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52 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
60 mins
Chrissie is convinced she is pregnant. Ric confronts his own prejudices and Matt finally proves he has a bedside manner. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 2
60 mins
In part 3, "Test Your Metal", regulars from Holby City including Connie Beauchamp, Ric Griffin, Mr Loftwood and Chrissie Williams assume the medical duties as the two schoolgirls with facial acid burns, the beaten teacher and the car crash victim with the heart condition are treated. In part 4, "A Great Leap Forward", tooled up with the sharp he used on Comfort, schoolboy Chris does a runner but is talked down by the headmaster; schoolboy Adrian confesses he too wants the teacher caught kissing. Mrs Beauchamp carries out an operation on the heart condition man but her boss finds out she lied about her success rate with previous operations & threatens executive action. The headmaster is attacked and Chris runs to the roof pursued by Josh.
Episode 3
60 mins
Diane urges Dean to be realistic about his limitations, leaving him more determined than ever to prove his worth.
Episode 4
60 mins
A new surgeon arrives at the hospital, and Connie is outraged to learn he has been given Loftwood's position. Lola's daughter moves in with her boyfriend. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 5
60 mins
Donna's past comes back to haunt her when she meets the teenager who asked her for an abortion pill weeks earlier - and the girl's mother shows up at the hospital. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 6
60 mins
Ric pushes to perform extreme surgery on one of his patients, with disastrous consequences for himself. Meanwhile, Owen finally decides between Chrissie and Diane. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 7
60 mins
Diane takes her consultants exam and passes, but is she ready for promotion? An encounter in a lift jeopardizes Dean's chances in the practical exam. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 8
60 mins
Amy returns to the hospital, but her reckless behaviour prompts Donna to call social services. Chrissie tells Owen she's leaving Holby, forcing him to make a decision. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 9
60 mins
Abra returns to Holby and asks Ric to perform a transplant operation. However, the injury to the surgeon's hand means he can't operate. Laura finds out Owen's secrets. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 10
60 mins
Owen brings his daughter to work, and realizes he has to think very clearly about his priorities. Amy's stepfather takes legal action, while her mother realizes the truth UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 11
60 mins
In part 2, Nick Jordan and Charlie carry out a foot amputation using a Stanley knife; a lethal gas created by the chemical spillage brings Woody to save the day but loses his life. Charlie's son returns and his new girlfriend tells him goodbye.
Episode 12
60 mins
Two medics apply for the registrar's position, Connie sees an opportunity to advance her own career, and a patient brings back painful memories for Tricia. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 13
60 mins
Ric has plenty of problems on his hands as the new ward opens, and Donna applies for a new job - only to find Mickie has already been appointed. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 14
60 mins
Mark learns the truth about Chrissie's parentage when Frank's life insurance company gets in touch. Jac returns and Ric advises Diane to take some time off. UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 15
60 mins
Jess returns to work after the death of her son but finds her newfound determination put to the test when young patient Archie presents with a lacerated spleen and she suspects possible child abuse. Meanwhile, Mark tries to deal with the news that Chrissie is not his daughter.
Episode 16
60 mins
Connie's old school boyfriend Peter Holland arrives in the emergency department with a case of rheumatic fever and reveals childhood secrets about Connie. Mark and Lola become very involved in the treatment of two young brothers who have been beaten up. Elsewhere, Mickie loses her drunk patient Liz.
Episode 17
60 mins
New nurse Kyla abandons a patient during a critical period and the rest of the team want answers. Meanwhile, in a bid to get Ric's support Jac and Diane go head to head in their procedures.
Episode 18
60 mins
Sam performs a risky operation that he has never done before. Elliot gets a new PA, and Chrissie acquires a secret admirer. (UKTV PLAY description.
Episode 19
60 mins
Lola's daughter reveals her plans to go travelling with her boyfriend. Sam's good intentions backfire, while Jac and Diane treat a man who has fallen down a lift shaft. (UKTV PLAY description.)
Episode 20
60 mins
Jac is not pleased to see new consultant Nick Jordan and it's obvious the pair have a history. Later, Nick treats one of Ric's cancer patients while Ric is out lecturing at the university. But there's trouble on the horizon when he goes against Ric's chosen course of action and performs a risky operation. Elsewhere, Matt is dealing with a difficult patient. The young girl tests his patience to the limits but he finally manages to win her round, which impresses Lola.
Episode 21
60 mins
Mark gets over involved in a case which causes disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, Nick Jordan rocks Diane's world which may affect her relationship with Ric.
Episode 22
60 mins
When Nick learns that Ric is away from Holby for the day he is determined to get one over on him. Meanwhile, Kyla learns that the best way to be a leader is to be herself.
Episode 23
60 mins
Elliot battles with his personal fears as he tries to get Sandra Wilson well enough to accept a new heart whilst doing everything he can to get concert recital tickets for his ill wife Gina. Matt finally admits to Mark what he really thinks of him. Meanwhile, Donna is bowled over by new physiotherapist, Justin, but will she heed Kyla's warnings about him?
