Casualty series 26
| Casualty | |
|---|---|
| Series 26 | |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One BBC One HD (from episode 17) |
| Original release | 13 August 2011 – 22 July 2012 |
| Series chronology | |
The twenty-sixth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 13 August 2011, one week after the end of the previous series. It is the first series in the history of the show to begin without a break from the previous series and the first to begin in August rather than the traditional September launch. This series featured forty-two episodes, which was five episodes less than the previous series. Series twenty-six was the first series to broadcast in high definition, with the first high definition episode broadcast from episode 17. The episode also saw the first episode to be filmed at the new set in Cardiff.[1] The show saw its twenty-fifth anniversary in September 2011 and in March 2012, the show aired their first ever three-part story which centred on gang violence.[2][3] The series concluded with a two-part riot storyline, entitled '#HolbyRiot', which aired on 21 and 22 July 2012. The series was originally planned to finish on 21 July, but due to a postponed episode on 30 June, the finale was moved to the following day.
This series welcomed Lloyd Asike (Michael Obiora), Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher (Alex Walkinshaw), Tom Kent (Oliver Coleman), Sam Nicholls (Charlotte Salt), and Scarlett Conway (Madeleine Mantock) - the latter of which left at the end of the series. The series also saw the departures of Ruth Winters (Georgia Taylor), Jay Faldren (Ben Turner) and Lenny Lyons (Steven Miller); and marked the first of three guest stints for Tamzin Bayle (Gemma Atkinson).
Production
Oliver Kent continued as Series Producer until Episode 14. From Episode 15, Nikki Wilson has taken over.
Cast
Overview
Most of the cast from series 25 carried over to the new series. These were senior charge nurse Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson, consultants Nick Jordan, Zoe Hanna and Dylan Keogh (Michael French, Sunetra Sarker and William Beck), trust grade doctor Ruth Winters (Georgia Taylor), Core Training 2 doctor Lenny Lyons (Steven Miller), clinical nurse manager Tess Bateman (Suzanne Packer), staff nurses Jay Faldren and Linda Andrews (Ben Turner and Christine Tremarco), paramedics Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon and Jeff Collier (Jane Hazlegrove and Matt Bardock), porter Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker (Charles Dale) and receptionist Noel Garcia (Tony Marshall).
Series 26 saw the brief addition to the cast of Gemma Atkinson (formerly Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks) and Dhaffer L'Abidine (previously Marcel Sabatier in Dream Team).[4] as paramedics Tamzin Bayle and Omar Nasri; their characters were written out early in the series, but Atkinson made two further brief returns, one in series 27[5] and one that stretched from late series 28 until early series 29.[6]
Michael Obiora and Madeleine Mantock joined the cast as newly qualified staff nurses Lloyd Asike and Scarlett Conway.[7] Later in the series, Charlotte Salt joined the cast as Dr Sam Nicholls, an army medic who was later revealed to be married to consultant Dylan Keogh. Oliver Coleman joined the cast on 7 January 2012, the first episode filmed in Cardiff, playing paediatric specialty doctor Tom Kent. New staff nurse Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher (Alex Walkinshaw) joined the show on 7 July 2012.
Main characters
- Matt Bardock as Jeff Collier
- William Beck as Dylan Keogh
- Oliver Coleman as Tom Kent
- Charles Dale as Big Mac
- Michael French as Nick Jordan
- Jane Hazlegrove as Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon
- Madeleine Mantock as Scarlett Conway
- Tony Marshall as Noel Garcia
- Steven Miller as Lenny Lyons
- Michael Obiora as Lloyd Asike
- Suzanne Packer as Tess Bateman
- Charlotte Salt as Sam Nicholls
- Sunetra Sarker as Zoe Hanna
- Georgia Taylor as Ruth Winters
- Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead
- Christine Tremarco as Linda Andrews
- Ben Turner as Jay Faldren
- Alex Walkinshaw as Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher
Recurring characters
- Devon Beigan as Britney Andrews
- Kate McEvoy as Denise Andrews
- Taylor Parry as Joe Andrews
- Rachel Shelley as Yvonne Rippon
Guest characters
- Gemma Atkinson as Tamzin Bayle
- Danny Dyer as Rossy
- Dhaffer L'Abidine as Omar Nasri
- Marshall Lancaster as Keith Parr
- Michael Stevenson as Iain Dean
- Azuka Oforka as Louise Tilney
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [8] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 782 | 1 | "Partners" | Declan O'Dwyer | Mark Catley | 13 August 2011 | 6.48 |
