Casualty series 18

*Casualty*
Casualty
Season 18
No. of episodes	46
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	13 September 2003 –; 28 August 2004
Series chronology
	← Previous; Series 17 Next →; Series 19
	List of episodes

The eighteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 13 September 2003 and finished on 28 August 2004.^[1] It saw another increase, this time to 46 episodes.

Cast

Main characters

Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths
Louise Brealey as Roxy Bird
Maxwell Caulfield as Jim Brodie (from episode 2)
Christopher Colquhoun as Simon Kaminski (until episode 46)
Holly Davidson as Tally Harper (episodes 3−34)
Rebekah Gibbs as Nina Farr (from episode 41)
Kelly Harrison as Nikki Marshall (until episode 40)
Kwame Kwei-Armah as Fin Newton
Martina Laird as Comfort Jones
Simon MacCorkindale as Harry Harper
Sarah Manners as Bex Reynolds
Suzanne Packer as Tess Bateman (from episode 1)
James Redmond as John "Abs" Denham (from episode 5)
Zita Sattar as Anna Paul (until episode 3)
Christine Stephen-Daly as Lara Stone (until episode 46)
Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead (until episode 40)
Matthew Wait as Luke Warren
Leanne Wilson as Claire Guildford (from episode 3)

Recurring characters

Rebecca Blake as Julie Hughes (episodes 11−34)
Tim Dantay as Adam Hughes (episodes 11−32)
Louis Emerick as Mike Bateman (episodes 1−11 and 24)
Sebastian Dunn as Merlin Jameson (episodes 2−3)
Helen Fraser as Joan Jowell (episodes 5−9)
Natalie Glover as Emma Newton (episode 40)
Ashley Jensen as Stella Richards (episode 45−46)
Victor McGuire as Father Frank (episodes 2−6)
Cassie Raine as Kate Millar (episodes 31 and 39)
Peter Silverleaf as Colin Evans (episodes 18 and 45)
Kemal Sylvester as PC Robert Sagar (episodes 31−38)

