Classic Holby City

Name: If the Heart Lies
Duration: 1 h 20 min

Series 8 Episode 50
If the Heart Lies
Duration: 80 minutes
Subtitles available

Gina asks Connie for more help as she plans her trip to Switzerland for an assisted death, and Ric learns Bradley's received gifts from the hospital's drug supplier.

Contains Mature Themes

S8 E1 · The Outsiders
Chrissey is conviced she is pregnant and Ric confronts his own prejudices.
S8 E2 · City Crimes and Misdemeanours
Lola's daughter is involved in a car crash.
S8 E3 · More Equal Than Others
A new surgeon arrives at the hospital.
S8 E4 · Butterfly Effect
Donna's past comes back to haunt her.
S8 E5 · Bird on a Wire
Ric pushes to perform extreme surgery on a patient, with dire consequences.
S8 E6 · Learning Curve
Diane takes her consultants exam and passes, but is she ready for promotion?
S8 E7 · Comfort of Strangers
Amy returns to the hospital, but her poor behaviour prompts Donna to call social services.
S8 E8 · Prometheus Unbound
Abra returns to Holby and asks Ric to perform a transplant operation.
S8 E9 · The Long Goodbye
Owen brings his daughter to work, and realises he has to think about his priorities.
S8 E10 · Deny Thy Father
A car chase involving Lee Campbell and Sean Doyle casues an accident in a tunnel.
S8 E11 · Mother Love
Connie sees an opportunity to advance her own career.
S8 E12 · Pride Before a Fall
Ric has plenty of problems on his hands as the new ward opens.
S8 E13 · Yesterday Once More
Mark learns the truth about Chrissie's parentage.
S8 E14 · Brother's Keeper
Jess returns to work, and suspects a patient is being abused.
S8 E15 · Roots
Connie treats a patient who used to bully her at school.
S8 E16 · I'll Be Back
Jac and Diane take an instant dislike to one another.
S8 E17 · Flight of the Bumblebee
Sam performs a risky operation that he has never done before.
S8 E18 · Out on a Limb
Lola's daughter reveals her plans to go travelling with her boyfriend.
S8 E19 · We Gave Her All Our Love
Connie performs an experimental procedure on a woman who needs a heart transplant.
S8 E20 · Into Your Own Hands
Nick and Diane discover a package of cocaine inside a patient.
S8 E21 · Let It Shine
Jac accuses Nick of putting a patient's life on the line to further his own career.
S8 E22 · Leap in the Dark
Connie and Elliot disagree over the best treatment for a patient needing heart surgery.
S8 E23 · Snake in the Grass
Nick performs an unnecessary operation, with dangerous consequences.
S8 E24 · Passing On
Connie's patient collapses and there is not enough time to arrange a heart transplant.
S8 E25 · Quality Time
Elliot fears for his wife's failing health - a secret he is keeping from their daughter.
S8 E26 · Honesty
The tension between Ric and Nick reaches crisis point during an operation.
S8 E27 · Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
Tricia returns, distracting Mark so much he makes a big mistake while treating a patient.
S8 E28 · Short Cuts
Nick rushes an operation so he can deal with a more glamorous case.
S8 E29 · Lead Us Not into Temptation
Helena suffers complications following Nick's rushed surgery.
S8 E30 · Games of Chance
Helena's post-mortem reveals the error made during Nick's surgery.
S8 E31 · One Tender Kiss
Diane's told to work under Ric's supervision following the inquiry.
S8 E32 · Abracadabra
Abra's determination to perform an operation leaves him in trouble.
S8 E33 · Invasion
Don Bosman returns to the hospital to retrieve Helena's body.
S8 E34 · Promises to Keep
Elliot's wife needs treatment when her tracheotomy becomes infected.
S8 E35 · The Truth Will Out
Nick performs a difficult operation to impress Lord Byrne and land a job at St James'.
S8 E36 · Extreme Measures
A waiter accuses Connie of killing his fiancee and lets off a bomb at a charity soiree.
S8 E37 · I Am Not What I Am
Matt tries to raise money after his landlord evicts him over unpaid rent.
S8 E38 · Looking After Number One
Bradley outlines his cost-cutting plans for the hospital, dividing opinions among staff.
S8 E39 · Conscience
Lola treats a baby whose mother has been accused of neglect.
S8 E40 · Metamorphosis
Michael faces his appeal hearing, and tries to patch things up with Connie.
S8 E41 · Team Holby
Connie gets mixed reactions when she tells Elliot and Gina she might leave the hospital.
S8 E42 · Horses to Water
Matt spends his first day in the hospital as a doctor.
S8 E43 · Bad Blood
Matt and Donna row over Bridie's death, with both blaming the other.
S8 E44 · Nothig Ventured, Nothing Lost
The hospital staff have their work cut out after a car pile-up.
S8 E45 · Better the Devil You Know
Abra returns to the hospital, but Ric isn't happy to be working with him.
S8 E46 · Starmaker
Abra offers to perform an illegal procedure on a patient waiting for a transplant.
S8 E47 · Just Another Day
Tricia and Mark are trapped with a volatile patient who threatens them with a scalpel.
S8 E48 · Now or Never
Matt struggles to understand why his patient wont respond to medication.
S8 E49 · Taking Liberties
Gina deteriorates, prompting her to ask for Connie's help to ensure a dignified death.
S8 E50 · If the Heart Lies