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Series 25 was the twenty-fifth series of Casualty and aired between 4 September 2010 and 6 August 2011.
Episodes
| Episode # | Series # | Episode | Original Airdate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 731 | 1 | "Entry Wounds" | 4 September 2010 | ||
| The ED staff are faced with their most challenging day when there is a shooting at a local college, leading to the worst day possible for new nurse Mads. | |||||
| 732 | 2 | "The Blame Game" | 11 September 2010 | ||
| The ED comes under attack from all sides following the shooting, and Jordan is taking the brunt of it. Lenny struggles to deal with a difficult patient with issues close to home. And will Ruth get what she wants? | |||||
| 733 | 3 | "Chaos Theory" | 18 September 2010 | ||
| Jordan rallies the team when they are split by a new policy. Ruth impresses at work, but can she do the same at home? Kirsty fights to give the best possible care. | |||||
| 734 | 4 | "Only The Lonely" | 25 September 2010 | ||
| Jordan has high hopes for his new Clinical Decisions Unit, while Yuki and Adam struggle with their workload. Will Edward make it up to Ruth? | |||||
| 735 | 5 | "Into The Fog" | 2 October 2010 | ||
| Lenny makes a shocking discovery, while Jordan rallies the team for the cleanliness inspection; will they win the bacteriology award? | |||||
| 736 | 6 | "Eliminate The Negative" | 9 October 2010 | ||
| Kirsty is determined to help Simone recover, but finds it difficult. Meanwhile, Jordan struggles to change public perception of the ED. | |||||
| 737 | 7 | "Reasons Unknown" | 16 October 2010 | ||
| The events inside the college during the shooting are finally revealed, but Jeff and Simone both find that the truth is too hard to handle. | |||||
| 738 | 8 | "Employee Of The Week" | 23 October 2010 | ||
| Charlie experiences a terrible day as he struggles to balance his work and personal responsibilities. Ruth is determined to prove herself, but at what cost? | |||||
| 739 | 9 | "No Place Like Home" | 30 October 2010 | ||
| With the inspection due in two weeks' time, Jordan rallies the troops. To what lengths will Kirsty go to make it through her shift? And Mads believes she can save the day - but can she? | |||||
| 740 | 10 | "Hands On" | 6 November 2010 | ||
| The ED is under scrutiny by an inspector and everyone tries to pull together. When it looks as if they will fail the inspection, can Jordan commit the ultimate sacrifice and resign to save the ED? | |||||
| 741 | 11 | "The Enemy Within" | 13 November 2010 | ||
| Ruth makes a big discovery about her husband, sending her on an emotional downward spiral. Seeing Ruth at rock bottom, Charlie lends a shoulder - but at what cost to himself? | |||||
| 742 | 12 | "Guilty Secrets" | 20 November 2010 | ||
| It's Ruth's first day as clinical standards manager and she receives a frosty reception from her colleagues in the ED. Will she bow to pressure and reinstate Charlie? | |||||
| 743 | 13 | "Truth Will Out" | 27 November 2010 | ||
| When the ED comes under scrutiny from a whip-cracking administrative advisor, Jay starts a mutiny. However, his actions may have dire consequences. | |||||
| 744 | 14 | "Grandiosity" | 4 December 2010 | ||
| Ruth takes revenge on Zoe by revealing to her that she is the doctor with the highest mortality rates in the ED, causing Zoe to doubt herself. | |||||
| 745 | 15 | "What Lies Beneath" | 11 December 2010 | ||
| When Karl Fontayne continues to make Joe's life a misery, Jeff comes to his aid. But does Jeff go too far in order to save the day? | |||||
| 746 | 16 | "Season Of Goodwill" | 18 December 2010 | ||
| Lenny resorts to desperate measures in order to find a suitable donor match for his sister Helen, drafting in Yuki to illicitly test patients as they come into the ED. | |||||
| 747 | 17 | "Winter Wonderland" | 27 December 2010 | ||
| Ruth is determined to have a good Christmas, but will the ominous secret surrounding her marriage to Edward spoil her festive mood? | |||||
| 748 | 18 | "All The Time In The World" | 2 January 2011 | ||
| When Jordan finds himself late for an important meeting, he decides to drive despite his ban - with fatal consequences. | |||||
| 749 | 19 | "Epiphany" | 8 January 2011 | ||
| Despite her problems at home, Kirsty does her best to put on a brave face. But a tense confrontation between Adam and Warren has brutal consequences for her. | |||||
| 750 | 20 | "Altered States" | 15 January 2011 | ||
| Ruth is plagued by flashbacks of the night before and is unable to cope when Jordan puts her in charge of the ED. | |||||
| 751 | 21 | "Choose Your Illusion" | 22 January 2011 | ||
| Ruth's recent manic behaviour is exacerbated by the arrival of Katy, a mentally-ill patient. Will the gang be able to stop Ruth from taking drastic measures to cure her? | |||||
| 752 | 22 | "A Lion Roars" | 29 January 2011 | ||
| After her last beating, Kirsty decides that enough is enough, and it is time to leave. But will she be able to get out of Holby without Warren and the gang finding out? | |||||
| 753 | 23 | "Place Of Safety" | 5 February 2011 | ||
| Ruth is devastated to discover she has been sectioned, and determines to escape from the psych ward. Can she prove to Charlie and her psychiatrist that they have wrongfully imprisoned her? | |||||
| 754 | 24 | "Duty Of Care" | 12 February 2011 | ||
