Casualty
Saturday 8:15 PM on BBC
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12/19/87 -
12/12/87It is a busy night at Holby with patients including a paraplegic man called Tom who sets himself on fire, a builder who needs stitches in his knee and a patient who falls from her trolley and later dies. Ewart suffers a heart attack whilst Megan may face the blame for leaving the trolley bars down.moreless -
12/5/87Dr Mary Thominson's parents have come to stay and things are very strained between them all. Megan and Ted argue over the move to Cheltenham and she's not going. George Thominson is rushed in after overdosing and Ewart takes over as Mary comforts her mother. She arranges for her friend Brendan to come and pick her mother up and take her back to her flat and stay with her. Landowners try to drive a group of hippies off their land but a young boy is injured and taken to Holby where the staff have problems, dealing with the trouble they bring. George recovers from his overdose and is impressed with Brendan. Peter turns up and Duffy tells him she was worried about him and tells him her test is clear. The drugs cabinet's been broken into and a rookie cop gets bitten on the leg by one of the hippies and has to have a tetanus shot. Peace is restored when the hippies leave.moreless -
11/28/87Nigel Stevens vows to go after Terry Mullins after finding him talking to his girlfriend in a club- with deadly consequences. -
11/21/87Peter tells Duffy he's HIV positive and she reacts badly to the news. On the eve of their silver wedding anniversary, Ted tells Megan he wants to go partnership with a cousin and start their own mini cab firm and she's furious because it means moving to Cheltenham. A male prostitute saves a man's life but then gets attacked by a gang he had met earlier. A religious nut causes havoc in the waiting room and a letter from Peter causes Duffy to break down. She confides in Mary, who advises her to be tested for the Aids virus. A newly wedded couple, involved in a crash, are brought in but they die of their injuries. Megan's party is in full swing but she's not and Elizabeth asks Ewart if he would like to meet her daughter.moreless -
11/14/87The social services are called in, when a baby's brought in covered in bruises and is then taken into care. Ewart's insisting on employing a security guard after the police were called in to sort out a group of youths. An elderly mother is brought in after a fall in her home, but it's the daughter who's in need of attention because of the stress she under. A tragedy occurs when a group of school kids get high on lighter fuel and the staff have to tell the parents, their daughter has died. At the end of the shift, Duffy gets picked up by Peter and Charlie buys a jeep.moreless -
11/7/87Ewart's relieved his divorce is over even though his wife took him to the cleaners, but at least he's free to enjoy Elizabeth's company now. A bomb explodes in a house, split into flats and only one person is found alive, but who is he? The jacket he was wearing tells them who he is, but it turns out later, it wasn't his and the staff now have to tell the parents, who thought their son was alive, is now dead. Megan is attacked because of her Irish accent and Duffy and Mary have healed the rift between them. Although she has passed her exams, Karen tells Charlie she intends to leave.moreless -
10/31/87Megan's moonlighting in an effort to make ends meet, whilst Ted's taxi's out of service. A suspected case of meningitis comes in and Susie tries to find out who is the new man in Duffy's life. Ewart is avoiding Elizabeth, to avoid her being involved in a divorce petition by his wife. The staff are kept busy as they deal with a scalded hand, a twisted knee and a child with a broken arm. At the end of the shift, the staff gather round to wish Karen and Cyril the best of luck in their forthcoming exams.moreless -
10/24/87The black community erupts when the police search for drug pushers and all hell breaks out. Charlie and Ruth are called to the scene as the police have to cope with bombs being hurled at them. Back at Holby, Duffy's first stint of being in charge goes wrong and Megan steps in to restore peace. Ted in involved in an accident in his taxi and Ewart and Elizabeth enjoy a cosy night together.moreless -
10/17/87Duffy's been promoted to Sister and clashes with Dr Mary Thominson. Charlie's called on to help a group of pot-holers and has to go down into the ground to help one of them. Back at Holby, Kuba is wrongly accused of theft and Susie's furious when her photos are circulated around the department. It's Andy's last day and the staff gather together to wish him well and Ewart demands tighter security.moreless -
10/10/87Frank tries to chat up Susie but she's not interested and Duffy complains to Charlie about Dr Mary Thominson. A missing snake cause havoc in the A & E department and a photographer witnesses a brutal stabbing. Andy's finding it hard to cope, as he returns to duty. -
10/3/87Kuba's native tongue helps calm the wife of a patient brought in and Cyril stops two girls fighting in the waiting room, but ends up in trouble with Charlie. There's a thief on the prowl but Ewart only acts when he becomes a victim. As Sandra and Andy talk about their relationship, they receive a call which they attend but as they return to casualty, they pick up a student, who tried to commit suicide at the local college. The student turns driver, when Andy has to attend to Sandra, fatally stabbed by the other patient, who escapes, but she dies after the staff fail to save her and Andy can't be consoled.moreless -
9/26/87Cyril and Karen are on hand to attend to a man who collapses with a heart attack but they fail to save him. Susie's in love with a good looking policeman as Cyril and Karen's relationship falters. Megan's disgusted when she learns Charlie's taken advantage of Karen and tells him to tell her the truth. The staff have to deal with a juggler's broken toe and a fashion model, who refuses to have tests to determine, whether she lives or dies. Ewart turns up late for a meal with his ex-wife, Roz, and upsets her over a financial matter and she tells him she's going to divorce him.moreless -
9/19/87With Holby opened again, Cyril and Karen, two new student nurses join the night shift and Elizabeth Straker's looking for a victorious Ewart. A man with a drinking problem is puzzled as to how he got there and when a young girl finds she's not pregnant, storms out and becomes a victim of a drunk driver and dies. A distraught Duffy recognises a stabbed patient, as the man who raped her a year ago. The shift ends in party mood and the staff celebrate in Susie Mercier's flat.moreless -
9/12/87Ewart meets the new Unit General Manager for Holby, Elizabeth Straker, and the fight's on to reopen the night. A distraught Charlie arrives for duty after finding Baz has left and Megan's getting no support from Ted as she and the other members of the staff fight to get Holby opened again. With public support, the management have to back down and the night shift is reopened.moreless
