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Casualty Series 21
The ''twenty-first series'' of the British medical drama television series ''Casualty'' commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 23 September 2006 and finished on 4 August 2007. This saw an increase in episodes to 48. Cast Main characters *Daphne Alexander as Nadia Talianos (from episode 26) * Luke Bailey as Sam Bateman (until episode 38) *Matt Bardock as Jeff Collier (episodes 24−39) *Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths (until episode 17, from episode 36) *Georgina Bouzova as Ellen Zitek (until episode 16) * Liz Carling as Selena Donovan (until episode 48) *Susan Cookson as Maggie Coldwell *Elyes Gabel as Guppy Sandhu * Kip Gamblin as Greg Fallon *Sam Grey as Alice Chantrey *Jane Hazlegrove as Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon (from episode 3) * Joanne King as Cyd Pyke (from episode 3) *Martina Laird as Comfort Jones (until episode 10) *Simon MacCorkindale as Harry Harper (until episode 25, from episode 47) * Janine Mellor as Kelsey Phillips * Peter O'Brien as The ... [...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] |
Sam Grey (actress)
Samantha "Sam" Grey (born 19 March 1984 in Liverpool) is an English actress, most notable for her role as Health Care Assistant Alice Chantrey on ''Casualty''. She first appeared as Alice on the first of April 2006 in the episode "Going Under". She has also starred as Jessica in '' Dream Team'' episode "War of the Roses" and Polly in ''Flood'' as well as the 2005 music video for "All I'm made of". Sam has been a model since the age of 15 and has modelled for names such as Burberry, Mulberry, and Emporiana, as well as in fashion magazines such as ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''New Woman'' and ''Tatler ''Tatler'' (stylised in all caps) is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It focuses on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper and upper-middle c ...''. Filmography References External links * * Living people English television actresses English female models Actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ben Price
Ben Price (born 30 June 1971) is an English actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and has made four films as a writer/director, the first of which, ''I'm Sorry To Tell You'', was BAFTA-shortlisted. Early life Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre. He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996. Career Price started his career at the Manchester Royal Exchange, and went on to appear at the Bush in London, the Gate in Dublin and Sheffield Crucible among others. He made his first appearance on television, in a 1996 episode of ''Casualty'', before guest roles in ''Soldier Soldier'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Peak Practice'', and an episode of the Australian soap opera, ''Home and Away'', in 1998, when the show filmed a storyline in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tess Bateman
Tess Bateman is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by Suzanne Packer. She first appears in the series eighteen episode "End of the Line (Part 1)", originally broadcast on 13 September 2003. The character is introduced as an emergency nurse practitioner in the emergency department (ED) of Holby City Hospital, but was later promoted to clinical nurse manager. For the role, Packer relocated from New York City to her hometown of Cardiff, and commenced filming in April 2003. Tess is characterised as a "traditionalist" with a good work ethic. She is highly experienced in her field and will protect her staff at all times. Packer drew on her experience as a teacher and her mother's experience as a nurse to develop the character. The character develops friendships with Charlie Fairhead ( Derek Thompson) and Abs Denham ( James Redmond). Producers introduced Tess' family - husband Mike Bateman (Louis Emerick) and son Sam Bateman ( Luke Bailey) - to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Suzanne Packer
Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 26 November 1962) is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama '' Casualty'' from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the 30th-anniversary episodes in 2016. Since departing from ''Casualty'', she has appeared in various television series including '' Bang'', '' In My Skin'' and '' The Pembrokeshire Murders''. Early life Packer is the daughter of Jamaican and Panamanian immigrant parents who moved to Abergavenny, Wales, where her mother worked as a nurse. She is the older sister of the hurdler Colin Jackson. While studying at Llanedeyrn High School in Cardiff, she showed an interest in acting, playing the lead in school plays including ''Oklahoma'' and '' The King and I''. Packer attended the National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a BA in theatre and drama at the University of Warwick. She then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peter O'Brien (actor)
