"Casualty (series 8) The eighth series of the British medical drama television series ""Casualty"" commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 September 1993 and finished on 26 February 1994. The eighth series of ""Casualty"" features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The series began with 7 roles with star billing. Clive Mantle starred as emergency medicine consultant Mike Barrett. Derek Thompson continued his role as charge nurse Charlie Fairhead. Cathy Shipton and Patrick Robinson appeared as staff nurses Lisa ""Duffy"" Duffin and Martin ""Ash"" Ashford. Ian Bleasdale portrayed paramedic"
"Derek Thompson (actor) Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series ""Casualty"". Thompson has played the role since the series' inception in 1986. Thompson was born in Belfast and has a twin sister, Elaine Thompson. From their teenage years, they combined to form the singing duo ""Elaine and Derek"". They recorded four albums and 15 EP's together. They sang in harmonies, and released one eponymously titled album, on the Parlophone label in 1961. They then formed folk trio Odin's People with Larry Johns,"
"BBC's highest-paid actor, earning between £350,000 and £400,000 over the last financial year. As of 2010, Thompson lived in a rented flat in Bristol and also owns a house in Brixton. He and his wife have a son, who appeared as a baby in one episode of ""Casualty"", and he also has an older son by a previous marriage to Christine, a theatre director. A sufferer of dystonia, Thompson became patron of the Dystonia Society in 2006. Derek Thompson (actor) Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running"
"of the collision involving established characters Connie Beauchamp (Amanda Mealing) and her daughter Grace Beauchamp (Emily Carey). The episode centres around the celebrations of Charlie Fairhead's (Derek Thompson) thirtieth anniversary of working in the fictitious Holby City Hospital's emergency department, where the show is set. It also features a helicopter crash outside the emergency department, which causes damage to the hospital. Several actors who have previously appeared on ""Casualty"" during its thirty years on air made a cameo appearance during the special, while Ian Bleasdale reprised his role as Josh Griffiths for the entirety of the episode. The episode also"
"Bayliss (Casualty) and Steve Brett and Joe Ainsworth (Holby City). The episodes follow on from the cliffhanger at the end of the thirtieth series, by focusing on the events surrounding the aftermath of an accident involving Connie Beauchamp (Amanda Mealing) and her daughter Grace (Emily Carey), including a helicopter crash outside Holby City Hospital's emergency department, during celebrations of Charlie Fairhead's (Derek Thompson) thirtieth year working at the hospital. Another series of crossovers is planned for late 2017, with a number of characters swapping over for episodes. Casualty@Holby City Casualty@Holby City (styled as CASUALY @ HOLBY CIY) is a series"
"opinions. She commented, ""Max would do anything for Zoe, but she's quite a selfish character, even though she does really love him."" It was confirmed on 8 December 2017 that ""Casualty"" would air an acid attack. In the episode, Aisha Hassan (Natalie Dew) is attacked in the hospital's car park. Samuel Edward-Cook appears as drug addict Paul Billington, who seeks financial support from his ""world-weary"" mother, Caryl Billington, portrayed by Claire King. Caryl rejects Paul so he attacks Aisha for money. Later, he is admitted to the ED, where Caryl visits him and nurse Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson) tries to"
"of ""Casualty"", ""Too Old for This Shift"", which airs on 27 August 2016. Jay was described by the BBC as ""a young Charlie Fairhead"", that, despite being a ""prankster"" and a ""restless soul"", was a brilliant nurse. Potentially, one of the best to ever step through the doors of ED."" Jay believes he is ""God's gift to women"" and has three rules of romance: ""never lie, never make a promise you can't keep, and always stay for breakfast."" However, Jay then falls for doctor Ruth Winters, and ""everything change[s]"". Turner had previously guest-starred in ""Casualty"" as a male rape victim,"
"can get to Grace it explodes. Meanwhile, the emergency department prepares to celebrate Charlie Fairhead's (Derek Thompson) thirtieth year at Holby City with a surprise party. The surprise is soon spoilt when Charlie finds former paramedic Josh Griffiths (Ian Bleasdale) in cubicles. Charlie then works to treat patient Sally Hodge (Pam St. Clement). Sally is revealed to have lithopedia after miscarrying her baby during her teenage years. Charlie then visits the pub where a party is held in his honour, with video footage from former colleagues shown to him. Jacob Masters (Charles Venn) becomes concerned for Connie and Grace when"
