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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 Robinso ... [...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] |
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) is a British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster. He is best known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' from 1999 until 2004. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End of London. (In 1990, Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play ''Gary'' played at the Arts Theatre.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece '' Elmina's Kitchen'' transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. He is currently the artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London, succeeding David Lan. 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 chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Conn
Shelley Deborah Conn (born 21 September 1976) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Lady Mary Sharma in the hugely successful Netflix series ''Bridgerton'', as Isabella in the film ''Love Sarah'', as Dr Elizabeth Shannon in the Spielberg series '' Terra Nova'' and soon to be seen in Neil Gaiman's ''Good Omens'' and The Boys spin-off series ''Gen V'', both for Amazon Prime. Early life and education Conn was born in Barnet in north London to Anglo-Indian parents. She is of mixed heritage, which includes Portuguese, Burmese and Indian. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Colquhoun
Christopher Colquhoun (born in Carlisle, 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 Musical theatre, musical play based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' The Lion King, animated feature film of the same name with music by Elton John, lyrics by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Fairhead
''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, all but one – Charlie Fairhead (played by Derek Thompson) have 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 Matthew Afolami, portrayed by O ... [...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'', Lorna Cartwright in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and Elaine Cassidy in the BBC soap opera '' 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's ''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 the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. However, it was reported that she decided to leave the show because she was uncomfortable ... [...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, 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 ''Casual ... [...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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin is a fictional 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, producer Geraint Morris was fascinated by the incident and asked her about her time in the hospital. Shipton was initially 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 ... [...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 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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