Casualty (series 25)
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The twenty-fifth series of the British medical drama
television series Casualty
commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One
on 4 September 2010. The series is planned to feature several crossovers with spin-off show Holby City
.
. Series producer Oliver Kent stated that there would be no departures at the end of the show's 24th series. As such, in series 25, Tristan Gemmill
, Michael French and Sunetra Sarker
play consultants
Adam Trueman, Nick Jordan and Zoe Hanna. Georgia Taylor
appears as Trust Doctor
Ruth Winters, and Steven Miller
and Will Sharpe
play newly-promoted CT1s Lenny Lyons and Yuki Reid. Derek Thompson, Suzanne Packer
, Ben Turner
and Lucy Gaskell
appear as nurses Charlie Fairhead, Tess Bateman, Jay Faldren and Kirsty Clements respectively. Jane Hazlegrove
, Matt Bardock
and Sophia Di Martino
play ambulance crew Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon, Jeff Collier and Polly Emmerson. Charles Dale
appears as hospital porter Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker, and Tony Marshall plays receptionist Noel Garcia. The series' opening episode introduced Hasina Haque as junior nurse Madiha Durrani.
The series will also feature recurring and guest characters. Michelle Collins
will appear in the first six episodes as Camille, the mother of an injured patient. Collins previously starred alongside French in the soap opera EastEnders. They are reunited on-screen in episode three, with Kent describing their first scene together as "absolutely electric". Jayne Wisener
will play her daughter Simone. Stephen Lord
was cast as Kirsty's husband, Warren Clements, he joins in Episode 7 with whom she has a "troublesome relationship". Jaye Jacobs
will guest-star as her Holby City
character Donna Jackson
in the opening episode, as part of Kent's plan to have characters from the two shows cross-over several times a year. While Jacobs has appeared in several Casualty@Holby City
episodes, she had never before appeared in Casualty itself, and deemed the two shows very different, to the extent that it felt like "doing a completely different job". In terms of her character's development, Jacobs stated that "Donna really has to put herself on the line in this episode and its not something she's used to doing", explaining that now she has her orphaned niece to care for her priorities have changed: "She's had to accept some responsibility and it's not now just about which man she's going to sleep with next".
Also crossing over into Casualty in February 2011 is Guy Henry who recently joined the cast of Holby City as Henrik Hanssen at the beginning of Series 13.
Throughout the course of the series Yuki Reid departed (Episode 18), Polly Emerson was killed off and Kirsty Clements departed due to Gaskell being pregnant. Adam Trueman departed in Episode 47. New characters Madiha Durrani & Dylan Keogh were introduced. Linda Andrews, Jessica Harrison's friend, returned to take over Tess' job when she changed jobs.
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, who deemed the episode "compelling". Jane Rackham of the Radio Times
praised the episode, advising viewers not to be deterred by the "choppy editing" and hand-held camerawork, commenting that it ultimately "meshes together rather well." Rackham's only complaint was the unprofessional behaviour exhibited by Lenny, which she felt "beggar[ed] belief at times".
The critical response to many episodes on the holby.tv forums has been extremely critical, with many viewers complaining that Casualty is too storyline-based and that there is very little realism or medical procedure discussed in the show anymore.
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
television series Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
on 4 September 2010. The series is planned to feature several crossovers with spin-off show Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
.
Cast
Casualty features an ensemble cast of characters in the medical profession, who work in the hospital's Emergency DepartmentEmergency department
An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
. Series producer Oliver Kent stated that there would be no departures at the end of the show's 24th series. As such, in series 25, Tristan Gemmill
Tristan Gemmill
Tristan Gemmill is an English actor, most notable for his role as Dr Adam Trueman on Casualty. He was educated at Holmewood House School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, up to the age of 13. He then won an Academic Scholarship to Tonbridge School.- Biography :Gemmill is married to actress Emily Hamilton;...
, Michael French and Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker
Sunetra Sarker is an English actress, most notable for her role as Dr Zoe Hanna on Casualty.Sarker has a degree in Information Systems for Business with French from Brunel University....
play consultants
Consultant (medicine)
In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and parts of the Commonwealth, consultant is the title of a senior doctor who has completed all of his or her specialist training and been placed on the specialist register in their chosen specialty...
Adam Trueman, Nick Jordan and Zoe Hanna. Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor is an English actress, known for her role as Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street and currently for playing Ruth Winters on Casualty. She was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester....
appears as Trust Doctor
Trust Doctor
Trust Doctor or Trust Senior House Officer is a term applied to a doctor who is working in the National Health Service in a non-training post, usually at senior house officer level...
Ruth Winters, and Steven Miller
Steven Miller
Steven Miller is an American record producer and executive. He is best known for his association with Windham Hill Records, where his ambient sound helped create notable instrumental recordings such as Michael Hedges’ Aerial Boundaries, Mark Isham’s Vapor Drawings and George Winston’s December.As...
and Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe
Will Sharpe is a British-Japanese actor, writer and director:-Background:Sharpe read Classics at the University of Cambridge, where he was the president of the Footlights Revue. He graduated in 2008 and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for their 2008/2009 season...
play newly-promoted CT1s Lenny Lyons and Yuki Reid. Derek Thompson, Suzanne Packer
Suzanne Packer
Birth Name: Suzanne JacksonBirth Date: June 20th 1958Birth Place: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.Suzanne Packer is the stage name of a Welsh actress who is best known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the long running television series, Casualty...