"series of bad events in his life. He did not want to act out a death scene. Bleasdale said Josh would find ""true happiness"" towards the end of his time in the show. Josh met and fell in love with a woman while he was on holiday. He then decided to leave Holby to be with her and shared a ""touching farewell"" with his friend Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson). Josh departed during the episode broadcast on 3 November 2007. On 5 August 2016, it was confirmed that Bleasdale had reprised his role for ""Casualty's"" 30th anniversary feature-length episode. Of his"
"4 July 2014, St Clement was a guest panellist on an episode of ""Loose Women"". In August 2016, it was announced that St Clement would guest appear in the feature-length special episode of ""Casualty"", ""Too Old for This Shift"", which would air on 27 August 2016. St Clement would appear as ""grumpy patient"" Sally Hodge that ""makes life hell"" for charge nurse Charlie Fairhead (Derek Thompson) because she is ""distrustful"" of him. she reprised the role for one episode in February 2017 after her character was involved in an explosion, one in March 2017 when her character was involved in"
"year he met his future wife, Dee Sadler, an actress playing Maggie, who had to be rescued from a cave before hospitalisation. Thompson has currently played the role of Charlie for over 30 years, and is the only remaining character from the original cast. In 2004 his character went on a six-month sabbatical, which remains his most notable absence from the show. Currently, he is allowed a few months off from filming per year. Apart from ""Casualty"", he has also played Charlie in the spin-off shows ""Holby City"" and ""HolbyBlue"". It was revealed in July 2017, that Thompson was the"
"her first episode would air on 19 September 2015. Halfpenny had previously appeared on the show as a patient, Karine, in the series eighteen episode ""What Parents Do"". Derek Thompson, who plays Charlie Fairhead, remembered Halfpenny from her guest appearance because of her ""unusual"" surname. Halfpenny recalled her guest appearance and praised the cast then and upon her return. She added that she found it easy to make friends within the cast. The character was introduced during the series thirty episode ""Cradle to Grave"", broadcast on 19 September 2015. Halfpenny had two auditions for the character and believed that because"
"appearance in October 2012 when he interviewed Chantelle Lane (Lauren Drummond) for a full-time nursing position. Thompson also made an appearance in ""Casualty"" spin-off police drama, ""HolbyBlue"" for its first episode in May 2007. Charlie is the lynchpin of the emergency department. He's been there since the beginning (having joined the department more than a decade before Casualty was first aired) and has always proved to be an indispensable, trustworthy and diplomatic member of the team. People look up to him, and he always tries to be there when the ED family need him. In the early days of Casualty,"
"his role as paramedic Josh Griffiths on the BBC television drama, ""Casualty"". He was the second longest serving character in the show's 20-year history, bettered only by Derek Thompson's character Charlie Fairhead. Since 2016 Bleasdale has made several guest stints in the show and in 2017 his character was made ambulance station manager. Josh first appeared in episode 1 of series 4 (1989) and started as a speaking extra. His role has gone from strength to strength over the years and he has had several harrowing storylines so far, including the death of his family in a house fire, and"
"senior charge nurse Charlie Fairhead, who has appeared in the show since its conception. Amanda Henderson, Azuka Oforka and Jason Durr play staff nurses Robyn Miller, Louise Tyler and David Hide. Michael Stevenson and Lloyd Everitt star as paramedics Iain Dean and Jez Andrews. Tony Marshall and Jamie Davis appear as receptionist and porter Noel Garcia and Max Walker respectively. Emily Carey and Owain Arthur appear as Grace Beauchamp-Strachan and Glen Thomas in a recurring capacity. It was announced on 7 June 2016 that, following three guest appearances in the previous series, Cathy Shipton had returned to the show as"
"originally believed. Jafargholi relocated to Cardiff, where the show is filmed, for the role. He expressed his delight at joining the cast, describing it as ""a whirlwind few weeks"". Raffety also said how happy she was with Jafargholi's casting, commenting, ""We are delighted that Shaheen is joining the cast of ""Casualty"". He is a huge talent with such a warm screen presence and we know he will bring so much to the show."" Caleb ""Cal"" Knight played by Richard Winsor, first appeared on 18 January 2014. Caleb and his brother, Ethan Hardy, were introduced alongside each other. The brothers and"
"8:00 pm. Long running ""Casualty"" character Charlie Fairhead appeared in ""HolbyBlue""'s first episode, and a full two-part crossover episode with ""Holby City"" aired at the beginning of the show's second series. On 6 August 2008, the BBC announced that ""HolbyBlue"" has been axed after two series. In December 2006, the BBC broadcast a historical medical drama titled ""Casualty 1906"", reflecting life in the 'Receiving Room' (A+E was a concept not yet developed) of the Royal London Hospital 100 years previously, based on historical hospital records and news reports of the time. A three-episode miniseries, titled ""Casualty 1907"", was developed for"
