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

11 wins & 32 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Derek Thompson	...	Charlie Fairhead / ... 830 episodes, 1986-2020
Tony Marshall	...	Noel Garcia / ... 488 episodes, 1993-2020
Suzanne Packer	...	Tess Bateman / ... 487 episodes, 1996-2016
Ian Bleasdale	...	Josh Griffiths 440 episodes, 1989-2017
Jane Hazlegrove	...	Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon / ... 403 episodes, 1996-2019
Charles Dale	...	Big Mac / ... 356 episodes, 1995-2016
Catherine Shipton	...	Lisa Duffin / ... 351 episodes, 1986-2020
Sunetra Sarker	...	Zoe Hanna 336 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

The first season of Casualty attracted a lot of political controversy and government condemnation because it "dared" to be critical of hospital conditions and the chronic under-funding of the National Health Service. Also the Royal College of Nursing did not like the way that some of the nurses were portrayed. Despite these initial concerns, a second season of episodes was made, partly because the scripts had already been paid for, though initially it was thought that no more would be made after that. Now, twenty years later, Casualty has become a national institution and is the longest-running BBC drama programme and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General Hospital (1963).

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Quotes

Harry Harper: Nathan just made an interesting point.
Selena Manning: There's a first time for everything.

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Connections

Featured in This Morning: Episode dated 16 April 2009 (2009)

User Reviews

the lead-in scenes always worried me!!

Fantastic series - I was always a great fan but the early part of each show, where they set up each of the story lines, used to worry me somewhat! As you can imagine, the show was centered around Holby City Hospital and the scenes were being set so you KNEW that the 'normal' people going about their 'normal' lives in 'normal' situations were about to experience something fairy dreadful to warrant their inclusion in the show and their appearance in the A&E (UK) or the ER (US) with any manner of tubes and machines beeping and blipping their lives away. Consistently superb storylines and great acting (don't you love 'Charlie!) made this compulsive viewing.

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