Casualty (series 26)


The twenty-sixth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 13 August 2011, one week after the end of the previous series. It is the first series in the history of the show to begin without a break from the previous series and the first to begin in August rather than the traditional September launch. This series featured forty-two episodes, which was five episodes less than the previous series. Series twenty-six was the first series to broadcast in high definition, with the first high definition episode broadcast from episode 17. The episode also saw the first episode to be filmed at the new set in Cardiff. The show saw its twenty-fifth anniversary in September 2011 and in March 2012, the show aired their first ever three-part story which centred on gang violence. The series concluded with a two-part riot storyline, entitled '#HolbyRiot', which aired on 21 and 22 July 2012. The series was originally planned to finish on 21 July, but due to a postponed episode on 30 June, the finale was moved to the following day.
This series welcomed Lloyd Asike, Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher, Tom Kent, Sam Nicholls, and Scarlett Conway - the latter of which left at the end of the series. The series also saw the departures of Ruth Winters, Jay Faldren and Lenny Lyons ; and marked the first of three guest stints for Tamzin Bayle.

Cast

Overview

Most of the cast from series 25 carried over to the new series. These were senior charge nurse Charlie Fairhead, played by Derek Thompson, consultants Nick Jordan, Zoe Hanna and Dylan Keogh, trust grade doctor Ruth Winters, Core Training 2 doctor Lenny Lyons, clinical nurse manager Tess Bateman, staff nurses Jay Faldren and Linda Andrews, paramedics Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon and Jeff Collier, porter Mackenzie "Big Mac" Chalker and receptionist Noel Garcia.
Series 26 saw the brief addition to the cast of Gemma Atkinson and Dhaffer L'Abidine. as paramedics Tamzin Bayle and Omar Nasri; their characters were written out early in the series, but Atkinson made two further brief returns, one in series 27 and one that stretched from late series 28 until early series 29.
Michael Obiora and Madeleine Mantock joined the cast as newly qualified staff nurses Lloyd Asike and Scarlett Conway. Later in the series, Charlotte Salt joined the cast as Dr Sam Nicholls, an army medic who was later revealed to be married to consultant Dylan Keogh. Oliver Coleman joined the cast on 7 January 2012, the first episode filmed in Cardiff, playing paediatric specialty doctor Tom Kent. New staff nurse Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher joined the show on 7 July 2012.

Main characters

Oliver Kent continued as Series Producer until Episode 14. From Episode 15, Nikki Wilson has taken over.

Episodes