Casualty (TV series)

Casualty

Casualty is a British television show aired on the BBC since 6 September 1986. It is the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world.[1] It is filmed in Cardiff.[2][3] The 1,000th episode of Casualty aired on 25 June 2016, episode 39 of series 30.[4]

Creation

The series was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin,[5] as a response to the Margaret Thatcher era.

Location

Casualty is set in the fictional Holby City Hospital,[6] in the fictional county of Wyvern, in the south-west of England.[7]

References

  1. "'Casualty' enters Guinness World Records". Digital Spy (Hearst Magazines UK). 16 September 2010. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s18/casualty/news/a277037/casualty-enters-guinness-world-records.html#~p1b3d0b7rvI2Rk. Retrieved 12 January 2015. 
  2. "Press Office — BBC confirms Casualty move from Bristol to Cardiff area". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  3. "Roath Lock Studios – Casualty". BBC Wales. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. "BBC One - Casualty". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. Unwin, Paul; Brock, Jeremy (7 September 2011). "25 years strong: the idea that defined Casualty". BBC. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  6. Kempster, Doug (13 September 1998). "Soap stars find a new role ... In the Beeb's latest soap". Sunday Mirror (Trinity Mirror). http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19980913/ai_n14478986/?tag=content;col1. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  7. "Casualty — Fast Facts". BBC Online. Retrieved 17 November 2007.