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Casualty (series 8)
The eighth series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 September 1993 and finished on 26 February 1994. Cast Overview The eighth series of ''Casualty'' features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The series began with 7 roles with star billing. Clive Mantle starred as emergency medicine consultant Mike Barratt. Derek Thompson continued his role as charge nurse Charlie Fairhead. Cathy Shipton and Patrick Robinson appeared as staff nurses Lisa "Duffy" Duffin and Martin "Ash" Ashford. Ian Bleasdale portrayed paramedic Josh Griffiths while Caroline Webster starred as paramedic and later, general manager Jane Scott. Anne Kristen continued to appear as receptionist Norma Sullivan. Jo Unwin appeared in two episodes as paramedic Lucy Cooper, before joining the recurring cast in episode twenty. Brian Miller appeared in two episodes as Norma's husband, ... [...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 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 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 share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin "Ash" Ashford (Casualty)
Martin "Ash" Ashford is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...'', played by Patrick Robinson. He first appears in the series five episode "Penalty", originally broadcast on 7 September 1990. The character is introduced as a staff nurse at Holby City Hospital's emergency department (ED). Robinson was cast in 1990 and was surprised to receive a call for the role. Ash is characterised as a man of principle with high aspirations and a caring nature. He is well-respected in the department, where he also serves as the union representative. The character's early stories involve his relationship with student Nikki Wyatt (Imogen Boorman), which ends when she aborts their baby, and his promotions to senior staff nurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior House Officer
A senior house officer (SHO) is a non-consultant hospital doctor in the Republic of Ireland. 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 within a specialty; in most cases, becoming a registrar depends primarily on having succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Guard
Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953) is an English actor, musician and artist. He is known for roles such as Jim Hawkins in '' Return to Treasure Island'' (1986), Bellboy in ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy'' (1988), Marcellus in ''I, Claudius'' (1976), Marius in ''Les Misérables'' (1978), Ken Hodges in the medical drama ''Casualty'' (1993), and voicing Frodo Baggins in ''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978). Guard has appeared in ''Memoirs of a Survivor'' (1981) and '' A Woman of Substance'' (1985). His first role on television was the young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 TV serial adaptation, followed by Pip in ''Great Expectations'' (1967). A long list of credits include appearances in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''Z-Cars'', '' Secret Army'', ''Shoestring'', '' The Professionals'', ''Lovejoy'', '' Bugs'', ''Poirot'', ''The Bill'' and ''Doctors''. He has played roles in two works by Dennis Potter: '' Play For Today: Joe's Ark'' (1974) and ''Blackeyes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doña Croll
Doña Croll (born 29 August 1953) is a Jamaican-born British actress. She is best known for her roles in British television soap opera playing Pearl McHugh in Channel 5's ''Family Affairs'', Vera Corrigan in the BBC Vera Corrigan ''Doctors'', and as Emerald Fox in ''EastEnders''. She also played the regular role of nurse Adele Beckford in series 8 of Casualty (1993 to 1994). An experienced stage actress, Croll is known most notably as playing the first black Cleopatra on the British Stage in Talawa Theatre Company's production of William Shakespeare's ''Antony and Cleopatra'' in 1991. In 2013, Croll returned to the stage with Talawa Theatre Company to play the part of Kate Keller in their production of Arthur Miller's '' All My Sons'', starring alongside Don Warrington. Croll received good notices for her portrayal. ''All My Sons'' was revived by Talawa Theatre Company in 2015, and Croll reprised her role of Kate Keller, again receiving good notices for her portrayal of "a wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanna Hamilton
Suzanna Hamilton (born 8 February 1960) is an English actress. She played the role of Julia (1984), Julia in the Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film), 1984 film adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel, ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. Her other film roles include ''Tess (1979 film), Tess'' (1979), ''Brimstone and Treacle'' (1982), ''Wetherby (film), Wetherby'' (1985), and ''Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa'' (1985). On television, she starred in the ITV Network, ITV drama ''Wish Me Luck'' (1988), the BBC medical drama ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' (1993–94), and the STV drama ''McCallum (TV series), McCallum'' (1995–97). Early career Hamilton was born in London and was a protégée of filmmaker Claude Whatham, who discovered her in a children's experimental theatre in North London in the early 1970s. The first feature in which she appeared was ''Swallows and Amazons (1974 film), Swallows and Amazons'' (1974), which was directed by Whatham and based on the popular Swallow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Parker
