Casualty series 15


The fifteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 16 September 2000 and finished on 28 April 2001.

Production

Rachel Wright took over from Alexei de Keyser as producer for this series.
The episode count increased this series, this time to 36 episodes, including two hour-long self-contained 'specials', "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Something from the Heart", which were shown in addition to the regular Saturday night episodes.
This series also contains the two-parter episodes "Choked" and "Breaking the Spell".
In the series finale, Holly's long-running stalking storyline reaches its climax when she is abducted by Tom and restrained in an abandoned hospital ward. Sandra Huggett, who portrays Holly, described the episode as "pretty creepy", adding that it was "very spooky" and "quite surreal."

Cast

Overview

The fifteenth series of Casualty features a cast of characters working in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital and Holby Ambulance Service. Fourteen cast members from the previous series reprise their roles in this series.
Robert Gwilym stars as emergency medicine consultant and clinical director Max Gallagher, Ian Kelsey as specialist registrar in emergency medicine Patrick Spiller
and Sandra Huggett appears as senior house officer Holly Miles. Derek Thompson continues his role as charge nurse Charlie Fairhead while Cathy Shipton features as Lisa "Duffy" Duffin, as sister. Jan Anderson, Pal Aron and Ronnie McCann continued as staff nurses Chloe Hill, Adam Osman and Barney Wolfe. Ian Bleasdale, Donna Alexander, Michelle Butterly and Kwame Kwei-Armah continue their role as paramedics Josh Griffiths, Penny Hutchens, Mel Dyson and Finlay Newton. Rebecca Wheatley stars as receptionist Amy Howard.
Adjoa Andoh joins the cast in episode 1 as senior staff nurse Colette Kierney alongside Grant Masters as manager Dan Robinson. Ben Keaton reprises his role as Spencer in episode 1, having become a porter. The character was previously portrayed as an alcoholic patient in episodes 16 and 18 of the previous series. Pal Aron departs in episode 6 following his HIV-positive storyline and subsequent wedding to on screen partner Reuben. Despite wanting to be killed off, producers wanted a happy ending for his character.
Philip Bretherton joins in episode 12 as Duffy's husband and registrar Andrew Bower with
Kieron Forsyth appearing from episode 13 as anaesthetist Tom Harvey. Zita Sattar arrives in episode 28 as student nurse Anna Paul while Wheatley departed in episode 29 with her replacement receptionist Jack Vincent played by Will Mellor arriving in episode 31. Mellor referred to his character as a "Jack the lad" and admitted that his first time on the Casualty set was a nerve-wracking experience.
The end of the series saw the departure of several cast members. Donna Alexander departs in episode 36 alongside Philip Bretherton, Michelle Butterly, Kieron Forsyth, Sandra Huggett, Grant Masters and Ronnie McCann. Huggett decided to leave Casualty as she did not want to become stuck in the role, "I've had a really good year of storylines - the stalker - so now is the time to come out."

Main characters

Recurring characters

Guest characters

Episodes