Guest characters

Peter Ash as Keith Jowell (episodes 3−9)
Romy Baskerville as Dr. Hilary Gilmore (episodes 3 and 11)
Tracie Bennett as Gina Driscoll (episodes 31-32)
Emma Charleston as Nicole Bird (episode 31)
Clare Clifford as Pauline Harvey (episodes 36−37)
Archie Farrow as Baby William (episodes 31 and 34)
Liam Hess as Louis Fairhead (episodes 12−25)
Julia Hills as Caroline Miller (episodes 40−42)
Patrick Lichfield as himself (episode 9)
Liam Noble as Terry Hollingsworth (episode 27)
Lisa Pavitt as Lucy Brodie (episodes 13 and 18)
Tim Plester as Derek Moberley (episode 10)
Nicholas Tizzard as Policeman/McCormack (episode 9)
Julia Watson as Baz Wilder (episodes 12−19)
Kristian Wilkin as Andy Brodie (episodes 8−22)
Frank Windsor as Kenneth Samuels (episodes 12−25)
Nigel Whitmey as Dan Wilder (episodes 12−25)
Susannah York as Helen Grant (episodes 35−36)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[2]
401	1	"End of the Line - Part One"	Euros Lyn	Ann Marie Di Mambro	13 September 2003 (2003-09-13)	9.17
402	2	"End of the Line - Part Two"	Ian White	Danny McCahon	14 September 2003 (2003-09-14)	9.05
403	3	"Breathe Deeply"	Peter Cregeen	Chris Ould	20 September 2003 (2003-09-20)	9.50
404	4	"Perks of the Job"	Gwennan Sage	Emma Frost	27 September 2003 (2003-09-27)	9.51
405	5	"Flash in the Pan"	Roberto Bangura	Jason Sutton	4 October 2003 (2003-10-04)	9.33
406	6	"Against Protocol"	Dominic Santana	Edel Brosnan	11 October 2003 (2003-10-11)	8.89
407	7	"Can't Let Go"	Shani Grewal	Danny McCahon	18 October 2003 (2003-10-18)	9.02
408	8	"Truth or Dare"	Karen Stowe	Marc Starbuck	25 October 2003 (2003-10-25)	9.06
409	9	"In the Frame"	Declan O'Dwyer	Catherine Tregenna	1 November 2003 (2003-11-01)	9.05
410	10	"Black Dog Day"	Jeremy Webb	Robert Scott-Fraser	8 November 2003 (2003-11-08)	8.37
411	11	"Falling for a Friend"	Ian White	Joe Turner	15 November 2003 (2003-11-15)	9.49
412	12	"Second Best"	Marc Jobst	Gregory Evans and Julie Gearey	22 November 2003 (2003-11-22)	9.62
413	13	"First Impressions"	Chris Lovett	Jo O'Keefe	29 November 2003 (2003-11-29)	9.44
414	14	"Christmas Spirit"	S.J. Clarkson	Emma Frost	6 December 2003 (2003-12-06)	8.95
415	15	"Never Judge a Book"	Euros Lyn	Robert Scott-Fraser	13 December 2003 (2003-12-13)	9.20
416	16	"Eat, Drink and Be Merry"	Ian White	Jason Sutton	20 December 2003 (2003-12-20)	7.71
417	17	"I Got It Bad and Ain't That Good"	Nic Phillips	Robert Scott-Fraser	27 December 2003 (2003-12-27)	8.50
418	18	"Ahead of the Game"	Tania Diez	Chris Ould	3 January 2004 (2004-01-03)	9.43
419	19	"Where There's Life"	Jane Powell	Ginne Hole	10 January 2004 (2004-01-10)	9.77
420	20	"No Weddings and a Funeral"	John Greening	Richard Vincent	17 January 2004 (2004-01-17)	10.11
421	21	"Emotional Rescue - Part One"	Ian White	Ginnie Hole	24 January 2004 (2004-01-24)	9.53
422	22	"Emotional Rescue - Part Two"	Gwennan Sage	Stephen McAteer	31 January 2004 (2004-01-31)	9.62
423	23	"Passions and Convictions"	Keith Washington	Jim O'Hanlon	7 February 2004 (2004-02-07)	9.26
424	24	"Fallen Hero"	Peter Butler	David Lane	14 February 2004 (2004-02-14)	9.13
425	25	"Taking Care"	Michael Buffong	Maurice Beesman and Danny McCahon	21 February 2004 (2004-02-21)	9.61
426	26	"What Parents Do"	Graeme Harper	Danny McCahon	28 February 2004 (2004-02-28)	9.59
427	27	"Love and Loathing"	Nic Phillips	Jason Sutton	6 March 2004 (2004-03-06)	8.94
428	28	"Finding Faith"	Jeremy Webb	Catherine Tregenna	13 March 2004 (2004-03-13)	9.25
429	29	"Parenthood"	S.J. Clarkson	Paul Marx	27 March 2004 (2004-03-27)	6.48
430	30	"Another Perfect Day"	Declan O'Dwyer	Chris Ould	3 April 2004 (2004-04-03)	8.87
431	31	"I Love You, I Hate You"	Gwennan Sage	Stephen McAteer	10 April 2004 (2004-04-10)	7.27
432	32	"Forget Me Not"	Dominic Lees	Peter Mills	17 April 2004 (2004-04-17)	8.59
433	33	"Lock Down"	Marc Jobst	Gregory Evans	24 April 2004 (2004-04-24)	7.61
434	34	"Much Wants More"	Jane Powell	Linda Thompson	1 May 2004 (2004-05-01)	7.55
435	35	"Breaking Point"	Terry Iland	Jackie Pavlenko	8 May 2004 (2004-05-08)	8.62
436	36	"Don't Go There"	Robert Del Maestro	Danny McCahon	23 May 2004 (2004-05-23)	6.40
437	37	"World Gone Wrong - Part One"	Gwennan Sage	Jason Sutton	29 May 2004 (2004-05-29)	7.95
438	38	"World Gone Wrong - Part Two"	Gwennan Sage	Jason Sutton	30 May 2004 (2004-05-30)	7.59
439	39	"The Good Father"	Sean Geoghegan	Catherine Tregenna	5 June 2004 (2004-06-05)	7.78
440	40	"Dreams and Disappointments"	Marc Jobst	Jo O'Keefe	17 July 2004 (2004-07-17)	7.83
441	41	"And the Bride Wore Red"	S.J. Clarkson	Stephen McAteer	24 July 2004 (2004-07-24)	7.69
442	42	"A Dangerous Initiative"	Shani Grewal	Paul Marx	31 July 2004 (2004-07-31)	7.26
443	43	"Inside Out"	Dominic Lees	Paul Ebbs	7 August 2004 (2004-08-07)	7.00
444	44	"Who Cares?"	Nic Phillips	David Lloyd	14 August 2004 (2004-08-14)	6.78
445	45	"Love, Honour & Betray"	Declan O'Dwyer	Gregory Evans	21 August 2004 (2004-08-21)	6.78
446	46	"Ring of Truth"	Ian White	Danny McCahon	28 August 2004 (2004-08-28)	7.75

Documentaries

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
18x??	Doc–1	"Making it at Holby"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
18x??	Doc–2	"Casualty Saved My Life"	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Notes

References

^ IMDB Casualty Series 18
^ "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 18 at the Internet Movie Database
Casualty series 18 at TV.com

[1] IMDB Casualty Series 18

[BARB-2] "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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