Peter O'Brien is an Australian actor, best known for his role as an original cast member in 1985 of Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Shane Ramsay. He has also acted in numerous British and American productions. Career O'Brien played a regular role in short-lived soap opera '' Starting Out ''(1983), and then had guest roles in '' Carson's Law'' in 1983 and ''Prisoner'' in 1984 and appeared in '' The Henderson Kids''. He was then cast as Shane Ramsay, a regular original character in soap opera ''Neighbours'' on the Seven Network in 1985. He became one of the serial's most popular cast members, continuing in the series until 1987. He then played a leading regular role in drama series '' The Flying Doctors'' from 1988 until 1991. In 1994, O'Brien sent up his soap opera star past by taking a regular role in ''Psycho Ward 10'', a soap opera parody in '' The All New Alexei Sayle Show''. O'Brien took on the role of surgical registrar Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley in the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kelsey Phillips
''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 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 Casualty series 1, first series, including the longest-serving character Charlie Fairhead (played by Derek Thompson (actor), Derek Thompson). They have all 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 sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Janine Mellor
Janine Mellor (born 3 May 1980) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Kelsey Phillips in BBC One's BAFTA-winning drama ''Casualty'' from 2005 to 2009. Biography Mellor attended Lepton County Primary School, King James's School at Almondbury and Greenhead College. She danced with the Kirkheaton-based Clare Doosey School of Dance. She studied and trained at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University College’s School of Drama and graduated from there with an honours degree in acting. Her TV credits include '' South Riding'' and ''Fat Friends''. From 2005 to 2009 she played the nurse Kelsey Phillips in Casualty. In 2013 she played a main role in the theatre play ''Marriage'' at the Belgrade Theatre together with Mark Fleischmann. Her other theatre credits include ''The Seagull'', ''Dancing at Lughnasa'', and ''Into the Woods''. Filmography * 2005: ''Fat Friends'' (TV Series, 5 episodes) * 2005: ''Casualty@Holby City'' (TV Series, 2 episodes) * 2005: ''Holby City'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Harry Harper (Casualty)
Harry Harper is a fictional character from the BBC One medical drama ''Casualty'', portrayed by actor Simon MacCorkindale. He made his first appearance in the series sixteen episode "Denial", broadcast on 8 June 2002. He ran Holby City Hospital's emergency department for five years, before being elected as a Member of Parliament. His final appearance was in the series twenty-two episode "Thicker Than Water", broadcast on 8 March 2008. MacCorkindale was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006, and departed from ''Casualty'' after the disease spread to his lungs. He died on 14 October 2010, at the age of 58. Storylines Harry begins working at Holby City Hospital in June 2002. He is pleased when his old flame Selena Donovan ( Liz Carling) arrives to carry out a drugs trial in the department, and invites her to dinner. He cancels a driving lesson with his teenage daughter Tally (Ashlie Walker), who asks her mother Beth (Lynda Rooke) to take her instead. They crash, and Beth is fatall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Simon MacCorkindale
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (12 February 1952 – 14 October 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer, and producer from Ely, England. He spent much of his childhood moving around owing to his father's career as an officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him from following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at Studio 68 of Theatre Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series '' I, Claudius'' and '' Jesus of Nazareth'', before starring as Simon Doyle in the film '' Death on the Nile'' (1978). This proved to be a breakthrough role. He appeared in a variety of films and TV series including '' Quatermass'' (1979), '' The Riddle of the Sands'' (1979), '' The Sword and the Sorcerer'' (1982) and '' Jaws 3-D'' (1983). In 1983, MacCorkindale starred in the short-lived series '' Manimal'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Comfort Jones
''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, including the longest-serving character Charlie Fairhead (played by Derek Thompson). They have all 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joanne King
Joanne King (born 20 April 1983) is an Irish actress. She played Cynthia 'Cyd' Pyke on the BBC One hospital drama ''Casualty'' and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford in the Showtime 2007–2010 series ''The Tudors''. Private life King was born in Dublin, the second of four children. Her father, Ronan, is an accountant and her mother, Edel, is a volunteer teacher. She attended St. Brigid's Girls' School in Cabinteely and St Joseph of Cluny Killiney. She trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin. Career She moved to London from Ireland and was working as a BBC tour guide when she auditioned for a role on ''Casualty''. She played Cyd (Cynthia Pyke) on ''Casualty''. She later played Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law, Lady Jane Rochford, in Showtime's ''The Tudors''. Her character first appeared in the middle of Season Two in a small supporting role; this was expanded for the fourth and final season, which portrayed the downfall and execution of Lady Jane. Charity efforts She opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
