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, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer

13 wins & 34 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Derek Thompson	...	Charlie Fairhead / ... 833 episodes, 1986-2021
Tony Marshall	...	Noel Garcia / ... 489 episodes, 1993-2021
Suzanne Packer	...	Tess Bateman / ... 486 episodes, 1996-2016
Ian Bleasdale	...	Josh Griffiths 439 episodes, 1989-2017
Jane Hazlegrove	...	Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon / ... 401 episodes, 1996-2019
Charles Dale	...	Big Mac / ... 356 episodes, 1995-2016
Catherine Shipton	...	Lisa Duffin / ... 351 episodes, 1986-2020
Sunetra Sarker	...	Zoe Hanna 335 episodes, 2007-2018

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:

female doctor | soap opera | ambulance | famous opening theme | paramedic | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

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

Nina Farr: I could kill Ellen for taking out a loan with a psychopath...
John 'Abs' Denham: It wouldn't be worth it - unless we could sell her body for scrap!

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Crazy Credits

Di Botcher (Jan Jenning) was credited as Jan Jennings (with an S) for some episodes.

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Connections

Spin-off Casualty @ Holby City (2005)

User Reviews

Brilliant show

I started watching the show in 2001 and i was hooked from the first episode i saw, I love the show and make sure i never miss an episode (even though i am on the casual+y website every Sunday morning looking at the preview clip). The show never fails to impress me, the story lines are great, very creative and make you want to watch more!!

It is a sort of drama but i think it is a bit different to all the others they all have that sort of seriousness about them and i find this boring so i don't watch them. But Casual+y is different, you don't just see the Staff at work, you get to see them out of their working life and into their home life, this helps you understand their personalities and why they act like they do. Understanding the background of a character makes it more interesting and helps you understand them a bit more making you feel closer to them, i think you need this to make a successful show and the crew on Casual+y have mastered this unique quality!!!!!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!

Details

Official Sites:

BBC Online - Casualty & Holby City

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Casualty

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