her ward who is being bullied by one of the other children. Fifteen-year-old Rachel Calder is in for another in a long series of operations to cure her hole-in-the-heart condition, but she refuses, requiring the involvement of a court. The judge decides that she should have the operation, but it is not successful and she dies, making Victoria Merrick feel bad about being a doctor for the first time in her career.

Tash Bandara faces a professional crisis when a patient fails to come round after an operation. On Otter Ward, the paediatrics ward, Janice Taylor clashes with an over-protective mother, and Keri McGrath has to deal with an unexpected visitor to the ward.

Mike Barratt's day starts badly when a politician dies during a routine operation, and gets rapidly worse as he tries to explain why. He then has to make a life or death decision choosing between operating on two other patients, while an investigative reporter sniffs around. Meanwhile, a smooth-talking visitor sells the staff some goods that turn out to be less than they were expecting.

Anton Meyer is not impressed when Alex Adams questions a heart operation on an elderly war veteran, and a little girl in a nurse's outfit nearly brings a busy night to a calamitous end as she wreaks havoc on Otter Ward.

Janice Taylor becomes emotionally involved with a young patient, Owen Latham, when he demands more than medical help after his mother dies. Victoria Merrick jumps to conclusions when she treats a young teenage girl with amnesia and bruising.

An ex-alcoholic is admitted with a bleeding oesophagus: his wife suspects that he's been drinking again, but is it fair to jump to conclusions? Meanwhile, the staff of Darwin Ward celebrate too hard in advance of Liam Evans's wedding, which does not go according to plan.

Tash Bandara faces difficult personal and professional decisions when her estranged father pays her a visit and is diagnosed with a serious illness. Meanwhile, Liam Evans helps melt the ice between two dancing partners whose feelings for each other are more than just work-related.

Danny Shaughnessy faces a career crisis when he reveals more than he intends to a 15-year-old patient, and Keri McGrath finds herself embroiled in a mother/daughter conflict. Meanwhile, young love on the ward encourages Victoria to reconsider a romantic proposition.

Alex Adams's professionalism is under the spotlight when he becomes irate with a young heart-transplant patient who forces him to confront his past. Dr. Anil Bannerjee's competence is questioned when a patient claims to have been awake under general anesthetic during an operation.

When Julie Fitzjohn adopts the role of mediator in an effort to reconcile a dying man with his estranged son, she is soon forced to reflect on her own situation.

The arrival of a childless couple on Keller Ward forces Kath Shaughnessy to face up to changes in her relationship with her son, Danny

An allegation of professional misconduct pushes Steve Waring to the brink, and his relationship with Jasmine Hopkins is tested when he calls on her for help.

Anton Meyer's absence leaves laid-back Prof Alan Fletcher in charge.

Victoria Merrick is traumatised by the death of a patient, Alsion Campbell.

Victoria Merrick has a tough time when a teenager steals her wallet, and Janice Taylor gives her a dressing down.

Two cases of severe assault are admitted, to different wards, and Steve Waring makes a connection. Meanwhile, the pediatric ward battling short-staffed with the threat of a meningitis outbreak, Victoria Merrick goes missing, as her non-relationship with Guy Morton reaches crisis point.

Alex Adams faces Samantha Kennedy's jealousy and the hostility of colleagues in the aftermath of the shocking news. Martin Bradford proposes to Julie Fitzjohn.

Alex Adams and Guy Morton are forced into uneasy proximity. Jasmine Hopkins has stern words of advice for Julie Fitzjohn when she does not appear to be herself. Miranda Locke is readmitted, with self-harm wounds, and the police take an increasing interest in her. Sandy Harper picks up a mistake by Samantha Kennedy, and suggests the probable cause of a patient's severe symptoms, and eventually gets Julie's commendation. Martin Bradford asks Julie to go to Brighton with him, as he is to get a good new job there, but she is so confused she decides to break things off with him.

It's the day of Julie Fitzjohn & Martin Bradford's wedding, and there's a series of surprises in store for her, including overhearing only part of a conversation of Sandy Harper's saying why she's glad she's leaving. Miranda Locke admits to the police that she knows more than she has been admitting, and agrees to do an identity parade. Emma Waring is admitted to the hospital after a road accident, and it turns out the underlying cause is more serious, which creates a tug of loyalties for Steve, over his feelings for her and for Jasmine Hopkins; then his son sees him and Jasmine kissing.

