Casualty (TV series)

Casualty (stylised as CASUAL+Y) is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 6 September 1986. The original producer was Geraint Morris. Having been broadcast weekly since 1986, Casualty is the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world.

For the current season, see Casualty series 38.

Casualty
GenreMedical drama
Created byJeremy Brock
Paul Unwin
StarringCurrent and former cast
Theme music composerKen Freeman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series38
No. of episodes1,308 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Currently:
  • Roxanne Harvey
  • Previously:
  • Adrian Bate
  • Laura Mackie
  • Ruth Caleb
  • Mal Young
  • Mervyn Watson
  • Belinda Campbell
  • Alison Davis
  • Johnathan Young
  • Oliver Kent
  • Simon Harper
  • Deborah Sathe (senior executive producer)
  • Jon Sen
Running time40–50 minutes
60–90 minutes (special episodes)
Production companiesBBC Bristol (1986–2011)
BBC Cymru Wales (2012–present)
BBC Studios Continuing Drama Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release6 September 1986 (1986-09-06) –
present
Related

The programme is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. The show had forged strong ties to its sister programme Holby City, which began as a spin-off series from Casualty in 1999, set in the same hospital, with the final episode being broadcast in March 2022, following its cancellation in June 2021.

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