"Clark), despite the department being closed to all patients. Kai confesses to responsibility for the crash and Amira encourages him to confess. She leaves at the end of the shift, having impressed Charlie with her devotion to her work. Amira later appears at the disciplinary hearing of consultant Elle Gardner (Jaye Griffiths) to provide a statement about the care of Grace Beauchamp (Emily Carey) on the day she worked in the ED. Characters of Casualty ""Casualty"" is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 6 September 1986 on BBC One. The series was created by Jeremy Brock and"
"house officer Richard McCaig. Clive Mantle returned to the cast in episode one as emergency medicine consultant Mike Barrett following his departure in the previous series. Mantle left the cast in episode ten and was replaced by Peter Birch in the following episode as emergency medicine consultant Jack Hathaway. Vas Blackwood was introduced as receptionist David Sinclair and left the show at the conclusion of the series. Donna Alexander appeared in episodes seventeen, twenty and twenty-one as paramedic Penny Hutchens, while Lucy Cohu appeared between episode eighteen and twenty-three as Jayne Bazeley, a love interest for Jack. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Casualty (series"
"Maddy Hill Madeleine Kate ""Maddy"" Hill (born 19 March 1990) is an English actress. She trained at Rose Bruford College, graduating with a B.A. in Acting in 2011. From 2014 until 2016, she starred as Nancy Carter in the BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"". She joined the cast of medical drama ""Casualty"" as paramedic Ruby Spark in July 2018. Hill trained at Rose Bruford College drama school. Her first credited acting role was a two episode guest appearance in ITV drama ""Whitechapel"" during the third series. She then appeared as a checkout girl in the 2013 film ""uwantme2killhim?"" and in the"
"Dimitri Leonidas Dimitri Leonidas (born 14 November 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles in ""Grange Hill"", ""Sinbad"" and ""Riviera"". Leonidas was born in Brent, London, the son of a Greek Cypriot father and an English mother. He also has Welsh ancestry through his mother. He has three sisters: Stephanie and Georgina, both actresses, and Helena, a teacher. Leonidas first appeared on television in 2001. He appeared in a single episode of ""Casualty"" portraying the character of Ross. In the same year shortly after appearing in ""Casualty,"" he got the role of Josh Irving in the BBC"
"longest serving cast member of ""Casualty"". He was the first character to appear on 6 September 1986, which was the first episode of the show, before making his first departure from the show in series 18, he later returned for thirty episodes in series 19 before making a permanent return in the following series. Thompson departed the programme in series 22, episode 17 before returning eleven episodes later. He has since remained in the show. Charlie has also appeared in occasional ""Holby City"" episodes from its debut in 1999 until 2012. He also appeared in an episode of ""HolbyBlue"" in"
"journalist Harry Horner in episode four, while Vas Blackwood also appeared in episode four, as Bob. Stella Gonet played Clare Wainwright, a specialist registrar in general medicine in episode seven, while Perry Fenwick played patient Marvin Osborne in episode nine. The idea of ""Casualty"" came together when co-creators Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin were both hospitalised for different reasons. During their time at the hospital, the pair were 'deeply concerned by what they saw'. Brock and Unwin pitched a document and sent it to the BBC in 1985. Unwin said in an interview with Radio Times that their pitch 'read"
"their castings were announced on 4 September 2013. It was announced that former ""Call the Midwife"" star, George Rainsford would play Ethan and that Richard Winsor would be playing Caleb. The BBC said of Caleb and Ethan, ""He is a pure adrenaline junkie, who is the total opposite to his,studious witty whizz kid brother and both characters will have a big impact on the emergency department."" Casualty's executive producer, Oliver Kent, said: ""The arrival of Ethan and Caleb will instantly change the dynamic of the ED. Whilst very different characters, one thing they will have in common is an ability"
"Patrick Robinson (actor) Patrick Robinson (born 6 November 1963) is an English actor, best known for playing the character of staff nurse and later charge nurse (in early years of the show) and in later years, Consultant Martin ""Ash"" Ashford in the long-running medical drama series ""Casualty"" on BBC One. Robinson was the fifth of seven children born to a Jamaican-immigrant electrician father and his English-born wife. Robinson joined the South East London School Drama Group aged 14. The cousin of footballer and TV personality Ian Wright, Robinson was offered a trial at Southampton F.C., which he turned down to"
