Casualty series 15

Casualty
Season 15
No. of episodes	36
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	16 September 2000 (2000-09-16) – 28 April 2001 (2001-04-28)
Series chronology

The fifteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 September 2000 and finished on 28 April 2001. It saw another increase, this time to 36 episodes, including two hour-long self-contained 'specials', Sympathy for the Devil (episode 8) and Something from the Heart (episode 23), which were shown in addition to the regular Saturday night episodes.

Cast

Main characters

• Donna Alexander as Penny Hutchens (until episode 36)
• Jan Anderson as Chloe Hill
• Adjoa Andoh as Colette Kierney (from episode 1)
• Pal Aron as Adam Osman (until episode 6)
• Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths
• Philip Bretherton as Andrew Bower (episodes 12−36)
• Michelle Butterly as Mel Dyson (until episode 36)
• Robert Gwilym as Max Gallagher
• Sandra Huggett as Holly Miles (until episode 36)
• Ben Keaton as Spencer (from episode 1)
• Ian Kelsey as Patrick Spiller
• Kwame Kwei-Armah as Fin Newton
• Grant Masters as Dan Robinson (episodes 1−36)
• Ronnie McCann as Barney Woolfe (until episode 36)
• Will Mellor as Jack Vincent (from episode 31)
• Zita Sattar as Anna Paul (from episode 28)
• Cathy Shipton as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin
• Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead
• Rebecca Wheatley as Amy Howard (until episode 29)

Recurring characters

• Arthur Caulfield as Ben Lewis (episode 18)
• Janet Dibley as Amanda Lewis (episodes 18−35)
• Kieron Forsyth as Tom Harvey (episodes 13−36)
• Callum Ray as Louis Fairhead (episodes 5−11)

Guest characters

• Sam Barriscale as Reuben Hurst (episodes 2−6)
• Christopher Colquhoun as Luke Hutchens (episodes 32−33)
• Shelley Conn as Daljit Ramanee (episodes 5−6)
• Winston Ellis as Joe Bickman (episodes 27−28)
• Glenna Forster-Jones as Mrs. Kierney (episodes 31 and 34)
• Steve Huison as Phil Rees (episodes 5−6)
• Simon Merrells as Ed Jamieson (episodes 35−36)
• Caroline Paterson as Janine Brown (episodes 33−36)
• Raymond Pickard as Mikey Rees (episodes 5−6)
• Nicholas Sidi as Nick Costello (episodes 3−4)
• Morag Siller as Leona (episode 6)
• Nicola Stephenson as Julie Fitzjohn (episode 22)
• Nicholas Tizzard as PC McCormack (episodes 3−23)
• Charis Thomas as Natalie Mackay (episodes 35−36)

Episodes

2851"Phoenix"Tim LeandroBen Cooper16 September 2000 (2000-09-16)9.86 2862"Accidents Happen"Dominic LeesJeff Povey23 September 2000 (2000-09-23)9.24 2873"Getting to Know You"Ged MaguireSimon Moss30 September 2000 (2000-09-30)9.48 2884"Too Tight to Mention"Gill WilkinsonSuzie Smith7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)9.89 2895"Choked - Part One"Robert Del MaestroKatharine Way14 October 2000 (2000-10-14)9.97 2906"Choked - Part Two"Robert Del MaestroKatharine Way15 October 2000 (2000-10-15)9.30 2917"Travelling Light"Michael Owen MorrisMatthew Leys21 October 2000 (2000-10-21)9.01 2928"Sympathy for the Devil"Michael Owen MorrisLen Collin22 October 2000 (2000-10-22)7.40 2939"No More Mr. Nice Guy"Adrian BeanChris Jury28 October 2000 (2000-10-28)8.77 29410"States of Shock"Albert BarberSusan Boyd4 November 2000 (2000-11-04)8.35 29511"Marking Time"Patrick TuckerLen Collin11 November 2000 (2000-11-11)8.91 29612"Starting Over"Graham MooreKathrine Smith18 November 2000 (2000-11-18)8.92 29713"If You Go Down to the Wards Today"Kate CheesemanJeff Povey25 November 2000 (2000-11-25)8.91 29814"Coming Clean"Julie EdwardsPatrick Melanaphy2 December 2000 (2000-12-02)8.21 29915"Chinese Whispers"Alan WareingClive Dawson9 December 2000 (2000-12-09)9.41 30016"A Turn of the Scrooge"Simon MeyersSimon Moss16 December 2000 (2000-12-16)9.90 30117"Merry Christmas Dr. Spiller"Michael Owen MorrisJeff Povey23 December 2000 (2000-12-23)9.77 30218"Epiphany"Dominic LeesSuzie Smith30 December 2000 (2000-12-30)10.40 30319"On the Edge"Kate CheesemanCarolyn Sally Jones6 January 2001 (2001-01-06)9.63 30420"Girl Power"N.G. BristowMatthew Leys13 January 2001 (2001-01-13)10.02 30521"Heart of Gold"Albert BarberBen Cooper20 January 2001 (2001-01-20)9.09 30622"Better Safe Than Sorry"Tim HollowayChris Jury27 January 2001 (2001-01-27)9.13 30723"Something from the Heart"Paul DuaneGraham Mitchell2 February 2001 (2001-02-02)7.82 30824"Big Mistake"Brett FallisPatrick Melanaphy3 February 2001 (2001-02-03)9.14 30925"Ambulance Chaser"Ged MaguireLen Collin10 February 2001 (2001-02-10)9.37 31026"Scent of the Roses"Julie EdwardsSusan Boyd17 February 2001 (2001-02-17)9.03 31127"Breaking Point"Tim LeandroIsabelle Grey24 February 2001 (2001-02-24)8.92 31228"Lost and Found"Nic PhillipsSimon Moss3 March 2001 (2001-03-03)9.25 31329"Kindness of Strangers"N.G. BristowSuzie Smith10 March 2001 (2001-03-10)9.52 31430"Only You"Graham MooreChris Ould17 March 2001 (2001-03-17)9.39 31531"Allied Forces"Patrick TuckerKathrine Smith24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)8.82 31632"Heroes and Villains"Paul DuaneCarolyn Sally Jones31 March 2001 (2001-03-31)8.38 31733"The Long Road Home"Alan WareingJeff Povey7 April 2001 (2001-04-07)8.85 31834"Mix and Match"Paul MurtonChris Webb14 April 2001 (2001-04-14)8.64 31935"Breaking the Spell - Part One"Tim LeandroKatharine Way21 April 2001 (2001-04-21)8.24 32036"Breaking the Spell - Part Two"Tim LeandroKatharine Way28 April 2001 (2001-04-28)9.95

External links

• Casualty series 15 at the Internet Movie Database
• Casualty series 15 at TV.com