Season 4
12 episodes
46 min. per episode
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At a struggling hospital, dedicated staff confront ethical dilemmas, personal sacrifices, and life-changing decisions that challenge their humanity.
Episodes
Jill and Gordon finally get married and invite their colleagues to the ceremony but there is an unwanted addition to the wedding day when the hospital staff are called out to an old people's home, where cost-cutting has led to an explosion, causing casualties.
When young Stan Sanderson is brought to the Royal with an injury sustained at work Jeff decides he can claim for compensation and gets unexpected help in his crusade from an important private patient. Sister Brigid brings comfort to Rory, a terminally ill alcoholic.
Jill's home visit to war veteran Patrick Maver, a psychologically damaged man, turns into a nightmare and a siege situation as he takes her hostage. Harper creates a mystery when he is seen paying visits to an unknown woman, whilst Alun's plans for rock stardom fall apart when his practising is responsible for an accident.
Jill and ambulance driver Frankie are literally in a cliff-hanging situation getting to young Anita, who is injured in a fall and needs to get to the Rose Festival where she is to be crowned queen. Gordon, on the other hand, lands in trouble when his diagnosis of food poisoning turns out to be far more serious.
Jill finds herself in an ethical battle with the Howarths, who are refusing to allow their new-born baby to have vital treatment. A new assistant matron, Thelma, arrives and is unpopular with everybody except Nigel Harper. Samantha receives some bad news.
Set in the 1960s, this British medical drama follows the staff and patients of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.