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Casualty Series 15
The fifteenth series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 September 2000 and finished on 28 April 2001. It saw another increase, this time to 36 episodes, including two hour-long self-contained 'specials', "Sympathy for the Devil" (episode 8) and "Something from the Heart" (episode 23), which were shown in addition to the regular Saturday night episodes. Cast Main characters *Donna Alexander as Penny Hutchens (until episode 36) * Jan Anderson as Chloe Hill *Adjoa Andoh as Colette Kierney (from episode 1) *Pal Aron as Adam Osman (until episode 6) *Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths * Philip Bretherton as Andrew Bower (episodes 12−36) *Michelle Butterly as Mel Dyson (until episode 36) *Robert Gwilym as Max Gallagher *Sandra Huggett as Holly Miles (until episode 36) * Ben Keaton as Spencer (from episode 1) *Ian Kelsey as Patrick Spiller *Kwame Kwei-Armah as Fin Newton *Grant Masters as Dan Robin ... [...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] |
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) is a British actor, playwright, director and broadcaster. In 2005, Kwei-Armah became the second black Briton to have a play staged in London's West End when his award-winning piece '' Elmina's Kitchen'' transferred to the Garrick Theatre. He was the first black Briton to head a major British national theater, when he took the directorship of the Young Vic in 2018. Kwei-Armah was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. Brought up in Southall, West London, he changed his name at the age of 19, after tracing his family history, through the slave trade back to his ancestral African roots in Ghana. His parents were born in Grenada. He has four children. As an actor, Kwei-Armah is probably best known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' from 1999 until 2004. He served as the chancellor of the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Conn
Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is an English actress. She portrayed Lady Mary Sharma in the second season of ''Bridgerton'', Isabella in the film '' Love Sarah'', Dr Elizabeth Shannon in the Spielberg series '' Terra Nova'', Beelzebub in the second season of ''Good Omens'', and Indira Shetty in the first season of '' The Boys'' spin-off series ''Gen V ''. Early life and education Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, being of Portuguese, Burmese, and Indian descent. She attended Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Conn trained at Bretton Hall. She was a student at Cranbourne School in Basingstoke. Career After drama school, Conn had a series of small roles in various British films, before coming to prominence when she starred as Ashika Chandiramani in the BBC series '' Party Animals''. In 2001, she picked up the role of PC Miriam Da Silva in BBC1's ''Mersey Beat'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Colquhoun
Christopher Colquhoun (born 10 January 1970 in Sheffield, England) is an English actor who trained at RADA. He is known for appearing as Simon Kaminski in the BBC drama series ''Casualty'', from 2002 to 2004. He also appeared in ''Holby City'' in this role as well. He also played Jake Quinn in ''The Bill'' for two episodes – "An Honour to Serve", parts 1 and 2, and appeared as pathologist Dr Tony Carmichael in the seventh season of ''Vera'', screened during 2017. He played Hector in William Shakespeare's play '' Troilus & Cressida'', which was shown in the 2009 season (until September 20) in Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London. On 4 December 2009 he joined the cast of ''Coronation Street''. In 2014, he played Joff in ''The Believers'' at the Tricycle, London, and Scar in The Lion King (musical) ''The Lion King'' is a stage musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, with additional music and lyrics by Lebo M, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Fairhead
''Casualty (TV series), 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 (director), 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 Casualty series 1, first series, including the longest-serving character Charlie Fairhead (played by Derek Thompson (actor), 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 sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Dibley
Janet Dibley (born 13 December 1958) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Elaine Walker in the 1980s sitcom ''The Two of Us (1986 TV series), The Two of Us'', Lorna Cartwright in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and Elaine Cassidy (Doctors), Elaine Cassidy in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. Life and career Dibley was born on 13 December 1958 in Doncaster. In April 1976, before training at the Rose Bruford College, she appeared in GAS with the National Student Drama Festival, which won the Royal Shakespeare Company's inaugural Buzz Goodbody Award and The Festival Judges' Awards. Dibley came to public attention playing Elaine in ITV Network, ITV's ''The Two of Us (1986 TV series), The Two of Us'', a sitcom about a co-habiting couple, which also featured Nicholas Lyndhurst. In 1993, Dibley played the part of Linda in ''The Gingerbread Girl'', a series about a single mother trying to raise her daughter. She then played Lorna Cartwright in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Wheatley
