Casualty series 33 | |
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Series 33 | |
No. of episodes | 46 |
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Original release | 11 August 2018 – 10 August 2019 |
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The thirty-third series of the British medical drama television series Casualty began airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2018, one week after the end of the previous series. The series consisted of 46 episodes. Lucy Raffety continues her role as series producer, while Simon Harper continues his role as the show's executive producer. Sixteen regular cast members reprised their roles from the previous series. The series, which is billed as "The Year of the Paramedic", begins with a motorway collision stunt sequence, and features a crossover episode with spin-off series, Holby City . This series featured the departures of six cast members, including Amanda Mealing as Connie Beauchamp, Azuka Oforka as Louise Tyler and Chelsea Halfpenny as Alicia Munroe. Four new regular cast members also joined the series, while two actors began appearing in a recurring capacity.
The thirty-third series will consist of 47 episodes. [1] Lucy Raffety continues her role as series producer while Simon Harper remains as the executive producer. [2] Kate Oates became the show's senior executive producer from October 2018, [3] and was promoted to Head of Continuing Drama six months later. [4] Raffety's resignation from her position was announced on 16 April 2019. [5] Raffety confirmed that there would be a series 33 in an interview with TVTimes , where she billed the series as the "Year of the Paramedic". [6] In preparation for the series, two new paramedic characters were introduced to the drama. [6]
It was announced on 24 July 2018 that the series would begin on 11 August 2018 with an episode described as "one of [the] biggest episodes in the show's history." [7] It was previously revealed, in May 2018, that the show was filming scenes which would feature a motorway crash and a petrol tanker turning on its side. [8] Sophie Dainty of entertainment website Digital Spy reported that there would be an explosion, which would leave one main character's life "hanging in the balance". [7] An official statement from the show stated that the ED's paramedic crew would "face their darkest day" in the episode. [7] Charlotte Salt, who portrays Sam Nicholls, told Elaine Reilly of What's on TV that the episodes were filmed at night over two weeks with night shoots lasting over 13 hours. On the atmosphere on-set while filming, she commented, "there's a certain buzz in the air..." [9] The episode sees Sam die after suffering a fatal bleed from the crash, which sparks a new story for Iain as he struggles to cope with his grief. [10] A show trailer, released on 12 August, teased "a new era" for the hospital following Sam's death. The trailer previewed Iain's guilt, the appearances of Zsa Zsa and Omo, Eddie facing trial for Alicia's rape, and upsetting scenes for Charlie and Duffy. [11] On 16 November 2018, it was revealed via Casualty's official Instagram page that the show would be receiving a new set of titles. [12] The revamp came into effect from episode 13, which aired on 17 November 2018, [13] replacing the show's former titles, which were introduced back in series 31. [12]
This series features crossover events with Holby City's sister show Casualty . [14] In August 2018, Raffety told Dainty (Digital Spy) that Harper enjoys the crossover events between the two dramas and wanted to produce more. She also teased some "extremely exciting crossovers" within the series. [14] In a December 2018 interview with Dainty, Harper promised further crossovers between Holby City and Casualty, and teased an "exciting" event to be aired in spring 2019. [15] Holby City cast member Alex Walkinshaw (Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher), who appeared in Casualty between 2012 and 2014, makes a crossover appearance in episode 31. [16]
