Casualty series 25
Casualty series 25 | |
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Series 25 | |
No. of episodes | 47 |
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Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 4 September 2010 6 August 2011 | –
Series chronology | |
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 and concluded on 6 August 2011. The series featured several crossovers with spin-off show Holby City.
This series has featured the death of Polly Emmerson (Sophia Di Martino), and the departures of Adam Trueman (Tristan Gemmill), Yuki Reid (Will Sharpe), and Kirsty Clements (Lucy Gaskell). This series has welcomed Dylan Keogh (William Beck) and Madiha "Mads" Durrani (Hasina Haque), with the latter departing at the end of the series; and has seen the return of Linda Andrews (Christine Tremarco).
Cast
Main cast
- Nick Jordan, Clinical Lead, Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Michael French
- Adam Trueman, Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Tristan Gemmill (until episode 47)
- Zoe Hanna, Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Sunetra Sarker
- Dylan Keogh, Trust Grade Doctor/Consultant, Emergency Medicine - William Beck (from episode 28)
- Ruth Winters, Trust Grade Doctor, Emergency Medicine - Georgia Taylor
- Lenny Lyons, Core Training 1, Emergency Medicine - Steven Miller
- Yuki Reid, Core Training 1, Emergency Medicine - Will Sharpe (until episode 16)
- Tess Bateman, Clinical Nurse Manager/Staff Nurse - Suzanne Packer
- Linda Andrews, Clinical Nurse Manager - Christine Tremarco (from episode 38)
- Charlie Fairhead, Senior Charge Nurse - Derek Thompson
- Jay Faldren, Staff Nurse - Ben Turner
- Kirsty Clements, Staff Nurse - Lucy Gaskell (until episode 46)
- Madiha "Mads" Durrani, Staff Nurse - Hasina Haque (from episode 1 until episode 47)
- Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker, Porter - Charles Dale
- Noel Garcia, Receptionist - Tony Marshall
- Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon, Paramedic, Operational Duty Manager - Jane Hazlegrove
- Jeff Collier, Paramedic - Matt Bardock
- Polly Emmerson, Ambulance Technician - Sophia Di Martino (until episode 34)
Recurring characters
- Donna Jackson, ward sister - Jaye Jacobs (episode 1)
- Henrik Hanssen, chief executive officer - Guy Henry (episode 24)
- Miriam Turner, Clinical Lead, Consultant in Emergency Medicine - Cheryl Campbell (from episode 25 until episode 35)
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.[1] 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".[2] Guy Henry guest-starred as his Holby City character Henrik Hanssen in episode 24. The character had only recently joined the Holby City cast as the hospital's chief executive officer.[3]
Hasina Haque joined the Casualty cast as new staff nurse, Madiha "Mads" Durrani in episode 1. Mads' storylines included: an attraction to Lenny Lyons and being raped by her taxi driver. She left in the episode 47, the series' finale. Cheryl Campbell joined the cast for ten episodes as the new joint clinical lead, Miriam Turner, in episode 25. Miriam fought against Nick for the sole clinical lead position, which she won. However, she then decided to return the position to Nick and left the show in episode 35. New trust doctor, Dylan Keogh (William Beck) arrived in episode 28 to replace Ruth following her sectioning in episode 21. Ruth returned to the ED as a doctor in episode 45, but Dylan continued to appear. Former Waterloo Road star, Christine Tremarco who guest-starred in the previous series as Jessica Harrison's (Gillian Kearney) friend, Linda Andrews returned to the show in episode 38 as the new clinical nurse manager, replacing Tess Bateman (Suzanne Packer), who returned to her former position as ward sister. However, in the series finale, Linda choses to resign from clinical nurse manager and accept a staff nurse position with Tess taking the role back from Linda.
The series also saw a number of departures. Junior doctor, Yuki Reid (Will Sharpe), left the show in episode 16 after taking the blame for Lenny and deciding to take a research position in Birmingham. Sophia Di Martino, who plays ambulance technician, Polly Emmerson left the series in January 2011, with Polly's exit scenes airing in episode 34. Polly, who was to leave the following day for a new career path, decided to fix things between Dylan and an unhinged patient. Unfortunately, the patient is armed with scissors and is stabbed. In a tense episode, Polly bleeds to death, leaving the department devastated and Dylan feeling guilty. Lucy Gaskell, who plays Kirsty Clements, became pregnant, but rather than take maternity leave, decided to leave the show. Kirsty's exit aired in episode 46 when a patient encourages her to make a decision about her future and she chooses to leave Holby with daughter, Nita and live in Wales. In the series finale, Adam Trueman (Tristan Gemmill) left after a tough few weeks, marking the end of his four year stint on the show.[4]
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
Episode No.[nb 1] | Series No. | Episode | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
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734 | 1 | "Entry Wounds" | Paul Murphy | Mark Catley | 4 September 2010 | 5.97 |
