Holby City (series 6)

Holby City series 6
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	52
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	7 October 2003 – 12 October 2004

The sixth series of the British medical drama television series Holby City commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 7 October 2003, and concluded on 12 October 2004.

Reception

The British Medical Association denounced a January 2004 episode of the series which portrayed organ donation being carried out despite withdrawal of consent by the patient's relatives. Dr. Michael Wilks, chairman of the Medical Ethics Committee stated: "This simply would not happen, but its portrayal, even in a drama, is totally irresponsible and risks causing huge damage to the already struggling transplant programme."^[1]

Episodes

Episode #	Series #	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate	Viewers (in millions)[2]
160	1	"Façade"	Platt, RichardRichard Platt	McAndrew, JohanneJohanne McAndrew & Hope, ElliotElliot Hope	7 October 2003	9.05
161	2	"Read My Lips"	Platt, RichardRichard Platt	Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson	14 October 2003	8.64
162	3	"End of the Road"	Bucksey, ColinColin Bucksey	Collin, LenLen Collin	21 October 2003	8.67
163	4	"Trick or Treat"	Bucksey, ColinColin Bucksey	O'Malley, DebbieDebbie O'Malley	28 October 2003	7.53
164	5	"Know When to Fold"	Boak, KeithKeith Boak	Coates, PaulPaul Coates	4 November 2003	7.81
165	6	"Keep it in the Family"	Boak, KeithKeith Boak	Spence, PatrickPatrick Spence	11 November 2003	8.93
166	7	"The Devil You Know"	Evans, RobRob Evans	Goss, AileenAileen Goss	18 November 2003	8.23
167	8	"Understanding"	Evans, RobRob Evans	Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson	25 November 2003	8.22
168	9	"Sixty Minutes"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden	2 December 2003	8.85
169	10	"Oedipus Wrecks"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Earl, AndreaAndrea Earl	9 December 2003	8.74
170	11	"Full Circle"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Wall, JuliaJulia Wall	16 December 2003	9.82
171	12	"In the Bleak Midwinter"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Stewart, LeslieLeslie Stewart	23 December 2003	8.22
172	13	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose	Saltrese, NickNick Saltrese	30 December 2003	8.13
173	14	"All the King's Men"	Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose	O'Malley, DebbieDebbie O'Malley	6 January 2004	8.52
174	15	"A Twist of Fate"	Boak, KeithKeith Boak	Hunter Ashton, AlAl Hunter Ashton & Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson	13 January 2004	8.43
175	16	"The Buck Stops Here"	Boak, KeithKeith Boak	Coates, PaulPaul Coates	20 January 2004	7.89
176	17	"Forgive and Forget"	Arnold, CliveClive Arnold	Wilkins, SusanSusan Wilkins	27 January 2004	8.29
177	18	"You Can Choose Your Friends..."	Arnold, CliveClive Arnold	Slavin, HelenHelen Slavin	3 February 2004	8.00
178	19	"What He Would Have Wanted"	Cooke, AudreyAudrey Cooke	Earl, AndreaAndrea Earl & Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson	10 February 2004	7.91
179	20	"Protection"	Cooke, AudreyAudrey Cooke	Wall, JuliaJulia Wall	17 February 2004	7.75
180	21	"Honour Thy Father"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Morris, StuartStuart Morris	24 February 2004	8.27
181	22	"The Kindness of Strangers"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Pagan, AdrianAdrian Pagan	2 March 2004	8.16
182	23	"The Heart of the Matter"	Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson	Hall, MatthewMatthew Hall	9 March 2004	7.60
183	24	"Baptism of Fire"	Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson	O'Malley, DebbieDebbie O'Malley	16 March 2004	8.18
184	25	"Under Pressure"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Cornell, PaulPaul Cornell	23 March 2004	8.50
185	26	"Pastures New"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Coates, PaulPaul Coates	30 March 2004	7.98
186	27	"Past Caring"	Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose	Wall, JuliaJulia Wall	6 April 2004	7.23
187	28	"When Lightning Strikes Twice"	Bhose, IndraIndra Bhose	Webb, PaulaPaula Webb	13 April 2004	7.63
188	29	"In the Line of Fire"	Erskine, JamesJames Erskine	Collin, LenLen Collin	20 April 2004	7.91
189	30	"Night Fever"	Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers	Fraser, RobRob Fraser	27 April 2004	7.94
190	31	"Out of Control"	Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers	Jukes, PeterPeter Jukes	4 May 2004	8.35
191	32	"The Eleventh Commandment"	Massey, SimonSimon Massey	O'Malley, DebbieDebbie O'Malley & Parker, MattMatt Parker	11 May 2004	7.77
192	33	"If You Can't Do the Time..."	Massey, SimonSimon Massey	McKay, NeilNeil McKay	18 May 2004	6.51
193	34	"Striking a Chord"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Ainsworth, JoeJoe Ainsworth	25 May 2004	7.36
194	35	"In at the Deep End"	Strong, JamesJames Strong	Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden	1 June 2004	7.08
195	36	"We'll Meet Again"	Arnold, CliveClive Arnold	Coates, PaulPaul Coates	8 June 2004	6.81
196	37	"Holding On"	Arnold, CliveClive Arnold	Simmer, BarryBarry Simmer	22 June 2004	7.24
197	38	"Letting Go"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Goss, AileenAileen Goss	29 June 2004	6.94
198	39	"Deception"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Docherty, Carol-AnnCarol-Ann Docherty	6 July 2004	6.37
199	40	"Conflict of Interest"	Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson	Wall, JuliaJulia Wall	13 July 2004	6.45
200	41	"Inside Out"	Jackson, DavidDavid Jackson	Holden, AndrewAndrew Holden	20 July 2004	7.08
201	42	"While the Cat's Away..."	Stowe, KarenKaren Stowe	Dodds, JeffJeff Dodds	27 July 2004	6.52
202	43	"Under the Thumb"	Stowe, KarenKaren Stowe	Goss, AileenAileen Goss	3 August 2004	6.76
203	44	"Hard Lesson To Learn"	Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers	McHale, TonyTony McHale	10 August 2004	6.10
204	45	"One More Chance"	Meyers, SimonSimon Meyers	Docherty, Carol-AnnCarol-Ann Docherty	17 August 2004	6.31
205	46	"Truth Will Out"	Massey, SimonSimon Massey	Earl, AndreaAndrea Earl	31 August 2004	6.56
206	47	"Smoke and Mirrors"	MacDonald, FraserFraser MacDonald	Bytheway, ColinColin Bytheway	7 September 2004	7.22
207	48	"Thicker Than Water"	MacDonald, FraserFraser MacDonald	Smith, SuzieSuzie Smith	14 September 2004	7.18
208	49	"Time Waits For No Man"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Docherty, Carol-AnnCarol-Ann Docherty	21 September 2004	6.51
209	50	"A Knight's Tale"	Offer, MichaelMichael Offer	Goss, AileenAileen Goss	28 September 2004	6.63
210	51	"Wants and Needs"	Evans, RobRob Evans	Jameson, MartinMartin Jameson	5 October 2004	7.22
211	52	"Great Expectations"	Evans, RobRob Evans	Lloyd, PeterPeter Lloyd	12 October 2004	7.23

References

1. Hawkes, Nigel (22 January 2004). "Transplant man has four kidneys". The Times. London: Times Newspapers. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
2. "Weekly Top 30 Programmes: Week Ending 12 Oct 2003–17 Oct 2004". BARB. Retrieved 9 February 2010.