Holby City (series 5)

Holby City series 5
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 52
Broadcast
Original channel BBC
Original run 8 October 2002 (2002-10-08) – 30 September 2003 (2003-09-30)
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The fifth series of the British medical drama television series Holby City commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 8 October 2002, and concluded on 30 September 2003.

Episodes

Episode # Series # Title Director Writer Original airdate Viewers
(in millions)[1]
108 1 "Perfect Day" Teague, ColinColin Teague Loman Field, AnjiAnji Loman Field 02002-10-08 8 October 2002 7.90
109 2 "Depths of Devotion" Teague, ColinColin Teague Morris, StuartStuart Morris 02002-10-15 15 October 2002 7.78
110 3 "Facing Facts" Platt, RichardRichard Platt Weston, JuliaJulia Weston 02002-10-22 22 October 2002 8.32
111 4 "Repercussions" Platt, RichardRichard Platt Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton 02002-10-29 29 October 2002 7.69
112 5 "Long Day's Night" Britten, BillBill Britten Stevenson, JamesJames Stevenson 02002-11-05 5 November 2002 7.40
113 6 "Lear's Children" Britten, BillBill Britten Collin, LenLen Collin 02002-11-12 12 November 2002 7.63
114 7 "Old Friends" Spiro, MinkieMinkie Spiro Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson 02002-11-19 19 November 2002 7.67
115 8 "Ladies' Night" Spiro, MinkieMinkie Spiro McHale, TonyTony McHale 02002-11-26 26 November 2002 7.36
116 9 "Every Cloud..." Douglas, NigelNigel Douglas Wilkins, SusanSusan Wilkins 02002-12-03 3 December 2002 6.99
117 10 "Leopard Spots" Douglas, NigelNigel Douglas Ashford, Simon J.Simon J. Ashford 02002-12-10 10 December 2002 8.19
118 11 "Sinners and Saints" Erskine, JamesJames Erskine Webb, ChrisChris Webb 02002-12-17 17 December 2002 7.81
119 12 "Sins of the Father" Erskine, JamesJames Erskine Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden 02002-12-26 26 December 2002 7.17
120 13 "Time to Kill" Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden 02002-12-31 31 December 2002 <5.31[nb 1]
121 14 "Hair of the Dog" Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers Ashdown, SimonSimon Ashdown 02003-01-07 7 January 2003 7.60
122 15 "Me and My Gal" Doyle, JimJim Doyle Chiappe, GabyGaby Chiappe 02003-01-14 14 January 2003 7.69
123 16 "A Right to Know" Doyle, JimJim Doyle McAndrew, JohanneJohanne McAndrew 02003-01-21 21 January 2003 7.18
124 17 "'Til Death Us Do Part" Signy, RichardRichard Signy Morris, StuartStuart Morris 02003-01-28 28 January 2003 8.26
125 18 "Beneath the Skin" Signy, RichardRichard Signy Morris, StuartStuart Morris 02003-02-04 4 February 2003 7.61
126 19 "A Kind of Loving" Douglas, NigelNigel Douglas Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton 02003-02-11 11 February 2003 8.23
127 20 "Dominoes Falling" Douglas, NigelNigel Douglas Fraser, JoeJoe Fraser 02003-02-18 18 February 2003 7.81
128 21 "Wonderland" Teague, ColinColin Teague Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton 02003-02-25 25 February 2003 7.42
129 22 "When That Shark Bites" Teague, ColinColin Teague McAndrew, JohanneJohanne McAndrew 02003-03-04 4 March 2003 8.01
130 23 "One of Our Own" Reeve, TerryTerry Reeve Stewart, LeslieLeslie Stewart 02003-03-11 11 March 2003 9.22
131 24 "For Better, For Worse" Spiro, MinkieMinkie Spiro & Gerard, PhillipPhillip Gerard Hawkins, Sarah LouiseSarah Louise Hawkins 02003-03-18 18 March 2003 9.20
132 25 "A Tear in My Eye" Platt, RichardRichard Platt Watson, JulieJulie Watson 02003-03-25 25 March 2003 8.84
