The thirteenth series of the British medical drama

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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 ...

'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 5 September 1998 and finished on 13 March 1999. It saw another increase, this time to 28 episodes (the first two episodes aired on consecutive nights), including a feature-length Christmas episode. This was the first series to be broadcast in widescreen. The series also acted as a launchpad for characters and storylines in the spin-off series '' Holby City'', which started in January 1999. The series saw the arrival of several new characters including Max Gallagher and Sean Maddox, while Mark Grace left halfway through the series and George Woodman left at the end of it. Early in the series came the return of Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, last seen as a guest in the two-part conclusion of the previous season.

Cast

Overview

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

Holby City Hospital Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, the setting for the BBC medical dramas '' Casualty'' and ''Holby City'', and the police drama '' HolbyBlue''. It is based on the real city of Bristol, where ''Casualty'' was formerly filmed, and i ...

. The series began with 10 roles with star billing, which was an increase from the previous series.

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starred as

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Georgina "George" Woodman. Derek Thompson continued his role as

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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 ch ...

and

Barbara Marten Barbara Marten (born 3 January 1947) is a British actress. She is most known for playing Eve Montgomery in ''Casualty''. She has appeared in various soaps, including Eastenders and Brookside, as well as many other drama serials such as ''Harry' ...

portrayed

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Eve Montgomery.

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appeared as senior staff nurse Mark Grace while

Jonathan Kerrigan Jonathan Kerrigan (born 14 October 1972) is an English actor well known for various leading roles on TV including '' In The Club'', ''Casualty'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Merseybeat, The Five'' and ''Reach For The Moon''. Films include '' Diana'', ''FL ...

and

Claire Goose Claire Goose (born 10 February 1975) is a British actress. She played Tina Seabrook, a nurse in BBC One's ''Casualty'', DS Mel Silver in '' Waking the Dead'', and Sergeant (later Inspector) Rachel Weston in ITV's ''The Bill''. She also narrat ...

starred as staff nurses Sam Colloby and

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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 acto ...

and Donna Alexander continued their roles as

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Josh Griffiths and Penny Hutchens.

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portrayed

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Amy Howard. Episode one featured four new cast members:

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(clinical director and emergency medicine consultant

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);

Gerald Kyd Gerald Kyd (born Gerasimos Avvakoumides in 1973 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a half-Greek, half-Scottish actor. Kyd starred as Sean Maddox in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' from 1998 until 2000. He later reprised the role for a few episo ...

(senior house officer Sean Maddox); Jan Anderson (staff nurse Chloe Hill); and

Pal Aron Pal Aron (born 1969) is an English television and theatre actor, known for his roles as Adam Osman in ''Casualty'', Brandon Kane in ''The Bill'', Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in '' Coronation Street''. Before professionally acting, he perfor ...

( bed manager Adam Osman). Susan Cookson also made her first appearance as recurring character, nurse Julie Day in episode one. Following a guest stint at the end of the previous series,

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 ...

reprised her role as original character

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 ju ...

in episode four. Duffy returned as an agency nurse, but was later invited to join the team as a senior staff nurse. Joseph decided to leave the series in 1998; Mark Grace departed in episode 18. Lacey also chose to leave the series and her character, George Woodman, left at the conclusion of the series. This series set up several storylines and characters for the show's spin-off series, '' Holby City''.

Michael French Michael French (born Michael Clark, 17 September 1962) is an English actor, known for his roles as David Wicks in ''EastEnders''; Nick Jordan, a consultant and Clinical Lead, Senior Consultant in emergency medicine in '' Casualty'' and former ...

and

Nicola Stephenson Nicola Stephenson (born 5 July 1971) is an English actress. She played the roles of Margaret Clemence in '' Brookside'', Julie Fitzjohn in ''Holby City'', Sarah Williams in '' The Chase'', Allie Westbrook in '' Waterloo Road'', and Tess Harris ...

guest appeared in episodes thirteen and seventeen as their ''Holby City'' characters, Nick Jordan and Julie Fitzjohn. Hospital director, Gary Milton (Ian Keith), also appeared in both this series and ''Holby City'', setting up a storyline which saw the hospital threatened with closure.

Main characters

*Donna Alexander as Penny Hutchens * Jan Anderson as Chloe Hill (from episode 1) *

as Adam Osman (from episode 1) *

as Josh Griffiths *

(from episode 1) *

as Mark Grace (until episode 18) *

as Sam Colloby *

as Sean Maddox (from episode 1) *

as Georgina "George" Woodman (until episode 28) *

as Eve Montgomery *

Vincenzo Pellegrino Vincenzo David Pellegrino (born 1967 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English actor who was in hospital drama ''Casualty'' from 1997–1999. He played Derek (Sunny) Sunderland, a porter. After leaving Casualty, he worked in '' Where the Heart ...

as Derek "Sunny" Sunderland *

(from episode 4) * Derek Thompson as

as Amy Howard

Recurring characters

* Susan Cookson as Julie Day (episodes 1−2, from episode 20) *Ian Keith as Gary Milton (from episode 20) *Ian Kershaw as Pat Garrett (episodes 3−27) *

Tobias Menzies Tobias Simpson Menzies (born 7 March 1974) is an English stage, television and film actor. He is known for playing Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the third and fourth seasons of Netflix's series ''The Crown'', for which he won the Primetime ...

as Frank Gallagher (episodes 7−19) * Bryan Murray as James Roberts (episodes 13−20) *Patrick Romer as Marius Petrescu (episodes 19−26)

Guest characters

as Nick Jordan (episodes 13 and 17) *Caroline Holdaway as Eileen Rafferty (episodes 8, 12 and 26) *Kaleem Janjua as Kamal Osman (episodes 20 and 21) *

Graham McTavish Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in '' The Hobbit'' film trilogy, Vlad Dracula Țepeș in the Netflix animated franchise ''Castlevania'', Loki in various Marvel animated ...

as Gerry Talbot (episodes 10 and 18) *

Alan Rothwell Alan Rothwell (born 9 February 1937) is an English actor and television presenter. He played David Barlow in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as a regular from 1960 to 1961, and again from 1963 to 1968. His other acting credits include p ...

as Anthony Rafferty (episodes 12 and 26) *

Rosie Rowell Rosie Rowell (born 29 April 1965) is a British actress, probably best known for her roles as Eileen Callan in ''Family Affairs'' (a role she played from 2002 until the series ended in 2005) and Donna Tucker in ''Soldier Soldier''. She has also ...

as Pam Wilson (episodes 5−16) * Christopher Simon as Lee Anderson (episodes 13−16) *

as Julie Fitzjohn (episodes 13 and 17)

Episodes

References

External links

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