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Casualty (series 9)
The ninth series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 17 September 1994 and finished on 25 March 1995. Cast Overview The ninth series of ''Casualty'' features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. Only 5 of the regular cast from the previous series were retained. Clive Mantle starred as emergency medicine consultant Mike Barratt. Derek Thompson continued his role as clinical nurse manager Charlie Fairhead. Patrick Robinson and Jane Gurnett appeared as charge nurse Martin "Ash" Ashford and staff nurse Rachel Longworth. Ian Bleasdale portrayed paramedic Josh Griffiths. The series initially met with negative responses from some viewers due a key visual change - the switch from the videotape visual style to a 'filmic' look. Many felt the grainy new visuals lacked the immediacy and clarity of videotape. The filmic effect was added in post-production, but was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which was the world's first 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, 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 other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bleasdale
Ian Bleasdale (born 1950, in Upholland, Lancashire) is an English actor and television presenter. He divides his time between Haworth in West Yorkshire and Bristol. He started off life as a teacher before deciding that he wanted to become an actor, something which he would later joke forced his mother to take to her sickbed. He has appeared in various programmes, including '' The Beiderbecke Affair'', '' Harry's Game'', '' Brookside'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' The Brittas Empire'', ''Andy Capp'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Soldier Soldier'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'' and as a photographer on ''Coronation Street''. However, Bleasdale is best known for his role as paramedic Josh Griffiths on the BBC television drama, ''Casualty''. He was the second longest serving character in the show's 20-year history, bettered only by Derek Thompson's character Charlie Fairhead. Josh first appeared in episode 1 of series 4 (1989) and started as a speaking extra. His role has gone from streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Ashford (Casualty)
Martin Ashford may refer to: * Martin "Ash" Ashford (''Casualty''), a fictional character on the television series ''Casualty'' * Martin Ashford (''Home and Away''), a fictional character on the television series ''Home and Away'' See also * Ashford (surname) {{hndis, Ashford, Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casualty Series 1
The first series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' began airing on 6 September 1986, and concluded on 27 December 1986. The show was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin. Geraint Morris was appointed as the show's producer. Prior to first series airing, Brock and Unwin visited the Bristol Royal Infirmary where they met a charge nurse called Pete Salt who was appointed the series medical advisor. The first series of ''Casualty'' consisted of fifteen episodes with individual titles, which aired weekly on a Saturday night. The first series featured ten main characters, who were all appointed different roles within the A&E department. By the end of the first series, two actors would not be returning for the second series: Julia Watson (Baz Samuels) and George Harris (Clive King). Watson eventually returned to the programme in 1995 in Series 9 Episode 20. Development The idea of ''Casualty'' came together when co-creators Jeremy Brock and Paul Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Watson
Julia Watson (born 13 September 1953) is a British actress, known for playing Barbara 'Baz' Wilder in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. Life and career Watson was born on 13 September 1953 in Maesteg and brought up in the Derby area. Talking about her parents in an interview with the ''Casualty'' fansite, holby.tv, she comments that they were fantastic and devoted. She cites this as reason why she feels so torn between career and family. She is married to the writer, David Harsent; they met at a dinner party and eventually married in a registry office in Fulham. They have a daughter, Hannah, born in 1990 and Watson says of her that she is their "greatest born and blessing." Watson studied Drama and English at Exeter University. Her previous jobs included founding a Community Centre in Newcastle and working in Education at the Nottingham Theatre. In addition to her acting roles, she edited anthologies of poetry and readings for weddings, funerals and naming ceremonies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Brown
Colette Brown is an English actress. Brown was born in South London in 1969. She has a son and a daughter with actor Gary Love. In 1994, she was a presenter of the children's television series, ''Hangar 17''. Brown appeared in an episode of the ITV drama ''A Touch of Frost'' in 1996. Her other television credits include ''Casualty'', ''Our Friends in the North'' and ''Ultraviolet'' in 1998, as well as the BBC One daytime soap ''Doctors'' and the ''Doctor Who'' spinoff ''Torchwood''. Colette played Samantha Kennedy in the BBC medical drama ''Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...'', Michelle Connor in ''The Bill'' (S15 E140) and Della in ''Desmonds'', S6 E10. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Colette English television actresses Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Korcanik
