Casualty series 14

*Casualty*
Casualty
Season 14
No. of episodes	30
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	18 September 1999 –; 25 March 2000
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 13 Next →; Series 15
	List of episodes

The fourteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 September 1999 and finished on 25 March 2000.^[1] It saw another increase, this time to 30 episodes.

Cast

Overview

The fourteenth series of Casualty features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital.^[2] The series begins with 13 roles receiving star billing, which is an increase from the previous series. Robert Gwilym stars as emergency medicine consultant and clinical director Max Gallagher and Gerald Kyd appears as senior house officer Sean Maddox. Derek Thompson continues his role as charge nurse Charlie Fairhead while Barbara Marten portrays sister Eve Montgomery. Cathy Shipton features as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, a senior staff nurse who is promoted to sister. Jan Anderson, Claire Goose and Jonathan Kerrigan star as staff nurses Chloe Hill, Tina Seabrook and Sam Colloby. Pal Aron appears as bed manager Adam Osman, who is later hired as a staff nurse. Ian Bleasdale and Donna Alexander portray paramedics Josh Griffiths and Penny Hutchens. Rebecca Wheatley stars her role as Amy Howard and Vincenzo Pellegrino features as Derek "Sunny" Sunderland. Susan Cookson also continues her semi-regular role as nurse Julie Day.^[3]

Sandra Huggett joins the cast in episode 1 as Holly Miles, a senior house officer.^[3] Kerrigan departs in episode 5, Pellegrino makes his final appearance in episode 7 and Marten exits in episode 8.^[3] Michelle Butterly and Kwame Kwei-Armah debut in episode 9 as paramedics Mel Dyson and Fin Newton respectively.^[3] Ronnie McCann made his first appearance as staff nurse Barney Woolfe in episode 12, while Ian Kelsey joins the cast in episode 15 as Patrick Spiller, a specialist registrar in emergency medicine.^[3] Ben Keaton guest appeared in episodes 16 and 18 as Spencer, a role he would reprise in the following series.^[3] Holby City character Julie Fitzjohn, portrayed by Nicola Stephenson, guest starred in episode 17.^[3] In December 1999, Goose announced her plans to leave the series.^[4] Kyd also chose to leave after becoming disheartened with his character.^[5] Goose and Kyd's characters depart in episode 30 in scenes filmed in Australia.^[6]

Main characters

Donna Alexander as Penny Hutchens
Jan Anderson as Chloe Hill
Pal Aron as Adam Osman
Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths
Michelle Butterly as Mel Dyson (from episode 9)
Claire Goose as Tina Seabrook (until episode 30)
Robert Gwilym as Max Gallagher
Sandra Huggett as Holly Miles (from episode 1)
Ian Kelsey as Patrick Spiller (from episode 15)
Jonathan Kerrigan as Sam Colloby (until episode 5)
Kwame Kwei-Armah as Fin Newton (from episode 9)
Gerald Kyd as Sean Maddox (until episode 30)
Barbara Marten as Eve Montgomery (until episode 8)
Ronnie McCann as Barney Woolfe (from episode 12)
Vincenzo Pellegrino as Derek "Sunny" Sunderland (until episode 7)
Cathy Shipton as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin
Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead
Rebecca Wheatley as Amy Howard

