The sixth series of the British

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'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on

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on 6 September 1991 and finished on 27 February 1992. The final episode of the series ‘Cascade’ featuring a plane crash had its air date postponed as its original air date was the day before the third anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster.

Cast

Overview

The sixth series of ''Casualty'' features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of

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. The series began with 8 roles with star billing.

Nigel Le Vaillant Nigel Le Vaillant (born 11 June 1958) is a British former actor who worked in BBC television drama during the 1990s. He rose to fame as Dr. Julian Chapman in ''Casualty'' and starred as Dr. Paul Dangerfield in '' Dangerfield''. Early life Le Vail ...

appears as

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and later,

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Julian Chapman, while

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plays

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Beth Ramanee. Derek Thompson continues his role as

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, and

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 ...

stars as

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. Patrick Robinson appears as

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Martin "Ash" Ashford, while

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and

Caroline Webster Caroline Webster (born 1964) is an English former actress who is now a freelance film director and headshot photographer. During her acting career, she appeared as Jane Scott in BBC One's popular hospital drama ''Casualty'' for four series. Ca ...

portray

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Josh Griffiths and Jane Scott.

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continues to portray

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Jimmy Powell.

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and

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joined the show's main cast as staff nurse Sandra Nicholl, student nurse Kelly Liddle,

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Norma Sullivan and

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Trish Baynes respectively. Allen and Kristen debuted in episode one, Freidman was introduced in episode three and Beattie began appearing in episode eleven. Allen departed the series in episode nine and Friedman left the cast in episode fifteen. Kaash and Green also left the series in episode fifteen.

Main characters

as Kelly Liddle (episodes 1−9) *

as Sandra Nicholl (from episode 11) *

as Josh Griffiths *

as Trish Baynes (episodes 3−15) *

as Jimmy Powell (until episode 15) *

as Beth Ramanee (until episode 15) *

as Norma Sullivan (from episode 1) *

as Julian Chapman * Patrick Robinson as Martin "Ash" Ashford *

* Derek Thompson as

as Jane Scott

Episodes

References

External links

Casualty series 6
at the

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