On 15 February 2019, it was announced that Casualty would crossover with spin-off series Holby City for two episodes, billed as "CasualtyXHolby", in March as part of the year-long twentieth anniversary celebrations for Holby City. The episodes are billed as "dramatic [and] action-packed". [2] Both episodes were written by Michelle Lipton and directed by Steve Brett. [2] The episodes see the hospital attacked by a cyber-virus, destroying all electric systems. A predominant story in the episodes follows Connie and Holby City character Jac Naylor (Rosie Marcel) saving the lives of colleagues after two separate major incidents, despite only having one available theatre. [2] Harper described the episode as "pure, nail-biting, taut, emotional medical drama". [2] He also praised the production teams of both shows for their logical creation of the episodes, and looked forward to exploring the interactions between the characters from the two shows. [2]
Nine Casualty cast members - Mealing (Connie Beauchamp), Durr (David Hide), Stevenson (Iain Dean), Ryan (Gem Dean), Mohan (Rash Masum), Jafargholi (Marty Kirkby), Griffiths (Elle Gardner), Marshall (Noel Garcia), and Hill (Ruby Spark) - feature in the Holby City episode of the crossover, originally broadcast on 5 March 2019. [17] The Casualty episode of the crossover, episode 26 of this series, features the Casualty cast alongside twelve Holby City cast members - Marcel (Jac Naylor), Bob Barrett (Sacha Levy), Hugh Quarshie (Ric Griffin), Guy Henry (Henrik Hanssen), Catherine Russell (Serena Campbell), Alex Walkinshaw (Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher), Kaye Wragg (Essie Di Lucca), Jaye Jacobs (Donna Jackson), Marcus Griffiths (Xavier "Xav" Duval), Nic Jackman (Cameron Dunn), Camilla Arfwedson (Zosia Self), and Belinda Owusu (Nicky McKendrick) - and two Holby City guest actors - Francesca Barrett as Beka Levy and Naomi Katiyo as Darla Johnstone. [18]
The thirty-third series of Casualty features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. [19] The majority of the cast from the previous series continue to appear in this series. Amanda Mealing appears as clinical lead and consultant in emergency medicine Connie Beauchamp, while William Beck, George Rainsford and Jaye Griffiths portray consultants Dylan Keogh, Ethan Hardy, and Elle Gardner respectively. Chelsea Halfpenny portrays specialty registrar Alicia Munroe, who later specialises in pediatric emergency medicine. Neet Mohan appears as F1 doctor Rash Masum, while Derek Thompson stars as Charlie Fairhead, the clinical nurse manager, senior charge nurse and emergency nurse practitioner. Cathy Shipton appears as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, a sister and midwife. Charles Venn portrays senior staff nurse Jacob Masters, while Azuka Oforka features as staff nurse Louise Tyler, who is later promoted to senior staff nurse. Amanda Henderson and Jason Durr play staff nurses Robyn Miller and David Hide. Charlotte Salt, Michael Stevenson and Maddy Hill portray paramedics Sam Nicholls, Iain Dean, and Ruby Spark respectively. Tony Marshall stars as receptionist Noel Garcia. Additionally, four cast members feature on the series in a recurring capacity: Rebecca Ryan features as porter Gemma Dean; Kai Thorne portrays Blake Gardner; Joe Gaminara appears as F1 doctor Eddie McAllister; and Di Botcher plays operational duty manager and paramedic Jan Jenning. [1] [20] [11]
In the opening episode of the series, Sam is killed off after succumbing to injuries sustained in a motorway collision. Salt, who had returned during the previous series, decided to leave again, but was shocked to discover her character would die. She was glad that her departure was kept hidden and felt it had a greater impact. [10] Gaminara makes his last appearance in episode 3 after pleading guilty to attacking Alicia. [21] Halfpenny opted to leave her role as Alicia in 2018 after deciding to pursue other roles. Alicia departs in episode 20. [22] Oforka also chose to leave her role as Louise, having appeared in the show since series 26. The character's exit was not announced beforehand and Louise leaves in episode 24 after an ongoing financial struggle. [23] Oforka thanked fans for their support on social network Twitter and expressed her delight at working on the drama. [24] [25] Griffiths' exit from the series was announced on 4 May 2019; [26] her character left in episode 36. [27] Mohan took a four-month break from the series in 2019 and his character departed in episode 32 after deciding to travel the globe. [28] Rash returns during the following series. [29] Mealing's break from the show was announced on 15 April 2019 after the actress finished filming days earlier. A show spokesperson confirmed that Connie would return in the "autumn", during the following series. [30] Connie departs in the season finale at the conclusion of her story about posttraumatic stress disorder and drug addiction. [31]