Recurring and guest characters

Sam Barriscale as Reuben Hurst (episode 18)
Sharon Bower as Joan Gallagher (episodes 23 and 24)
Susan Cookson as Julie Day (until episode 30)
Ian Fitzgibbon as Jon Crowe (episodes 19−23)
Grahame Fox as Jonathan Lewis (episodes 14 and 24)
Michael J. Jackson as Mike Branscombe (episodes 6 and 7)
Ben Keaton as Spencer (episodes 16 and 18)
Ian Keith as Gary Milton (episode 4)
Tobias Menzies as Frank Gallagher (episodes 18−23)
Tanya Myers as Joanne Foster (episodes 27−30)
Greg Prentice as Jake Foster (episodes 27−30)
Doraly Rosen as Angie Lynch (episodes 19−24)
Morag Siller as Leona (from episode 23)
Nicola Stephenson as Julie Fitzjohn (episode 17)
Darren Tighe as Matt Tyler (episodes 19−23)
Jade Williams as Gemma Foster (episodes 27−30)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[7]
255	1	"Calm Before the Storm - Part One"	Paul Wroblewski	Simon Mirren	18 September 1999 (1999-09-18)	11.90
256	2	"Calm Before the Storm - Part Two"	Paul Wroblewski	Simon Mirren	19 September 1999 (1999-09-19)	12.37
257	3	"Truth or Dare"	Julian Holmes	Tony McHale	25 September 1999 (1999-09-25)	11.47
258	4	"Words and Deeds"	Roberto Bangura	Ben Cooper	2 October 1999 (1999-10-02)	11.28
259	5	"Crossroads"	Gill Wilkinson	Tony McHale	9 October 1999 (1999-10-09)	11.09
260	6	"Lost Souls"	Gill Wilkinson	Andrew Rattenbury	16 October 1999 (1999-10-16)	11.23
261	7	"Everybody Hurts"	Robert Del Maestro	Katharine Way	23 October 1999 (1999-10-23)	10.81
262	8	"Seeing the Light"	Alan Wareing	Katharine Way	30 October 1999 (1999-10-30)	9.12
263	9	"Off the Wall"	Paul Wroblewski	Len Collin	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)	8.52
264	10	"Benny and the Vets - Part One"	Julian Holmes	Chris Murray	13 November 1999 (1999-11-13)	8.62
265	11	"Benny and the Vets - Part Two"	Julian Holmes	Chris Murray	14 November 1999 (1999-11-14)	10.14
266	12	"Sins of the Mother"	Gill Wilkinson	Jeff Povey	20 November 1999 (1999-11-20)	11.72
267	13	"Looking After Number One"	Roberto Bangura	Nick Saltrese	27 November 1999 (1999-11-27)	12.42
268	14	"To Have and to Hold"	Dominic Lees	Sam Wheats	4 December 1999 (1999-12-04)	10.37
269	15	"Free Fall"	Michael Owen Morris	Andrew Rattenbury	11 December 1999 (1999-12-11)	10.83
270	16	"Just a Kiss"	Alan Wareing	Graham Mitchell	18 December 1999 (1999-12-18)	11.23
271	17	"Peace on Earth"	Gill Wilkinson	Tony McHale	26 December 1999 (1999-12-26)	9.16
272	18	"The Morning After"	Tim Leandro	Christopher Reason	1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)	11.96
273	19	"Untouchable"	Alan Wareing	Katharine Way	9 January 2000 (2000-01-09)	10.96
274	20	"Fall Out"	Ged Maguire	Ben Cooper	15 January 2000 (2000-01-15)	12.14
275	21	"Full On"	Ashley Pearce	Jeff Povey	22 January 2000 (2000-01-22)	9.45
276	22	"Mirror Image"	Robert Del Maestro	Sam Wheats	29 January 2000 (2000-01-29)	11.99
277	23	"Burned Out Hearts"	Tim Leandro	Susan Boyd	5 February 2000 (2000-02-05)	11.74
278	24	"Tough Love"	Dominic Lees	Simon Moss	12 February 2000 (2000-02-12)	12.34
279	25	"Not Waving But Drowning"	Ashley Pearce	Andrew Rattenbury	19 February 2000 (2000-02-19)	11.36
280	26	"Seize the Night"	Gary Love	Simon Mirren	26 February 2000 (2000-02-26)	11.76
281	27	"Life Support"	Julie Edwards	Barnaby Marshall	4 March 2000 (2000-03-04)	11.56
282	28	"Blood Brothers"	Tim Leandro	Graham Mitchell	11 March 2000 (2000-03-11)	11.44
283	29	"Being There - Part One"	Robert Del Maestro (UK) Ashley Pearce (AU)	Katharine Way	18 March 2000 (2000-03-18)	11.17
284	30	"Being There - Part Two"	Robert Del Maestro (UK) Ashley Pearce (AU)	Katharine Way	25 March 2000 (2000-03-25)	11.72

References

^ IMDB Casualty Series 14
^ Pryer, Emma (25 June 2016). "Casualty celebrates 1,000 episodes, 30 years and 2,500 gallons of fake blood". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Series 13 (1999-2000)". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ Morgan, Kathleen (28 August 1999). "Just what the doctor ordered". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ Fulton, Rick (16 October 2000). "TV Doc Gerald Is Making Home Visits; Exclusive Casualty Pin-Up Is Back .. but Now He Lives in Scotland". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.(subscription required)
^ Patience, Jan (18 March 2000). "Television; Casualty; Saturday, BBC1, 8.05pm". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "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)

External links

Casualty series 14 at the Internet Movie Database
Casualty series 14 at TV.com

[1] IMDB Casualty Series 14

[2] Pryer, Emma (25 June 2016). "Casualty celebrates 1,000 episodes, 30 years and 2,500 gallons of fake blood". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[Series_14-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Series 13 (1999-2000)". BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2016.

[4] Morgan, Kathleen (28 August 1999). "Just what the doctor ordered". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[5] Fulton, Rick (16 October 2000). "TV Doc Gerald Is Making Home Visits; Exclusive Casualty Pin-Up Is Back .. but Now He Lives in Scotland". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.(subscription required)

[6] Patience, Jan (18 March 2000). "Television; Casualty; Saturday, BBC1, 8.05pm". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[BARB-7] "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)

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