Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Casualty (1986-present) is a British medical drama series created by Paul Unwin and Jeremy Brock for BBC One. Set in the emergency department of Holby City Hospital in England, it follows a rotating ensemble of doctors, nurses and staff whose shifts bring a steady stream of accidents, collapses and urgent cases through the doors. Derek Thompson stars as Charlie Fairhead, with William Beck as Dylan Keogh, Ian Bleasdale as Josh Griffiths and Georgia Taylor as Ruth Winters among the principal players. The engine is simple and endless: each shift forces the staff to weigh the patient in front of them against the personal lives they carry into work, from romances and rivalries to family troubles. Built as an open-ended hospital soap across more than forty seasons and thousands of episodes, it mixes self-contained emergencies with slower personal storylines. The tone is busy, emotional and sometimes melodramatic, with moments of gallows humour and tenderness. Viewers who enjoy the institutional bustle of ER, the workplace romance of Grey's Anatomy, or the sister series Holby City will find a familiar comfort in its long-running, ever-changing ward.

Audience reception of Casualty is negative overall at 6.2/10, with individual seasons ranging from middling to well-regarded, notably the 1993 and 2011 seasons.

• ERshared hospital emergency setting, workplace drama, ensemble staff
• Grey's Anatomyshared long-running medical soap format, staff romances and personal lives
• Holby Cityshared british hospital soap tradition, same franchise setting

Created by

Paul Unwin, Jeremy Brock

Release Date

1986-09-06

Episode runtime

49 min

Rating

6.2 / 10 (88)

What is Casualty about?

A long-running BBC medical drama following the staff and patients of Holby City Hospital's emergency department through their working and personal crises.

What is Casualty like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Casualty as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Casualty violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Casualty as mild.

What did critics think of Casualty?

Audience reception of Casualty is negative overall at 6.2/10, with individual seasons ranging from middling to well-regarded, notably the 1993 and 2011 seasons.

Which shows are like Casualty?

Shows with a similar feel include ER, Grey's Anatomy, and Holby City.

How long is Casualty?

Casualty: 46 seasons, 1,398 episodes.

Is Casualty still running?

Yes, Casualty is still running.

Where can I watch Casualty?

In United States, Casualty streams on Britbox Apple TV channel.