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The Best Episodes of Holby City

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Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Holby City Season 8 Episode 50 - Taking Liberties
    9.8/10(84 votes)

    #1 - Taking Liberties

    S8:E50

    Gina puts Connie in a difficult position when she asks her for help behind Elliot's back. Connie must then decide where her loyalties lie. Ric's skills are tested when he has to operate on an obese woman. Matt and Reg find more evidence of drug tampering.

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  2. Holby City Season 8 Episode 41 - Metamorphosis
    9.7/10(83 votes)

    #2 - Metamorphosis

    S8:E41

    Michael faces his appeal hearing, and uses the opportunity to try to patch things up with Connie, while Sam shares a secret with Chrissie. Lola discovers Leanne's father Steve has been admitted, and becomes convinced he is a drug user.

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  3. Holby City Season 7 Episode 27 - It's Kinda Rock 'n' Roll
    9.4/10(58 votes)

    #3 - It's Kinda Rock 'n' Roll

    S7:E27

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  4. Holby City Season 2 Episode 1 - Search for the Hero
    9.2/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Search for the Hero

    S2:E1

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  5. Holby City Season 3 Episode 10 - Anyone Who Had a Heart
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Anyone Who Had a Heart

    S3:E10

    Tensions run high on Otter Ward when a major road traffic accident brings tragedy to one family as they face up to the death of their son, and joy to another as they are told that their daughter can have a long-awaited heart transplant. Meanwhile, Dr Taylor gets tough with Keri.

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  6. Holby City Season 4 Episode 4 - Things Can Only Get Better
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Things Can Only Get Better

    S4:E4

    Janice 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.

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  7. Holby City Season 8 Episode 42 - Team Holby
    9.2/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Team Holby

    S8:E42

    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.

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  8. Holby City Season 8 Episode 48 - Just Another Day
    9.2/10(680 votes)

    #8 - Just Another Day

    S8:E48

    Lola must persuade a reluctant Ric to help her to gain custody of Leanne.

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  9. Holby City Season 8 Episode 38 - I Am Not What I Am
    9.1/10(692 votes)

    #9 - I Am Not What I Am

    S8:E38

    Matt tries to raise some money by signing up for clinical trials, after his landlord evicts him over unpaid rent , and Lola is angry when she receives a postcard from her globe-trotting daughter. Donna helps with a drugs audit, but ends up flirting with Bradley.

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  10. Holby City Season 3 Episode 8 - A Christmas Carol: Part 1
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    #10 - A Christmas Carol: Part 1

    S3:E8

    Meyer faces his greatest challenge when his surgical career is threatened by illness. Is he capable of operating on eminent surgeon and former teacher Ian Richards? Julie is forced to reassess her priorities when her daughter, Rosie, is taken seriously ill.

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  11. Holby City Season 3 Episode 9 - A Christmas Carol: Part 2
    9.0/10(14 votes)

    #11 - A Christmas Carol: Part 2

    S3:E9

    With her daughter's life in jeopardy, Julie believes that only Meyer can save her. But is Meyer up to the challenge? Stan and Danny set about putting on a show for the children in Otter ward.

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  12. Holby City Season 3 Episode 15 - Winner Takes All
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Winner Takes All

    S3:E15

    Janice Taylor becomes emotionally involved with a young patient 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.

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  13. Holby City Season 3 Episode 19 - Private Lives, Public Faces
    9.0/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Private Lives, Public Faces

    S3:E19

    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.

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  14. Holby City Season 3 Episode 30 - The Road Less Travelled
    9.0/10(15 votes)

    #14 - The Road Less Travelled

    S3:E30

    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 Meyer's assurances and the conclusions of the in-house investigation. Victoria Merrick's murderer is identified.

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  15. Holby City Season 4 Episode 50 - Pills and Frills
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Pills and Frills

    S4:E50

    Steve finds himself under pressure on the new AAU ward when a school trip ends in disaster. Jess gets more than she bargained for during her first day as a student nurse. Diane gets cold feet when Danny asks if he can move in.

