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Casualty Series 14
The fourteenth series of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 18 September 1999 and finished on 25 March 2000. It saw another increase, this time to 30 episodes. Cast Overview The fourteenth series of ''Casualty'' features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital. The series begins with 13 roles receiving star Billing (filmmaking), billing, which is an increase from the Casualty series 13, previous series. Robert Gwilym stars as emergency medicine Consultant (medicine), consultant and clinical director Max Gallagher and Gerald Kyd appears as senior house officer Sean Maddox. Derek Thompson (actor), Derek Thompson continues his role as charge nurse Charlie Fairhead while Barbara Marten portrays Nursing sister, sister Eve Montgomery. Cathy Shipton features as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, a staff nurse, senior staff nurse who is promoted to sister. Jan Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. The channel was launched on 2 November 1936 under the name BBC Television Service, which 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barbara Marten
Barbara Marten (born 31 January 1952) 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'', ''The Bill'' and '' Band of Gold''. Early life Marten was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up in County Durham. She went to the all-girls William Newton School in Norton, then Stockton and Billingham Technical College. She went to drama school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as a teenager for three years, and later said that it put her off becoming an actress. Marten trained as a teacher in Birmingham and taught for two years before being drawn back to the stage. After becoming involved with a theatre group in Coventry, Marten joined a newly formed theatre group in Doncaster. They toured Yorkshire, performing plays about various subjects, including the St Leger, and another about battered wiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Josh Griffiths (Casualty)
Josh Griffiths is a fictional character played by actor Ian Bleasdale from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty.'' The character first appears during the fourth season episode, "Chain Reaction", which was broadcast on 8 September 1989. Josh is a paramedic who works for the fictitious "Holby Ambulance Service". Griffiths became one of the longest-serving characters during his time on the series. Bleasdale decided to leave the show in 2007, and Griffiths departs in the twenty-second series episode "Finding the Words"; first broadcast on 3 November 2007. Bleasdale reprised the role for the show's 30th anniversary, with a feature-length episode in August 2016, and has since returned for an additional four episodes. Bleasdale also reprised the role for Charlie's final episode in 2024 Creation and casting The character was based on real life paramedic Clive Haddrell, who advised the script writers on the accuracy of the paramedics featured in the show. Actor Ian Bleasdale was initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paramedics
A paramedic is a healthcare professional trained in the medical model, whose main role has historically been to respond to emergency calls for medical help outside of a hospital. Paramedics work as part of the emergency medical services (EMS), most often in ambulances. They also have roles in emergency medicine, primary care, transfer medicine and remote/offshore medicine. The scope of practice of a paramedic varies between countries, but generally includes autonomous decision making around the emergency care of patients. Not all ambulance personnel are paramedics, although the term is sometimes used informally to refer to any ambulance personnel. In some English-speaking countries, there is an official distinction between paramedics and emergency medical technicians (or emergency care assistants), in which paramedics have additional educational requirements and scope of practice. Functions and duties The paramedic role is closely related to other healthcare positions, espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 actor, something which he would later joke forced his mother to take to her sickbed. He has appeared in various programmes, including '' The Beiderbecke Affair'', '' Harry's Game'', '' Brookside'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' The Brittas Empire'', ''Andy Capp'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Soldier Soldier'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'' and as a photographer on ''Coronation Street''. However, Bleasdale is best known for his role as paramedic Josh Griffiths on the BBC television drama, ''Casualty''. He was the second longest serving character in the show's 20-year history, bettered only by Derek Thompson's character Charlie Fairhead. Josh first appeared in episode 1 of series 4 (1989) and started as a speaking extra. His role has gone from streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pal Aron