Mike Barratt considers a transfer to a hospital in New Zealand, to get away from the frustrations of the constraints on his work at Holby. New ward sister Chrissie Williams arrives, and gets off on the wrong foot by being rude to Jasmine Hopkins. One of Stan Ashleigh's schemes accidentally causes a widespread power cut in the hospital, interrupting operations, and trapping Anton Meyer in a service lift with James Campbell, who is becoming increasingly distraught over the death of his daughter, for which he holds the hospital staff responsible, despite Anton's assurances and the conclusions of the in-house investigation. Victoria Merrick's murderer is identified.

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4th Season 2001/2002 (60 min)

Anton Meyer is seriously injured in a road-rage incident, and is brought to Holby City for an emergency operation. Alistair Taylor is brought in to take up his work load, and Chrissie Williams, whose nickname of 'Cruella de Vil' has followed her, puts her foot in it. Mike Barratt's replacement Ric Griffin starts work. 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 Anton's car.

Anton Meyer proves not to be the ideal patient, and his recovery suffers a minor setback. Alex Adams and Alistair Taylor have a clash of personalities. After Sandy Harper's 20th birthday party, Keri McGrath finds herself in a compromising position with Liam Evans.

Keri McGrath is traumatised in the wake of her evening with Liam Evans after Sandy Harper's party. A father's world is rocked when his daughter's condition is diagnosed, following the removal of a blockage in her airways. An obese patient is refused an appendectomy. Janice Taylor has another session of IVF.

Janice Taylor holds a dinner party to welcome Anton Meyer back to work, learning just beforehand that she is now pregnant after the latest round of IVF treatment, and is cornered into announcing it to everyone before she can tell Alistair. Alex Adams finds Samantha Kennedy in the Taylors' toilet with Ric Griffin, and his jealousy is aroused. Keri McGrath confronts Liam Evans about the exact events of the recent night, and word begins to spread. Anton's first case back at work is a heart patient who has been poorly treated by the system, and has had to use the media to drum up attention. After the successful operation, Alex Adams betrays his feelings for Samantha Kennedy in the preparation room.

Keri McGrath's rape is investigated by a tribunal, with Steve Waring & Danny Shaughnessy getting drawn into taking sides. Dennis Trevelyan, a manic depressive heart patient on Darwin Ward, stats to get under the skin of the staff, but even more, incenses his daughter when she visits. Marija Ovcar has to bring Luka back for emergency treatment, even though she cannot pay for the treatment he has had already.

Janice Taylor endangers her unborn baby, and Tash Bandara's attempts at saving a patient's life are met with hostility.

Janice Taylor wants to proceed with another round of IVF treatment immediately, but Alistair is not so sure. Chrissie Williams offers him a shoulder to cry on over a drink, but it leads to somewhat more. Samantha Kennedy gets badly involved with an anorexic heart patient and her over-protective mother. Janice has to tell Danny Shaughnessy not to take too much pity on a struggling single mother, but he is also becoming increasingly involved with Marija's attempt to evade the authorities.

Danny 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.

Owen 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.

Tragedy strikes when Steve Waring leaves his son to look after his sick mother. On Darwin Ward, a blind man regains his sight after a relatively minor procedure on his lungs, and a cantankerous young homeless man causes problems for Simon Shaughnessy on his first day at work at Holby City, assisting Stan Ashleigh. A heart patient whose son appears not to want the burden of caring for him prompts a spat between Alex Adams & Samantha Kennedy, leading them to explore their personal experiences of caring for their fathers.

Chrissie Williams wakes up with Alistair Taylor in the Taylors' bed. Steve Waring's son is increasingly upset over his mother's death, and skips school to binge drink at home, causing Steve to have a stressful time sorting him out. On the wards, a young man is admitted with acute pancreatitis, but Tash Bandara's sympathy is more limited than the man's father's. A long-distance lorry-driver patient with a heart problem is visited by two women who each think that she is his wife. Marija has to have it pointed out to her than Danny actually fancies her.

Just before Christmas on Keller Ward, David Thomas, a young rugby player is brought in having sustained a bad leg fracture. Sandy Harper takes a fancy to him and stays late to decorate his bedside with extra tinsel. He dies during the night from complications from an unsuspected head injury. Chrissie Williams has to tell Alistair Taylor repeatedly that their affair is over. Janice Taylor finds out that she is pregnant again, but finds Chrissie's badge under the marital bed and sees husb