"the role of Maddy. Lewington had made a previous appearance in series 20, episode 22 of ""Holby City"" sister show ""Casualty"". Lewington recalls of her role: ""I was a young married mum of one with another on the way. I loved my little bump. My reckless hubbie had had a motorbike accident, in which a baby was injured, after promising to give the bikes up. I threatened to leave him, Charlie Fairhead gave him what for and told him how lucky he was to have me and he promised to be model father after all. Happily ever after. It was"
"Ray Coulthard Raymond Anthony Coulthard (born 3 September 1968) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Alasdair Sinclair in ""Emmerdale"" and restaurant manager James Schofield in ""Hotel Babylon"". Coulthard played Frank Churchill in the 1996 television adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"". In 2005, he appeared in the first series of ""Extras"". He also appeared in the second series of ""Love Soup"", and played Matt Strong in the TV series ""Casualty"" during 2010. Coulthard's film roles include ""The English Patient"", ""The Best Man"", and ""The Muppet Christmas Carol"" (in which he played a young Ebenezer Scrooge). He"
"Casualty (series 33) The thirty-third series of the British medical drama television series ""Casualty"" began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2018, one week after the end of the previous series. The series will consist of 47 episodes. Lucy Raffety continues her role as series producer, while Simon Harper continues his role as the show's executive producer. Sixteen regular cast members reprised their roles from the previous series. The series, which is billed as ""The Year of the Paramedic"", began with a motorway collision stunt sequence. Charlotte Salt departed her role as Sam Nicholls at"
"character Dexter in ""Spatz"". In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game ""Fable II"". In 2013 he did voiceover work on a Tesco advertisement, this was launched and played on various different channels within the United Kingdom in the Summer period. Blackwood is founder of virtual online blog Vastaman.com. His cousin is the media personality Richard Blackwood. Vas Blackwood Vasta Roy ""Vas"" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor from London. Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in ""The Lenny Henry Show"" (1987) and David Sinclair in ""Casualty"" (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the"
"of Significance"". In the summer of 2014, Rainsford took three episodes of ""Casualty"" off due to paternity leave. His last episode of 2014 was aired on 29 November, and he returned at the start of 2015. George Rainsford (actor) George Rainsford (born 31 July 1982) is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of Jimmy Wilson in the medical drama ""Call the Midwife"" and Ethan Hardy in ""Casualty"", for which he has been nominated for a Best Actor award in the 2017 TV Choice Awards. Rainsford was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He attended Repton School in Repton, Derbyshire,"
"Casualty (series 30) The thirtieth series of the British medical drama television series ""Casualty"" commenced airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2015, and concluded on 30 July 2016. The series consisted of 43 episodes, including the broadcast of the show's 1000th episode on 25 June 2016. Erika Hossington continued her role as series producer, while Oliver Kent continued his role as the show's executive producer. Seventeen cast members reprised their roles from the previous series with five actors, including three long-serving cast members, departing during this series. Chelsea Halfpenny appeared in the serial between September"
"was nominated under the category Newcomer for his portrayal of his character Lofty Chiltern at the National Television Awards 2015, however did not win the award. The twenty-ninth series of ""Casualty"" featured a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The majority of the cast from the previous series continued to appear in this series. Amanda Mealing appeared as the clinical lead and a consultant in emergency medicine Connie Beauchamp, whilst Patrick Robinson appeared as consultant Martin ""Ash"" Ashford. George Rainsford and Richard Winsor portrayed specialist registrars Ethan Hardy and Caleb ""Cal"" Knight. Crystal Yu"
"Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. After achieving success in the Western TV series ""Rawhide"", he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's ""Dollars"" Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five ""Dirty Harry"" films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. For his work in the Western film ""Unforgiven"" (1992) and the sports drama ""Million Dollar Baby"""