Pal Aron (born 1971) is a British television and theatre actor from Birmingham, England, known for his roles as Adam Osman in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', Brandon Kane in ''The Bill'', Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in ''Coronation Street''. Career Before professionally acting, he performed with the Theatre of the Unemployed in Birmingham. He was also in the comedy ''Green Wing'', and has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC. In January 2008, Aron was cast as Vijay Chohan in the daily hospital drama ''The Royal Today''. He also appeared in ''The Cup (TV series), The Cup'', a BBC Two comedy series in which he plays Dr. Kaskar, a football fanatic parent trying to live his dreams through his footballer son. In April 2012, Aron joined the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers'' as new junior cricket coach List of The Archers characters#Iftikar Shah, Iftikar "Ifty" Shah. In 2012, he appeared in the Sky1 TV comedy series ''Stella (British TV series), Stella'' as Jaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tina Seabrook
Tina Seabrook is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by Claire Goose. She made her first appearance during the twelfth series episode "Give My Love to Esme", which was broadcast on 11 September 1997. Tina was introduced as a staff nurse in Holby City Hospital's emergency department. Goose was tempted to give up acting when she attended the audition for the part. It marked her first major television role. Goose spent a day at a real-life hospital while researching her character's occupation. Tina was portrayed as being feisty, bubbly, confident, and a bit naive. A notable storyline arc for the character was her rape at the hands of a patient's husband. Producers hoped the plot would raise awareness of the dangers nurses face at work, as well as increase ratings. Goose wanted Tina to be given a love interest to show her continuing recovery from the assault, and Tina begins a relationship with senior house officer Sean Maddox ( Gerald Kyd). He lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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'', ''FLiM'', ''The Somnambulists'' ,''The Best Possible Taste'' and ''The Santa Incident''. He wrote and composed and starred in the short film, ''Fellow Creatures'' which has had some success in the festival circuit. He is also a musician and has composed for both television and film. Career He had his screen debut in The Chemical Brothers music video, Life Is Sweet. In Peak Practice he played climber Ewan Harvey. From 1996 to 1999 he played a Project 2000 nurse, Sam Colloby, in BBC medical drama ''Casualty''. In 2001, as well as starring in '' Merseybeat'' as Police Constable Steve Traynor, Kerrigan also composed the theme tune. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Claire Goose
Claire Goose is a Scottish actress who first gained attention playing Tina Seabrook on the long-running BBC One medical drama '' Casualty'' (1997–2000). Her other roles include DS "Mel" Silver in '' Waking the Dead'' (2000–2007), Insp. Rachel Weston in ''The Bill'' (2008–2009), and Jane Kennedy in '' The Coroner'' (2015–2016), for which she was awarded "Best Acting Performance" by the RTS. She narrated the Sky One reality series '' Road Wars'' from 2009 to 2010. Her stage credits include ''The Girl Who Fell'' ( West End, 2019). Early life Born in Edinburgh, Goose was raised in Dersingham, England, where her father worked as a general practitioner. She has an elder sister, Caroline, a nursery nurse, and an elder brother, Duncan, who started the One Drinks company. Goose is a former pupil of Wisbech Grammar School, and a graduate of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Career Early theatre roles included ''Addicted to Love'', and ''Hitting Home'' at the Man in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jan Anderson (actress)
Jan Anderson (born Janina Anderson; 17 June 1974 in Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales) is a Welsh actress. Her late mother was a Welsh horse riding teacher; her late father, an Italian lumberjack. She had an older sister, Ruth, who died in 1998. Anderson joined Pyle-based children's Vagabond Theatre at age seven, with the teacher Trevor Harris. Another influence in her life was drama teacher Roger Burnell at Porthcawl comprehensive school performing with them at The Grand Pavilion until age 13 in productions including starring as Annie in '' Annie,'' Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet,'' Cecily in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', and Lily in ''Under Milk Wood''. She also played in ''Oklahoma'', ''Damn Yankees'' and in the role of Baby Jane in ''Gypsy''. After leaving school at the age of 15, she joined the Welsh National Opera, where she toured with the production of ''Carmen'' and studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. She was the lead presenter on the HTV Wales program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Staff Nurse
Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". Nurses practice in many List of nursing specialties, specialties with varying levels of certification and responsibility. Nurses comprise the largest component of most healthcare environments. There are shortages of qualified nurses in many countries. Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, therapists, patients, patients' families, and other team members that focuses on treating illness to improve quality of life. In the United Kingdom and the United States, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners diagnose health problems and prescribe medications and other therapies, depending on regulations that vary by state. Nurses may help coordinate care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
