Holby City

Holby City

The everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of Holby City General Hospital.

Genre: Drama

Cast:Hugh QuarshieRosie MarcelJaye JacobsBob BarrettTina HobleyPaul BradleyGuy HenryDavid AmesAlex WalkinshawAmanda MealingJames AndersonCatherine RussellHari DhillonRobert PowellKaye WraggLuke RobertsChizzy AkudoluCamilla Arfwedson


1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Perfect Day

Tue, Oct 8, 2002

Danny is pushed to the brink of despair when Kobie threatens to leave Holby for good. His troubles come to a tragic end when Kobie falls from the roof of the hospital during a bitter row between the two.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Depths of Devotion

Tue, Oct 15, 2002

Diane and Danny each take a side on an abuse situation. Ed bullies a woman into donating her daughter's heart, and Ed almost gets fired over it. A homeless girl gives birth to twins and then leaves them.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Facing Facts

Tue, Oct 22, 2002

Jess tackles a carjacker who turns out to be Robbie Waring. Tom is angry that Ric did an unnecessary surgery. Mubbs is disturbed that a woman had a baby for a gay couple.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Repercussions

Tue, Oct 29, 2002

Diane catches Danny and Lisa in bed. Tom's drug addicted brother comes in with an overdose and Tom is terrified that he will tell the staff who he is. When Owen finds out Chrissey does not want a baby, the relationship changes for the worse.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Long Day's Night

Tue, Nov 5, 2002

The nurses bonfire night party turns into a house fire. Ed's father has an angina attack in prison and he confides in Chrissey as to why his dad is there.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Lear's Children

Tue, Nov 12, 2002

Keri finds herself in deep trouble after over -medicating a patient. Danny finds comfort in the arms of Jazmin after Kobie's tragic death.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Old Friends

Tue, Nov 19, 2002

When the patient Tom operated on is dumped outside the hospital by the drug dealers, Tom is panicked that he will wake up and recognize him. Lisa has a hard time coping with the fact her father is involved with Kath.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Ladies Night

Tue, Nov 26, 2002

Chrissey and Ed are at it again while Owen waits to propose to her at home. A woman Mubbs slept with is in the hospital and she tells her boyfriend that she slept with Mubbs last night.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Every Cloud...

Tue, Dec 3, 2002

Chrissie is torn over the proposal and a chance to be with Ed. Terry's cancer has spread and he is in grave condition.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Leopard Spots

Tue, Dec 10, 2002

Tom turns his brother Martin in to the police. Kath agrees to marry Terry, then, that afternoon, finds out his cancer is terminal and he will only live for a few months.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Sinners and Saints

Tue, Dec 17, 2002

Tom's old friend comes in for surgery, with fatal results and Tom is tempted to start drinking again. Kath questions her faith when the chaplain won't bless her marriage to Terry. Sandy sees Sean for what he is.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Sins of the Father

Thu, Dec 26, 2002

Kath and Terry's wedding day. Ric gives them dismal news after the ceremony. Tom's father comes to visit and observes an operation while interfering and angering Tom. He can't reconcile with his father before he leaves and he takes a drink.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Time to Kill

Tue, Dec 31, 2002

New Years eve party. Tom is drinking again and Ed catches him. Terry and Kath go to the beach house where Terry asks her to overdose him. Sean drugs Sandy and she wakes up naked in bed.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Hair of the Dog

Tue, Jan 7, 2003

Sandy is still reeling from the drugs. Tom has a robotic arm surgery demonstration and shows up drunk. He threatens Ed to keep quiet about it. Lisa and Kath can't cope with Terry's death. Kath prays for forgiveness. Chrissey is having second thoughts about her baby.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Me and My Gal

Tue, Jan 14, 2003

Terry's funeral today. Tom collapses during surgery. Kath confesses to Danny. Owen asks Ed to be his best man. A young girl gives birth, and didn't know she was pregnant.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ A Right to Know

Tue, Jan 21, 2003

Terry left everything to Kath, and Lisa is suspicious. Owen's stag night. Mubbs finds out that Ed is the father of Chrissie's baby. Lisa calls the police on Kath after having a fight with Danny.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ 'Til Death Do Us Part

Tue, Jan 28, 2003

The police question the staff and plan to exhume Terry's body. Kath is told there was an eye witness. Chrissie and Owen's wedding day.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Beneath the Skin

Tue, Feb 4, 2003

Ric attends the autopsy, and he hides the prescription he gave Kath. They find a needle mark in Terry and Kath is arrested on suspicion of murder.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ A Kind of Loving