| Henrik Hanssen makes an appearance in the ED, and Jordan recognises the threat to his authority. The two go head-to-head, but who will reign supreme? | |||||
| 755 | 25 | "Til Death Do Us Part" | 19 February 2011 | ||
| There are brutal consequences for Kirsty when Warren awakes from his coma. | |||||
| 756 | 26 | "Boys Will Be Boys" | 26 February 2011 | ||
| Kirsty finds it hard to cope in the wake of Warren's death. The police have questions, Adam's not the rock she thought he was, and Nita goes off the rails. | |||||
| 757 | 27 | "Less Than Zero" | 5 March 2011 | ||
| Nita has run away, and Kirsty is out of her mind with worry. Will her daughter come home in one piece? | |||||
| 758 | 28 | "Only Human" | 12 March 2011 | ||
| Jay is on tenterhooks as he awaits his cancer test results, and a new doctor arrives at the ED in an explosive way. | |||||
| 759 | 29 | "Secrets And Lies" | 26 March 2011 | ||
| It is the day of Jay's operation, but he gets on the wrong side of a drug trafficker. Will he make it to his orchidectomy in one piece? | |||||
| 760 | 30 | "Just Because You're Paranoid" | 2 April 2011 | ||
| Dylan is left with blood on his hands when Hannah Fleet returns to the ED, and she is forced to take drastic measures. | |||||
| 761 | 31 | "Starting Over" | 9 April 2011 | ||
| Jay's first shift back looks set to be his last after he attacks a patient, and is love finally in the air for Mads and Lenny? | |||||
| 762 | 32 | "A Real Shame" | 16 April 2011 | ||
| The competition between Jordan and Miriam escalates when the gang vote on who they want to be Clinical Lead. Can Jordan win a popularity contest? | |||||
| 763 | 33 | "Before The Fall" | 23 April 2011 | ||
| Nita scales a fire tower and forces Kirsty to tell her the truth about Warren. Polly attempts to get Dylan and Hannah talking, but it ends tragically. | |||||
| 764 | 34 | "Momentum" | 30 April 2011 | ||
| Polly's life hangs in the balance. Will the gang get to her before she bleeds to death? | |||||
| 765 | 35 | "Deception" | 7 May 2011 | ||
| Jordan is forced to deal with the aftermath of Polly's death on his last shift as joint clinical lead. Can the gang hold things together for the sake of the patients? | |||||
| 766 | 36 | "A Quiet Life" | 21 May 2011 | ||
| Bureaucracy gone mad results in the ED being overrun with patients, and a young boy is set to pay the ultimate price. Can Adam battle the odds and save his life? | |||||
| 767 | 37 | "When The Bough Breaks..." | 28 May 2011 | ||
| Tess, still reeling from the loss of Daniel, decides to fight fire with fire when she is faced with the prospect of losing another young patient. | |||||
| 768 | 38 | "The Gift Of Life" | 4 June 2011 | ||
| Mads has to confront her worst fears when she is brought face-to-face with the taxi driver who tried to force himself on her. | |||||
| 769 | 39 | "One Good Day" | 11 June 2011 | ||
| Linda struggles to be taken seriously on her first day as clinical nurse manager. Meanwhile, Dylan feels the lure of the ED when he enters it for the first time since Polly's death. | |||||
| 770 | 40 | "Keep On Running - Part 1" | 18 June 2011 | ||
| Adam goes to great lengths to prove his patients come first. Jeff reaches out to a troubled teen, but will it be enough? | |||||
| 771 | 41 | "Keep On Running - Part 2" | 25 June 2011 | ||
| Linda and Tess butt heads over management styles, while Jeff is forced to face his guilt over Polly's death. | |||||
| 772 | 42 | "Rogue" | 2 July 2011 | ||
| Adam's God complex continues when he literally has the life of Matthew, a sex offender who has returned to Holby, in his hands. | |||||
| 773 | 43 | "Divine Intervention" | 9 July 2011 | ||
| Adam continues his downward descent when he decides to disregard a patient's advance directive to not be resuscitated. | |||||
| 774 | 44 | "Pascal's Wager" | 16 July 2011 | ||
| The stress of Mads' attack weighs ever heavier on her. Will the truth finally out? | |||||
| 775 | 45 | "System Error" | 23 July 2011 | ||
| Adam purposely mismanages the treatment of a patient accused of assaulting an underage girl, but does he have the right to be judge, jury, and executioner? | |||||
| 776 | 46 | "When You're Smiling" | 30 July 2011 | ||
| A patient prompts Kirsty to make some life-changing decisions, and Adam's past misdeeds come back to haunt him. | |||||
| 777 | 47 | "Thanks For Today" | 6 August 2011 | ||
| An explosion at an airport sends shock waves through the ED. The gang are pushed to their limits, and Adam is given a chance to atone for his sins - is it too little, too late? | |||||
Specials
Two special episodes of the show aired as part of Series 25 on the BBC's Red Button service and the Casualty website. The specials focus on Holby's Psychiatric Ward, where Ruth is sectioned following her mental breakdown.
| Special # | Episode | Original Airdate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short Story 1 | 12 March 2011 | |||
| As he makes his rounds, Andrew Brookfield takes delivery of a bizarre gift and attempts to establish a rapport with Ruth. Will he be able to give her what she so badly craves? | |||||
| 2 | Short Story 2 | 2 April 2011 | |||
| Ruth continues to struggle being institutionalised and encounters a stranger on the Psychiatric Ward. What will she make of the odd guest and who will win their battle of wills? | |||||
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