Casualty (TV series)
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Casualty (stylised as CASUAL+Y) is a British medical drama series that airs weekly on BBC One.[4] 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.[5] Having been broadcast weekly since 1986, Casualty is the longest-running primetime medical drama series in the world.[6][7]
Casualty | |
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Genre | Medical drama |
Created by | Jeremy Brock Paul Unwin |
Starring | Current and former cast |
Theme music composer | Ken Freeman |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 42 |
No. of episodes | 1,308 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | |
Running time | 40–50 minutes 60–90 minutes (special episodes) |
Production companies | BBC Bristol (1986–2011) BBC Cymru Wales (2012–present) BBC Studios Continuing Drama Productions |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 6 September 1986 (1986-09-06) – present |
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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,[8] set in the same hospital, with the final episode being broadcast in March 2022, following its cancellation in June 2021.