Tue, Feb 11, 2003

A crisis occurs when a power outage happens while Mubbs is operating. Kath pleads not guilty. Lisa takes it out on Danny. Ben goes off with another man at the Valentine's Day party.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Dominoes Falling

Tue, Feb 18, 2003

Alex Adams returns to Holby to do a transplant operation and is offered Tom's job. Sean pesters Sandy for money and steals the ward fund. Ben cannot decide on moving in with Tony.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Wonderland

Tue, Feb 25, 2003

Ed is frustrated that Alex accepted Tom's job. An old boyfriend of Ben's shows up and wants to reignite the relationship. Jess and Mubbs go for a drink, and a kiss. Chrissie's scan shows markers for Down Syndrome in the baby.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ When That Shark Bites

Tue, Mar 4, 2003

Tom Campbell-Gore is back. Sean pushes Sandy to steal money from sleeping patients. Cameras are installed on the ward, due to thefts. Tom confides in Alex about his alcoholism.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ One of Our Own

Tue, Mar 11, 2003

Ric sees the video of Jess and Mubbs. Tony needs a kidney and Ben offers to donate his. Mubbs tells Owen that Chrissie has been sleeping with Ed, and everyone at Holby knows. A dying old man gives Sandy all of his money.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ For Better, for Worse

Tue, Mar 18, 2003

Danny confronts Sandy about the thefts. Sandy gives Sean the money the old man gave her. He still threatens her for more. Owen sees Ed and Chrissie at his house, and loses his cool. Ric accepts a job in the private sector.

25Season 5

S5.E25 ∙ A Tear in My Eye

Tue, Mar 25, 2003

Danny confronts Sean and he runs away. Chrissie's office is full of her belongings, courtesy of Owen. Owen catches Ed and Chrissie together in an embrace and goes wild. Ben breaks off with Tony.

26Season 5

S5.E26 ∙ As the Day Is Long

Tue, Apr 1, 2003

A wife comes to see her husband only to find out he has a secret boyfriend visiting him. Diane agrees to go on a date with Steve. When a patient does not want to press charges of rape, Danny storms off because of the injustice of it.

27Season 5

S5.E27 ∙ The One You Love: Part 1

Tue, Apr 8, 2003

At Kath's trial, the prosecution petitions the court to change the charge to murder, and she spends the night in the cells. Tom has feelings for his therapist Anita, and makes a pass at her. Steve and Diane have their official first date.

28Season 5

S5.E28 ∙ The One You Love: Part 2

Tue, Apr 15, 2003

Kath is found not guilty. Steve won't let Robbie borrow his car. Robbie and his friend hot wire a car in the car park. Ben and Steve arrive to realize it's Ben's car, so they chase then in Steve's car and crash. Alex can't control the shaking in his hands with drugs anymore.

29Season 5

S5.E29 ∙ Desperate Measures

Tue, Apr 22, 2003

Ben is seriously injured, but Steve's leg is trapped. Diane and Ric have to decide whether to amputate Steve's leg to get to Ben, or leave it as it is.

30Season 5

S5.E30 ∙ Glass Half Empty

Tue, Apr 29, 2003

Alex receives a bad prognosis when he has tests for his shaking. Diane Lloyd has to tell Steve that Ben has died. Steve is reeling from the news and Ric convinces Robbie that he can save him from his grief.

31Season 5

S5.E31 ∙ Going It Alone

Tue, May 6, 2003

Chrissie can't live with her mother anymore and decides to move out. Lisa has her first day in AAU and it is a lot tougher than she thought. Just as Steve Waring is about to leave Holby, he suffers a heart attack and dies.

32Season 5

S5.E32 ∙ By Any Other Name

Tue, May 13, 2003

Rosie Sattar starts today in maternity because Ben left a void. Big surprise, Danny is back from Australia. Owen and Chrissie face complications with the baby.

33Season 5

S5.E33 ∙ Think Again

Tue, May 20, 2003

Mubbs is surprised that Diane wants to terminate Steve Waring's baby.

34Season 5

S5.E34 ∙ Seasons in the Sun

Tue, May 27, 2003

Chrissie's baby dies after an emergency Cesarean. Alex is inspired by a musician with Parkinson's. Diane's colostomy patient gets good news after surgery.

35Season 5

S5.E35 ∙ Mum's the Word

Tue, Jun 3, 2003

Chrissie returns to work on the day of her baby's funeral. She forbids Owen to attend, but he hides in the background at the service.

