Casualty

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  • Returning Series
This long-running BBC drama depicts the lives of the patients, doctors, nurses and paramedics attending the frantically busy accident and emergency department of the large Holby General hospital.
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S 26 :  Ep 8 Aired 10/8/11
S 26 :  Ep 7 Aired 10/1/11
S 26 :  Ep 6 Aired 9/24/11
S 26 :  Ep 5 Aired 9/17/11
S 26 :  Ep 4 Aired 9/3/11

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  • amazed

    10
    "Perfect"
    By stay1511, Dec 10, 2011
    totally amazed, and brilliant love this program

  • What started out as a ground-breaking, realistic Medical DRAMA with the view of showing the machinations of an NHS Hospital through a group of strong, fully formed characters, Casualty is now a vile, unrealistic, disrespectful, wholly insipid SOAP.moreless

    1.0
    "Abysmal"
    By IDIOTdella, Apr 19, 2011
    From the very first episode "Gas" I was hooked. The characters were already fully-formed, 3 dimensional human beings, warts and all. A collective of multi-racial, as well as cultural, characters all working for the NHS, and yet even in the first episode, Casualty took great pains in showing the difficulties which can occur in a hospital, politically as well as socially, the difficulties between the staff, the camaraderie, the teamwork, the professionalism, despite either personal or professional difficulties they might be having. It was wonderful.

    However, from mid-Season 16 this wonderful foundation which had been meticulously built over the years began to crumble with a sudden change in format, such as switching from the Nursing Staff's perspective to those of the Consultants/Doctors. This began the slide into what Casualty is today - a glorified, stomach-churning SOAP that the PTBs consistently decline to admit to (despite giving numerous interviews to the SOAP rags). The Paramedics became glorified taxi drivers, the nursing staff became bed pan operators, the walk-in area and therefore the receptionist became almost non-existent, the porters became wheelchair attendants, but the Doctors/Consultants, well they became the department's White Knights in shining Armour, the glory makers of the department and everyone else were their skivvies.

    It breaks my heart that after 24+ years of watching this program I have had to stop because it is that abysmal now. Not one of the characters are believable or inspirational now, save Charlie Fairhead. Gone are the days when Casualty had something to say, whether it was political, social or personal and TV is less smarter because of that.

    Casualty may still be walking and talking, but the heart and the mind of the program are long since dead and have become a zombie of what Casualty first started out as. So so sadmoreless

  • Casualty well where shall i start becuase it must be the best hospital drama on television easch epsiode is fantastic

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By debbie1995, May 25, 2010
    Caasualty must be the best hospital drama on the televison and thats coming form a 14 year old girl.
    i do not mind all the blood and gust in fact i find it interessting.
    it always has a interesting story line i have never saw a epsiode where i have been bored and turned it off. i like it when the bring in new doctors and nurse and some are like 'how muh do u bet why she got kick out the old hospital'
    i'm like can this get any better well done the one thing the can do a bit better is not just maje it a one week thing i think they should think about maybe do it on the wednesday as well as there is nothing gd on a wednesday
    well done Casualty keep it upmoreless

  • Casualty

    8.5
    "Great"
    By HayleyPollit, Aug 31, 2009
    I used to love casualty Its real Drama. The Characters i used to love were Selena, Harry, Maggie and Stich. But Now they have left it isnt the same at alll and the story lines are fading with there dramacticness! I guess its still good but i miss them guys soo much they for me Made casualty what it was!

    Liz carling is a great actoress and playes selena AMAZINLY i loved her in it and without it its just not the same i am afraid.! I love her(:

    Susan Cookson is another great actoress and was a great accompany to selena there frindship made casualty so great! i love her!(:

    Harrry was great and really made casualty exciting love himm Stich was classic!moreless

  • 23 years and still a strong pulse...

    8.5
    "Great"
    By Easy-Tiger, Sep 10, 2008
    I've been watching this show for as long as I can remember. Who can forget the eerie siren from that spine tingling theme tune echoing out of their TV screens, Charlie Fairhead rubbing the back of his head in that long white coat and the gritty pollitical storylines of the 80's being shoved in your face all the subtulty of a brick.
    Yes, Casualty's back - the world's longest serving medical drama.

    Now back for a new series, Casualty has been home to many famous faces down the years (Orlando Bloom, Kate Whinslet, Robson Greene, Brenda Fricker...)home to many explosions, fires, suicides, punch-ups, extreme violence and just the odd broken leg - it has been almost home-less in many instances by the wrath of NHS cuts and corruption and is still standing for another year.

    The main focus of the show has been super nurse Charlie Fairhead and his ever passion for the NHS and his staff of nurses, his dedication to his patients and his dry sense of homour. This man is the main reason I still watch and back a few years ago when the writers tried to sideline him, just last year the true Charlie returned once more, fighting for his nurses and the NHS. The show may be a lot different than way back in 1986 when it debuted. "More sex than staples" was the headline in a few papers and the shift from pollitics and gritty medical storylines in favour of younger, sexier docs and nurses getting it on in the office began to creep in, slowly...until it just became a soap with a a hint of medical gargoun and the backdrop an A+E department.
    With countless silly love triangles, pointless laughable deaths and no need for for medical accuracy, Casualty had become a farce. But nevertheless, recently the pollitical focus and more patient orientated story lines have come back and it now seems more like the Casualty of old.
    Current chararacters Ruth, Toby, Adam, Abs and ofcourse Charlie are my favourites and last series had more good episodes than bad.

    Continuity, character development and the horrible modern theme tune are it's downside still, but they are working on it and I suggest if you've left Casualty years ago now might be a good time to go back becasue it definalty has improved heaps since 2003-2007.

    LONG LIVE CASUALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!moreless
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