Notes
- ↑ The opening episode was originally billed for 6 September 1997, but was deferred due to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. BBC1 showed the film Free Willy in its place.
This article includes an episode-related list of lists.
For the British medical drama television series Casualty , List of Casualty episodes may refer to:
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 15 | 6 September 1986 | 27 December 1986 | |
| 2 | 15 | 12 September 1987 | 19 December 1987 | |
| 3 | 10 | 9 September 1988 | 11 November 1988 | |
| 4 | 12 | 8 September 1989 | 1 December 1989 | |
| 5 | 13 | 7 September 1990 | 7 December 1990 | |
| 6 | 15 | 6 September 1991 | 27 February 1992 | |
| 7 | 24 | 12 September 1992 | 27 February 1993 | |
| 8 | 24 | 18 September 1993 | 26 February 1994 | |
| 9 | 24 | 17 September 1994 | 25 March 1995 | |
| 10 | 24 | 16 September 1995 | 24 February 1996 | |
| 11 | 24 | 14 September 1996 | 22 February 1997 | |
| 12 | 26 | 11 September 1997 [a] | 28 February 1998 | |
| 13 | 28 | 5 September 1998 | 13 March 1999 | |
| 14 | 30 | 18 September 1999 | 25 March 2000 | |
| 15 | 36 | 16 September 2000 | 28 April 2001 | |
| 16 | 40 | 15 September 2001 | 29 June 2002 | |
| 17 | 40 | 14 September 2002 | 21 June 2003 | |
| 18 | 46 | 13 September 2003 | 28 August 2004 | |
| 19 | 48 | 11 September 2004 | 20 August 2005 | |
| 20 | 48 | 10 September 2005 | 26 August 2006 | |
| 21 | 48 | 23 September 2006 | 4 August 2007 | |
| 22 | 48 | 8 September 2007 | 9 August 2008 | |
| 23 | 48 | 13 September 2008 | 1 August 2009 | |
| 24 | 48 | 12 September 2009 | 21 August 2010 | |
| 25 | 47 | 4 September 2010 | 6 August 2011 | |
| 26 | 42 | 13 August 2011 | 22 July 2012 | |
| 27 | 44 | 18 August 2012 | 26 July 2013 | |
| 28 | 48 | 3 August 2013 | 23 August 2014 | |
| 29 | 46 | 30 August 2014 | 23 August 2015 | |
| 30 | 43 | 29 August 2015 | 30 July 2016 | |
| 31 | 45 | 27 August 2016 | 29 July 2017 | |
| 32 | 44 | 19 August 2017 | 4 August 2018 | |
| 33 | 46 | 11 August 2018 | 10 August 2019 | |
| 34 | 43 | 17 August 2019 | 26 September 2020 | |
| 35 | 30 | 2 January 2021 | 7 August 2021 | |
| 36 | 44 | 14 August 2021 | 13 August 2022 | |
| 37 | 43 | 20 August 2022 | 19 August 2023 | |
| 38 | 36 | 26 August 2023 | 3 August 2024 | |
| 39 | TBA | 10 August 2024 | TBA | |
Casualty is a British medical drama series broadcast on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it first aired in the United Kingdom on 6 September 1986. The show was originally produced by Geraint Morris and has been a staple of British television ever since. Casualty is recognised as the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world.
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