Oliver Parker (born 6 September 1960) is a British film director, screenwriter and former actor. He is known for writing and directing the film adaptations of Shakespeare's ''Othello (1995 film), Othello'' (1995) and Oscar Wilde, Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film), The Importance of Being Earnest'' (2002), and for his role as Peloquin in the cult film ''Nightbreed'' (1990). Biography Parker was born in Plymouth, the second of three sons of Jillian, Lady Parker, a writer and GP (general practitioner), and Peter Parker (British businessman), Sir Peter Parker, formerly chairman of British Rail. His brothers include the public relations executive Sir Alan Parker (born 1956) and the actor Nathaniel Parker (born 1962). They also have a sister Lucy. Filmography Films Television *''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'' (1 episode, 1987) – Man at Butler's School *''The Bill'' (1 episode, 1989) - Glen Phelps *''Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ryall
David John Ryall Retrieved 28 December 2014 (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English stage, film and television character actor. He had leading roles in ''Lytton's Diary'' and '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', as well as memorable roles in 's '''' and Andrew Davies's adaptation of '' |
Brian Miller (actor)
Brian Reginald Miller (born 17 April 1941) is a British actor and television personality. He is known for his music and television appearances. Miller was married to Elisabeth Sladen, who was a recurring cast member on the BBC show ''Doctor Who'' and also in her own spin off series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Career Miller and his wife, Elisabeth Sladen, moved to Liverpool after she left ''Doctor Who'' and they performed in a series of plays. This included a two-person production with Sladen in ''Mooney and his Caravans''. In 1978, they appeared alongside each other in the ITV drama ''Send In The Girls''. He played Mr Buttle in Terry Gilliam's 1985 film ''Brazil''. Other television series in which he has appeared include ''Blake's 7'' (in the episode "Horizon"), ''The Bill'', ''Angels'' and ''Casualty''. He has an occasional role in the radio serial ''The Archers'' as Jason the builder. Miller briefly played Cliff Pughes in ''Coronation Street'' and Mark in ''Wizards vs A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Receptionist
A receptionist is an employee taking an office or administrative support position. The work is usually performed in a waiting area such as a lobby or front office desk of an organization or business. The title ''receptionist'' is attributed to the person who is employed by an organization to receive or greet any visitors, patients, or clients and answer telephone calls. The term ''front desk'' is used in many hotels for an administrative department where a receptionist's duties also may include room reservations and assignment, guest registration, cashier work, credit checks, key control, and mail and message service. Such receptionists are often called ''front desk clerks''. Receptionists cover many areas of work to assist the businesses they work for, including setting appointments, filing, record keeping, and other office tasks. Responsibilities The business duties of a receptionist may include answering visitors' enquiries about a company and its products or services, dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Kristen
Anne Kristen (7 March 1937 – 7 August 1996) was a Scottish actress, best known for portraying Olive Rowe in '' Coronation Street''. Her longest-lasting role was as Miss Meiklejohn in ''Hamish Macbeth''. She also appeared in ''Wings'' as Molly Farmer, and in ''Casualty'' as receptionist Norma Sullivan. Early life and education Kristen was born in 1937 in Strathclyde, Glasgow, growing up in the suburb of Bearsden. Her father, Reginald Byles, was a senior journalist and lead writer for the Glasgow Herald. She acted in plays at the Laurel Bank school in Glasgow. After leaving school, she went on to study at the Royal College of Music and Dramatic Art in Glasgow, where she won a Silver Medal for her work. Kristen then went on to further stage work in Scotland and London before embarking on a television career. Career Early television career Kristen's first role was on ''BBC Sunday-Night Play'' in 1960, for one episode, as the character Nellie Watson. She then appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Career overview Caroline Webster appeared in several British television series, beginning with one-off roles in '' London's Burning'' (1988), '' All Creatures Great and Small'' (1990) and ''The Bill'' (1991). Her key role came in 1990, when she appeared as paramedic Jane Scott in ''Casualty''. She appeared in 66 episodes between September 1990 and February 1994. Her last known television role was as Dr. Jones in a 1997 episode of ''Wycliffe''. She wrote and produced a short film, entitled ''Fluke'', which sparked her interest in being behind the camera. This resulted in her setting up Manx Multimedia Centre, a training and production base, on the Isle of Man. She went on to train others in "acting on screen" at the East 15 Acting School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