Episode 24
60 mins
Nick continues to cause trouble by working on a patient with a cardio thoracic (CT) condition. When the patient's condition deteriorates, Jac decides not to involve Nick again and doesn't page him. Nick is furious when he finds out. Elsewhere, Chrissie is concerned by Mark's erratic behaviour and tells him to take some time off. Matt and Dean both apply for the student scholarship but their lax attitude doesn't impress Joseph.
Episode 25
60 mins
Nick and Ric both use underhand tactics to get Diane on side. Nick wins Diane round by letting her perform a difficult procedure for the first time and therefore saving the patient. After the operation Nick asks Diane out for a drink but she refuses, for now! Meanwhile, Connie is devastated when the new device she is championing cannot save her patient Sandra. Elsewhere, Kyla brings her son Max into work as he is diabetic and his blood sugar reading is high. The stressful day gets to her and Justin sees a chance to escape.
Episode 26
60 mins
Elliot fears for his wife's failing health - a secret he is keeping from their daughter. Sam uncovers a family secret when he treats a boy who needs a heart transplant.
Episode 27
60 mins
Ric risks his friendship with Diane in an attempt to save her from Nick Jordan's clutches. Meanwhile, Joseph finds himself in trouble at work and Matt makes a career changing decision.
Episode 28
60 mins
Diane is determined to prove Ric wrong about Nick Jordan and a desperate Tricia tries to keep the truth from a suspicious Chrissie.
Episode 29
60 mins
Joseph struggles to stay in control as tension builds between Nick and Ric. Donna is thrilled to have a new man in her life but can Justin really give her what she truly needs?
Episode 30
60 mins
Sam draws Chrissie and Matt into a risky game in order to secure a heard for recovering alcoholic Dillon Ellis. When Helena Bosman is readmitted to hospital Nick assigns the follow up surgery to Diane who covers up a potential problem in order for Ric to see Nick in a better light. It all goes pear-shaped when Helena has a massive brain hemorrhage and is declared brain-dead. Meanwhile, Donna refuses to work with Justin as Kyla tries to keep a lid on her returning feelings for Justin.
Episode 31
60 mins
An inquest into the death of Helena Bosman throws the spotlight on Nick and Diane. Meanwhile, Sam plays a practical joke on Joseph.
Episode 32
60 mins
Diane feels the full force of Nick Jordan's betrayal when her career hangs in the balance. Matt tries to get out of debt but only gets into trouble with Connie and Reg attempts to get Donna to go out with him fall flat and she ends up going off with Justin again.
Episode 33
60 mins
Abra returns from Africa ready to turn over a new leaf. Tricia vows to make a go of it with Mark but gets bad news from Diane - her cancer has returned. Mickie learns she could clear Diane's name but it is to no avail and puts her chances of getting a reference for her medical school application in jeopardy.
Episode 34
60 mins
Don Bosman returns to the hospital to retrieve Helena's body and is furious to find out her heart was donated without his consent. Sam and Elliot operate on Dillon. UKTV PLAY description.,
Episode 35
60 mins
Elliot lets his personal feelings get the better of him when Gina is re-admitted. Sam is put on report but continues to do things on his own terms - will he learn his lesson?
Episode 36
60 mins
Nic Jordan steps up his campaign to get back into CT. Mark tries to save Chrissie from a painful truth, but unearths shocking news about Tricia.
Episode 37
60 mins
Jordan helps Connie save the day when a black tie charity dinner turns into a disaster zone. In an attempt to ingratiate himself with Kyla, Justin offers to look after Max.
Episode 38
60 mins
Matt is thrown out of his rented accommodation with his landlord retaining his medical books until he pays his back rent. He signs up for clinical trials to make a fast buck but the consequences are dangerous. Lola wants to save young mother Kerry Peters to keep her baby from going into care.
Episode 39
60 mins
Bradley outlines his cost-cutting plans for the hospital, dividing opinions among his staff. Joseph returns to the wards, but his OCD is not under control.
Episode 40
60 mins
Lola makes a drastic decision regarding baby Leeanne's care. Reg wonders if Bradley's intentions towards Donna are honourable. Jac works closely with Joseph.
Episode 41
60 mins
It's the day of Michael Beauchamp's appeal. Connie, Michael's wife is keen to press on with daily work on Darwin, however her mind is obviously elsewhere. She leaves the hospital to attend Michael's appeal, which he wins. Connie returns to work after the appeal, to operate on a dancer who has a heart infection due to an abortion which she had earlier in the year. Michael turns up at the hospital and gets into a scrape with a journalist, landing himself in AAU with a head injury. Connie visits him and tells Michael they will talk later. Connie is on Darwin when Michael later turns up with a Thai take-away. Connie tells Michael he may return home with her, where they can eat and talk. Elsewhere, Lola is reluctant to let Leanne's dad take her home. After she suspects him of being a drug user, she runs tests which prove inconclusive, and Lola realises he is diabetic. She reluctantly lets him take the baby home, but it's clear Lola is upset.
