Synopsis
Holby City (1999), Season 1 is the BBC medical drama you can watch online on iFILM — nine episodes set on the surgical and cardiac wards of the fictional Holby hospital.
It opens under pressure: surgeons Anton Meyer and Nick Jordan have one donor heart and two patients who need it. From there the first season stacks up the hard calls. A new-drug trial triggers a dangerous reaction, and a nurse must decide whether to stay quiet; Nick keeps blurring the line between theatre and his own affairs; and Meyer clashes again and again with consultant Muriel McKendrick over how a case should be handled. A two-part finale leaves one patient suspended between life and death.
This is the spin-off of Casualty, and its debut run is deliberately measured — built on professional friction and character rather than melodrama. Season 1 suits viewers who like their hospital drama unhurried. Stream Holby City Season 1 online on iFILM.
9 episodes
- S1·E1
Whose Heart Is It Anyway?
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.
- S1·E2
Happy Families
Nick Jordan is put to the test when he is the only cardio-thoracic surgeon available to perform an urgent operation.
- S1·E3
Kill or Cure
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.
- S1·E4
Love and Death
Kirstie Collins catches Nick Jordan in a compromising situation with Ellie Sharpe in a linen cupboard.
- S1·E5
Never Judge a Book...
Nick Jordan has to assist Anton Meyer on a heart operation on a new-born baby, but he expresses his reservations to him.
- S1·E6
Brave Heart
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.
- S1·E7
Take Me with You
The treatment of a young woman, Christine, causes conflict between Anton Meyer and Muriel McKendrick.
- S1·E8
Staying Alive (1)
Sunny Sunderland enters a radio phone-in competition, winning a large sum of money - for charity.
- S1·E9
Staying Alive (2)
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.
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