Series 18 (2003-2004)Contributed to by fans 46 Episodes, 13/9/03 - 28/8/04
Major Incidents
Train crash,
Anna's death,
Nikki and
Jim's wedding, Baz's death, the caves expedition, Luke's inquest,
Fin and
Comfort's wedding,
Lara and Nikki held hostage, Lara and Simon's wedding,
Simon's death.
Series Overview
A train derails outside Holby...
A pregnant Anna is killed in the train tragedy... Comfort suffers post traumatic stress and hits the bottle.Harry self-prescribes anti-depressants. Simon dates Harry's daughter, Tally. Simon blackmails Harry when he learns of his drug abuse... The team pose for a charity calendar shoot with Lord Lichfield.Roxy becomes a surrogate parent. Jim proposes to Nikki and she accepts.Harry makes a clumsy pass at Lara... Newly married Baz returns to Holby to visit her dying father.Bex slowly comes to terms with becoming a diabetic. After Baz's husband is injured in a skidoo accident, Baz and Charlie kiss under the Northern Lights... Nikki jilts Jim at the altar. He later discovers her infidelity with his son, Andy... Baz is killed following a car crash. Charlie fights to gain custody of Louis and wins.Harry, Lara and Simon become trapped during a cave orienteering weekend. Simon is seriously injured... Fin hits Comfort when her drinking binges become too much.Nikki finds out she is pregnant and has a termination despite Jim's pleas.Tally becomes jealous when Simon and Lara start dating. She stalks them and attempts suicide.Nikki delivers Roxy's baby when she goes into early labour.Lara discovers Simon has a drug problem.Luke is suspended when a man is shot in the ambulance. A court later gives a verdict of accidental death and he is reinstated. The staff threaten strike action when Jim covers for Harry as Clinical Director.Nikki and Lara are held hostage after a robbery. Nikki is pushed off a car park roof, paralyzing her arm. She leaves Holby to go travelling.Charlie takes a six month sabbatical to work on a homeless project that Baz set up in Canada.Fin and Comfort get married... Lara proposes to Simon... Simon continues his drug abuse and sleeps with another woman on his stag night.On the day of Simon and Lara's wedding, Lara learns of Simon's infidelity and dumps him as he is flying to the venue with Jim. The plane loses control and crashes - Simon dies... Bex lashes out when she discovers Claire has kissed Luke. Lara heads to the airport for a one way ticket to Australia, unaware of Simon's tragic accident. The Patients
Victims of the Holby train crash, a prisoner nicknamed 'Angel of Death' who asks
Abs to let her die, injured prisoners following a prison riot and an ill baby whose father hid cocaine in her milk powder.
Guest Stars
Elyes Gabel (Casualty's Guppy) plays Jude.
Tracy Shaw (Corrie's Maxine) plays Eve.
Tony Slattery (Whose Line is it Anyway?) plays Michael.
Josie D'Arby (Merseybeat) plays Stevie.
Jane Danson (Corrie's Leanne) plays Lucy.
Regular Characters
Harry Harper (Consultant), Charlie Fairhead (Clinical Nurse Specialist ), Josh Griffiths (Paramedic), Finlay Newton (Paramedic), Lara Stone (Senior House Officer), Roxanne Bird (Student Nurse), Comfort Jones (Paramedic), Luke Warren (Paramedic), Bex Reynolds (Receptionist).
Characters Joining
Ep1: Jim Brodie (Consultant Paediatrician),
Tess Bateman (Emergency Nurse Practitioner), Ep3: Claire Guildford (Staff Nurse), Ep5: Abs Denham (Mental Health Nurse).
Characters Leaving
Ep3: Anna Paul, Merlin Jameson, Ep19:
Baz Wilder, Ep34: Tally Harper, Ep40: Nikki Marshall, Ep46: Simon Kaminski and Lara Stone.
Series 18 was contributed to by fans -acknowledgements
