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 was the only episode to be screened after Christmas; it had been scheduled for 20 December 1991 but was delayed by two months as its original airing date was the day before the third anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster in the Scottish borders in which 270 people had been killed.

Cast

Overview

The sixth series of ''Casualty'' features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The series began with 8 roles with star billing. Nigel Le Vaillant appears as specialist registrar and later,

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Julian Chapman, while Mamta Kaash plays senior house officer Beth Ramanee. Derek Thompson continues his role as charge nurse

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, and

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stars as sister

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. Patrick Robinson appears as

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, 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. Car ...

portray

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Josh Griffiths and Jane Scott. Robson Green continues to portray porter Jimmy Powell. Maureen Beattie,

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, Anne Kristen 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) * Maureen Beattie as Sandra Nicholl (from episode 11) *

as Josh Griffiths *

as Trish Baynes (episodes 3−15) * Robson Green as Jimmy Powell (until episode 15) * Mamta Kaash as Beth Ramanee (until episode 15) * Anne Kristen as Norma Sullivan (from episode 1) *Nigel Le Vaillant as Julian Chapman * Patrick Robinson as

* Derek Thompson as

as Jane Scott

Episodes

References

External links

Casualty series 6
at the

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