Rebecca Catherine Anne Wheatley (born 25 April 1965) is a British actress and musician. Wheatley grew up in Teddington, Middlesex, where she went to St Catherine's convent school, before gaining her BA in English literature from the University of Wales, Lampeter. She sang in “In the Smoke”, S5:E7 of '' Pie in the Sky'' (1997). Wheatley is best known as Amy Howard, the receptionist in the BBC's ''Casualty'' drama, a role which she played for four years from September 1997 until March 2001. She was a regular panellist on ''Loose Women'' in 2002. Although Wheatley originally trained as a classical singer, she has become well known for various types of popular music. She has sung in many of the cabaret venues in the West End of London, including The Café Royal, The Ritz and The Savoy. She has also sung at the Grand Opera House in Belfast in televised performances for BBC Northern Ireland, and at the Royal Albert Hall for The TV Times '' 'Christmas Carols with the Stars' '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Fairhead
Charlie Fairhead ( Derek Thompson) is a fictional character from the BBC British medical drama ''Casualty''. The longest-serving character on the show, his tenure spanned over three decades from the series’ inception in 1986 until his departure in 2024. Thompson took a nine-month break from Series 18, returning on the 1 January 2005 in Series 19. After a further four months off-screen, he returned in the series 20 Christmas crossover with ''Holby City'', airing on the 24 December 2005. Thompson regularly took breaks every year and by May 2023 he confirmed he had chosen to leave his role as Charlie, after 38 years on-screen. Thompson filmed his final scenes in 2023, which were broadcast on 16 March 2024. Thompson made four appearances as Charlie in ''Casualty'' sister show, ''Holby City,'' including the February 2010 episode when Charlie has a heart attack; his final appearance in Holby City was in October 2012 when he interviewed Chantelle Lane ( Lauren Drummond) for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Thompson (actor)
Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a British actor and former singer. His credits include '' Gonks Go Beat'' (1965), ''Yanks'' (1979), '' Breaking Glass'' (1980), ''The Long Good Friday'' (1980), ''The Gentle Touch'' (1980–1982), '' Brookside'' (1983), '' Wild Geese II'' (1985), '' Resurrection Man'' (1998), ''Holby City'' (2012) and '' Blue Lights'' (2024). He is most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series ''Casualty'', his role since the series' inception in 1986, for 38 years. Early life Thompson was born in and is from Belfast and has a twin sister. 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 with Larry Johns, and recorded two singles in 1967. Career Thompson appeared in the feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin is a character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by Cathy Shipton. Duffy was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin as one of the serial's ten original characters. Shipton received her audition just as she was thinking of giving up her acting career. She thought her chances of being cast were slim, as she had on bandages following a fall; however, the producer, Geraint Morris, was fascinated by the incident and asked her about her time in the hospital. Shipton was considered for the role of receptionist Susie Mercier, before being cast as Duffy. She made her debut in the pilot episode of the first series, broadcast on 6 September 1986. Duffy is characterised as a "tough" and "carefree" nurse. She has a distinct style with her hair pinned up and wears neatly ironed uniforms. Shipton has stated that Duffy became more confident as the years progressed. The character has been used to portray various issue-led stories. First, she became the victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Shipton
Catherine Ellen Shipton (born 27 March 1957) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Lisa "Duffy" Duffin in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. After leaving the series in 2020, she has since appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Lydia Smith. Biography Born to Irish-English parents, Shipton was raised as a Roman Catholic, and was educated in a convent in south London. She studied two languages and journalism, but her drama teacher told her that she had the potential to become an actress, and consequently she trained at Rose Bruford College from 1977 to 1980. Career Shipton was originally considered for the role of receptionist Susie Mercier in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', but was eventually cast as nurse Lisa "Duffy" Duffin in 1986, as part of the original cast. She continued to star in the series until 1993, when she chose to leave. She later made a guest appearance in February 1998. Shipton returned as a regular cast member in Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
