The Royal
Sunday 4 November 2007 8:00pm - 9:00pm on ITV1.

Weatherill (Amy Robbins) and Frankie (Scott Taylor) help Lucy Hibbert (Nadine Rose Mulkerrin) into the waiting ambulance as her anxious father, David (Daniel Casey) and heavily pregnant stepmother, Alice (Emma Rydal), look on. Lucy is distraught as she's informed she will need an operation to fix her broken ankle. However, despite her agony, Lucy doesn’t hide her dislike for her stepmother.

Elsewhere in the hospital, Ormerod (Robert Daws) and Sister Brigid (Linda Armstrong) deliver Heather Seddon’s (Clare Kerrigan) baby boy. The baby, Adam, is a joy to his parents, particularly as Heather has suffered numerous miscarriages in the past. They're overjoyed with their new baby but worried about his health as he's placed in an incubator and taken to the nursery. Can the staff help baby Adam pull through?

Elsewhere, Lizzie (Michelle Hardwick) hand delivers some test results to Banner (Sam Callis), however, they are actually meant for Dr Weatherill – she’s pregnant. Not wanting to talk to her husband Gordon (Robert Daws) about the pregnancy, Jill confides in Mike her concerns about having another baby. Can Jill put her family before her career once again?

That evening, Lizzie, Stella (Natalie Anderson), Marian (Kari Corbett) and Susie (Sarah Beck Mather) talk about Dr Banner’s possible attraction to Marian. Stella is trying to arrange a double date with Marian, Banner and Frankie for the following evening. Stella gives Marian a warning about her night shift as apparently there are ghosts on the ward. As Marian reluctantly leaves for work the others head to the pub. Over a drink, Susie makes it clear to Frankie that she is interested in him, despite him being secretive about his past marriage and two children. An inebriated Susie tries to persuade Frankie to buy some more beer, however, Stella and Lizzie insist it's time they all go home.

When Weatherill arrives back at the hospital, she finds out a baby is missing from the ward and sympathises with the mother, Heather. But her suspicions are raised as to the baby’s whereabouts when David Hibbert announces that his wife, Alice, has given birth prematurely. After some investigation, Weatherill rushes to where Alice is staying, and as predicted, she has stolen the baby. Will Weatherill get to them in time? After all the commotion Mike is concerned for Weatherill’s health as she seems unwell, a serious situation due to her condition.

Elsewhere, the nurses and Susie hold a séance at Matron’s flat. As the girls intently try to contact the spirits, Alun (Andy Wear) and Frankie spy on them, clumsily falling from the wardrobe and revealing themselves in the process. In all the excitement, a glass of brandy is spilt and a candle knocked over igniting the alcohol. In a panic the girls struggle to dose the flames.

As the girls struggle with the fire, the hospital staff are otherwise distracted by Weatherill’s deteriorating condition. Shocked by the revelation that Jill is pregnant, Ormerod now has to come to terms with the possibility of losing her or the baby. He watches helplessly as Mr Rose tries desperately to save Jill. Will the much loved doctor pull through?