The twenty-sixth series of the British
medical drama
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television series ''
Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on
BBC One on 13 August 2011, one week after the end of the previous series. It is the first series in the history of the show to begin without a break from the previous series and the first to begin in August rather than the traditional September launch. This series featured forty-two episodes, which was five episodes less than the previous series. Series twenty-six was the first series to broadcast in
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, with the first high definition episode broadcast from episode 17. The episode also saw the first episode to be filmed at the new set in
Cardiff.
The show saw its twenty-fifth anniversary in September 2011 and in March 2012, the show aired their first ever three-part story which centred on gang violence.
The series concluded with a two-part riot storyline, entitled '#HolbyRiot', which aired on 21 and 22 July 2012. The series was originally planned to finish on 21 July, but due to a postponed episode on 30 June, the finale was moved to the following day.
This series welcomed
Lloyd Asike
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(
Michael Obiora),
Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher
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(
Alex Walkinshaw
Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw (born 5 October 1974) is a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series ''The Bill'' and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' a ...
),
Tom Kent (
Oliver Coleman),
Sam Nicholls (Charlotte Salt), and
Scarlett Conway
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(
Madeleine Mantock
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) - the latter of which left at the end of the series. The series also saw the departures of
Ruth Winters
''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 Hosp ...
(
Georgia Taylor),
Jay Faldren (
Ben Turner) and
Lenny Lyons (
Steven Miller); and marked the first of three guest stints for
Tamzin Bayle (
Gemma Atkinson).
Production
Oliver Kent continued as Series Producer until Episode 14. From Episode 15,
Nikki Wilson has taken over.
Cast
Overview
Most of the cast from
series 25
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carried over to the new series. These were senior charge nurse
Charlie Fairhead, played by
Derek Thompson, consultants
Nick Jordan,
Zoe Hanna and Dylan Keogh (
Michael French,
Sunetra Sarker and William Beck), trust grade doctor
Ruth Winters
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(
Georgia Taylor),
Core Training 2 doctor Lenny Lyons (
Steven Miller), clinical nurse manager
Tess Bateman (
Suzanne Packer), staff nurses Jay Faldren and Linda Andrews (
Ben Turner and
Christine Tremarco), paramedics
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon and
Jeff Collier (
Jane Hazlegrove and
Matt Bardock), porter
Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker (
Charles Dale) and receptionist
Noel Garcia
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(
Tony Marshall).
Series 26 saw the brief addition to the cast of
Gemma Atkinson (formerly
Lisa Hunter in ''
Hollyoaks'') and
Dhaffer L'Abidine (previously Marcel Sabatier in ''
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''). as paramedics Tamzin Bayle and Omar Nasri; their characters were written out early in the series, but Atkinson made two further brief returns, one in series 27 and one that stretched from late series 28 until early series 29.
Michael Obiora and
Madeleine Mantock
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joined the cast as newly qualified staff nurses Lloyd Asike and Scarlett Conway.
Later in the series, Charlotte Salt joined the cast as Dr Sam Nicholls, an army medic who was later revealed to be married to consultant Dylan Keogh.
Oliver Coleman joined the cast on 7 January 2012, the first episode filmed in Cardiff, playing paediatric specialty doctor Tom Kent. New staff nurse Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher (
Alex Walkinshaw
Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw (born 5 October 1974) is a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series ''The Bill'' and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' a ...
) joined the show on 7 July 2012.
Main characters
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Matt Bardock as
Jeff Collier
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William Beck as
Dylan Keogh
*
Oliver Coleman as
Tom Kent
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Charles Dale as
Big Mac
*
Michael French as
Nick Jordan
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Jane Hazlegrove as
Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon
*
Madeleine Mantock
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as
Scarlett Conway
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*
Tony Marshall as
Noel Garcia
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*
Steven Miller as
Lenny Lyons
*
Michael Obiora as
Lloyd Asike
''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 H ...
*
Suzanne Packer as
Tess Bateman
*Charlotte Salt as
Sam Nicholls
*
Sunetra Sarker as
Zoe Hanna
*
Georgia Taylor as
Ruth Winters
''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 Hosp ...
*
Derek Thompson as
Charlie Fairhead
*
Christine Tremarco as
Linda Andrews
*
Ben Turner as
Jay Faldren
*
Alex Walkinshaw
Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw (born 5 October 1974) is a British actor. He has played the long-running roles of Dale "Smithy" Smith in the ITV police procedural series ''The Bill'' and Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher in BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' a ...
as
Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher
Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher is a fictional character from the BBC medical dramas ''Casualty'' and ''Holby City'', portrayed by Alex Walkinshaw. He first appears in ''Casualty'' series 26 episode "Zero Sum Game", first broadcast on 7 July 2012. Fle ...
Recurring characters
*Devon Beigan as Britney Andrews
*Kate McEvoy as
Denise Andrews
*Taylor Parry as Joe Andrews
*
Rachel Shelley as Yvonne Rippon
Guest characters
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Gemma Atkinson as
Tamzin Bayle
*
Danny Dyer as Rossy
*
Dhaffer L'Abidine as Omar Nasri
*
Marshall Lancaster
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as Keith Parr
*
Michael Stevenson as
Iain Dean
*Azuka Oforka as
Louise Tilney
Episodes
Notes
References
;General
* Titles, credits, airdates and summaries
BBC One - Casualty, Series 26
* Airdates and summaries:
* Viewing figures:
;Specific
External links
''Casualty'' series 26
at the Internet Movie Database
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2012 British television seasons