133 26 "...As the Day is Long" Platt, RichardRichard Platt Wilde, PatrickPatrick Wilde 02003-04-01 1 April 2003 8.35
134 27 "The One You Love: Part 1" Erskine, JamesJames Erskine Hall, MatthewMatthew Hall 02003-04-08 8 April 2003 7.47
135 28 "The One You Love: Part 2" Erskine, JamesJames Erskine Hall, MatthewMatthew Hall 02003-04-15 15 April 2003 8.32
136 29 "Desperate Measures" Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers Collin, LenLen Collin 02003-04-22 22 April 2003 8.00
137 30 "Glass Half Empty" Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers Morris, StuartStuart Morris 02003-04-29 29 April 2003 8.14
138 31 "Going It Alone" Boak, KeithKeith Boak McAndrew, JohanneJohanne McAndrew 02003-05-06 6 May 2003 7.73
139 32 "By Any Other Name" Boak, KeithKeith Boak Jones, MariaMaria Jones 02003-05-13 13 May 2003 8.21
140 33 "Think Again" Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose Webb, ChrisChris Webb 02003-05-20 20 May 2003 7.48
141 34 "Seasons in the Sun" Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden 02003-05-27 27 May 2003 7.28
142 35 "Mum's the Word" Arnold, CliveClive Arnold Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton 02003-06-03 3 June 2003 7.47
143 36 "Endgame" Arnold, CliveClive Arnold Collin, LenLen Collin 02003-06-10 10 June 2003 7.40
144 37 "Private Lives" Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson McHale, TonyTony McHale 02003-06-17 17 June 2003 7.70
145 38 "Can't Always Get What You Want" Watson, LukeLuke Watson Coates, PaulPaul Coates 02003-06-24 24 June 2003 7.31
146 39 "Loss of Faith" Watson, LukeLuke Watson Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson 02003-07-01 1 July 2003 7.65
147 40 "Crossing the Line" Geoghegan, SeanSean Geoghegan Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton 02003-07-08 8 July 2003 7.12
148 41 "Eyes Wide Open" Geoghegan, SeanSean Geoghegan Fraser, RobRob Fraser 02003-07-15 15 July 2003 6.80[3]
149 42 "The Parent Trap" Barnes, IanIan Barnes Hole, GinnieGinnie Hole 02003-07-22 22 July 2003 7.41
150 43 "Carpe Diem" Barnes, IanIan Barnes Gross, AileenAileen Gross 02003-07-29 29 July 2003 8.23
151 44 "Home" Arnold, CliveClive Arnold Saltrese, NickNick Saltrese 02003-08-05 5 August 2003 7.44
152 45 "On the Inside" Keavey, DominicDominic Keavey Saltrese, NickNick Saltrese 02003-08-06 6 August 2003 5.67
153 46 "House of Cards" Keavey, DominicDominic Keavey Coates, PaulPaul Coates 02003-08-12 12 August 2003 6.63
154 47 "To Err is Human" Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson Earl, AndreaAndrea Earl 02003-08-19 19 August 2003 8.01
155 48 "All You Leave Behind" Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson Collin, LenLen Collin 02003-09-02 2 September 2003 7.55
156 49 "A Friend in Need" Offer, MichaelMichael Offer Jones, EdEd Jones 02003-09-09 9 September 2003 8.49
157 50 "Love nor Money" Offer, MichaelMichael Offer Hall, MatthewMatthew Hall 02003-09-16 16 September 2003 8.52
158 51 "Just Getting By" Watson, LukeLuke Watson O'Malley, DebbieDebbie O'Malley 02003-09-23 23 September 2003 7.20
159 52 "Accidents Will Happen" Watson, LukeLuke Watson Morris, StuartStuart Morris 02003-09-30 30 September 2003 9.09

Notes

  1. ^ The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board only archive ratings for the 30 most-viewed programmes on BBC One each week. Holby City episode "Time to Kill" fell bellow the top 30, and no alternative sources are available. The least-viewed programme which still made the archived top 30 in the week ending 5 January 2003 was A Question of Sport, with 5.31 million viewers.[2]

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