 The October 2005 episodes received the lowest ratings of any "Casualty@Holby City" crossover to date.On its opening night, the show was watched by 5.56 million viewers, in contrast to the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale", which were shown in the same timeslot and attained 9.1 million viewers.The remainder of the Halloween crossover received similarly low ratings, with the second episode watched by 5.96 million viewers, the third instalment by 4.57 million viewers, and the concluding episode by 5.64 million viewers.