On 1 August 2018, Sophie Dainty of Digital Spy reported that former EastEnders actor Shaheen Jafargholi had joined the cast as new nurse, Marty Kirkby. [32] Series producer Lucy Raffety revealed on 15 August 2018 that actress Gabriella Leon would join the show alongside Jafargholi, playing student nurse Jade Lovall. [33] Jade first appears in episode 12, originally broadcast on 3 November 2018, while Marty first appears in episode 13, originally broadcast on 17 November 2018. [34] Raffety also announced plans to introduce new doctors during this series. [33] Genesis Lynea and Jack Nolan were later cast as registrars Archie Hudson and Will Noble. [35] Archie is characterised as "bold, bolshy and extremely confident", while Will is billed as unfazed by Archie's personality. [35] Department troubleshooter Ciaran Coulson (Rick Warden) is introduced in episode 37 as part of the semi-regular cast. He is created as an unlikeable character and rival to Connie, who tries to improve the ED after they fail to meet targets. [36] Raffety announced on 31 May 2019 that Jacey Sallés would join the cast as porter Rosa Cadenas during the series and feature in an "interesting story" with David. [37] Rosa first appears in episode 44. [38]
The series features several recurring characters and multiple guest stars. It was announced on 21 June 2018 that actress Sharon Gless would reprise her guest role as neurosurgeon Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson in the series. [39] Zsa Zsa appears in episode 9. [40] In August, it was confirmed that Ellen Thomas would be playing Jacob's mother Omo Masters from September 2018. [41] Thomas appears in episodes 6 and 8 respectively. [42] [43] In February 2019, it was confirmed that Thomas had reprised the role for another stint exploring Jacob's backstory, [44] and she appears between episode 36 and 41, where the character was killed off. [45] [46] Episode one features the first appearance of Max Parker as Alasdair "Base" Newman, a drug addict who Iain befriends. [1] Parker reappears from episode five as part of the recurring cast, [47] and departs in episode 22 when his character is killed off. [48] Base's drug dealer, Ross West (Chris Gordon), also appears in the series across five episodes between episode 5 and episode 22. In his final episode, Ross is revealed to be Jan's son. [48] The same storyline also sees the reappearance of DC Kate Wilkinson (Amy Noble) in episode 22, a character who has appeared on-off since series 30. [49]
Belinda Stewart-Wilson rejoins the recurring cast as Ciara Cassidy, Dylan's alcoholic friend, in episode 2, following her appearance in the previous series. [50] Gyuri Sarossy is later introduced as Ciara's husband, Joel Dunns, in episode 5. [51] Both characters depart in episode 14. [52] Accredited actor Clive Wood makes his first appearance as Duffy's "childhood sweetheart", Bill Crowthers, in episode 3. [53] Dainty confirmed that Wood would feature prominently in Duffy's new storyline. [54] Bill's daughter, Rachael Crowthers (Jennifer Hulman), was later introduced, appearing in episodes 7 and 16. [55] [56] Rash's childhood friend, Jamila Vani (Sujaya Dasgupta), appears between episode 7 and episode 11. [55] [57] Dylan's father, Brian Carroll (Matthew Marsh), appears in episode 9, having last featured in series 30. [54] Gareth David-Lloyd appears as Jade's boss, Joshua Bowers, in episode 12. [58] The character, billed as a "dishy doctor", returns from episode 15 as a love interest for Marty, [59] [60] but leaves in episode 20. [61] Actor Paul Barber joined the recurring cast in episode 13 as Ernest Maxwell, a homeless man involved in a storyline with Louise. [13] [62] The character is killed-off in episode 23 as the storyline continues, emotionally impacting Louise. [63] Sian Reeves reprised her role as Kim Harrison, the mother of Iain and Gem, in episode 24 and 27. [64] Georgia Hughes joined the recurring cast as Dani Mallison in episode 27 and features in a storyline with Ruby. [65] Harry Gilby also joined the recurring cast as Toby Williams in episode 29 and features in an ongoing story with Will. [66] Towards the end of the series, Marty's parents, Bibi Kirkby (Badria Timimi) and Graham Kirkby (Philip Wright), were introduced as part of a story exploring Marty coming out. [67]
