"Casualty" (1986) TV series 1986-????

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Creators:

Jeremy Brock
Paul Unwin

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23

Release Date:

28 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Accident | Nurse | Doctor | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

6 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Derek Thompson	...	Charlie Fairhead (306 episodes, 1986-2009)
Suzanne Packer	...	Tess Bateman (257 episodes, 2003-2009)
Ian Bleasdale	...	Josh Griffiths / ... (253 episodes, 1991-2007)
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Harry Harper (228 episodes, 2002-2008)
James Redmond	...	John 'Abs' Denham (213 episodes, 2003-2008)
Martina Laird	...	Comfort Jones / ... (195 episodes, 1995-2006)
Susan Cookson	...	Maggie Coldwell / ... (173 episodes, 1998-2009)
Janine Mellor	...	Kelsey Phillips (168 episodes, 2005-2009)
Sam Grey	...	Alice Chantrey (136 episodes, 2006-2009)
Matthew Wait	...	Luke Warren (129 episodes, 2003-2006)
Elyes Gabel	...	Gurpreet 'Guppy' Sandhu / ... (128 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jane Hazlegrove	...	Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon / ... (128 episodes, 2006-2009)
Elizabeth Carling	...	Selena Donovan / ... (127 episodes, 2003-2007)
Catherine Shipton	...	Lisa 'Duffy' Duffin / ... (125 episodes, 1986-2006)

Also Known As:

"Casual+y" (UK) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Initially, the producers made no secret of the fact that Holby was a fictitious name for Bristol. 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.

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 more.
Tina Seabrook: Yeah, but you don't have to run away half way across the world.
Sean Maddox: It's just something I have to do.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Extras: Ross Kemp (#1.2)" (2005)

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.