About this season
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Episodes (9)
1. Whose Heart Is It Anyway?
Aired 12 January 1999 • 60 min
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 and Simon Harwood.
2. Happy Families
Aired 19 January 1999 • 60 min
Nick Jordan is put to the test when he is the only cardio-thoracic surgeon available to perform an urgent operation.
3. Kill or Cure
Aired 26 January 1999 • 60 min
Kirstie Collins, who is helping Muriel McKendrick with the trial of a new drug, finds a severe adverse reaction from a patient, and wants to alert the drugs company, but McKendrick warns her against doing so.
4. Love and Death
Aired 2 February 1999 • 60 min
Kirstie Collins catches Nick Jordan in a compromising situation with Ellie Sharpe in a linen cupboard.
5. Never Judge a Book...
Aired 9 February 1999 • 60 min
Nick Jordan has to assist Anton Meyer on a heart operation on a new-born baby, but he expresses his reservations to him.
6. Brave Heart
Aired 16 February 1999 • 60 min
Nick Jordan helps a family to make a difficult decision, but he can't escape a clash with Karen Newburn over their troubled past, as well as an altercation with an ex-boyfriend of Ellie Sharpe's.
7. Take Me with You
Aired 23 February 1999 • 60 min
The treatment of a young woman, Christine, causes conflict between Anton Meyer and Muriel McKendrick.
8. Staying Alive (1)
Aired 2 March 1999 • 60 min
Sunny Sunderland enters a radio phone-in competition, winning a large sum of money - for charity.
9. Staying Alive (2)
Aired 9 March 1999 • 60 min
Jasmine Hopkins is operated on by Nick Jordan, but hovers between life and death; it's discovered she's in the early stages of pregnancy.