735 | 2 | "The Blame Game" | Ian Barnes | Daisy Coulam | 11 September 2010 | 5.08 |
736 | 3 | "Chaos Theory" | Ian Barnes | Tom MacRae & Mark Catley | 18 September 2010 | 5.42 |
737 | 4 | "Only The Lonely" | Matthew Evans | Sasha Hails | 25 September 2010 | 5.44 |
738 | 5 | "Into The Fog" | Matthew Evans | Nicola Wilson | 2 October 2010 | 5.77 |
739 | 6 | "Eliminate The Negative" | Declan O'Dwyer | Sally Abbott | 9 October 2010 | 5.02 |
740 | 7 | "Reasons Unknown" | Will Sinclair | Dana Fainaru | 16 October 2010 | 4.68 |
741 | 8 | "Employee of the Week" | Declan O'Dwyer | Hamish Wright | 23 October 2010 | 5.17 |
742 | 9 | "No Place Like Home" | Dermot Boyd | Suzie Smith | 30 October 2010 | 5.14 |
743 | 10 | "Hands On" | Dermot Boyd | Ellen Taylor | 6 November 2010 | 5.16 |
744 | 11 | "The Enemy Within" | Matthew Evans | Rachel Flowerday | 13 November 2010 | 4.88 |
745 | 12 | "Guilty Secrets" | Sunetra Sarker & Suzanne Packer | David Bowker | 20 November 2010 | 5.40 |
746 | 13 | "Truth Will Out" | Steve Brett | Tahsin Guner | 27 November 2010 | 5.64 |
747 | 14 | "Grandiosity" | Steve Brett | Marston Bloom | 4 December 2010 | 5.34 |
748 | 15 | "What Lies Beneath" | Reza Moradi | Kim Revill | 11 December 2010 | 5.22 |
749 | 16 | "Season of Goodwill" | Reza Moardi | Dana Fainaru | 18 December 2010 | 7.37 |
750 | 17 | "Winter Wonderland" | Declan O'Dwyer | Daisy Coulam | 27 December 2010 | 4.04 |
751 | 18 | "All the Time In the World" | Declan O'Dwyer | David Bowker | 2 January 2011 | 6.95 |
752 | 19 | "Epiphany" | Ed Bazalgette | Paul Logue & Deborah Jones | 8 January 2011 | 6.89 |
753 | 20 | "Altered States" | Ed Bazalgette | Jason Sutton & Rachel Flowerday | 15 January 2011 | 6.67 |
754 | 21 | "Choose Your Illusion" | Declan Eames | Rob Williams | 22 January 2011 | 6.89 |
755 | 22 | "A Lion Roars" | Declan Eames | Sally Tatchell | 29 January 2011 | 6.91 |
756 | 23 | "Place of Safety" | Paul Murphy | Dana Fainaru | 5 February 2011 | 6.78 |
757 | 24 | "Duty of Care" | Paul Murphy | Jon Sen | 12 February 2011 | 6.79 |
758 | 25 | "Till Death Us Do Part" | Jon Sen | Julia Gilbert | 19 February 2011 | 6.97 |
759 | 26 | "Boys Will Be Boys" | Ben Gutteridge | Philip Gawthorne | 26 February 2011 | 6.60 |
760 | 27 | "Less Than Zero" | David O'Neill | Jeff Povey | 5 March 2011 | 6.75 |
761 | 28 | "Only Human" | David O'Neill | Lauren Klee | 12 March 2011 | 6.69 |
762 | 29 | "Secrets and Lies" | Matthew Evans | Marston Bloom | 26 March 2011 | 6.27 |
763 | 30 | "Just Because You're Paranoid" | Matthew Evans | Rachel Flowerday | 2 April 2011 | 6.29 |
764 | 31 | "Starting Over" | Will Sinclair | Tim Price | 9 April 2011 | 5.67 |
765 | 32 | "A Real Shame" | Will Sinclair | Shazia Rashid & Rachel Flowerday | 16 April 2011 | 5.32 |
766 | 33 | "Before the Fall" | Rebecca Gatward | Suzie Smith | 23 April 2011 | 5.27 |
767 | 34 | "Momentum" | Richard Platt | Paul Logue | 30 April 2011 | 5.51 |
768 | 35 | "Deception" | Richard Platt | Sally Tatchell | 7 May 2011 | 5.67 |
769 | 36 | "A Quiet Life" | Paul Murphy | Pete Hambly | 21 May 2011 | 5.55 |
770 | 37 | "When the Brough Breaks" | Paul Murphy | Sasha Hails | 28 May 2011 | 4.85 |
771 | 38 | "The Gift of Life" | Ian Barnes | Daisy Coulam | 4 June 2011 | 5.02 |
772 | 39 | "One Good Day" | Susie Watson | Tim Baker | 11 June 2011 | 5.65 |
773 | 40 | "Keep on Running – Part One" | Reza Moradi | David Bowker | 18 June 2011 | 5.91 |
774 | 41 | "Keep on Running – Part Two" | Reza Moradi | Julia Gilbert | 25 June 2011 | 6.01 |
775 | 42 | "Rogue" | Tim Leandro | Hamish Wright | 2 July 2011 | 5.64 |
776 | 43 | "Divine Intervention" | Tim Leandro | Stephen McAteer | 9 July 2011 | 5.78 |
777 | 44 | "Pascal's Wager" | Reza Moradi | Michael Levine | 16 July 2011 | 6.18 |
778 | 45 | "System Error" | Reza Moradi | Paul Logue | 23 July 2011 | 5.83 |
779 | 46 | "When You're Smiling" | Simon Meyers | Marston Bloom | 30 July 2011 | 5.69 |
780 | 47 | "Thanks For Today" | Paul Murphy | Rachel Flowerday | 6 August 2011 | 6.09 |
Critical response
The series premiere was selected as recommended viewing by What's on TV, who deemed the episode "compelling".[5] 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".[6]
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.
Notes
- ^ "Episode No." refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Series No." refers to the episode's number in this particular series.
References
- General
- Casualty series 25 series 25 at BBC Online. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- "Casualty episode summaries". BBC Online. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- Specific
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel; Green, Kris (17 June 2010). "'Casualty' plans more 'Holby' crossovers". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Casualty – interview with Jaye Jacobs". BBC Online. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ Daniel Kilkelly (18 November 2010). "'Holby' newcomer films with 'Casualty'". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Tristan Gemmill to Leave".
- ^ "Picks of the Day: Casualty". What's on TV. IPC Media. 4 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ^ Rackham, Jane. "Casualty – Saturday 04 September". Radio Times. BBC Magazines. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.