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  16. Holby City Season 5 Episode 10 - Leopard Spots
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Leopard Spots

    S5:E10

    Terry Fox proposes to Kath Shaughnessy, But changes his mind once Ric Griffin tells him he has terminal cancer. Marty Campbell-Gore comes back to Holby, which leads to a revelation for Tom, his brother. Bob Butler is admitted to Darwin Ward for a leg artery by-pass operation, but things turn out even worse than he and his wife feared. In Maternity, Mary Jenkins has triplets by Caesarian, but a serious problem with one of them is discovered soon after birth. A teenager who is sick of her mothers drug-dabbling antics, wants to be put into care after her mother is admitted with a dangerous reaction to an ecstacy tablet, which was supplied by Tom Campbell-Gore's dodgy brother Marty.

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  17. Holby City Season 5 Episode 13 - Time to Kill
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Time to Kill

    S5:E13

    Holby is getting ready to See in the New Year, But Tom Campbell-Gore has returned to drink. When Ed Keating cathces him drinking before an operation, he stops Tom from operating. Kath and Terry Fox go to Terry's beach house, where Terry asks Kath to end His life, she does eventually and reluctantly accept. Danny Shaughnessy and Lisa Fox are caught in a clinch and Midnight and Chrissie Williams decides to keep her baby.

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  18. Holby City Season 5 Episode 34 - Seasons in the Sun
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Seasons in the Sun

    S5:E34

    Alex refuses to take treatment for his tremor until he is persuade to by Diane who is back on her first day after her termination.

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  19. Holby City Season 5 Episode 49 - A Friend in Need
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #19 - A Friend in Need

    S5:E49

    Mubbs was out to impress Rubinda who was on a placement shadowing Rosie. He showed off during an operation and put himself at risk of an HIV infection. Meanwhile, Owen asked Tricia to go on holiday and she accepted. Ric thought Kath's resignation was a mistake and reinstated her. However, when Sarah Palmer's father threatened to go to the papers, Ric backtracked and suggested Kath take some unused holiday. Jess was frozen to the spot when a reporter announced that Sandy had won £150,000 on the lottery. Sandy left Jess, Ric and Kelly large sums of cash and generously paid off Lisa's mortgage.Just as Nic decided to tell Sandy he loved her, he heard she'd dropped everything to be with Danny. Later, the staff gathered for drinks to wish their absent friend well in her new life in Australia and toasted ""the one and only Sandy.""

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  20. Holby City Season 6 Episode 2 - Read My Lips
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Read My Lips

    S6:E2

    As the police invstigations into the suspicious deaths continues, Stan Ashleigh is admitted to Holby with heart problems. In theatre Ric Griffin and Diane Lloyd ignore his requested DNR.

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  21. Holby City Season 7 Episode 47 - View from the Side Line
    9.0/10(41 votes)

    #21 - View from the Side Line

    S7:E47

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  22. Holby City Season 7 Episode 50 - All the Perfume in Arabia
    9.0/10(43 votes)

    #22 - All the Perfume in Arabia

    S7:E50

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  23. Holby City Season 8 Episode 3 - Crimes and Misdemeanours
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Crimes and Misdemeanours

    S8:E3

    Lola discovers there is nothing wrong with asking for help. Mickie battles against rules and regulations only to find out that they are put there for a reason. Dean relises he can't put his personal pride before a patient.

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  24. Holby City Season 8 Episode 15 - Brother's Keeper
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Brother's Keeper

    S8:E15

    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.

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  25. Holby City Season 8 Episode 32 - One Tender Kiss
    9.0/10(689 votes)

    #25 - One Tender Kiss

    S8:E32

    Diane is told to work under Ric's supervision when she is blamed for Helen's death, but she is determined to clear her name and attempts to secretly record Nick confessing to his error. A new assistant general manager starts work at the hospital, and soon invites Donna to the May ball, while Matt gets a second job in the admin department to pay off his debts.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Taking Liberties" is the best rated episode of "Holby City". It scored 9.8/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Metamorphosis".