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Last Man Standing (Casualty)
The seventeenth series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 14 September 2002 and finished on 21 June 2003. Cast Main characters *Adjoa Andoh as Colette Griffiths (until episode 38) *Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths *Russell Boulter as Ryan Johnson (episodes 3−31) *Louise Brealey as Roxy Bird *Christopher Colquhoun as Simon Kaminski *Kelly Harrison as Nikki Marshall *Kwame Kwei-Armah as Fin Newton *Martina Laird as Comfort Jones *Simon MacCorkindale as Harry Harper *Sarah Manners as Bex Reynolds (from episode 22) *Will Mellor as Jack Vincent (until episode 40) *Dan Rymer as Dillon Cahill (until episode 40) *Zita Sattar as Anna Paul *Cathy Shipton as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin (until episode 31) *Christine Stephen-Daly as Lara Stone * Derek Thompson as Charlie Fairhead *Matthew Wait as Luke Warren (from episode 32) *Lee Warburton as Tony Vincent Recurring characters *Liz Carling as Selena Donovan (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first Television in the United Kingdom, regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC Two, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's List of BBC television channels and radio stations, other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zita Sattar
Zita Sattar (born 1975) is an English television, theatre, and film actress from Birmingham. Early life Sattar is of mixed descent, her mother being British and her father Pakistani. At the age of eleven, as a young amateur actress, Sattar was one of the founding members of Birmingham's Central Junior Television Workshop. She then attended the Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in London. Career Sattar is best known for playing Anna Paul in '' Casualty'' from 2001 to 2003. She has also had roles in ''The Bill'', '' Gimme Gimme Gimme'', '' According to Bex'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Doctors'', and ''Flowers''. Her theatre roles include: '' Top Girls'', ''Clubbed Out'', ''Let's Go to the Fair'', ''Hansel and Gretel'', ''One Night'', ''D'yer Eat with your Fingers'', and ''Romeo and Juliet''. She also played the role of Meenah Khan in the original cast of '' East is East'' by Ayub Khan-Din. It was produced by the Tamasha Theatre Company at the Royal Court Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubbs Hussein
''Holby City'' is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty''. It is set in the same hospital as ''Casualty'', Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both ''Casualty'' (in episodes broadcast as ''Casualty@Holby City'') and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off '' HolbyBlue''. ''Holby City'' follows the professional and personal lives of surgeons, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients at Holby General. It features an ensemble cast of regular characters, and began with 11 main characters in its first series, all of whom have since left the show. New main characters have been both written in and out of the series since. In addition, ''Holby City'' features guest stars each week, as well as recurring guests that take part in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Aspinall
Ian Aspinall (born 1961) is a British actor. He played Mubbs Hussein in '' Holby City'' from 2001 to 2005, and has also appeared in '' City Central'', ''The Bill'', ''Silent Witness'', '' Peak Practice'', '' Waterloo Road'' and '' Casualty''. He also had another role in '' East Is East'' playing eldest son Nazir Khan. ''Bolton Evening News, 13 December 1999. He was also the first actor to portray Darren Whateley, the man responsible for the stabbing of Brian Tilsley in '' |
Paul Sharma
Phaldut "Paul" Sharma, also known as Paul Sharma, is a UK-based actor and dancer. He is best known for his roles in Gavin and Stacey as Achmed and Eastenders as AJ Ahmed . Career Television and film Sharma played Vinnay Ramdas in '' Casualty'' and then Damon Lynch in 2011, Rajiv in comedy-drama '' Roger Roger'' and Paul in '' Meet the Magoons''. He has also appeared in episodes of ''Life on Mars'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'' and the BBC daytime series '' Doctors''. also appeared in one episode of Ultimate Force Series 4 Episode 3 "the dividing line". Sharma was in the first episode of the UK comedy '' The Office'', playing Sanj, and was Stacey Shipman's ( Joanna Page) ex-fiancé, Achmed, in '' Gavin & Stacey''. In 2009, Sharma appeared as Hindu nationalist Harish Dhillon in an episode of ''Spooks''. In 2012, Sharma was cast in '' EastEnders'' as Masood Ahmed's (Nitin Ganatra) brother AJ, a regular character. He left the soap opera in 2014. He also appeared in episode six of '' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Palfrey
Lisa Palfrey (born 9 February 1967) is a Welsh actress. She is known for playing the roles of Gwenny in '' House of America'' (1997), Mrs Nice in '' Guest House Paradiso'' (1999), Maureen in ''Pride'' (2014), Mrs Dai Bread 1 in ''Under Milk Wood'' (2015), Cynthia in the Netflix original television series ''Sex Education'' and Eleanor James in the Sky One original television series '' COBRA''. Early life Palfrey was born in Wales on 9 February 1967, her mother is Eiry Palfrey, an actress and author. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, a Welsh language secondary school near Pontyclun. Career Palfrey started acting at the age of 20 when she played the role of 15-year-old girl, Jane Sanderson, in the BBC One television series ''The District Nurse''. Her first major role was in the film '' The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain''. She has gone on to star in the cult film '' House of America'', and appeared as Melanie Collier in the medical drama television se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Martin Brown