No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [69] |
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1094 | 1 | Episode 1 [1] | Steve Brett | Simon Norman | 11 August 2018 | 5.83 |
1095 | 2 | Episode 2 [20] | Steve Brett | Patrick Homes | 18 August 2018 | 5.30 |
1096 | 3 | Episode 3 [53] | Thomas Hescott | Marissa Lestrade & Steve Bailie | 25 August 2018 | 5.37 |
1097 | 4 | Episode 4 [70] | Thomas Hescott | Jeff Povey | 1 September 2018 | 5.23 |
1098 | 5 | Episode 5 [71] | Judith Dine | Jerome Bucchan-Nelson & Dana Fainaru | 15 September 2018 | 5.12 |
1099 | 6 | Episode 6 [42] | Judith Dine | Chris Murray | 22 September 2018 | 6.00 |
1100 | 7 | Episode 7 [55] | Alex Jacob | Jon Sen | 29 September 2018 | 5.46 |
1101 | 8 | Episode 8 [72] | Alex Jacob | Rachel Paterson | 6 October 2018 | 5.97 |
1102 | 9 | Episode 9 [73] | Jordan Hogg | Dana Fainaru | 13 October 2018 | 5.92 |
1103 | 10 | Episode 10 [74] | Jordan Hogg | Oliver Frampton | 20 October 2018 | 5.74 |
1104 | 11 | Episode 11 [57] | James Bryce | Jason Sutton | 27 October 2018 | 6.07 |
1105 | 12 | Episode 12 [58] | James Bryce | Rob Gittins | 3 November 2018 | 5.73 |
1106 | 13 | Episode 13 [13] | Julie Edwards | Dana Fainaru | 17 November 2018 | 5.38 |
1107 | 14 | Episode 14 [52] | Julie Edwards | Steve Bailie | 24 November 2018 | 5.10 |
1108 | 15 | Episode 15 [75] | Eric Styles | Dana Fainaru | 1 December 2018 | 5.05 |
1109 | 16 | Episode 16 [56] | Eric Styles | Katie Douglas | 8 December 2018 | N/A (<4.72) [lower-alpha 1] |
1110 | 17 | Episode 17 [76] | Paul Riordan | Oliver Frampton | 22 December 2018 | 4.38 |
1111 | 18 | Episode 18 [77] | Matthew Evans | Katie Douglas | 5 January 2019 | N/A (<5.63) [lower-alpha 1] |
1112 | 19 | Episode 19 [78] | Matthew Evans | Julie Dixon | 12 January 2019 | 5.25 |
1113 | 20 | Episode 20 [61] | Paul Riordan | Rebecca Wojciechowski | 19 January 2019 | 5.22 |
1114 | 21 | Episode 21 [79] | David Innes Edwards | Pete Lawson | 26 January 2019 | 4.92 |
1115 | 22 | Episode 22 [49] | David Innes Edwards | Rachel Paterson | 2 February 2019 | N/A (<4.90) [lower-alpha 1] |
1116 | 23 | Episode 23 [80] | James Bryce | Debbie Owen | 9 February 2019 | 4.83 |
1117 | 24 | Episode 24 [81] | James Bryce | Chris Murray | 16 February 2019 | 4.87 |
1118 | 25 | Episode 25 [82] | Fiona Walton | Simon Norman | 23 February 2019 | 4.93 |
1119 | 26 | Episode 26 [18] | Steve Brett | Michelle Lipton | 2 March 2019 | 5.91 |
1120 | 27 | Episode 27 [83] | Andy Newbery | Oliver Frampton | 9 March 2019 | 5.06 |
1121 | 28 | Episode 28 [84] | Andy Newbery | Hamish Wright | 23 March 2019 | 4.62 |
1122 | 29 | Episode 29 [85] | Paul Riordan | Chris Lindsay and Nick Fisher | 30 March 2019 | 4.74 |
1123 | 30 | Episode 30 [86] | Kate Saxon | Kim Millar | 6 April 2019 | 4.74 |
1124 | 31 | Episode 31 [16] | Kate Saxon | Jeff Povey | 13 April 2019 | 4.43 |
1125 | 32 | Episode 32 [87] | Dafydd Palfrey | Avril E Russell and Mark Catley | 20 April 2019 | 4.15 |
1126 | 33 | Episode 33 [88] | Paul Riordan | Barbara Machin | 27 April 2019 | 4.11 |
1127 | 34 | Episode 34 [89] | Daikin Marsh | Dana Fainaru | 4 May 2019 | 4.82 |
1128 | 35 | Episode 35 [90] | Daikin Marsh | Oliver Frampton | 11 May 2019 | 4.37 |
1129 | 36 | Episode 36 [91] | Eric Styles | Rob Gittins | 25 May 2019 | 4.15 |
1130 | 37 | Episode 37 [92] | Eric Styles | Pete Lawson | 1 June 2019 | 3.98 |
1131 | 38 | Episode 38 [93] | Fiona Walton | Chris Murray | 8 June 2019 | 4.44 |
1132 | 39 | Episode 39 [94] | Fiona Walton | Johanne McAndrew and Elliot Hope | 15 June 2019 | 4.48 |
1133 | 40 | Episode 40 [95] | Nimer Rashed | Claire Miller | 22 June 2019 | 4.33 |
1134 | 41 | Episode 41 [96] | Julie Edwards | Rachel Paterson | 29 June 2019 | 3.99 |
1135 | 42 | Episode 42 [97] | Julie Edwards | Isla Gray | 13 July 2019 | 4.24 |
1136 | 43 | Episode 43 [98] | Piotr Szkopiak | Dana Fainaru | 20 July 2019 | 4.22 |
1137 | 44 | Episode 44 [99] | Piotr Szkopiak | Nick Fisher and Dana Fainaru | 27 July 2019 | 4.28 |
1138 | 45 | Episode 45 [100] | James Bryce | Colin Bytheway | 3 August 2019 | 4.49 |
1139 | 46 | Episode 46 [101] | Alex Jacob | Hilary Frankland, Patrick Homes & Katie Douglas | 10 August 2019 | 4.94 |
The drama was nominated in the "Best Soap (Evening)" category at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards; it came in last place with 3.8% of the total votes. [102]
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