, Ben Turner
Ben Turner (actor)
Ben Turner is a British Iranian actor, most notable for his role as nurse Jay Faldren on BBC's Casualty.He was educated at Dulwich College, well known for its pedigree of actors including the founder Edward Alleyn...
and Lucy Gaskell
Lucy Gaskell
Lucy Gaskell is an English actress. She studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1998.Gaskell is known for the roles of Ruby Ferris in the BBC1 drama series Cutting It and Kirsty Clements in Casualty...
appear as nurses Charlie Fairhead, Tess Bateman, Jay Faldren and Kirsty Clements respectively. Jane Hazlegrove
Jane Hazlegrove
Jane Hazlegrove is an English actress.Jane is well known for portraying Lisa Shepherd in Families, Yvonne Bradley in London's Burning, Sue Clayton in Coronation Street in 1985 and has appeared in Jonathan Creek, The Bill, Doctors and Holby City. She is currently playing Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon in...
, Matt Bardock
Matt Bardock
Matthew Arthur "Matt" Bardock in Coulsdon, Surrey is an English actor.-Early life:Bardock attended Woodcote High School in Coulsdon, Surrey, where he was a keen drummer, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain before training at the Guildhall School of drama-Career:Bardock...
and Sophia Di Martino
Sophia Di Martino
Sophia Di Martino is an English actress of Italian descent, known for portraying Polly Emmerson in Casualty and Gemma Pennant in The Royal Today.-Background:...
play ambulance crew Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon, Jeff Collier and Polly Emmerson. Charles Dale
Charles Dale
Charles Dale is a Welsh actor who is well known for playing Dennis Stringer in Coronation Street, Gary "Chef" Alcock in The Lakes and Clive Eustace in The Eustace Bros.....
appears as hospital porter Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker, and Tony Marshall plays receptionist Noel Garcia. The series' opening episode introduced Hasina Haque as junior nurse Madiha Durrani.
The series will also feature recurring and guest characters. Michelle Collins
Michelle Collins
Michelle Danielle Collins is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, Coronation Street as Stella Price, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky...
will appear in the first six episodes as Camille, the mother of an injured patient. Collins previously starred alongside French in the soap opera EastEnders. They are reunited on-screen in episode three, with Kent describing their first scene together as "absolutely electric". Jayne Wisener
Jayne Wisener
Jayne Wisener is a Northern Irish actress and singer. She is best known for playing Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.-Background:...
will play her daughter Simone. Stephen Lord
Stephen Lord
Stephen Lord is a British actor probably best known for playing Jase Dyer, in BBC soap opera EastEnders between 2007-2008.- Personal life :...
was cast as Kirsty's husband, Warren Clements, he joins in Episode 7 with whom she has a "troublesome relationship". Jaye Jacobs
Jaye Jacobs
Jaye Jacobs is a British actress.-Career:She is most famous for her role as fun loving nurse, turned Ward Sister, Donna Jackson in the BBC medical drama series Holby City from 2004 to 2011...
will guest-star as her Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
character Donna Jackson
Donna Jackson
Donna Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actress Jaye Jacobs. She appeared in the programme from its sixth series in 2004, to its thirteenth in 2011. Donna entered the series as a staff nurse, characterised as a wild-child with a chaotic personal life...
in the opening episode, as part of Kent's plan to have characters from the two shows cross-over several times a year. While Jacobs has appeared in several Casualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City
Casualty@Holby City is the name given to special crossover episodes of BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City. While Casualty was launched on 6 September 1986, and its spin-off Holby City was first aired on 12 January 1999, the first full crossover episode between the two programmes was not...
episodes, she had never before appeared in Casualty itself, and deemed the two shows very different, to the extent that it felt like "doing a completely different job". In terms of her character's development, Jacobs stated that "Donna really has to put herself on the line in this episode and its not something she's used to doing", explaining that now she has her orphaned niece to care for her priorities have changed: "She's had to accept some responsibility and it's not now just about which man she's going to sleep with next".
Also crossing over into Casualty in February 2011 is Guy Henry who recently joined the cast of Holby City as Henrik Hanssen at the beginning of Series 13.
Throughout the course of the series Yuki Reid departed (Episode 18), Polly Emerson was killed off and Kirsty Clements departed due to Gaskell being pregnant. Adam Trueman departed in Episode 47. New characters Madiha Durrani & Dylan Keogh were introduced. Linda Andrews, Jessica Harrison's friend, returned to take over Tess' job when she changed jobs.
Crew
For series 25, Oliver Kent continued in his ongoing role as Series Producer, Mark Catley as Consultant Producer and Belinda Campbell as Executive Producer. The storylines were written by Ellen Taylor, Paul Logue, Sasha Hails and Hamish Wright.Episodes
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Critical response
The series premiere was selected as recommended viewing by What's on TVWhat's On TV
What's on TV is a weekly television listings magazine published by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.-Overview:What's on TV is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as puzzles and competitions...
, who deemed the episode "compelling". Jane Rackham of the Radio Times
Radio Times
Radio Times is a UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC. It has been published since 1923 by BBC Magazines, which also provides an on-line listings service under the same title...
praised the episode, advising viewers not to be deterred by the "choppy editing" and hand-held camerawork, commenting that it ultimately "meshes together rather well." Rackham's only complaint was the unprofessional behaviour exhibited by Lenny, which she felt "beggar[ed] belief at times".
The critical response to many episodes on the holby.tv forums has been extremely critical, with many viewers complaining that Casualty is too storyline-based and that there is very little realism or medical procedure discussed in the show anymore.
External links
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- Casualty series 25 at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...