| 783 | 2 | "Starting Out" | Declan O'Dwyer | Tim Baker | 20 August 2011 | 5.13 |
| 784 | 3 | "Common Vector" | Simon Massey | Steve Bailie | 27 August 2011 | 5.19 |
| 785 | 4 | "Memory Games" | Simon Massey | Frank Rickarby | 3 September 2011 | 4.82 |
| 786 | 5 | "To Have and Have Not" | Declan Eames | Rachel Flowerday | 17 September 2011 | 5.40 |
| 787 | 6 | "Fixed" | Declan Eames | Matthew Broughton | 24 September 2011 | 4.72 |
| 788 | 7 | "Wild Horses" | Steve Brett | Paul Matthew Thompson | 1 October 2011 | 5.27 |
| 789 | 8 | "Charlie's Angels" | Steve Brett | David Bowker | 8 October 2011 | 5.16 |
| 790 | 9 | "Mea Culpa" | Tim Leandro | Stephen McAteer | 15 October 2011 | 5.45 |
| 791 | 10 | "Sanctuary" | Tim Leandro | Tahsin Guner | 22 October 2011 | 5.23 |
| 792 | 11 | "Pound of Flesh" | Richard Signy | Sasha Hails | 29 October 2011 | 5.29 |
| 793 | 12 | "Natural Selection" | Richard Signy | Paul Coates | 5 November 2011 | 5.02 |
| 794 | 13 | "No Goodbyes" | Simon Meyers | Kelly Jones | 19 November 2011 | 4.93 |
| 795 | 14 | "The Ties That Bind" | Simon Meyers | Frank Rickarby | 26 November 2011 | 5.22 |
| 796 | 15 | "Next of Kin – Part One" | Simon Massey | Patrick Homes | 3 December 2011 | 5.01 |
| 797 | 16 | "Next of Kin – Part Two" | Simon Massey | Sally Abbott | 10 December 2011 | 5.31 |
| 798 | 17 | "Duty of Care" | Reza Moradi | Paul Logue | 7 January 2012 | 6.99 |
| 799 | 18 | "Death & Doughnuts" | Simon Meyers | Steve Bailie | 14 January 2012 | 6.81 |
| 800 | 19 | "Trust" | Declan O'Dwyer | Rachel Flowerday | 21 January 2012 | 6.61 |
| 801 | 20 | "Hero Syndrome" | Declan O'Dwyer | Nicola Wilson | 28 January 2012 | 6.24 |
| 802 | 21 | "The Only One You Love" | Jon Sen | Marston Bloom | 4 February 2012 | 6.68 |
| 803 | 22 | "Confidences" | Jon Sen | Tony McHale | 11 February 2012 | 6.36 |
| 804 | 23 | "Love Is" | Nigel Douglas | Paul Logue | 18 February 2012 | 6.35 |
| 805 | 24 | "Grand Canyon" | Nigel Douglas | Dana Fainaru | 25 February 2012 | 6.10 |
| 806 | 25 | "Ricochet: How to Save a Life" | Richard Platt | David Bowker | 3 March 2012 | 6.04 |
| 807 | 26 | "Ricochet: Damage Control" | Richard Platt | Andrea Page | 10 March 2012 | 6.08 |
| 808 | 27 | "Ricochet: What Goes Around Comes Around" | Richard Platt | Emma Goodwin | 17 March 2012 | 5.83 |
| 809 | 28 | "Lest Ye Be Judged" | Steve Hughes | Chris Ould | 24 March 2012 | 5.55 |
| 810 | 29 | "Saturday Night Fever" | Declan O'Dwyer | Sasha Hails | 31 March 2012 | 5.66 |
| 811 | 30 | "When the Gloves Come Off" | Declan O'Dwyer | Stephen McAteer | 7 April 2012 | 5.63 |
| 812 | 31 | "Fools for Love" | Richard Signy | Fiona Peek | 14 April 2012 | 5.84 |
| 813 | 32 | "Desperate Remedies" | Richard Signy | Frank Rickarby | 21 April 2012 | 5.61 |
| 814 | 33 | "Appropriate Force" | Paul Murphy | Steve Bailie | 28 April 2012 | 5.50 |
| 815 | 34 | "Happily Ever After" | Paul Murphy | Peter McKenna | 5 May 2012 | 5.06 |
| 816 | 35 | "Home Truths" | Ashley Way | Julian Perkins | 12 May 2012 | 4.37 |
| 817 | 36 | "Teenage Dreams" | Ashley Way | Matthew Barry | 19 May 2012 | 5.00 |
| 818 | 37 | "All in a Day's Nightmare – Part One" | Jon Sen | Tony McHale | 2 June 2012 | 5.60 |
| 819 | 38 | "All in a Day's Nightmare – Part Two" | Jon Sen | Tony McHale | 8 June 2012 | 5.64 |
| 820 | 39 | "Zero Sum Game" | Graeme Harper | Kelly Jones | 7 July 2012 | 4.92 |
| 821 | 40 | "Do the Right Thing" | Graeme Harper | Emma Goodwin | 14 July 2012 | 5.35 |
| 822 | 41 | "#HolbyRiot – Part One" | Reza Moradi | Sally Abbott | 21 July 2012 | 5.21 |
| 823 | 42 | "#HolbyRiot – Part Two" | Reza Moradi | Sasha Hails | 22 July 2012 | 5.13 |
Notes
References
- General
- Titles, credits, airdates and summaries: BBC One - Casualty, Series 26
- Airdates and summaries: "BBC Press Office – Programme Information". BBC Online. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Viewing figures: "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- Specific
- ^ "BBC Press Information". BBC. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "BBC Press Information". BBC. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Digital Spy Casualty News". Digital Spy. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Love, Ryan (17 May 2011). "Gemma Atkinson joins 'Casualty'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Dibdin, Emma (5 May 2012). "'Casualty' Gemma Atkinson confirms return". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Casualty Series 28-38. The Family Way". Radio Times. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
- ^ Love, Ryan (6 July 2011). "Exclusive: 'Casualty' announces two new castings". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 8 February 2014. (User must select "BBC1" in the Channel field and then select the appropriate year, month and week to retrieve the figure for each episode)