Philip Martin Brown (born 9 July 1956) is a British actor from Manchester. He is known for his long-running portrayal of English teacher Grantly Budgen in the hit BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'', which he played from 2006 to 2013. He is also known for playing Steve McDonald's ( Simon Gregson) Therapist in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 2015, although he first appeared in the show as D.I. Pinnock in 2005. In 2021, Brown appeared in the BBC One medical soap opera '' Doctors'' as Marvin Bulis, having previously played various other roles in the show. Career From March 2006 to October 2013, Brown appeared as English teacher Grantly Budgen in the first nine series of the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. He was the longest serving cast member on the show and featured in 154 episodes in total. He has also worked on '' The Professionals'', '' Cutting It'' and ''The Bill'', where he appeared in ten episodes as Seth Mercer, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Isherwood
Francesca is an Italian female given name, derived from the Latin male name '' Franciscus'' meaning 'the Frenchman' It is widely used in most Romance languages, including Italian, French and Catalan, and place of origin is Italy. It is derived from the same source as the female name ''Frances'', and the male names '' Francesc'', '' Francesco'' and ''Francis''. People named Francesca *Daniel Francesca, Danish esports player *Francesca Alderisi, Italian television presenter and politician *Francesca Allinson, English author and musician *Francesca Annis, British actress * Julia Francesca Barretto, Filipino actress *Francesca Battistelli, American Christian musician * Francesca Beard, Malaysian performance poet *Francesca Caccini, Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque *Francesca Anna Canfield, American poet and translator *Francesca Capaldi, American child actress *Francesca Cumani, English racing presenter for ITV *Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano *Francesc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Carling
Elizabeth Carling (born 20 October 1967 in Middlesbrough) is an English actress and singer best known for her performances in ''Boon'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', ''Barbara'', and '' Casualty''. In 1991 Carling was briefly engaged to Neil Morrissey, whom she met while working on the ITV drama ''Boon'' and with whom she also appeared in an episode of BBC sitcom ''Men Behaving Badly''. As of February 2010, she starred in the theatre production of ''I Ought to Be in Pictures''. In 2016, she narrated the second series of '' Bear Grylls: Mission Survive'' on ITV. Carling also appeared on "Our Girl" on BBC1 on 7 September 2016. Film & television roles *''Our Girl'' 7 Sep 2016 - 2020 *'' Vera'' (15 May 2011) (30 Jan 2018) *''The Damned United'': (UK sports drama film, released 2009) as Barbara Clough, playing the role of the wife of Brian Clough (played by Michael Sheen) in a film focusing on events from 1967 to 1974 when Brian Clough was manager of Derby County and finally with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Warburton
Lee Warburton (born 27 June 1971, Cheshire, England) is a British actor, known for several ongoing television roles. He appeared in ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...'' from 1995 to 1998 as Tony Horrocks, Natalie Barnes' drug addict son, played gay male healthcare assistant Tony Vincent in '' Casualty'' and its spin-off '' Holby City'' from 2001 to 2003, and played Melanie Costello's violent boyfriend Graham Harker in '' Family Affairs'' in 2004–2005. His most recent television role was in '' Hollyoaks: In the City'' (2006). He is a scriptwriter credited with several episodes of Scott & Bailey. References External links * 1971 births Living people Male actors from Cheshire English male television actors English screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Fairhead
Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson, is a fictional character from the BBC British medical drama ''Casualty''. He is the longest-serving character, having played the role of Charlie for over 36 years, and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode was broadcast on 6 September 1986. Derek Thompson chose to take a nine-month break from the show in early 2004. Charlie left the show in series 18 on 17 July 2004 and after five months, returned on 1 January 2005 in series 19. At the end of series 19, Charlie left again as Derek Thompson returned to his break from the show, with Charlie's exit scenes airing on 20 August 2005. After four months off-screen, Charlie returned in the series 20 Christmas crossover with ''Holby City'', which aired on 24 December 2005. Derek Thompson has remained with the show since, but regularly takes breaks of around two months every year. Derek Thompson has so-far made four appearances in ''Casua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Thompson (actor)
Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a British actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series '' Casualty'', playing the role since the series' inception in 1986, and his performance as Jeff in the British gangster film ''The Long Good Friday''. Early life Thompson was born in Belfast and has a twin sisterElaine Johns(née Thompson). During their teenage years, they combined to form the singing duo ''Elaine and Derek''. They recorded four albums and 15 EPs together, singing in harmonies, and released one eponymously titled album on the Parlophone label in 1961. They then formed the folk trio Odin's People witLarry Johns and recorded two singles in 1967. Derek appeared in the feature film ''Gonks Go Beat'' (1965). Career In the mid-1960s, Thompson worked as Stage Manager in the Nonentities Theatre in Kidderminster. and in rep. In the 1970s he appeared in several productions at the National Theatre. In the late 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
