Casualty 

The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City hospital.

Creators:

Jeremy Brock, Paul Unwin

Stars:

Derek Thompson, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale

10 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Derek Thompson	...	Charlie Fairhead / ... 767 episodes, 1986-2018
Suzanne Packer	...	Tess Bateman / ... 487 episodes, 1996-2016
Ian Bleasdale	...	Josh Griffiths 440 episodes, 1989-2017
Tony Marshall	...	Noel Garcia / ... 435 episodes, 1993-2018
Jane Hazlegrove	...	Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon / ... 401 episodes, 1996-2016
Charles Dale	...	Big Mac / ... 356 episodes, 1995-2016
Sunetra Sarker	...	Zoe Hanna 336 episodes, 2007-2018
Matt Bardock	...	Jeff Collier / ... 314 episodes, 1993-2014
Catherine Shipton	...	Lisa Duffin / ... 308 episodes, 1986-2018

Storyline

Drama depicting the private and working lives of the hospital staff, paitents and others attending a small but frantically busy accident and emergency department of the large Holby General hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

accident | hospital | doctor | nurse | surgical scrubs | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Online - Casualty & Holby City

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Baleseti sebészet

Filming Locations:

BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Before the first series was shown, it was described as being a "northern Hospital", often thought of as possibly being similar to St. James' in Leeds, but never of course confirmed. Only really from the second series onwards did references to it being in Bristol start appearing in the media. However when a new producer, Peter Norris, was brought in for Season 4, he decided to play down the association between Holby and Bristol, and so Duffy's West Country accent disappeared and fewer recognizable Bristol locations were used. Despite this, some links to Bristol have remained, even after filming moved to Cardiff in 2011: in Casualty: Death and Doughnuts (2012) a patient's phone number was shown as starting 0117, the code for Bristol, though a fictitious district code 456 was used.

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Quotes

Tina Seabrook: What are you doing? Where the hell are you going?
Sean Maddox: Tina.
Tina Seabrook: Did you forget to say goodbye or something?
Sean Maddox: Tina.
Tina Seabrook: I can't believe you were going to go without even saying anything. To Australia without even saying goodbye. What where you thinking? Did you think I wouldn't notice? You lied. How could you just go?
Sean Maddox: Listen, it's not like that. You don't understand, and I can't explain.
Tina Seabrook: You owe it to me to try.
Sean Maddox: I need to take ten steps back. I don't want to look back on my life thinking I could have done ...
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Connections

Spin-off Holby Blue (2007)

User Reviews

A good Saturday evening's viewing

Casualty is good entertainment and drama for a Saturday evening, the show is always well directed. The script isn't always top notch but the writers do their best and the writing is usually of a very high standard which compliments the good job the directors on Casualty and such shows do. The show is centred around the "Accident and Emergency" department of Holby City general hospital and focuses on both the personal and working lives of the patients and the staff who go there. I would recommend this show to anybody looking for some good drama for their Saturday evenings infront of the tele, if however you prefer full on entertainment on a Saturday without the drama bit then this show may not be for you.