Episode 42
60 mins
Connie's heart battles her mind as she wonders if she should stay at Holby. Mark learns to respect the way Tricia wants to handle her cancer.
Episode 43
60 mins
A late-stage Motor Neurone Disease sufferer arrives on Darwin. It turns out that she has undergone brain stem treatment abroad to try and correct her MND. Surgeon Elliot Hope, whose wife is also a MND sufferer is impressed by the patient's story and informs Gina. Connie and Joseph are very skeptical on the brain stem treatment, however Elliot tries to persuade his wife to take the chance. In the end she agrees to go abroad to try brain stem treatment in a bid to control her MND. Elsewhere, it's Matt's first day as a qualified doctor on Keller. His first patient, Bridie, and elderly woman is brought in with a burnt leg and bruises are discovered on her body. After speculation from the staff that her grandson is hitting her, it is revealed that she infact falls regularly and is picked up by her grandson. She had fallen recently against a heater and this is the reason for her burnt leg. Unfortunalty on her way to theatre she collapses and Matt is called, but they are unable to save her and she dies by the lifts.
Episode 44
60 mins
Ric warns Lola of the danger of becoming involved with her patient's father Trevor Heron. Connie begins to feel broody and sets her sights on Sam Strachan much to the annoyance of Chrissie. Meanwhile, Matt desperately tries to clear his name and nearly starts an all out war with the nursing staff.
Episode 45
60 mins
Kyla loses her cool under pressure with Chrissie as she is monitored by her son's social case worker. Mark's engagement proposal doesn't go as well as he had planned and Sam finds himself as the "meat in the sandwich" between Chrissie and Connie.
Episode 46
60 mins
Mickie's love life takes a turn for the better when she falls for patient Kim Felix. Steve Spence is re-admitted to Holby and Lola becomes concerned for his baby daughter Leanne and proposes herself as temporary foster mum to Leanne until Steve gets clean. Elsewhere, a determined Chrissie pursues Sam unknowing of his secret involvement with Connie. Meanwhile, Abra returns to Holby and clashes with Ric over the treatment of Kim's long-lost brother Pete Golding who is awaiting a viable kidney transplant. When the transplant fails Abra offers Pete an illegal transplant.
Episode 47
60 mins
Abra's patient Pete Golding agrees to Abra's illegal kidney transplant. Mickie makes the biggest decision of her life by helping Abra and putting her fledgling romance with Kim in jeopardy. After surgery Ric gives her a glowing reference for her to leave and study at Newcastle University Medical School. Kim decides to relocate to Newcastle with her. Recovering MND patient Margaret Wrightman dies as a result of her aortic valve treatment. Elliott worries how this news will affect Gina as she prepares to fly to Singapore for the same stem cell treatment that Margaret underwent. Elliot and Gina talk and they both decide to spend what time they have together and not undergo the procedure.
Episode 48
60 mins
Lola is determined to gain custody of Leanne and goes to extreme lengths to impress social worker Frankie Weston including asking Ric to pretend that they live together. Meanwhile, Tricia asks Mark if his offer of marriage still stands and accepts.
Episode 49
60 mins
Roger is back on AAU but his immune system is dangerously low due to his HIV. His son, Zak, also returns and after a few home truths from his dad, he makes peace with him but Roger dies leaving Zak devastated. Elsewhere, Tricia finds out that Mark plans for them to get married today, and she's not pleased when she learns he organised the wedding because she is about to "kick the bucket". After talking to Roger's son Zak, Tricia realises she's not ready to give up and she and Mark finally tie the knot. Meanwhile, patients on AAU are having adverse reactions to drugs, resulting in Matt questioning Donna's competance again. After Reg carries out tests in his lab, it is discovered that the hospital drug supply, organised by Bradley, is full of faulty pills.
Episode 50
60 mins
Gina Hope tells Connie that she wishes to go to an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland and enlists her help in filing the application. Connie at first refuses but after hearing a taped message than Gina made for Elliott she agrees. Matt continues to question the validity of the drugs available in Holby and enlists Reg's help. They run tests on samples from the Holby pharmacy and find that the drugs are below par in nearly all cases and nearly results in Ric losing an obese man on the operating table.
Episode 51
60 mins
Ric pursues Bradley Hume over the dodgy drugs after he sees him being gifted expensive champagne by a pharmaceutical rep. Connie gets involved in Gina's plight after she gets her acceptance letter from the assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Meanwhile, Sam works out where he stands with Connie.
Episode 52
60 mins
Connie arrives with a very determined Gina in Switzerland but Connie is in turmoil and rings Elliott who flies out to Switzerland to be with Gina in her last hours. Elliott also tells Connie he knows she's pregnant. As Bradley's position at Holby becomes increasingly shaky, Reg opens his heart to Donna.