Episode 1101

"Episode 1101" is the forty-ninth episode of the twenty-third series of the British medical drama television series Holby City, and the 1101st episode of the overall series. It is also Holby City's penultimate episode after the show was cancelled by the BBC in 2021. The episode was written by Andy Bayliss and directed by David Innes Edwards, and it premiered on BBC One on 22 March 2022. As with the other final episodes of the series, Episode 1101 features the storylines that writers had developed to create the series finale that followed. Filming the stories for the final episodes of Holby City was an emotional experience for the cast.

The episode's main story is Jac Naylor's (Rosie Marcel) operation to remove a brain tumour. Other stories featured included Josh Hudson's (Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge) bulimia and guest character Ken Davies' (Hamish Clarke) admission to AAU ward. Given that the show was ending, writers were able to plan where to end each character. Episode 1101 features the conclusion to Eli Ebrahimi's (Davood Ghadami) story as his wife, Amelia Ebrahimi (Lucy Briggs-Owen) announces she is pregnant. This story was described by Ghadami as one of the show's few happy concluding moments. The episode also features Holby City's final location shoot which was filmed solely with (Bob Barrett) as Sacha Levy. The episode features the music "English Rose" by the British band The Jam. Television critics have praised the episode for its emotional storyline about Jac's surgery and the conclusion of Eli and Amelia's storylines.