''Casualty'' is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 6 September 1986 on BBC1. The series was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin. It is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital, in the equally fictitious city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with spin-off show ''Holby City''. ''Casualty'' follows the professional and personal lives of the doctors, nurses, paramedics, hospital management and patients at Holby General. It features an ensemble cast of regular characters, and began with ten main characters in its first series, including the longest-serving character Charlie Fairhead (played by Derek Thompson). They have all since left the series. Many main characters have been written in and out of the series since. In addition, ''Casualty'' features guest stars each week, as well as recurring guests that take part in story arcs that span a portion of a series or multiple series. Main characters A Matthew Afolami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Devaney
Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber, 2 July 1967) is an English actress. Her roles include Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'', Rita in ''Jonny Briggs'', Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' and Jane in '' Dinnerladies''. Career Devaney has played various roles on British television including; Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'' (1984–1985, 2019–present), Rita Briggs in ''Jonny Briggs'' (1985–1987), Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' (1994–1997), and Jane in '' Dinnerladies'' (1998–2000). In the early 1990s she appeared in a commercial for the Gateway supermarket chain (later Somerfield). In 2009, she played the role of Peggy in the Channel 4 drama '' Shameless'', and lent her voice to the role of Jane in Carol Donaldson's BBC Radio 4 play ''Normal and Nat''. Devaney performed at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury as the Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'', Friday 2 December 2011 – Sunday 22 January 2012. In 2013, she appeared in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Great Night Out'' as Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Coleman (actress)
Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress. She is best known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in ''Casualty'' (1994–1997) and Cam Lawson in '' The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (2002–2005). She later reprised the role of Cam Lawson in '' Tracy Beaker Returns'' (2010–2012), '' My Mum Tracy Beaker'' (2021), and '' The Beaker Girls'' (2021–2023). Early life Lisa Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London, on 10 July 1970. She is the younger daughter of actress Ann Beach and television producer Francis Coleman, and the sister of actress Charlotte Coleman. Coleman attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six before completing her secondary education and A-levels. She made her first television appearance as a child actress in a 1977 episode of ''Crown Court'' at the age of six. Her first film role was a minor appearance in the 1981 film ''Loophole''. Career Coleman appeared in single episodes of the BBC television drama series ''Casua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior House Officer
A senior house officer (SHO) is a non-consultant hospital doctor in Ireland and many Commonwealth countries. SHOs usually have a minimum of 1 year post medical school training. SHOs are supervised in their work by consultants and registrars. In training posts these registrars and consultants oversee training and are usually their designated clinical supervisors. The same structure to junior doctor grades also applied previously in the National Health Service in the UK, and informal use of the term persists there. Irish usage NCHD grades in order, from most junior to most senior: * Intern — ( post-graduate year 1) * Senior house officer — (PGY ≥ 2) * Registrar — (PGY ≥ 3) * Specialist registrar — (PGY ≥ 4) * Fellow (PGY variable) In Ireland, physicians typically spend one year as an intern, before becoming a Senior House Officer (SHO). Most doctors spend between 2–4 years working as an SHO. Advancing to registrar level is dependent on experience and aptitude wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Merrells
Jason Scott Merrells is an English actor, known for his roles in ''Casualty'', '' Queer as Folk'', ''Cutting It'', '' Waterloo Road'' and ''Emmerdale''. Early life and education Merrells was born in Epping, Essex. His brother Simon Merrells is also an actor. Merrells studied at Chichester University. Career Merrells got his first role in 1994 with an appearance in the film '' To Die For'', in which he played a small part. However, he soon established himself as a successful television actor with his role as receptionist Matt Hawley in the medical drama ''Casualty''. In 1999 he portrayed Phil Delaney in the television series '' Queer as Folk''. He continued to appear in more prominent roles for years to come including in films such as '' Do Not Disturb'' (1999). His television appearances also became more frequent, and he had a recurring appearance as Martin Leach in '' Clocking Off'' between 2000 and 2001. However it was his portrayal of stylist Gavin Ferraday in the BBC On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Brand
Steven Brand (born 1969) is a Scottish actor. His feature debut was ''The Scorpion King'' (2002), where he portrayed Memnon. He has had many guest appearances on television series, and in 2015, Brand was nominated for Best Guest Starring Role on Television at the Saturn Awards for his performance in ''Teen Wolf''. Career After several minor roles in television series, Brand made his feature film debut in ''The Scorpion King'' (2002). He starred as Memnon, the main antagonist, alongside Mathayus (Dwayne Johnson). Brand also voiced Alexander Anderson and Richard Hellsing in the English dubs of ''Hellsing'' and ''Hellsing Ultimate''. Brand played lawyer Ned Baker in '' Saving Lincoln'' (2013), before starring in the horror film '' Echoes'' the following year. In 2015, Brand was nominated Best Guest Starring Role on Television at the Saturn Awards for his performance in ''Teen Wolf'' as Dr. Gabriel Valack. He has narrated over fifty audiobooks. Brand directed the television fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