36Season 5

S5.E36 ∙ Endgame

Tue, Jun 10, 2003

Adam's Parkinson's is bad and he can't operate. Tom is called in, but too late, the patient is dead. Nic Yorke, the new health care asst. starts today. All the girls are throwing themselves at him, but he seems to be keen on Sandy. Jess and Lisa have a party and agree to let Sandy move in.

37Season 5

S5.E37 ∙ Private Lives

Tue, Jun 17, 2003

Zubin Khan's daughter shows up at the private clinic with a bleeding woman, and convinces her father to help her. He gets Ric and Tom to operate on her without telling them that she has been smuggled into the country. Tom is furious.

38Season 5

S5.E38 ∙ Can't Always Get What You Want

Tue, Jun 24, 2003

A patient has to decide whether to have her 6th baby or a heart operation, either one or the other. Alex Adam's tribunal today. Tom saves him by recommending that he not be fired, but put in the out patients clinic. Alex is angry with the result.

39Season 5

S5.E39 ∙ Loss of Faith

Tue, Jul 1, 2003

Nic Yorke's sister Kelly starts her first day as a nurse. Elizabeth Woods has an affair with Zubin. Her abusive husband beats and rapes her and makes her say it was Zubin who did it. The police take Zubin in for questioning.

40Season 5

S5.E40 ∙ Crossing the Line

Tue, Jul 8, 2003

Zubin convinces Elizabeth Woods to tell the truth, and her husband is arrested. Ric is gambling again, this time with good results. Dr Merrick wants to do brain surgery on Alex Adams to stop his tremors.

41Season 5

S5.E41 ∙ Eyes Wide Open

Tue, Jul 15, 2003

As Alex prepares for surgery on his brain, he and Diane get close. Chrissie's mother Tricia makes a pass at Owen. Ric gets betting advice from Nic and wins.

42Season 5

S5.E42 ∙ The Parent Trap

Tue, Jul 22, 2003

Tricia is assigned to be Owen's PA, and he is not pleased after she made a pass at him. Ric's son Leo returns to Holby and is still struggling to keep up. Tom can't commit to Anita and she may take the job she has been offered in the USA. Owen changes his mind and kisses Tricia.

43Season 5

S5.E43 ∙ Carpe Diem

Tue, Jul 29, 2003

Leo is admitted with heroin in his system and is in withdrawal. Alex is happy to be back to work. Anita is tired of waiting for Tom to make a decision and she leaves. Tom races out of surgery and goes to the airport and leaves with Anita.

44Season 5

S5.E44 ∙ Home

Tue, Aug 5, 2003

Alex discovers that he has Parkinson's on his left side now. Kath gives him a message that his father has died. Alex goes home to the farm where he grew up to see his estranged family. He sends Jess a letter saying goodbye and Diane thinks he is going to kill himself. They rush to the farm to find Alex in the barn with a gun.

45Season 5

S5.E45 ∙ On the Inside

Wed, Aug 6, 2003

Alex assists on Ed's patient in surgery and Ric is furious. Rosie's blood tests prove she is menopausal at 35 years old. Ric gets the job as Clinical Director. Chrissie confronts Owen on why he hasn't signed the divorce papers yet.

46Season 5

S5.E46 ∙ House of Cards

Tue, Aug 12, 2003

Mubbs and Rosie have a patient with a difficult birth. Mubbs parents try to arrange a marriage for him. Chrissie comes home early and almost catches Tricia and Owen, but he escapes to the balcony dressed in a towel

47Season 5

S5.E47 ∙ To Err Is Human

Tue, Aug 19, 2003

When a road traffic accident comes in, Zubin has flashbacks of his wife's death. Tricia transfers to be Ric Griffin's PA to get away from Owen.

48Season 5

S5.E48 ∙ All That You Leave Behind

Tue, Sep 2, 2003

Rosie tries to set Mubb's up on a date with disasterous results. Kelly, who wants Kath's job, sets her up to fail in an interview for a better job.

49Season 5

S5.E49 ∙ A Friend in Need

Tue, Sep 9, 2003

Sandy wins 150,000 pounds in the lottery and leaves the money to Jess, Ric and Kelly and pays off Lisa's mortgage, and then goes to Australia to hook up with Danny. Owen asks Tricia to go on a vacation.

50Season 5

S5.E50 ∙ Love Nor Money

Tue, Sep 16, 2003

Ric realizes there is a bad side to being clinical director when a train crash has them flooded with patients. Zubin questions the methods of an "old school" surgeon who he thinks is incompetent.