About this season
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Episodes (48)
1. The Ties That Bind (1)
Aired 11 September 2004
Two children go missing and suspicion falls on a local convicted paedophile, while Abs is still reeling from Simon's death.
2. The Ties That Bind Us (2)
Aired 12 September 2004
3. Out With a Bang
Aired 18 September 2004
4. Love's Labours... Lost
Aired 25 September 2004
5. Facing Up
Aired 2 October 2004
Comfort discovers she's pregnant and plans a romantic dinner for Fin, but his ambulance is involved in an accident while attending a bogus call.
6. A Life Lost
Aired 9 October 2004
A worried Comfort calls the police when she realises Fin has not been home and no one at work has heard from him. Luke turns up at Kate's house to check if she's all right.
7. When the Devil Drives
Aired 16 October 2004
8. Three's a Crowd
Aired 23 October 2004
Concern mounts over Fin's disappearance and a new lead prompts police to step up their search. Luke persuades Kate to seek refuge with him.
9. Little White Lies
Aired 30 October 2004
Comfort is asked to identify a body, and desperately hopes it will not be Fin, while Abs is startled when Ellen makes him a proposition.
10. Dangerous Games
Aired 6 November 2004
11. Horses for Courses
Aired 13 November 2004
Fin's ex-wife and son turn up at the funeral, reopening fresh wounds for Comfort, who collapses during the burial and is taken to hospital with stomach pains.
12. Past Imperfect
Aired 20 November 2004
Comfort discharges herself from hospital, determined to keep her pregnancy secret, but on returning to work her world is rocked by a shocking revelation.
13. Responsibility
Aired 27 November 2004
Comfort comes face-to-face with Fin's killer, who asks for her forgiveness as he stands on the brink of suicide, while Ellen announces she is marrying Abs.
14. Love Bites
Aired 4 December 2004
A confrontation with Ruth brings further pain for Comfort, Selena is reprimanded for not doing a thorough examination and Abs tells Claire the real reason he's marrying Ellen.
15. Who Knows Best
Aired 18 December 2004
Comfort arrives home from the Christmas party to find Ruth has changed the locks on the door, Selena harasses Bex relentlessly throughout the day and Abs reprimands Sam.
16. Forsaking All Others
Aired 19 December 2004
17. Casualty @ Holby City
Aired 26 December 2004
The casts of Casualty and Holby City unite. The emergency and surgical staff are thrown together when a fuel tanker crashes into the hospital.
18. Secrets That We Keep
Aired 1 January 2005
Harry tries to raise morale on the ward following Jim's death, Ellen receives unwelcome news about her visa and Bex struggles to deal with Selena's bullying.
19. Fathers, Mothers, Daughters, Brothers
Aired 8 January 2005
Boy-band McFly visit an injured fan after she falls from a window-cleaner's cradle, and Ellen's worries mount over her return to Ukraine.
20. First Do No Harm
Aired 15 January 2005
Comfort is rushed to Holby with stomach pains following a strenuous job, and Abs is in for a shock when he comes face to face with Ellen's father.
21. Thrown Out
Aired 22 January 2005
Abs continues to give Nina the cold shoulder and loses his cool when Ellen tries to worm her way back into his good books. Meanwhile, Bex thinks she has found the one.
22. The Cost of Honesty
Aired 29 January 2005
Abs gives Ellen her marching orders when he catches her lying again. Tess grows concerned about Sam's strange behaviour and new registrar Maggie finds duty calls.
23. Truth Will Out
Aired 5 February 2005
Abs threatens to report Ellen to immigration services and Nina lays her feelings bare as she begs him to change his mind. Guppy takes a stand against his father.
24. Hoping, Wishing, Longing
Aired 12 February 2005
25. Naming Names
Aired 19 February 2005
26. Boys Don't Cry
Aired 5 March 2005
Tess and Mike take Sam to see the psychiatrist, Pete turns to Claire for support and an immigration officer questions Abs about Ellen's whereabouts.
27. Family Day
Aired 12 March 2005
Tess is advised to withdraw Mike's treatment and let him die, and Nina administers drugs to a critically ill woman trapped inside a building.
28. Animals
Aired 19 March 2005
29. Forbidden Love
Aired 20 March 2005
Charlie gives Claire an ultimatum, and Nina learns the landlord is selling the house. Tess considers whether to tell Sam the truth, and Abs receives an unexpected visitor.
30. And on That Farm
Aired 26 March 2005
Selena turns detective to help estranged husband Will solve a murder, but his bid to repair their relationship fails miserably when she tells him she wants a divorce.
31. Running out of Kisses
Aired 2 April 2005
Bex decides there's no way she can proceed with the court case. Tess resolves to bring Sam home from the psychiatric unit and Abs is pressured by loan sharks.
32. In the Dark
Aired 9 April 2005
Abs and Nina return home to find they have been robbed by the loan shark, and Luke takes a shaken Bex to work, vowing to support her as she brings Pete to justice.
33. Cops and Robbers
Aired 16 April 2005
Bex is frightened by the prospect of reliving her ordeal in court. Abs is beaten up after failing to raise the money for the loan sharks.
34. Sweet Revenge
Aired 23 April 2005
The trial gets under way, and Bex is reduced to tears when Pete's defence lawyer tries to discredit her in the witness box.
35. Desperate Measures
Aired 30 April 2005
Pete enters the witness box, and Luke urges Claire to tell the prosecution about her brother's revelation.
36. A Question of Loyalty
Aired 7 May 2005 • 50 min
Claire's relationship with Luke hangs in the balance as she prepares to take the stand, while Nina and Abs are caught enjoying an hour of passion in their old flat.
37. Fat Chance
Aired 14 May 2005
The jury in Bex's trial are told they have one day to agree a verdict.
38. Truth and Consequences
Aired 4 June 2005
On her return to work, a horrified Bex learns from Luke about Pete's confession. Abs tells Nina immigration want to see him.
39. Baby Love
Aired 11 June 2005
As Claire tries to clear her brother's name, she turns in desperation to his ex-girlfriend Zoe, who breaks down and reveals he also attacked her, and Stan's condition worsens.
40. Swallowers
Aired 18 June 2005
Selena is taken hostage by a drug trafficker during her police surgeon shift with Will. Guppy fears he may have contracted hepatitis, and Luke urges Claire to talk to Bex.
41. The Long Goodbye
Aired 25 June 2005
Bex refuses to accept Claire's apology, and Selena's situation takes a turn for the worse after a confrontation with DS Straker and Erika in the hospital car park.
42. A Father's Love
Aired 9 July 2005
43. There Are Worse Things I Could Do
Aired 16 July 2005
Harry loses his fight to save Pete's life, prompting Luke and Charlie to cover up for Bex during the investigation.
44. Brief Encounters
Aired 23 July 2005
45. Aftermath
Aired 30 July 2005
Luke remains tight-lipped over Bex's whereabouts and visits Claire for the first time since abandoning her at the funeral, while Maggie reaches the end of her tether.
46. You Need Friends
Aired 6 August 2005
47. Smoke & Mirrors
Aired 13 August 2005
48. Truth, Lies and Videotape
Aired 20 August 2005
Harry informs Will that Selena has MRSA, while an erratic Claire persuades Charlie and Luke to go with her to scatter Pete's ashes by the sea.